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| The Trinity Choir |
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The TRINITY CHOIR
2009 - 2010 Season
The
Trinity Choir is the preeminent professional vocal ensemble downtown,
presenting rich concerts of master composers such as Bach, Handel, and
Monteverdi, as well as new and innovative music.
This season,
the Choir promises the same eclectic excellence. Concerts range from
the solemn to the exuberant, with an exploration of Renaissance,
baroque, and contemporary requiems, Handel’s beloved Messiah, unique
choral music from Estonia, Bach's glorious Johannes-Passion, surprising
new compositions from the Choir's own artists, and a special
competition for a new commission.
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Ticket Information
Please note that Trinity Church is no longer offering specific reserved seats. Season ticket holders have access to reserved seating in the front rows of the center section for all concerts except Messiah, and to the Premium section for Messiah.
For program descriptions and to order, scroll down. We use PayPal's credit card processor because of its excellent security; you do NOT have to have a PayPal account! For more information about GEMS' order system, click here.
Season tickets are no longer available for this series.
Tickets Prices
$20 General Admission / $10 Student/Senior (available at door)
All tickets are non-refundable.
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PLEASE NOTE:
1. Mailed tickets arrive in a window envelope with "GEMS" as return address.
2. If tickets are ordered within one week of the performance, they will be held at the door.
3. Your credit card will show the charge as 'PAYPAL *GOTHAMEARLY'
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REQUIEM AND REMEMBRANCE
Jane Glover, Guest Conductor
Monday, November 2, 2009 at 7:30pm
The composers featured in this program put their hearts into these emotional works solemn explorations of humanity’s response to loss, death, and remembrance. Renaissance, baroque, and contemporary compositions include: Schütz’s Musikalische Exequien; the Requiem masses of Richafort and Howells; and Josquin des Prez’s Déploration sur la mort de Johannes Ockeghem.
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| Herbert Howells |
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| MESSIAH
by George Frideric Handel
Jane Glover, Guest Conductor
with the
Trinity Baroque Orchestra
Robert Mealy, Concertmaster
Sunday, December 13, 2009 · 3:00 pm
Monday, December 14, 2009 · 7:30 pm
The perennial favorite that always sells out (buy tickets early), this incredibly rich oratorio features an elaborate mix of chorus, soloists, and orchestra that must be heard live… and what better place than at Trinity church where it received its New World premiere in 1770. Both concerts are complete performances.
See above for the special offer including Premium seats to the Messiah!
Tickets this year are reserved by section only, NOT by specific seat number. We apologize for any inconvenience.
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Sunday, December 13 at 3:00 pm
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Premium ~ $50
| Reserved ~ $40
| General ~ $30
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Monday, December 14 at 7:30 pm
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Premium ~ $50
| Reserved ~ $40
| General ~ $30
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ESTONIA TO EUROPE
Stefan Parkman, Guest Conductor
Monday, February 8, 2010 · 7:30pm
Maestro Stefan Parkman returns to lead the choir in music from Estonia, Finland and continental Europe; stunning choral works of the 20th and 21st centuries. This program of virtuosic a cappella music features works by Baltic composers Arvo Pärt, Veljo Tormis, and Jaakko Mäntyjärvi, alongside powerful masterpieces including Poulenc’s Figure humaine, and Schoenberg’s Friede auf Erden, as well as lighter music by Pizzetti. This exceptionally challenging program travels from secular responses to war (Poulenc’s epic piece followed WWII), and tragedy (Mäntyjärvi’s memoriam to the sinking of the “MS Estonia” in 1994) to Schoenberg’s sacred plea for — and ultimately his musical vision of — true ‘Peace on Earth’.
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| Arvo Part |
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| BACH, HANDEL, & VIVALDI
Guest Conductor - Steven Fox, Acting Director of Music
Trinity Choir
Trinity Youth Chorus &
Trinity Baroque Orchestra
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 · 7:30pm
Steven Fox leads the Trinity Choir and Baroque Orchestra in works from Early Music giants Bach, Handel, and Vivaldi. This concert features members of the Trinity Youth Chorus in their second concert appearance with the Trinity Choir and their debut on the Trinity Choir Concert Series. This program of High-Baroque choral masterworks features a late version of Vivaldi's Magnificat, written for girls voices at the Pieta, Bach's sublime motet, Komm, Jesu, Komm, and Handel's early Roman cantata, Dixit Dominus. Trinity’s Youth Choruses were founded by current Director Robert Ridgell, Organist at Trinity, and have utilized several members of the Trinity Choir as teaching assistants, voice teachers, and as performers in recordings and in the Youth Chorus’s annual performance of Britten’s Ceremony of Carols.
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| Mathis Grunewald, "Crucifixion" |
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| JOHANNES-PASSION
by Johann Sebastian Bach
Andrew Parrott, Guest Conductor
with the
Trinity Baroque Orchestra
Robert Mealy, Concertmaster
Monday, March 15, 2010 · 7:30pm
Although perhaps not as vast or well known as the Matthaüs-Passion, the Johannes-Passion is, for some, more dramatic and varied. This beautiful work is inspired by chapters 18 and 19 of the Gospel of John.
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NEW (YORK) MUSIC
Steven Fox, Guest Conductor
Monday, May 17, 2010 · 7:30pm
Compositions from current and former members of the Choir including James Blachly, Caleb Burhans, and Avery Griffin, plus a work by Judd Greenstein, winner of the Trinity Composition Competition. Competition panelists included George Steel, John Zorn, and Lisa Bielawa. Works by Zorn, Bielawa, Charles Wuorinen, George Perle, Johanes Somary and Calvin Hampton will also be performed.
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| Caleb Burhans |
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| James Blachly |
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Tickets are still available, at the door. Arrive at 7:00 to purchase a ticket and to secure a good seat.
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