For the second concert of the “Now comes the setting sun” series, The Choir of Trinity Wall Street presents Rachmaninoff’s Vespers or All-Night Vigil, a hauntingly beautiful cornerstone of choral repertoire. Sergei Rachmaninoff Vespers
Voices Over Tallinn: Honoring 100 Years of the Estonian Nation November 30, 2018 at 8pm St. Paul’s Chapel Free Downtown Voices; Stephen Sands, conductor Choral music is woven into the fabric of Estonia—in a nation of 1.3 million people, there are more than 700 official choirs, and during the country’s quest for independence, choral tradition provided the backbone of the resistance. Voices Over Tallinn celebrates the music of Estonia—and the 100th anniversary of its independence—and pays homage to some of the most influential Estonian composers, including Tormis and Pärt. In Estonia, choral classics are as popular as modern “pop” music, and after you hear these performances firsthand, you’ll understand why. Downtown Voices at St. Paul's Chapel
Tenor in the Trinity Choir The music compels without overstatement,” wrote the Los Angeles Times of Julia Wolfe’s Pulitzer Prize–winning Anthracite Fields. “This is a major, profound work.” Inspired by miners living in the Pennsylvania coal region, Wolfe uses oral histories, interviews with miners and their families, speeches, children’s rhymes, and other sources to create a powerful cantata that speaks of the American worker’s experience. With music that is at times elegiac, hard-driving, and tender, Wolfe creates a soundscape that is deeply moving.
Tenor soloist and choir member. 12/13, 14 & 17 at 7:30pm 12/16 at 3pm
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street and Trinity Baroque Orchestra Julian Wachner, conductor The Grammy-nominated Choir of Trinity Wall Street—"blazing with vigour…a choir from heaven" (The Times, London)— returns to The Met with a stunning double bill. Dixit Dominus(The Lord Said), Handel's powerful setting of Psalm 110, is paired with David Lang's Pulitzer Prize-winning The Little Match Girl Passion, a "tender and mysterious" (New York Times) contemporary choral work based on the classic Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale.
Tenor in a chamber music version of Messiah. Performances at 7:30pm For the first time ever, TENET Vocal Artists in collaboration with the Sebastians will share our unique take on this beloved, time-honored masterwork. This performance will be a rarity in that it will not be conducted, and with a choir of only 12 singers, this event is not to be missed!
December 22, 2018 at 7:30pm December 23, 2018 at 3pm St. Paul’s Chapel Ticketed (Tickets go on sale soon) Downtown Voices, NOVUS NY, and Trinity Youth Chorus; Stephen Sands, conductor Come sing along with Trinity ensembles in this concert that has quickly become a holiday tradition and highlight of the season. Hear Downtown Voices, NOVUS NY, and the Trinity Youth Chorus perform holiday favorites, and sing along to carols arranged by Julian Wachner, Trinity’s director of music and arts, from his album The Snow Lay on the Ground. Please note that due to the rejuvenation of Trinity Church, this year’s performances will take place at St. Paul’s Chapel at Broadway and Fulton Street with floor and balcony seating. Some seats are limited view or monitor-only view; ticket prices reflect this. Click here to view the seating chart for St. Paul's Chapel.
December 22, 2018 at 7:30pm December 23, 2018 at 3pm St. Paul’s Chapel Ticketed (Tickets go on sale soon) Downtown Voices, NOVUS NY, and Trinity Youth Chorus; Stephen Sands, conductor Come sing along with Trinity ensembles in this concert that has quickly become a holiday tradition and highlight of the season. Hear Downtown Voices, NOVUS NY, and the Trinity Youth Chorus perform holiday favorites, and sing along to carols arranged by Julian Wachner, Trinity’s director of music and arts, from his album The Snow Lay on the Ground. Please note that due to the rejuvenation of Trinity Church, this year’s performances will take place at St. Paul’s Chapel at Broadway and Fulton Street with floor and balcony seating. Some seats are limited view or monitor-only view; ticket prices reflect this. Click here to view the seating chart for St. Paul's Chapel.
Michael Fabiano’s breakthrough year was 2014 when he won both the Beverly Sills Artist Award and the Richard Tucker Award – no other singer has ever won both those awards in the same season. Four years later, he is one of the world’s leading tenors, in demand at opera houses all over the world – from Sydney, Australia to Zurich, Switzerland, from Houston and San Francisco to Chicago and New York’s Metropolitan Opera, which is his “home house”. A Jersey boy, born in Morris County, Michael prizes the ability to stay close to his roots, which is one of the considerations that made him found ArtSmart, a non-profit organization that provides free voice lessons to students in public schools in under-served neighborhoods throughout the country. Started in Newark, N.J. in 2016, it is now also operating in San Francisco and Philadelphia. ArtSmart will be a beneficiary of Michael’s recital for Music in the Somerset Hillson Friday, January 4 in Pottersville.
King Singers with the Somerset Hills Chorus, February 23, 2019 Fifty years after its foundation in Cambridge, England, the King’s Singers is still one of the best known all-male a cappella groups in the world.