Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s final composition, Requiem, was finished after his death by his student Franz Xaver Süssmayr. According to his wife, Constanze Mozart, the ailing composer had come to believe he was writing the piece, initially commissioned by a German count, to be played at his own funeral — and indeed some sections were. Requiem […]
Prolific saxophonist, composer, and educator Bobby Watson sits among the pantheon of jazz greats. He has played alongside Max Roach, Branford and Wynton Marsalis, John Hicks, and many other jazz […]
Holiday extravaganza full of Christmas carols and other festive songs. The program will include sing-along Christmas carols and other festive works featuring the combined vocal power of all of Trinity's vocal ensembles: The Choir of Trinity Church Wall Street, the Trinity Youth Chorus, St. Paul's Chapel Choir, and Downtown Voices, joined by NOVUS NY Brass, […]
First presented by the church in 1770. Deemed by The New York Times as "transcendent and awe-inspiring," Trinity’s unique Messiah is performed in a sacred space, on period instruments, with soloists from The Choir of Trinity Wall Street. Featuring The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Trinity Baroque Orchestra; Ryan Brandau, guest conductor. Ticketed.
Join the Ron Carter Trio, featuring Russell Malone and Donald Vega for a Jazz Icons concert on December 10, at 3pm in Trinity Church. Ron Carter is one of the most prolific and influential bassists in jazz with more than 2,500 albums to his name.
Sandbox Percussion and NOVUS NY present a third Renewal concert, featuring Viet Cuong’s Re(new)al and pieces inspired by Richard Powers’s powerful novel on activism, resistance, and the natural world— The Overstory: Jessica Meyer’s A Passage Between Earth and Sky and the collaborative eco-cantata by four composers and five authors, A Forest Unfolding. Free, and reservations […]
NOVUS NY presents Quartet for the End of Time, written by French composer Olivier Messiaen while he was interned as a German prisoner of war in 1940. Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Powers will narrate the concert with excerpts from his book Orfeo.
World premiere of Benedict Sheehan’s oratorio, Akathist, an epic meditation on choosing gratitude, in collaboration with Artefact Ensemble. Featuring The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Artefact Ensemble; NOVUS NY; Downtown Voices; Trinity Youth Chorus; and Elaine Kelly, conductor.
Handel’s dramatic choral work, Dixit Dominus, presented by Trinity’s early music experts: The Choir of Trinity Wall Street and Trinity Baroque Orchestra, under the direction of Avi Stein.
The talented teens of the Trinity Youth Chorus present works by Mozart, Fauré, Mendelssohn, and Schubert written in their teenage years. With NOVUS NY and Melissa Attebury, director.