Trinity Church Wall Street Announces Return of Bach + One in St. Paul’s Chapel, Pärt Performances at The Shed at Hudson Yards, and “Alchemy Series” with New York Baroque Incorporated
Trinity Church Wall Street’s beloved Bach at One series—lauded by the New York Times for its “dramatic vigor”—resumes April 1. Now rechristened Bach + One, each performance in the midday concert series in St. Paul’s Chapel comprises a Bach cantata along with a complementary work by one of Bach’s contemporaries. Trinity’s music program also has an increased presence in the broader community this season. To celebrate the opening of the architecturally spectacular, innovative new venue The Shed at Hudson Yards, The Choir of Trinity Wall Street gives two months of live performances in the exhibit Reich Richter Pärt (April 6-June 2). Back in St. Paul’s Chapel, early music ensemble New York Baroque Incorporated (NYBI) presents the “Alchemy Series”: four programs on the themes Water, Air, Earth and Fire (April 4, 25; May 2, 22). Spring programming also includes weekly improvised Compline services and Pipes at One concerts, the latter of which features a variety of guest organists, plus Trinity’s own Director of Music Julian Wachner and Associate Organists Avi Stein and Janet Yieh, as well as organ students from throughout the U.S. and Canada on the first Friday of each month. Additional concerts feature the Trinity Youth Chorus and Trinity’s semi-professional adult choir, Downtown Voices. Many of Trinity’s “indispensable and unmissable” (New York Times) concert offerings are professionally filmed, streamed live and available on demand at trinitywallstreet.org.
After the recent completion of a five-year survey of Bach cantatas by The Choir of Trinity Wall Street and The Trinity Baroque Orchestra, led by Wachner, the new Bach + One series goes back to the beginning. The cantatas are presented one at a time in catalogue order, and this spring will be paired with a variety of concerti grossi and solo concertos by Johann David Heinichen, George Frideric Handel, Johann Friedrich Fasch and Georg Philipp Telemann, each of whom has a connection to Bach. Heinichen was a music teacher for one of Bach’s important patrons, and his own musical studies were at the Thomasschule in Leipzig, where Bach became Cantor in 1723. Handel and Bach never met, but Bach famously tried and failed to find his famous contemporary in Halle in 1719. When the Thomasschule post opened up, Bach’s esteemed colleague Fasch was invited to apply, but chose to withdraw his name before Bach was hired. And Telemann and Bach became close friends in Leipzig; the slightly older composer was godfather and namesake to Bach’s son Carl Philipp Emanuel.
Under the direction of Julian Wachner, The Choir of Trinity Wall Street performs Arvo Pärt’s Drei Hirtenkinder aus Fátima—composed as a response to the paintings of Gerhard Richter—as part of the Reich Richter Pärt exhibit during the inaugural season of Manhattan’s much-anticipated new venue, The Shed at Hudson Yards. This world premiere event includes two immersive performances—one conceived by composer Steve Reich and painter Gerhard Richter, the other by Richter and composer Arvo Pärt—exploring the shared sensory language of visual art and music. Other participants in Reich Richter Pärt are filmmaker Corinna Belz, Ensemble Signal, the International Contemporary Ensemble, and the Brooklyn Youth Chorus. More information is available here.
New York Baroque Incorporated, a conductorless ensemble headed by Artistic and Executive Director Wen Yang, brings its four-concert “Alchemy Series” to St. Paul’s Chapel this spring, with soprano Teresa Wakim and bass Dashon Burton as guest artists. Praised by the New York Times as “truly excellent,” and “studded with stars in the making,” the ensemble performs a pan-European selection of works themed to the classical elements: Water, Air, Earth and Fire. More information is available here.
Trinity now offers Pipes at One concerts year-round in St. Paul’s Chapel, featuring the celebrated three-manual Noack organ that was inaugurated in the spring of 2018. These innovative programs showcase leading organists and rising stars from around the country. In 2019, on the first Friday of each month, Pipes at One will feature varied organ programs played by undergraduate and graduate students from the top music conservatories in North America.
Downtown Voices and conductor Stephen Sands perform twice this spring, with the first concert featuring Dvořák’s rarely performed Mass in D, in its original setting for organ and mixed choir, along with Britten’s Hymn to St. Cecilia and another rarity, Janáček’s Otče náš (Our Father) (April 28). To close out the season, the group is joined by resident contemporary ensemble NOVUS NY for a presentation of Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana, which the composer described as a “celebration of the triumph of the human spirit.” Completing the program is Bartók’s Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion, a work requiring two pianists and two percussionists that has become one of Bartók’s most frequently performed compositions (June 16).
Each Sunday, the choirs of Trinity Wall Street lead a wonderfully varied repertoire at services that speak to the diversity of New York City. On Sunday evenings at 8pm in St. Paul’s Chapel, The Choir of Trinity Wall Street offers an intimate Compline by Candlelight featuring chant, improvisation, and newly composed sacred works. On two occasions this spring, Chorister Compline services will feature the Trinity Youth Chorus, which also performs a concert highlighting Britten’s Friday Afternoons (May 10). You can listen to podcasts of past Compline services here or you can download them for free from iTunes or listen on Spotify. Each podcast is approximately 30 minutes long.
About Trinity Church Wall Street
Trinity Church Wall Street is a growing Episcopal community that seeks to serve and heal the world by building neighborhoods that live Gospel truths, generations of faithful leaders, and sustainable communities. The mission is grounded in Trinity’s core values: faith, integrity, inclusiveness, compassion, social justice, and stewardship. Trinity is located in the heart of Manhattan’s Financial District, where it has created a dynamic home for music. Serving as director of Trinity’s music program – as well as principal conductor of The Choir of Trinity Wall Street, the period-instrument Trinity Baroque Orchestra, and contemporary-music ensemble-in-residence NOVUS NY – Julian Wachner also oversees all liturgical, professional and community music programming at Trinity Church and St. Paul’s Chapel. Music at Trinity ranges from large-scale oratorios to chamber music, and from intimate a cappella singing to jazz improvisation. Many concerts at Trinity are professionally filmed and streamed live and available on-demand at http://www.trinitywallstreet.org/videos. The Rev. Dr. William Lupfer is Rector of Trinity Church Wall Street and the Rev. Phillip Jackson is Vicar of Trinity Church Wall Street.
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Trinity Church Wall Street: Music Programming Spring 2019
All events free and located at St. Paul’s Chapel unless otherwise indicated.
March 29 at 1pm
Pipes at One
Nicholas Quardokus, Organ Scholar, St. Paul’s Parish, K Street, Washington, DC
March 31 at 8pm
Compline by Candlelight
Vytautas Miškinis: Pater Noster
April 1 at 1pm
Bach + One
Bach: Wo soll ich fliehen hin, BWV 5
Handel: Concerto Grosso in D minor, Op. 3, No. 5, HWV 316
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; The Trinity Baroque Orchestra; Avi Stein, chorusmaster and continuo; Robert Mealy, concertmaster; Julian Wachner, conductor
April 4 at 7:30pm
NYBI Alchemy Series: Water
Telemann: Ouverture-Suite Wassermusik
Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in F minor (L’inverno), RV 297
Locatelli: Concerto Grosso in E-flat, Op. 7, No. 6 (Il pianto d’Arianna)
Handel: Concerto Grosso in B-flat, Op. 3, No. 2
New York Baroque Incorporated; Wen Yang, artistic and executive director
Tickets: https://water.brownpapertickets.com/
April 5 at 1pm
Pipes at One First Friday
Students of Thomas Murray from the Yale School of Music & Institute of Sacred Music, Connecticut: Matthew Daley and Grant Wareham
April 6-June 2
Reich Richter Pärt
The Shed at Hudson Yards
Pärt: Drei Hirtenkinder aus Fátima
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street
Tickets: theshed.org
April 7 at 11:15am
Sunday Service
Wesley: Wash me throughly
Poulenc: Tristis est anima mea
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Avi Stein and Janet Yieh, organ; Julian Wachner, conductor
April 7 at 8pm
Chorister Prelude
Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine
Langlais: Kyrie from Missa in Simplicitate
Duruflé: Sanctus and Benedictus from Missa cum Jubilo; Pie Jesu from Requiem
Fauré: Agnus Dei from Messe Basse; In Paradisum from Requiem
Compline by Candlelight
Duruflé: Ubi Caritas
Trinity Youth Chorus; Avi Stein, organ; Melissa Attebury, conductor
April 8 at 1pm
Bach + One
Bach: Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden, BWV 6
Telemann: Concerto for 3 Oboes, 3 Violins and Continuo, TWV 44:43
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; The Trinity Baroque Orchestra; Avi Stein, chorusmaster and continuo; Robert Mealy, concertmaster; Julian Wachner, conductor
April 12 at 1pm
Pipes at One
James Kennerley, Organist and Choirmaster, Saint Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church, New York
April 14 at 11:15am
Sunday Service
Gibbons: Hosanna to the Son of David
Lotti: Crucifixus
Bruckner: Christus factus est
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Avi Stein and Janet Yieh, organ; Julian Wachner, conductor
April 14 at 8pm
Compline by Candlelight
Gombert: Lugebat David Absalon
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street
April 15 at 1pm
Bach + One
Bach: Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam, BWV 7
Heinichen: Concerto in A for Oboe d’amore, S228
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; The Trinity Baroque Orchestra; Avi Stein, chorusmaster and continuo; Robert Mealy, concertmaster; Julian Wachner, conductor
April 21 at 11:15am
Easter Service
Parry: I Was Glad
Stanford: Ye Choirs of New Jerusalem
Parsons: Credo quod redemptor meus vivit
Taverner: Dum transisset Sabbatum
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Avi Stein and Janet Yieh, organ; Julian Wachner, conductor
April 25 at 7:30pm
NYBI Alchemy Series: Air
Rameau: Suite from Platée
Clérambault: Orphée
Handel: Il delirio amoroso, HWV 99
New York Baroque Incorporated; Wen Yang, artistic and executive director
With Teresa Wakim, soprano
Tickets: https://alchemyair.brownpapertickets.com/
April 26 at 1pm
Pipes at One
Julian Wachner, Director of Music, Trinity Church Wall Street
April 28 at 11:15am
Sunday Service
David Hurd: Love bade me welcome
Peeters: Ave Verum
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Avi Stein and Janet Yieh, organ; Julian Wachner, conductor
April 28 at 3pm
Downtown Voices Concert
Dvořák: Mass in D
Britten: Hymn to St. Cecilia
Janáček: Otče náš
Downtown Voices; Stephen Sands, conductor
Soloists from The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Janet Yieh, organ
April 28 at 8pm
Compline by Candlelight
Bruckner: Os justi
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street
April 29 at 1pm
Bach + One
Bach: Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben? BWV 8
Telemann: Concerto in E minor for Flute and Recorder, TWV 52:e1
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; The Trinity Baroque Orchestra; Avi Stein, chorusmaster and continuo; Robert Mealy, concertmaster; Julian Wachner, conductor
May 2 at 7:30pm
NYBI Alchemy Series: Earth
Marais: Suite from Alcyone
Corelli: Concerto Grosso in G minor, Op. 6, No. 8 (“Fatto per la notte di Natale”)
Farina: Capriccio Stravagante
Telemann: Ouverture-Suite a la pastorelle
New York Baroque Incorporated; Wen Yang, artistic and executive director
Tickets: https://earth.brownpapertickets.com/
May 3 at 1pm
Pipes at One First Friday
Students of David Higgs from the Eastman School of Music, New York: Chelsea Barton and Malcolm Matthews
May 5 at 11:15am
Sunday Service
Lasso: Jubilate Deo
Mozart: Laudate Dominum
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Avi Stein and Janet Yieh, organ; Julian Wachner, conductor
May 5 at 8pm
Compline by Candlelight
Howells: Antiphon
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street
May 6 at 1pm
Bach + One
Bach: Es ist das Heil uns kommen her, BWV 9
Fasch: Concerto for Flute and Oboe, FaWV L:h1
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; The Trinity Baroque Orchestra; Avi Stein, chorusmaster and continuo; Robert Mealy, concertmaster; Julian Wachner, conductor
May 10 at 1pm
Pipes at One
Jason Roberts, Director of Music, St. Bartholomew’s Church, New York
May 10 at 5pm
Trinity Youth Chorus Concert
Britten: Friday Afternoons
Trinity Youth Chorus Junior Choristers; Outreach choruses from Confucius Plaza and Chrystie Street; Melissa Attebury and Anne Damassa Graff, conductors
May 12 at 11:15am
Sunday Service
Cain: Ezekiel Saw de Wheel
Thomson: My Shepherd Will Supply My Need
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Avi Stein and Janet Yieh, organ; Julian Wachner, conductor
May 12 at 8pm
Compline by Candlelight
Palestrina: Viri Galilaei
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street
May 13 at 1pm
Bach + One
Bach: Meine Seel erhebt den Herren, BWV 10
Fasch: Concerto in D for Trumpet, Two Oboes and Strings, FaWV L:D1
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; The Trinity Baroque Orchestra; Avi Stein, chorusmaster and continuo; Robert Mealy, concertmaster; Julian Wachner, conductor
May 17 at 1pm
Pipes at One
Avi Stein, Associate Organist and Chorusmaster, Trinity Church Wall Street
May 19 at 11:15am
Sunday Service
Dawson: Ain’a That Good News
Berger: The Eyes of All Wait Upon Thee
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Avi Stein and Janet Yieh, organ; Julian Wachner, conductor
May 19 at 8pm
Compline by Candlelight
Gombert: In illo tempore
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street
May 20 at 1pm
Bach + One
Bach: Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen, BWV 11
Telemann: Concerto in D for 3 Trumpets, Timpani and Strings, TWV 54:D4
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; The Trinity Baroque Orchestra; Avi Stein, chorusmaster and continuo; Robert Mealy, concertmaster; Julian Wachner, conductor
May 22 at 7:30pm
NYBI Alchemy Series: Fire
Handel: Overture
Handel: “Qual’insolita luce—Caddi, è ver, ma nel cadere” from La resurrezione, HWV 47
Handel: “Ebben, questo tuo Nume” and “O voi dell’Erebo” from La resurrezione, HWV 47
Handel: “I rage, I melt, I burn—O ruddier than the cherry” from Acis and Galatea
Scarlatti: Sinfonia avanti la Serenata
Aliotti: “Cessi il vostro dolore, Non sospirare no, Se dell’ombre il” from Santa Rosalia
Bach: “Der alte Drache brennt vor neid” from Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir, BWV 130
Bach: “Alles, was von Gott geboren” from Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, BWV 80
Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D, BWV 1068
New York Baroque Incorporated; Wen Yang, artistic and executive director
With Dashon Burton, bass
Tickets: https://alchemyfire.brownpapertickets.com/
May 24 at 1pm
Pipes at One
Annie Laver, Assistant Professor of Organ and University Organist, Syracuse University, NY
May 26 at 11:15am
Sunday Service
Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine
Hassler: Cantate Domino
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Avi Stein and Janet Yieh, organ; Julian Wachner, conductor
May 26 at 8pm
Compline by Candlelight
Palestrina: Jesu rex admirabilis
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street
May 30
Ascension Day Service
Willan: Rise Up, My Love, My Fair One
Stanford: Coelos ascendit hodie
May 31 at 1pm
Pipes at One
May 31 at 8pm
Chorister Compline
Trinity Youth Chorus; Melissa Attebury, conductor
June 2 at 11:15am
Sunday Service
Howells: A Hymn for St. Cecilia
Messiaen: O Sacrum Convivium
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Avi Stein and Janet Yieh, organ; Julian Wachner, conductor
June 2 at 8pm
Chorister Compline
Britten: Missa Brevis
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street
June 7 at 1pm
Pipes at One First Friday
Students of Janette Fishell and Christopher Young from Indiana University: Katie Burk and Noah Klein
June 9 at 11:15am
Sunday Service
Dawson: Ev’ry Time I Feel the Spirit
Gibbons: Almighty and Everlasting God
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Avi Stein and Janet Yieh, organ; Julian Wachner, conductor
June 9 at 8pm
Compline by Candlelight
des Prez: Veni Creator Spiritus
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street
June 16 at 11:15am
Sunday Service
Britten: Festival Te Deum
Byrd: Ave Verum Corpus
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Avi Stein and Janet Yieh, organ; Julian Wachner, conductor
June 16 at 3pm
Downtown Voices Concert
Bartók: Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion
Orff: Carmina Burana
Downtown Voices; Trinity Youth Chorus; NOVUS NY; Stephen Sands, conductor
June 16 at 8pm
Compline by Candlelight
Palestrina: Benedicta sit Sancta Trinitas
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street
June 17 at 5pm
Music Education Outreach Concert
Choruses and instrumental ensembles from Gotham Arts Academy, Pike Street, Chrystie Street, Confucius Plaza, Baxter Street, Grand Street, P.S. 59
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