Experience two ensembles at the top of their craft performing together. Downtown Voices and chamber chorus Amor Artis take on a set of monumental works: Frank Martin’s Mass for Double Choir, a deeply spiritual and intricate composition; Thomas Tallis’s Spem in Alium, a 40-part Renaissance motet; and Orazio Benevoli’s Missa Tu es Petrus (for four choirs), featuring opulent Baroque textures and counterpoint.
Directed by Ryan Brandau and Stephen Sands. With Trinity Baroque Orchestra.
Join us for an epic evening of free jazz with saxophonist Gary Bartz. The two-time Grammy winner was recently named 2024 Jazz Master by the National Endowment for the Arts. He currently teaches at Oberlin Conservatory of Music and has made 45 solo albums and performed with an astonishing array of jazz greats. His band includes Marc Cary (piano), James B. King Jr. (bass), Eric Kennedy (drums), and Paul Bollenback (guitar).
Trinity Choir, led by director Melissa Attebury, presents a stirring collection of works created in the crucible of World War II. Showcasing the power of music to confront tyranny, honor voices of courage, and transform our darkest hours, the program culminates in Francis Poulenc’s choral masterpiece, Figure humaine. Composed in secret during the Nazi occupation of France and set to text by poet Paul Éluard, this hymn to freedom moves from introspective grief to defiant triumph, ending with a resounding final declaration: “Liberté.”
Program
Benjamin Britten, Advance Democracy
Ilse Weber, Wiegala
Elsa Barraine, Prelude
Jacob Beranek, Abendgebet
Francis Poulenc, Un soir de neige
Kim André Arnesen, Even when He is silent
Francis Poulenc, Figure humaine
Trinity’s holiday extravaganza of carols and other festive works features the combined power of all Trinity’s vocal groups — Trinity Choir, St. Paul’s Chapel Choir, and Downtown Voices — in addition to NOVUS brass and percussion, The Choirs of the Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC), and, of course, Trinity’s congregation.
Past and present members of the Trinity Youth Chorus, led by conductor Peyton Marion, come together to sing A Ceremony of Carols. The exuberant Benjamin Britten piece juxtaposes ancient and modern influences and is one of Trinity’s most popular holiday offerings.
The Divine Muse series culminates on the eve of Saint Cecilia’s Feast Day, with two master works inspired by the patron saint of music: George Frideric Handel’s Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day Overture and Alessandro Scarlatti’s St. Cecilia Mass. Now rarely heard, the latter piece during its time was considered an equal to Bach’s Magnificat. Trinity’s adaptation by music librarian Harrison E. Joyce adds wind instruments to the original orchestration.
Trinity Choir; Trinity Baroque Orchestra; Melissa Attebury, director
The Trinity Movement Choir practices worship through sacred dance, a style of slow, dreamlike choreography that responds to spiritual and social issues. In this Advent season, experience messages of hope, joy, and peace through the medium of movement.
The Trinity Movement Choir practices worship through sacred dance, a style of slow, dreamlike choreography that responds to spiritual and social issues. In this Advent season, experience messages of hope, joy, and peace through the medium of movement.
The Trinity Movement Choir practices worship through sacred dance, a style of slow, dreamlike choreography that responds to spiritual and social issues. In this Advent season, experience messages of hope, joy, and peace through the medium of movement.
The Trinity Movement Choir practices worship through sacred dance, a style of slow, dreamlike choreography that responds to spiritual and social issues. In this Advent season, experience messages of hope, joy, and peace through the medium of movement.
