2025–2026
UPCOMING EVENTS
PIPES: Messe solennelle
Trinity Choir
Avi Stein, organ
Melissa Attebury, conductor
Hear Trinity Church’s epic new organ with the Trinity Choir in a performance that celebrates the rich legacy of French music through the works of Louis Vierne and his preeminent pupils: Nadia and Lili Boulanger and Marcel Dupré. At one point conceived for full orchestra and choir, Vierne’s stunning and grandiose Messe solennelle captures the incredible versatility of the organ and features Trinity organists Avi Stein and Alex Leonardi. From the harmonic sophistication of Nadia Boulanger to the ethereal lyricism of Lili Boulanger and the virtuosic writing of Dupré, this performance explores the innovation and enduring power of the French musical tradition.
Handel: Hercules
Harry Bicket, artistic director and conductor
William Guanbo Su, Hercules
Ann Hallenberg, Dejanira
Hilary Cronin, Iole
Alexander Chance, Lichas
David Portillo, Hyllus
featuring
The Clarion Choir
Steven Fox, director
Fresh from battle, Hercules returns home victorious, but Dejanira is consumed by a jealousy that sets off a tragic chain of events. With Handel’s soaring arias, inventive chromaticism, and powerful choruses, this opera reminds us that mistrust can bring even the mightiest to their knees. Thomas Broughton’s libretto draws from Ovid and Sophocles, with the chorus commenting on events as they unfold like a Greek tragedy. Harry Bicket and The English Concert tour the US, in collaboration once again with the scintillating Clarion Choir directed by Steven Fox.
Handel: Hercules
Harry Bicket, artistic director and conductor
William Guanbo Su, Hercules
Ann Hallenberg, Dejanira
Hilary Cronin, Iole
Alexander Chance, Lichas
David Portillo, Hyllus
featuring
The Clarion Choir
Steven Fox, director
Fresh from battle, Hercules returns home victorious, but Dejanira is consumed by a jealousy that sets off a tragic chain of events. With Handel’s soaring arias, inventive chromaticism, and powerful choruses, this opera reminds us that mistrust can bring even the mightiest to their knees. Thomas Broughton’s libretto draws from Ovid and Sophocles, with the chorus commenting on events as they unfold like a Greek tragedy. Harry Bicket and The English Concert tour the US, in collaboration once again with the scintillating Clarion Choir directed by Steven Fox.
Handel: Hercules
Harry Bicket, artistic director and conductor
William Guanbo Su, Hercules
Ann Hallenberg, Dejanira
Hilary Cronin, Iole
Alexander Chance, Lichas
David Portillo, Hyllus
featuring
The Clarion Choir
Steven Fox, director
Fresh from battle, Hercules returns home victorious, but Dejanira is consumed by a jealousy that sets off a tragic chain of events. With Handel’s soaring arias, inventive chromaticism, and powerful choruses, this opera reminds us that mistrust can bring even the mightiest to their knees. Thomas Broughton’s libretto draws from Ovid and Sophocles, with the chorus commenting on events as they unfold like a Greek tragedy. Harry Bicket and The English Concert tour the US, in collaboration once again with the scintillating Clarion Choir directed by Steven Fox.
Handel: Hercules
Harry Bicket, artistic director and conductor
William Guanbo Su, Hercules
Ann Hallenberg, Dejanira
Hilary Cronin, Iole
Alexander Chance, Lichas
David Portillo, Hyllus
featuring
The Clarion Choir
Steven Fox, director
Fresh from battle, Hercules returns home victorious, but Dejanira is consumed by a jealousy that sets off a tragic chain of events. With Handel’s soaring arias, inventive chromaticism, and powerful choruses, this opera reminds us that mistrust can bring even the mightiest to their knees. Thomas Broughton’s libretto draws from Ovid and Sophocles, with the chorus commenting on events as they unfold like a Greek tragedy. Harry Bicket and The English Concert tour the US, in collaboration once again with the scintillating Clarion Choir directed by Steven Fox.
Handel: Hercules
Harry Bicket, artistic director and conductor
William Guanbo Su, Hercules
Ann Hallenberg, Dejanira
Hilary Cronin, Iole
Alexander Chance, Lichas
David Portillo, Hyllus
featuring
The Clarion Choir
Steven Fox, director
Fresh from battle, Hercules returns home victorious, but Dejanira is consumed by a jealousy that sets off a tragic chain of events. With Handel’s soaring arias, inventive chromaticism, and powerful choruses, this opera reminds us that mistrust can bring even the mightiest to their knees. Thomas Broughton’s libretto draws from Ovid and Sophocles, with the chorus commenting on events as they unfold like a Greek tragedy. Harry Bicket and The English Concert tour the US, in collaboration once again with the scintillating Clarion Choir directed by Steven Fox.
Britten: Saint Nicolas
Downtown Voices
Trinity Choir
Trinity Youth Chorus
Stephen Sands, conductor
Expect a night of celebration, reflection, and joyful music-making when Downtown Voices brings back its alumni to mark this important anniversary. Joining forces with Trinity Youth Chorus and contemporary music ensemble NOVUS, past and present members will raise their voices in a program that features the first work the chorus ever performed: Benjamin Britten’s Saint Nicolas. This colorful cantata tells the story of the revered 4th century bishop upon whom the legend of Santa Claus is based.
Breaking Ground: Fourth Wall & Portland State
The Portland State Chamber Choir kicks off its 50th anniversary season in signature style, bringing the acclaimed professional vocal ensemble Fourth Wall Ensemble to Portland for an evening of musical brilliance. Hailing from New York City, Fourth Wall Ensemble is a genre-bending group known for their fearless artistry and inventive programming. The program spans the centuries, from Claudio Monteverdi’s shimmering Renaissance harmonies to the genius of Portland’s own Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Caroline Shaw. Breaking Ground promises to be a felicitous start to a milestone season for one of America’s finest university choirs.
Breaking Ground: Fourth Wall & Portland State
The Portland State Chamber Choir kicks off its 50th anniversary season in signature style, bringing the acclaimed professional vocal ensemble Fourth Wall Ensemble to Portland for an evening of musical brilliance. Hailing from New York City, Fourth Wall Ensemble is a genre-bending group known for their fearless artistry and inventive programming. The program spans the centuries, from Claudio Monteverdi’s shimmering Renaissance harmonies to the genius of Portland’s own Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Caroline Shaw. Breaking Ground promises to be a felicitous start to a milestone season for one of America’s finest university choirs.
Carnegie Hall: Estonian Festival Orchestra
Bringing the best Estonian talent together with leading musicians from around the world, the Estonian Festival Orchestra assembles for its highly anticipated North American debut during the global celebration of Arvo Pärt at 90. Led by Artistic Director Paavo Järvi, they’re joined by the Grammy Award–winning Pärt specialists of the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir and soloists who include Midori, Hans Christian Aavik, and composer-pianist Nico Muhly. The wide-ranging program features significant early works, including a piece with a historic connection to Carnegie Hall; major works from Pärt’s game-changing tintinnabuli style; powerful 21st-century selections; and more. Together, it’s a stunning survey of Pärt’s singular musical world, performed by many of the artists who know it best.
PIPES: Downtown Voices
Trinity Choir
Downtown Voices
Janet Yieh, organ
Stephen Sands, conductor
Janet Yieh, music director at New York’s Church of the Heavenly Rest and former Trinity assistant organist, joins Downtown Voices to present a program of iconic Anglican and American hymns that illustrates the new organ’s majestic sweep — capable of both soaring transcendence and quiet sweetness. Opening with I Was Glad, by Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, the evening includes such favorites as William Henry Harris’s Faire is the heaven, Cecilia McDowall’s O sing unto the Lord, and Alice Parker’s Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal.
