Solemn Liturgy of Ash Wednesday. A choral Eucharist with congregational hymns and music by The Choir of Trinity Wall Street.Ash Wednesday begins the liturgical season of Lent, when Episcopalians prepare for Easter. It is typically a season of prayer, repentance, and reflection. During the Ash Wednesday service ashes will be offered. Ashes are also offered throughout the day in Trinity Church and St. Paul's Chapel.
Huang Ruo – Dream of the Red Chamber
Hannah Lash – Beowolf
Stewart Copeland – The Invention of Moral
Sheila Silver – A Thousand Splendid Suns
Peformed by NOVUS NY
Julian Wachner, music director and conductor
This week, as part of the Twelfth Night Festival: Time's Arrow:
J. S. Bach – Prelude and Fugue in E Minor, BWV 548
BWV 215 Preise dein Glücke, gesegnetes Sachsen
BWV 232 – Mass in B-minor: Sanctus – Osanna – Dona nobis pacem
Trinity Baroque Orchestra and The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Lang & Lorelei
The Lorelei Ensemble performs works of Pérotin, Scott Ordway, and David Lang
David Lang: The National Anthems (New York premiere of Trinity Wall Street co-commission), Ark Luggage
In the spring of 2016, Trinity’s ever-popular Bach at One series will complete the first presentation of Bach’s entire monumental output of sacred vocal music.
This week, as part of Trinity's Twelfth Night Festival:
BWV 110, Unser Mund sei voll Lachens
BWV 207, Vereinigte Zwietracht der wechselnden Saiten
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street and Trinity Baroque Orchestra; Julian Wachner, conductor