Comfort at One
With musical performances returning to Trinity Church Wall Street in-person as of March 2022, Comfort at One, one of Trinity's pandemic online musical offerings, has been retired. We hope these performances helped you find a daily haven of peace and comfort during trying times.
To watch archived Comfort at One performances, browse the list below or visit our music video portal for even more concerts.
All Past Performances
Comfort at One: Bach's BWV 230
April 23, 2021
In a joyous reflection of spring’s return and Easter rebirth, today’s Comfort at One is a special “at church” offering: Bach’s Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden, BWV 230.
Comfort at One: Organist Katelyn Emerson
April 22, 2021
Comfort at One brings back our Thursday Pipes at One series from the inauguration of the Noack organ at St Paul’s Chapel in 2018. Today’s organ recital is from February 21, 2018 and is performed by Katelyn Emerson.
Comfort at One: Peace I Leave with You
April 21, 2021
Today for Comfort at One, we share with you a choral meditation: Peace I Leave with You by Amy Beach featuring members of The Choir of Trinity Wall Street, led by associate organist Janet Yieh.
Comfort at One: Poulenc's Figure Humaine
April 20, 2021
What is known as Poulenc’s most challenging choral work, Figure Humaine embodies great suffering and oppression, juxtaposed with the hope for freedom from tyranny. This clip contains Movement 16: Le jour m’étonne et la nuit me fait peur.
Comfort at One: Bach's BWV 8 and BWV 113
April 19, 2021
In 2018, Bach at One welcomed the addition of the Noack organ in St. Paul’s Chapel by pairing favorite cantatas with Bach’s magnificent Preludes and Fugues and Leipzig Chorales. The concert features Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben?, BWV 8 and Herr Jesu Christ, du höchstes Gut, BWV 113.
Comfort at One: Britten's The Last Rose of Summer
April 16, 2021
Today’s at-home performance of Comfort At One comes from versatile and stunning tenor, and Trinity's Downtown Voices Director, Stephen Sands. As a part of Music in the Somerset Hills where he is the Artistic Director, Stephen performs The Last Rose of Summer by Benjamin Britten.
Comfort at One: Guilmant, Sigfrid Karg-Elert, and Bach
April 15, 2021
Pipes at One returns to Comfort at One Thursdays with today's stunning 2018 performance by Trinity associate organist Janet Yieh. She plays the music of Guilmant, Sigfrid Karg-Elert, Bach, Thalben-Ball and Reger.
Comfort at One: Ola Gjelio’s Ubi Caritas
April 14, 2021
Enjoy this stunning choral meditation for today’s Comfort at One: Ola Gjelio’s Ubi Caritas led by associate director of music Melissa Attebury and accompanied by Farrah Dupoux.
Comfort at One: Brahms
April 13, 2021
After his Requiem was premiered in 1868, Brahms later added a movement for solo soprano “I will comfort you as one whom his own mother comforteth.” This epic work that is now known as piece of hope and solace was performed on the finale of the Time’s Arrow Festival: Webern.
Comfort at One: Bach's Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam, BWV 7
April 12, 2021
This may be Bach’s most quintessentially Trinitarian cantatas. With references to the Trinity throughout the form, rhythm, structure, and text, Bach's Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam, BWV 7 is performed alongside Heinichen’s Concerto in A Major for Oboe d’amore, S. 228, featuring Gonzalo Ruiz.