The Tiny Concerts series celebrates Trinity’s newly handcrafted pipe organ with 45-minute performances in an intimate, 60-seat setting.
Crafted by artisans from Richards, Fowkes & Co. to play 17th-century music, the organ was built to fit the Chapel of All Saints, a jewel-box space tucked off the nave of Trinity Church. “Organs are literally part of a building’s architecture,” explains Avi Stein, Trinity’s organist. “But that means the building is part of the instrument also, and partly responsible for how it will sound.”
The chapel, added to the church in 1912, is “a buffer from chaotic downtown Manhattan.” The Tiny Concerts promise to further that feeling of remove with a sound that is “warm, yet exciting,” offering “a musical dialogue that isn’t possible with newer, more orchestral instruments.”
March 21 | 6pm and 7pm
Domenico Scarlatti: Stabat Mater
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; led by Melissa Attebury, director, and Avi Stein, organ
April 18 | 6pm and 7pm
J. S. Bach: Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit, BWV 106
Nicolaus Bruhns: Paratum cor meum and Prelude in G Major
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Trinity Baroque Orchestra; led by Avi Stein, organ
May 16 | 6pm and 7pm
Early Moderns: Works by Buxtehude, Rosenmuller, Schmelzer and others
Quicksilver with Avi Stein, organ
June 20 | 6pm and 7pm
Works by Neely Bruce, John Cage, Rashaan Allwood, Paula Matthusen, and Pamela Decker
Alcée Chriss, organ
Please be advised that seating is limited on a first come, first served basis.
