Music Videos

Today, Comfort at One brings you Trinity ensembles, under the direction of Julian Wachner, performing parts one and three of Bach’s Christmas Oratorio.

Trinity’s Messiah is unique—presented in a sacred space, on historic instruments, with soloists chosen from the choir to best complement each aria, air, and recitative. Trinity presented one of the first performances in North America in 1770, and The Choir of Trinity Wall Street and Trinity Baroque Orchestra under the direction of Julian Wachner are widely regarded as some of the greatest interpreters of the work. 

For today’s Comfort at One, we give you one of the most dramatic movements of Messiah, “He was despised,” powerfully performed in this clip by Jonathan Woody of The Choir of Trinity Wall Street.

"Messiah Week" for Comfort at One continues as we feature another impressive choral movement featuring The Choir of Trinity Wall Street. We hope that you enjoy Trinity’s interpretation of “Purify” in a performance praised by The New York Times: “With the church’s choir and the Trinity Baroque Orchestra, Mr. Wachner provides gritty, gutsy, edge-of-the-seat performances.”  

Today’s Comfort at One "Messiah Week" continues with a series of solos from the Passion section in part two of the oratorio, featuring Thomas McCargar from The Choir of Trinity Wall Street. In these scenes, Handel musically paints the scorn and agony of Christ leading up to his death.

This week, Handel's Messiah takes over Comfort at One. For our first installment, a scene of choral movements featuring the incredible musicians of The Choir of Trinity Wall Street and Trinity Baroque Orchestra under the direction of Julian Wachner. This video features “Surely,” “And with his stripes,” and “All we like sheep.” 

Our Christmas Comfort at One offerings continue with a stunning virtual performance of a favorited annual Trinity holiday event: the Trinity Youth Chorus performing Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols. Let these beautiful voices bring you comfort and light as you begin this joyous season.

For Comfort at One today, we have a special Pipes at One performance by Trinity’s Associate Organist Janet Yieh. A perfect offering for the holiday season, Janet expertly designed this program of Advent hymns and tunes, with works by Mendelssohn, Bach, Jeanne Demessieux, and Marcel Dupré.

Today’s Comfort at One will surely get you in the holiday spirit as the Trinity Baroque Orchestra and The Choir of Trinity Wall Street, under the direction of Julian Wachner, perform Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 (Parts 2 and 4).