St. Paul’s Chapel, the oldest public building in New York, has a new pipe organ — only the sixth in the church’s history, which began in 1766.
Trinity is celebrating its debut with a weeklong Inauguration Festival, that began on Monday with a demonstration performance and an opening concert led by Trinity’s director of music and the arts, Julian Wachner, accompanied by the Trinity Baroque Orchestra and the Choir of Trinity Wall Street.
Tuesday and Wednesday recitals (at 1:00 pm) will be led by L. Frederick Jodry V of Brown University and Nathan Laube, of the Eastman School of Music. On Wednesday evening (at 5:00 pm), a reprise of the organ inauguration will feature Katelyn Emerson, visiting from Boston’s Church of the Advent. On Thursday (at 1:00 pm), there will be performances of concerti by Poulenc, Wachner, and Rouse, and Friday afternoon (also at 1:00 pm) will feature an organ duet recital with works by Mozart and Schubert.
Slated for Friday evening is an organ improvisation to accompany the classic 1928 silent film, “Speedy,” starring Harold Lloyd. The week of festivities will round out on Saturday with the season opener of the acclaimed “Bach at One” program, which will also feature the Trinity Baroque Orchestra and the Choir of Trinity Wall Street, and will continue on Monday afternoons through April 30. This series of observances will also mark the launch of a new series, “Pipes at One,”which will continue on Friday afternoons through June 8.
All performances are free and open to the public. For more information, please browse TrinityWallStreet.org, or call 212-602-0800.