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Julian Wachner,
Conductor
Born in Hollywood and
raised in New York City,
Julian Wachner
is one of
North
America’s most exciting and versatile
musicians, sought after as conductor, composer, and keyboard artist.
As Director of Music and the Arts at Trinity Wall Street, Wachner is
Principal Conductor of the Trinity Choir, Trinity Baroque Orchestra
and Novus NY. In addition, he oversees Trinity’s numerous concert
offerings, events, and outreach initiatives in lower Manhattan and
Brooklyn. These duties aptly complement his role as Music Director
of the Kennedy Center’s
GRAMMY® Award-winning Washington Chorus and as
Principal Conductor of Opera McGill, Montreal. Wachner inspires
uncommon praise.The
Boston Globe
has
hailed him for “the kind of
technical command, large-spiritedness, and
fiery imagination that all but shout to the skies: ‘Major Talent!’”
Following his account of the
Messiah
with the
Philadelphia Orchestra, the
Philadelphia Inquirer
observed: “Few conductors have
drawn such focused, committed, and
meticulous
music-making.” Wachner’s original music has been variously described
as “bold and atmospheric” (New
York Times), “jazzy, energetic, and ingenious” (Boston Globe),
and “a compendium of surprises” (Washington
Post).
E. C. Schirmer publishes Wachner’s complete
catalogue of
compositions, and his recordings are with the Chandos, Naxos, Atma
Classique,
Arsis, Dorian, Musica Omnia, and Titanic labels.
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TRINITY
WALL STREET
The Choir of Trinity
Wall Street is the premier professional ensemble
of the Music and Arts
program at Trinity Wall Street. Comprised of North America’s leading
vocal specialists in both Early and Contemporary Music, and under
the direction of composer-conductor Julian Wachner, the
internationally renowned Trinity Choir performs
in concerts throughout
the year; leads liturgical music at both Trinity Church and St.
Paul’s Chapel; and records an extensive and varied repertoire for
Naxos, Avie Records, and Musica Omnia. The New York Times has
praised the Choir for possessing “voices so pure they suggest
a seraphic chorus
beyond the human sphere.”
The Choir, with the
Trinity Baroque Orchestra, presents weekly performances of the
Cantatas of J. S. Bach at “Bach at One,” a series created and
inaugurated in 2011 to present the complete Bach cycle over a
five-year period. Presented in historic St. Paul’s Chapel, “Bach at
One” has quickly become a favorite destination each Monday in
the Financial District
for New Yorkers and visitors alike. Trinity
Wall Street also
remains well known for its thriving concert series, “Concerts at
One,” which offers an eclectic program of emerging and mid-career
artists to an appreciative audience each Thursday afternoon. In
addition to its annual performancesof
Handel’s Messiah (which always top the critics’ picks) the
Choir alternates annual
performances of
the two great Passions
of J.S. Bach during Holy Week and presents
the
complete Christmas Oratorio within the context of Trinity’s
Twelfth Night Festival of
Early Music. The Trinity Choir is regularly
featured
in web casts and
broadcasts throughout the Northeast. “Bach at One” is broadcast live
on WWFM, The Classical Network; and, in addition
to regular
offerings on Trinity’s own web site, select performances are
broadcast on Classical WQXR. Also committed to the music of our
time, the Choir of Trinity Wall Street performs a newly composed
work every week during the vocally improvised service of Compline, a
candlelight presentation each Sunday evening at St. Paul’s Chapel.
Recent composers have varied from Nico Muhly and Robert Kyr to
Alexandra Fol and Charles Wuorinen. The Choir has appeared with
numerous organizations and ensembles including the Mark Morris Dance
Group (in New York and Moscow) and Gotham Chamber Opera; has
performed at various festivals and venues including the Tribeca Film
Festival, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Cloisters, Alice Tully
Hall at Lincoln Center, and the Brooklyn Academy of Music;
and has
collaborated with guest conductors and artists including Frederica
Von Stade, Joyce DiDonato, Gil Shaham, Luca Pisaroni, Angela Meade,
Anthony Roth Costanza, Harry Bicket, Jane Glover, Andrew Parrott,
Simon Carrington, Francisco Nuñez, Andrew Megill, Stefan Parkman,
and John Scott.
The Trinity Baroque Orchestra made its
debut for Trinity Wall Street’s 2009 performances of Handel’s
Messiah, and has since performed
and recorded exclusively with the Trinity
Choir in masterworks of
Bach, Handel, and Schütz, including this
recording of Israel in Egypt, Bach’s Passions, and a wealth of Bach
Cantatas presented weekly in historic St. Paul’s Chapel for “Bach at
One.” The group boasts a
varied roster of North America’s finest period
players. Robert Mealy,
described by The New Yorker as “New York’s
world-class early music violinist,” serves as principal
concertmaster. Players in the Trinity Baroque Orchestra bring
extensive experience gained with the finest orchestras (Baroque,
Classical, and modern), chamber ensembles
and festivals worldwide.
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