Concerts at One - Legacy of Steve Reich: We Are All Travelers
This stunning program shines a light on several contemporary composers who are expanding on the ancient musical tradition of lifting up the outsider — exploring the idea that to travel is to live in the tension between vulnerability and protection. Here Steve Reich’s Traveler’s Prayer, Caroline Shaw’s To the Hands, Michi Wiancko’s Lullaby for the Transient, and David Lang’s the national anthems are performed by Trinity Choir, NOVUS, and Sandbox Percussion; Melissa Attebury, conductor.
Concerts at One - Legacy of Steve Reich: Transcendence
Transcendence — reaching beyond what is given — is the theme of this hour of contemporary classical music that features the mesmerizing ensemble Sandbox Percussion. Hear Portal, a work by Grammy-nominated and Pulitzer finalist Andy Akiho, who is hailed for bold compositions that explore and push the boundaries of chamber music and symphonies. The stirring lineup also includes Steve Reich’s Jacob’s Ladder and Jessie Montgomery’s Source Code. Performed by Trinity Choir and NOVUS; Melissa Attebury, conductor.
Legacy of Steve Reich: Celebrating 90
Gather with us to honor the milestone 90th birthday of composer Steve Reich, an innovator who has shaped the sound of modern music. Performing a lineup dedicated to Reich’s groundbreaking pieces, Trinity Choir and new-music ensemble NOVUS will be joined by Sandbox Percussion, trailblazers in the world of contemporary chamber music. In this special evening program, you will experience how ancient words and expressive repetition can transform patterns into meditative transcendence as you hear Tehillim, Proverb, Traveler’s Prayer, and Jacob’s Ladder. Melissa Attebury, conductor.
The Crossing: Time
Nicholas Cline The Sea Came Up and Drowned (East Coast premiere)
Joshua Stamper ‘mid the steep sky’s commotion
Artwork by Rocco Lombardi
Downtown Voices: Mozart Mass in C Minor
Trinity Church is thrilled to welcome back Jane Glover, a renowned Mozart expert, to conduct one of classical music’s greatest sacred works: Mass in C Minor. Glover will bring together Downtown Voices, Trinity Choir, and NOVUS to perform this challenging — and unfinished — piece of operatic brilliance. With a completion by Robert Levin and experts in the classical style, this evening is sure to be one of dramatic contrasts, virtuosic solo movements, and radiant choruses.
Concerts at One: Mozart and Martines
Who is Marianna Martines? Let Trinity Choir and the NOVUS orchestra introduce you to the work of this brilliant yet previously overlooked contemporary of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Despite the limitations placed on women of her era, Martines forged a distinguished musical career, rising to become one of the most influential artistic figures in Vienna. Today’s program includes one of her finest compositions, the Dixit Dominus, a dramatic and intricate five-part choral masterpiece. It will be paired with Mozart’s Exsultate, jubilate, the beloved Ave verum corpus, and his third and perhaps best-known setting of Regina. Melissa Attebury, conductor.
Messiah - Trinity Church
The classical music event of the season: New York’s most historic Messiah, performed in its entirety, in the soaring sacred space of Trinity Church. Trinity Church welcomes acclaimed guest conductor Nicholas McGegan, one of the world’s foremost Handel experts, to lead the highly anticipated annual performance of George Frideric Handel’s Messiah. This cherished holiday tradition — hailed as “the gold standard” by The New York Times — has captivated audiences since 1770. Though distinctly modern, Trinity’s beloved version is authentically performed on period instruments in an acoustically rich space. Soloists from the church’s expansive community of artists complement each glorious aria and the declamatory recitatives that join them with their own interpretations of this human journey of faith. Don’t miss it. Trinity Choir; Trinity Baroque Orchestra.
Messiah - Trinity Church
The classical music event of the season: New York’s most historic Messiah, performed in its entirety, in the soaring sacred space of Trinity Church. Trinity Church welcomes acclaimed guest conductor Nicholas McGegan, one of the world’s foremost Handel experts, to lead the highly anticipated annual performance of George Frideric Handel’s Messiah. This cherished holiday tradition — hailed as “the gold standard” by The New York Times — has captivated audiences since 1770. Though distinctly modern, Trinity’s beloved version is authentically performed on period instruments in an acoustically rich space. Soloists from the church’s expansive community of artists complement each glorious aria and the declamatory recitatives that join them with their own interpretations of this human journey of faith. Don’t miss it. Trinity Choir; Trinity Baroque Orchestra.
Messiah - Trinity Church
The classical music event of the season: New York’s most historic Messiah, performed in its entirety, in the soaring sacred space of Trinity Church. Trinity Church welcomes acclaimed guest conductor Nicholas McGegan, one of the world’s foremost Handel experts, to lead the highly anticipated annual performance of George Frideric Handel’s Messiah. This cherished holiday tradition — hailed as “the gold standard” by The New York Times — has captivated audiences since 1770. Though distinctly modern, Trinity’s beloved version is authentically performed on period instruments in an acoustically rich space. Soloists from the church’s expansive community of artists complement each glorious aria and the declamatory recitatives that join them with their own interpretations of this human journey of faith. Don’t miss it. Trinity Choir; Trinity Baroque Orchestra.
Handel's Messiah - Apollo's Fire
Handel’s Messiah is always one of the holiday season’s high points. Handel tells a timeless biblical tale in music of tremendous power, including high-flying solo arias and dramatic choruses. Baroque specialist Jeanette Sorrell returns to conduct the Orchestra, a quartet of vocal soloists, and her chorus, Apollo’s Singers.
Part of Holidays with the New York Philharmonic
Handel's Messiah - Apollo's Fire
Handel’s Messiah is always one of the holiday season’s high points. Handel tells a timeless biblical tale in music of tremendous power, including high-flying solo arias and dramatic choruses. Baroque specialist Jeanette Sorrell returns to conduct the Orchestra, a quartet of vocal soloists, and her chorus, Apollo’s Singers.
Part of Holidays with the New York Philharmonic
Handel's Messiah - Apollo's Fire
Handel’s Messiah is always one of the holiday season’s high points. Handel tells a timeless biblical tale in music of tremendous power, including high-flying solo arias and dramatic choruses. Baroque specialist Jeanette Sorrell returns to conduct the Orchestra, a quartet of vocal soloists, and her chorus, Apollo’s Singers.
Part of Holidays with the New York Philharmonic
Handel's Messiah - Apollo's Fire
Handel’s Messiah is always one of the holiday season’s high points. Handel tells a timeless biblical tale in music of tremendous power, including high-flying solo arias and dramatic choruses. Baroque specialist Jeanette Sorrell returns to conduct the Orchestra, a quartet of vocal soloists, and her chorus, Apollo’s Singers.
Part of Holidays with the New York Philharmonic
Tiny Concerts: How Brightly Shines the Morning Star
In the hushed intimacy of the Chapel of All Saints, the small sanctuary beside Trinity’s nave, members of Trinity Choir and the Trinity Baroque Orchestra present a program of festive and contemplative Christmas music by Johann Sebastian Bach and his contemporaries Johann Kuhnau (his predecessor in Leipzig) and Dieterich Buxtehude (who led a young Bach on a formative pilgrimage). Led by Avi Stein performing on the church’s handcrafted small organ, designed to play music from this era.
The Month of Moderns 2 - The Crossing
Digging still deeper into our catalogue of commissions, we find the extraordinary community of Philadelphians, writing new works in this Place of the Declaration and sending out musical messages to the far corners of the globe. Composers Jennifer Higdon, Kile Smith, Robert Maggio, Julia Wolfe, James Primosch, Benjamin C.S. Boyle, and Tyshawn Sorey cover the stylistic landscape and explore everything from FDR’s vision of Democracy, to the disappearance of bluestem grasses, to love, and to jazz.
Independence. Redress. Tyrant. Brethren.
Nathalie Joachim’s new work is commissioned by ArtPhilly, The Crossing, and Donald Nally.
The Month of Moderns 2 - The Crossing
Digging still deeper into our catalogue of commissions, we find the extraordinary community of Philadelphians, writing new works in this Place of the Declaration and sending out musical messages to the far corners of the globe. Composers Jennifer Higdon, Kile Smith, Robert Maggio, Julia Wolfe, James Primosch, Benjamin C.S. Boyle, and Tyshawn Sorey cover the stylistic landscape and explore everything from FDR’s vision of Democracy, to the disappearance of bluestem grasses, to love, and to jazz.
Independence. Redress. Tyrant. Brethren.
Nathalie Joachim’s new work is commissioned by ArtPhilly, The Crossing, and Donald Nally.
A Hundred Years On - The Crossing
We live a single day at the 1876 Centennial Exposition through the experience of five characters traversing Fairmount Park—site of the expo and of our concert. America’s first world’s fair, the expo introduced the telephone, the typewriter, ketchup, and the beacon arm of the Statue of Liberty; we celebrate 150 years of this historic, iconic venue that brings neighborhoods together.
History. Celebration. Innovation. Unfulfilled Legacy.
A Hundred Years On is commissioned for The Crossing and the Philadelphia Orchestra by The Mann Center, Philadelphia, with major support provided by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, and additional support provided by America250 PA and Philadelphia Funder Collaborative for the Semiquincentennial.
The Month of Moderns 1 - The Crossing
We tap our vast catalogue of commissioned works for those that examine “Where we are”; the assessment, if not always optimistic, is tirelessly honest and inquisitive as heard through the music of some of the country’s most adventurous composers. A new work of Canadian composer Nicole Lizée and works of David Lang, Shara Nova, Julia Wolfe, Michael Gordon, Stratis Minakakis, John Luther Adams, Edie Hill, Caroline Shaw, and Gabriel Jackson form a kind of musical quilt that says, “We are here, and this is what it feels like to be here.”
Immigration. Extinction. Resolve. Ailing Planet.
† ArtPhilly, whose goal is to establish Philadelphia as a globally recognized hub for arts and culture, presents a multi-disciplinary citywide “festival of all perspectives,” connecting audiences to each other through ongoing artistic programming and commissions of original works.
Nicole Lizée’s new work is commissioned by The Crossing and Donald Nally, Volti, and Cantori New York.
The Month of Moderns 1 - The Crossing
We tap our vast catalogue of commissioned works for those that examine “Where we are”; the assessment, if not always optimistic, is tirelessly honest and inquisitive as heard through the music of some of the country’s most adventurous composers. A new work of Canadian composer Nicole Lizée and works of David Lang, Shara Nova, Julia Wolfe, Michael Gordon, Stratis Minakakis, John Luther Adams, Edie Hill, Caroline Shaw, and Gabriel Jackson form a kind of musical quilt that says, “We are here, and this is what it feels like to be here.”
Immigration. Extinction. Resolve. Ailing Planet.
† ArtPhilly, whose goal is to establish Philadelphia as a globally recognized hub for arts and culture, presents a multi-disciplinary citywide “festival of all perspectives,” connecting audiences to each other through ongoing artistic programming and commissions of original works.
Nicole Lizée’s new work is commissioned by The Crossing and Donald Nally, Volti, and Cantori New York.
Bach at One - Trinity Church NYC
The season closes with George Frideric Handel’s Ode to St. Cecilia’s Day, a colorful and dramatic homage to the spiritually transformative power of music. Written for an annual celebration of music’s patron saint, the radiant work leads listeners through the full spectrum of human emotion, from quiet contemplation to boundless joy.
Trinity Choir; Trinity Baroque Orchestra; led by Avi Stein, organ
Celebrate Spring with Bach - Bach Virtuosi Festival New York
Concerto for Three Violins, BWV 1064
Orchestral Suite No. 2, BWV 1067
Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, BWV 80 (A Mighty Fortress Is Our God)
Handel's "Messiah" (Parts II and III)
Audiences will revel in the full glory of Easter season as Trinity Choir and Trinity Baroque Orchestra pick up where they left off at Christmastime, presenting Parts II and III of George Frideric Handel’s beloved and timeless work — including the much-celebrated “Hallelujah” chorus. Hailed by The New York Times as “the gold standard” by which all Messiah performances are measured, Trinity’s historic version has thrilled audiences since 1770. Led by Director of Music Melissa Attebury
Handel's "Messiah" (Parts II and III)
Did you know that George Frideric Handel conceived of the "Hallelujah" chorus as an Easter offering? Hear Parts II and III of Messiah, including that much-celebrated piece, live from Trinity Church, in all its Spring glory. Featuring Trinity Choir and Trinity Baroque Orchestra, led by Director of Music Melissa Attebury, Trinity's version maintains its reputation as "the gold standard" (The New York Times).
Bach at One: Selections from "Messiah"
If you can’t make it to our full evening presentation of the timeless masterpiece by Bach’s contemporary, George Frideric Handel, join us for the streamlined lunch-hour edition! Trinity Choir and Trinity Baroque Orchestra will present selections from Parts II and III of Messiah. Come enjoy this free offering of the cherished tradition. Led by Director of Music Melissa Attebury.
Infinite Body - The Crossing
The return of Claire Chase and the tsunami of energy that comes with her, as we revisit Rita Dove’s hard-edged, raw “cricket poems” in Tania León’s endlessly inventive Singsong, which dances its way through a journey of Black singers from pre-slavery to today. Wang Lu’s At Which Point boldly explores the fragility and emptiness of grief found in poet Forrest Gander’s world of those “left behind.” Finally, Ayanna Woods’ Infinite Body, a co-commission of Carnegie Hall and The Crossing, explores how capitalism influences our relationship to our bodies, peering through the lenses of the natural world, burnout culture, and embodiment, to observe and unsettle the notion of our separateness.
Resilience. Endurance. Unexpected Joy.
Infinite Body - The Crossing
The return of Claire Chase and the tsunami of energy that comes with her, as we revisit Rita Dove’s hard-edged, raw “cricket poems” in Tania León’s endlessly inventive Singsong, which dances its way through a journey of Black singers from pre-slavery to today. Wang Lu’s At Which Point boldly explores the fragility and emptiness of grief found in poet Forrest Gander’s world of those “left behind.” Finally, Ayanna Woods’ Infinite Body, a co-commission of Carnegie Hall and The Crossing, explores how capitalism influences our relationship to our bodies, peering through the lenses of the natural world, burnout culture, and embodiment, to observe and unsettle the notion of our separateness.
Resilience. Endurance. Unexpected Joy.
Infinite Body - The Crossing
The return of Claire Chase and the tsunami of energy that comes with her, as we revisit Rita Dove’s hard-edged, raw “cricket poems” in Tania León’s endlessly inventive Singsong, which dances its way through a journey of Black singers from pre-slavery to today. Wang Lu’s At Which Point boldly explores the fragility and emptiness of grief found in poet Forrest Gander’s world of those “left behind.” Finally, Ayanna Woods’ Infinite Body, a co-commission of Carnegie Hall and The Crossing, explores how capitalism influences our relationship to our bodies, peering through the lenses of the natural world, burnout culture, and embodiment, to observe and unsettle the notion of our separateness.
Resilience. Endurance. Unexpected Joy.
Theofanidis: Siddhartha, She
with Yale Choral Artists
Yale Philharmonia, joined by Yale Opera, Yale Choral Artists, and Yale Glee Club, performs the East Coast premiere of Siddhartha, She — a major new work by the “unusually skilled, communicative composer” (The Baltimore Sun) Christopher Theofanidis. Conducted by Jeffrey Douma, guest conductor.
Siddhartha, She is co-commissioned by the Aspen Music Festival and Yale Glee Club.
A Concert of Early Music
A Concert of Early Music
with Deborah Fox, lute
Rochester Academy of Medicine, Rochester, NY