Trinity’s spring ranges from Bach to Stravinsky and beyond
Trinity Wall Street – one of New York City’s true destination points for music lovers – with the New York Times praising Trinity’s “transcendent” and “moving” performances – has a particularly exciting schedule of musical offerings this spring, ranging from Bach and Buxtehude to Stravinsky. From February 17 to March 17, Trinity joins with the vocal ensemble TENET to present TENEbrae, with Trinity Wall Street music director Julian Wachner leading the group in performances of great music often associated with the ceremony of Tenebrae during Holy Week – including masterpieces by Buxtehude, Couperin, Tallis, Gesualdo and Charpentier. On Palm Sunday, March 24, Wachner leads the Choir of Trinity Wall Street and the Trinity Baroque Orchestra in performing Bach’s St. Matthew Passion. From April 26 to April 28, the Trinity Choir teams with NOVUS NY – Trinity’s contemporary music ensemble – for a festival of Stravinsky’s complete sacred works. And along with the popular series Concerts at One and Pipes at One, Compline at Candlelight continues this spring with works by such top contemporary composers as Tarik O’Regan and Trinity’s own Julian Wachner.
TENEbrae
The Holy Week ceremony of Tenebrae, including the ritual extinguishing of candles, resonates with feeling – including deeply felt music. The vocal ensemble TENET joins forces with Trinity Wall Street to present TENEbrae (Feb 17-March 17), a series of impassioned early-music performances during Lent, the season of darkness and self-reflection. Some of Western music’s greatest composers were inspired to write scores for Tenebrae. Under Wachner, TENET will perform a sequence of masterpieces: Buxtehude’s Membra Jesu Nostri (Feb 17); Couperin’s Leçons de ténèbres (Feb 24); Tallis’s Lamentations of Jeremiah (March 3); Gesualdo’s Tenebrae Responsories(March 10); and Charpentier’s Leçons de Tenebres pour Vendredi (March 17).
Bach’s St. Matthew Passion and more
Trinity’s Bach at One series runs from March 25 to May 27. The series sees the Choir of Trinity Wall Street and the Trinity Baroque Orchestra continue their survey of Bach’s complete cantatas. The forces of Trinity Wall Street will also come together under Julian Wachner to perform Bach’s epochal St. Matthew Passion on March 24. The New York Times has praised the “dramatic vigor” of Bach performances by the Trinity forces, not to mention “the buoyant, elegantly shaped orchestral sound” and “the lithe, immaculate and colorful singing of the chorus.”
Stravinsky Festival – The Complete Sacred Works
Spring 2013 brings a major Trinity project: a Stravinsky Festival that will present performances of the composer’s complete sacred works (April 26-28). Led by Julian Wachner, the Choir of Trinity Wall Street and the ensemble NOVUS NY will feature the great works from the composer’s rarely heard, highly refined serialist period, including Requiem Canticles, The Flood, Threni and Canticum Sacrum. The Stravinsky Festival culminates with his earlier sacred masterworks: the Mass and Symphony of Psalms.
Compline by Candlelight
Trinity offers Compline at Candlelight throughout the year on Sunday evenings in the candlelit beauty of St. Paul’s Chapel. The Choir of Trinity Wall Street improvises the liturgy and performs contemporary works by emerging and recognized composers. This spring’s contemporary works include Howard Helvey’s O Gracious Light (Feb 10), John Joubert’s In medio Ecclesiae (Feb 17), Andrew Gant’s Ave verum corpus (Feb 24), Gabriel Jackson’s A Prayer of King Henry VI (March 3), Julian Wachner’s Hear My Cry (March 10), Michael Berkeley’s Pasce agnos meos (March 17), Bob Chilcott’s Pange Lingua (March 24), Stravinsky’s The Dove Descending (April 7), Tarik O’Regan’s Surrexit Christus (April 14), Stravinsky’s Ave Maria (April 21), Will Todd’s Christus est stella (May 5); Julian Wachner’s Nunc Dimittis St. Thomas Fifth Avenue (May 12); John Rutter’s Veni Sancte Spiritus (May 19); and Kerry Andrew’s O lux beata Trinitas (May 26).
Concerts at One
Concerts at One, Trinity Wall Street’s long-running series of free concerts on Thursday afternoons, continues with such events as the series Contemporary American Art Song, a collaboration with Joy in Singing that runs from February 21 to March 21. Other highlights of Concerts at One include a recital of music for solo guitar by Joao Kouyoumdjian on April 4, then the U.S. debut of the Québec ensemble Flûte Alors on April 18. In May, The Academy – a program of Carnegie Hall, the Juilliard School and the Weill Music Institute in partnership with the New York City Department of Education – will close the season with three concerts by the young virtuosi of ACJW.
Pipes at One
Pipes at One, Trinity Wall Street’s new series of free, 40-minute organ recitals by top performers on Wednesdays at 1:00 p.m., continues in St. Paul’s Chapel, the oldest surviving church building in Manhattan. The mechanical-action pipe organ of St. Paul’s Chapel was built in 1964 by the Schlicker Organ Co. of Buffalo, NY, and re-built by the Andover Organ Company of Methuen, MA, in 1981. It boasts the oldest pipe organ case in New York City, made of mahogany and dating from 1802, and contains 1,632 pipes. Following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, situated directly across the street from St. Paul’s, the organ was silenced, but it has since been partially cleaned and made playable by Mann & Trupiano organ-builders from Brooklyn. Spring highlights in the Pipes at One series include Eric Plutz, the University Organist of Princeton University, on March 20; Avi Stein, the principal organist of the Trinity Baroque Orchestra, on April 3; and Julian Wachner, Trinity’s director of Music & the Arts, on May 8.
Trinity Wall Street
One of the oldest, largest and most vibrant of all Episcopal parishes, Trinity Wall Street is located in the heart of Manhattan’s financial district, where it has created a dynamic home for great music. Serving as director of Trinity’s Music and the Arts Program – as well as principal conductor of the Choir of Trinity Wall Street, the period-instrument Trinity Baroque Orchestra and the contemporary-music ensemble-in-residence NOVUS NY – Julian Wachner also oversees all liturgical, professional and community music and arts programming at Trinity Church and St. Paul’s Chapel. The music at Trinity ranges from large-scale oratorios to chamber music, from intimate a cappella singing to jazz improvisation. All concerts at Trinity Wall Street are professionally filmed and broadcast live at www.trinitywallstreet.org.
Trinity Wall Street: upcoming concerts
Sun, Feb 3, 8:00 p.m. (St. Paul’s Chapel, Fulton & Broadway)
Compline by Candlelight
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Improvised chant
Michael Finnissy: Ave regina coelorum
Wed, Feb. 6, 1:00 p.m. (St. Paul’s Chapel, Fulton & Broadway)
Pipes at One
Solo organ; Renée Anne Louprette, Organist and Associate Director of Music and the Arts, Trinity Wall Street
Thurs, Feb. 7, 1:00 p.m. (Trinity Church, Wall & Broadway)
Concerts at One
International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE)
Works by Fujikura, Asphergis, Vivier, Zorn
Sun, Feb. 10, 8:00 p.m. (St. Paul’s Chapel, Fulton & Broadway)
Compline by Candlelight
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Improvised chant
Howard Helvey: O Gracious Light
Thurs, Feb. 14, 1:00p.m. (Trinity Church, Wall & Broadway)
Concerts at One
International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE)
Sun, Feb. 17, 5:00 p.m. (Trinity Church, Wall & Broadway)
TENEbrae
TENET in collaboration with Trinity Wall Street; Jolle Greenleaf, artistic director; Julian Wachner, conductor
Buxtehude: Membra Jesu Nostri
Sun, Feb. 17, 8:00 p.m. (St. Paul’s Chapel, Fulton & Broadway)
Compline by Candlelight
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Improvised chant
John Joubert: In medio Ecclesiae
Wed, Feb. 20, 1:00 p.m. (St. Paul’s Chapel, Fulton & Broadway)
Pipes at One
Solo organ; Raymond Nagem, Associate Organist, Cathedral of St. John the Divine, NYC
Thurs, Feb. 21, 1:00p.m. (Trinity Church, Wall & Broadway)
Concerts at One
Joy in Singing
Paul Sperry, Series Curator
Contemporary American Art Song
(Hagen, Paulus, Bolcom, Larsen)
Sun, Feb. 24, 5:00 p.m. (Trinity Church, Wall & Broadway)
TENEbrae
TENET in collaboration with Trinity Wall Street; Jolle Greenleaf, artistic director; Julian Wachner, conductor
Couperin: Leçons de Tenebres pour le Mercredi
Sun, Feb. 24, 8:00 p.m. (St. Paul’s Chapel, Fulton & Broadway)
Compline by Candlelight
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Improvised chant
Andrew Gant: Ave verum corpus
Wed, Feb. 27, 1:00 p.m. (St. Paul’s Chapel, Fulton & Broadway)
Pipes at One
Solo organ; Vincent Carr, Associate Organist, Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Newark, NJ
Thurs, Feb. 28, 1:00p.m. (Trinity Church, Wall & Broadway)
Concerts at One
Joy in Singing
Paul Sperry, Series Curator
Contemporary American Art Song
(Hagen, Paulus, Bolcom, Larsen)
Sun, March 3, 5:00 p.m. (Trinity Church, Wall & Broadway)
TENEbrae
TENET in collaboration with Trinity Wall Street; Jolle Greenleaf, artistic director; Julian Wachner, conductor
Tallis: Lamentations of Jeremiah
Sun, March 3, 8:00 p.m. (St. Paul’s Chapel, Fulton & Broadway)
Compline by Candlelight
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Improvised chant
Gabriel Jackson: A Prayer of King Henry VI
Wed, March 6, 1:00 p.m. (St. Paul’s Chapel, Fulton & Broadway)
Pipes at One
Solo organ, Bogna McGarrigle, Music Director and Organist, Church of the Epiphany, NYC
Thurs, March 7, 1:00p.m. (Trinity Church, Wall & Broadway)
Concerts at One
NYC Master Chorale; Thea Kano, director
Water and Light: Hogan, Lauridsen, Copland, Whitacre
Fri, March 8, 8:00 p.m. (St. Ignatius of Antioch)
Sun, March 10, 5:00 p.m. (Trinity Church, Wall & Broadway)
TENEbrae
TENET in collaboration with Trinity Wall Street; Jolle Greenleaf, artistic director; Julian Wachner, conductor
Gesualdo: Tenebrae Responsories for Maundy Thursday
Sun, March 10, 8:00 p.m. (St. Paul’s Chapel, Fulton & Broadway)
Compline by Candlelight
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Improvised chant
Julian Wachner: Hear My Cry
Wed, March 13, 1:00 p.m. (St. Paul’s Chapel, Fulton & Broadway)
Pipes at One
Solo organ; Daniel Kirk-Foster, Director of Music and Organist, St. Nicholas of Tolentine Church, Bronx
Thurs, March 14, 1:00p.m. (Trinity Church, Wall & Broadway)
Concerts at One
Joy in Singing
Paul Sperry, Series Curator
Contemporary American Art Song
(Hagen, Paulus, Bolcom, Larsen)
Sun, March 17, 5:00 p.m. (Trinity Church, Wall & Broadway)
TENEbrae
TENET in collaboration with Trinity Wall Street; Jolle Greenleaf, artistic director
Charpentier: Leçons de Tenebres pour Vendredi
Sun, March 17, 8:00 p.m. (St. Paul’s Chapel, Fulton & Broadway)
Compline by Candlelight
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Improvised chant
Michael Berkeley: Pasce agnos meos
Mon, March 18, 1:00 p.m. (St. Paul’s Chapel, Fulton & Broadway)
Bach at One
Trinity Baroque Orchestra & The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Bach: BWV 227: Jesu, meine Freude
Bach: Fürchte dich nicht
Wed, March 20, 1:00 p.m. (St. Paul’s Chapel, Fulton & Broadway)
Pipes at One
Solo organ; Eric Plutz, University Organist, Princeton University, NJ
Thurs, March 21, 1:00 p.m. (Trinity Church, Wall & Broadway)
Concerts at One
Joy in Singing
Paul Sperry, series curator
Contemporary American Art Song
(Hagen, Paulus, Bolcom, Larsen)
Sun, March 24, 5:00 p.m. (Trinity Church, Wall & Broadway)
Bach’s St Matthew Passion
Trinity Baroque Orchestra & The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
J. S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244
Sun, March 24, 8:00 p.m. (St. Paul’s Chapel, Fulton & Broadway)
Compline by Candlelight
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Bob Chilcott: Pange Lingua
Mon, March 25, 1:00 p.m. (St. Paul’s Chapel, Fulton & Broadway)
Bach at One
Trinity Baroque Orchestra & The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Bach: Cantata BWV 41 – Jesu, nun sei gepreiset
Bach: BWV 14 – Wär Gott nicht mit uns diese Zeit
Wed, March 27, 1:00 p.m. (St. Paul’s Chapel, Fulton & Broadway)
Pipes at One
Solo organ; Mark Pacoe, Director of Music, St. Malachy’s “The Actor’s Chapel,” NYC
LITURGY OF GOOD FRIDAY
Fri, March 29, Noon (Trinity Church, Wall & Broadway)
Liturgy of Good Friday
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Haydn: Seven Last Words for the Veneration
Mon, April 8, 1:00 p.m. (St. Paul’s Chapel, Fulton & Broadway)
Bach at One
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Haydn: Seven Last Words for the Veneration
Wed, April 3, 1:00 p.m. (St. Paul’s Chapel, Fulton & Broadway)
Pipes at One
Solo organ; Avi Stein, Principal Keyboardist, Trinity Baroque Orchestra
Thurs, April 4, 1:00 p.m. (Trinity Church, Wall & Broadway)
Concerts at One
Joao Kouyoumdjian
Works for solo guitar
Sun, April 7, 8:00 p.m. (St. Paul’s Chapel, Fulton & Broadway)
Compline by Candlelight
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Stravinsky: The Dove Descending
Mon, April 8, 1:00 p.m. (St. Paul’s Chapel, Fulton & Broadway)
Bach at One
Trinity Baroque Orchestra & The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; guest conductor TBD
Bach: BWV 226 – Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf; BWV 227 – Jesu, meine Freude; BWV 228 – Fürchte dic nicht
Wed, April 10, 1:00 p.m. (St. Paul’s Chapel, Fulton & Broadway)
Pipes at One
Solo organ; Rick Erickson, Cantor, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, NYC
Thurs, April 11, 1:00 p.m. (Trinity Church, Wall & Broadway)
Concerts at One
Minetti Quartett with Andreas Klein
Mozart: Concerto KV 414 for string quartet.
Beethoven: String Quartet, Opus 59, no. 3
Sun, April 14, 8:00 p.m. (St. Paul’s Chapel, Fulton & Broadway)
Compline by Candlelight
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Improvised chant
Tarik O’Regan: Surrexit Christus
Mon, April 15, 1:00 p.m. (St. Paul’s Chapel, Fulton & Broadway)
Bach at One
Trinity Baroque Orchestra & The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Bach: Cantata BWV 249 – Easter Oratorio
Wed, April 17, 1:00 p.m. (St. Paul’s Chapel, Fulton & Broadway)
Pipes at One
Solo organ; Justin Bischof, Concert Organist, Conductor and Composer
Thurs, April 18, 1:00 p.m. (Trinity Church, Wall & Broadway)
Concerts at One
Flûte Alors!
Back to the Future
Works by Caldini, Maute, and Reich
Sun, April 21, 8:00 p.m. (St. Paul’s Chapel, Fulton & Broadway)
Compline by Candlelight
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Improvised chant
Stravinsky: Ave Maria
Mon, April 22, 1:00 p.m. (St. Paul’s Chapel, Fulton & Broadway)
Bach at One
Trinity Baroque Orchestra & The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Bach: Cantata BWV 46 – Schauet doch und sehet; Cantata BWV 47 – Wer sich selbst erhöret
Wed, April 24, 1:00 p.m. (St. Paul’s Chapel, Fulton & Broadway)
Pipes at One
Solo organ; Paolo Bordignon, Associate Director of Music and Director of the Choristers, St. Bartholomew’s Church, NYC
Thurs, April 25, 1:00 p.m. (Trinity Church, Wall & Broadway)
Concerts at One
Pianists Sean Chen, Sara Daneshpour, Claire Huangci, Andrew Staupe, Eric Zuber
Finalists and winner (announced April 20, 2013) of American Pianists Association Classical
Fellowship Award
Newly commissioned works (New York premieres)
Fri, April 26, 7:00 p.m. (Trinity Church, Wall & Broadway)
Stravinsky Festival – The Complete Sacred Works
NOVUS NY & The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Stravinsky: The Flood; Abraham and Isaac; Threni; Introitus
Sat, April 27, 7:00 p.m. (Trinity Church, Wall & Broadway)
Stravinsky Festival – The Complete Sacred Works
NOVUS NY & The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Stravinsky: A Sermon, A Narrative and a Prayer; Elegy for J.F.K.; In Memoriam Dylan Thomas; Requiem Canticles
Bach-Stravinsky: Canonic Variations “Vom himmel hoch”
Sun, April 28, 3:00 p.m. (Trinity Church, Wall & Broadway)
Stravinsky Festival – The Complete Sacred Works
NOVUS NY & The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; The Trinity Youth Chorus; Julian Wachner, conductor
Stravinsky: Anthem; Cantata; Mass; Symphony of Psalms
Sun, April 28, 8:00 p.m. (St. Paul’s Chapel, Fulton & Broadway)
Compline by Candlelight
The Trinity Youth Chorus; Melissa Attebury, conductor
Improvised chant
Mon, April 29, 1:00 p.m. (St. Paul’s Chapel, Fulton & Broadway)
Bach at One
Trinity Baroque Orchestra & The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Bach: Cantata BWV 33 – Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ; Cantata BWV 39 – Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot
Wed, May 1, 1:00 p.m. (St. Paul’s Chapel, Fulton & Broadway)
Pipes at One
Solo organ; Gwendolyn Toth, Music Director, Immanuel Lutheran Church, NYC
Thurs, May 2, 1:00p.m. (Trinity Church, Wall & Broadway)
Concerts at One
ACJW- The Academy: A Program of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, and The Weill Music Institute in partnership with the New York City Department of Education
Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps
Sun, May 5, 8:00 p.m. (St. Paul’s Chapel, Fulton & Broadway)
Compline by Candlelight
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Improvised chant
Will Todd: Christus est stella
Mon, May 6, 2013, 1:00 p.m. (St. Paul’s Chapel, Fulton & Broadway)
Bach at One
Trinity Baroque Orchestra & The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Bach: Cantata BWV 186 – Ärgre dich, o Seele, nicht; BWV 45 – Es ist dir gesagt Mensch, wer wird mich erlösen
Wed, May 8, 1:00 p.m. (St. Paul’s Chapel, Fulton & Broadway)
Pipes at One
Solo organ; Julian Wachner, Director of Music and the Arts, Trinity Wall Street
Sun, May 12, 8:00 p.m. (St. Paul’s Chapel, Fulton & Broadway)
Compline by Candlelight
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Improvised chant
Julian Wachner: Nunc Dimittis St. Thomas Fifth Avenue
Mon, May 13, 1:00 p.m. (St. Paul’s Chapel, Fulton & Broadway)
Bach at One
Trinity Baroque Orchestra & The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Bach: Cantata BWV 11 – Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen; Cantata BWV 31 – Der Himmel lacht! Die Erde jubiliert
Wed, May 15, 1:00 p.m. (St. Paul’s Chapel, Fulton & Broadway)
Pipes at One
Solo organ; Mark Trautman, Director of Music, St. Paul’s Church, Englewood, NJ
Thurs, May 16, 1:00 p.m. (Trinity Church, Wall & Broadway)
Concerts at One
ACJW – The Academy: A Program of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, and The Weill Music Institute in partnership with the New York City Department of Education
Samuel Carl Adams: new work for string sextet
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-flat major, BWV 1050
Mozart: Serenade in C minor, K. 388
Sun, May 19, 8:00 p.m. (St. Paul’s Chapel, Fulton & Broadway)
Compline by Candlelight
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Improvised chant
John Rutter: Veni Sancte Spiritus
Mon, May 20, 1:00 p.m. (St. Paul’s Chapel, Fulton & Broadway)
Bach at One
Trinity Baroque Orchestra & The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Bach: Cantata BWV 64 – Sehet, Welch eine Liebe hat uns der Vater erzeiget
Wed, May 22, 1:00 p.m. (St. Paul’s Chapel, Fulton & Broadway)
Pipes at One
Solo organ; Renée Anne Louprette, Organist and Associate Director of Music and the Arts, Trinity Wall Street
Thurs, May 23, 1:00 p.m. (Trinity Church, Wall & Broadway)
Concerts at One
ACJW- The Academy: A Program of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, and The Weill Music Institute in partnership with New York City Department of Education
Missy Mazzoli: new work for flute, clarinet, trumpet, piano, and violin
Brahms: Trio in E-flat major, Op. 40
Sun, May 26, 8:00 p.m. (St. Paul’s Chapel, Fulton & Broadway)
Compline by Candlelight
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Improvised chant
Kerry Andrew: O lux beata Trinitas
Mon, May 27, 1:00 p.m. (St. Paul’s Chapel, Fulton & Broadway)
Bach at One
Trinity Baroque Orchestra & The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Bach: Cantata BWV 75 – Die Elenden sollen essen
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