This week: Momenta Quartet with Vicky Chow, piano
"A paragon of the concert-going experience: excellent music that was entirely fresh and new, played with skill and élan... Momenta's playing throughout the concert was superb." —George Grella, New York Classical Review (September 2014)
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor, op. 111
Alberto Ginastera – Piano Quintet, op. 29
Ludwig van Beethoven – String Quartet No. 16 in F Major, op. 135
The principal Sunday liturgy at Trinity, with musical leadership provided by the renowned Trinity Choir, with regular participation by the Family Choir and Trinity Choristers. Webcast live each Sunday, and archived for on-demand viewing. Trinity Church, Broadway and Wall Street; 75 minutes.
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street, along with Trinity's semi-professional choir Downtown Voices and new-music ensemble NOVUS NY join forces along with cellist Matt Haimovitz for a performance of Ginastera's Cello Concerto #1 and Beethoven's Missa Solemnis.
The foundation stone of St. Paul's Chapel was laid on May 14, 1764 on what was then called "The Broadway." The first services were held over two years later, on October 30, 1766. This fall, St. Paul's Chapel will celebrate its 250th anniversary.
Internationally renowned organist and composer Chelsea Chen brings her compositional style—hailed as "charming" and "irresistible" (Los Angeles Times)—to this performance of works by Ginastera, Maurice Duruflé, and Nicolas De Grigny.
In the spring of 2016, Trinity’s ever-popular Bach at One series (Wednesdays at 1pm in St. Paul’s Chapel), will complete the presentation of Bach’s entire monumental output of sacred vocal music.
This week:
Prelude
BWV 173 – Erhöhtes Fleisch und Blut
BWV 169 – Gott soll allein mein Herze haben
BWV 45 – Es ist dir gesagt, Mensch, was gut ist
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street & Trinity Baroque Orchestra
Julian Wachner, conductor
Trinity celebrates the Feast of the Ascension, which commemorates the bodily ascension of Jesus into heaven, and the day the Trinity Church building was consecrated in 1846.
In the spring of 2016, Trinity’s ever-popular Bach at One series (Wednesdays at 1pm in St. Paul’s Chapel), will complete the presentation of Bach’s entire monumental output of sacred vocal music.
This week:
Prelude
BWV 184 – Erwünschtes Freudenlicht
BWV 139 – Wohl dem, der sich auf seinen Gott
BWV 180 – Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street & Trinity Baroque Orchestra
Julian Wachner, conductor
