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A candlelit service of music and prayers, based on the liturgy used for centuries by monastic communities to end the day. It is both ancient and contemporary, with chant and newly-composed music sung by members of the Trinity Choir. =

The Choir of Trinity Wall Street


    • May 25, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • weekly NEW EPISODES
    • 30m AVG DURATION
    • 355 EPISODES


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    May 25, 2025: Compline by Candlelight

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2025 31:54


    Compline by Candlelight provides peace and stillness as one week ends and another begins. Set in the tranquility of St. Paul's Chapel, one of the oldest buildings in New York City, guests find a seat and hold a candle, while 30 minutes of improvised music by The Choir of Trinity Wall Street fill the space. There's nothing to do but listen. Veritas mea – George Malcolm

    May 18, 2025: Compline by Candlelight

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2025 30:07


    Compline by Candlelight provides peace and stillness as one week ends and another begins. Set in the tranquility of St. Paul's Chapel, one of the oldest buildings in New York City, guests find a seat and hold a candle, while 30 minutes of improvised music by The Choir of Trinity Wall Street fill the space. There's nothing to do but listen. Ave verum corpus - Orlande de Lassus

    May 11, 2025: Compline by Candlelight

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2025 33:03


    Compline by Candlelight provides peace and stillness as one week ends and another begins. Set in the tranquility of St. Paul's Chapel, one of the oldest buildings in New York City, guests find a seat and hold a candle, while 30 minutes of improvised music by The Choir of Trinity Wall Street fill the space. There's nothing to do but listen. O clap your hands – Orlando Gibbons

    May 4, 2025: Compline by Candlelight

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2025 30:53


    Compline by Candlelight provides peace and stillness as one week ends and another begins. Set in the tranquility of St. Paul's Chapel, one of the oldest buildings in New York City, guests find a seat and hold a candle, while 30 minutes of improvised music by The Choir of Trinity Wall Street fill the space. There's nothing to do but listen. Haec dies quam fecit à 4 - Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    April 27, 2025: Compline by Candlelight

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2025 28:01


    Compline by Candlelight provides peace and stillness as one week ends and another begins. Set in the tranquility of St. Paul's Chapel, one of the oldest buildings in New York City, guests find a seat and hold a candle, while 30 minutes of improvised music by The Choir of Trinity Wall Street fill the space. There's nothing to do but listen. Regina coeli – Roberth White

    April 20, 2025: Compline by Candlelight

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2025 35:37


    Compline by Candlelight provides peace and stillness as one week ends and another begins. Set in the tranquility of St. Paul's Chapel, one of the oldest buildings in New York City, guests find a seat and hold a candle, while 30 minutes of improvised music by The Choir of Trinity Wall Street fill the space. There's nothing to do but listen. Take Him, Earth, For Cherishing – Herbert Howells

    April 13, 2025: Compline by Candlelight

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2025 29:41


    Compline by Candlelight provides peace and stillness as one week ends and another begins. Set in the tranquility of St. Paul's Chapel, one of the oldest buildings in New York City, guests find a seat and hold a candle, while 30 minutes of improvised music by The Choir of Trinity Wall Street fill the space. There's nothing to do but listen. O vos omnes (Tenebrae Responsories) -  Tomás Luis de Victoria

    April 06, 2025: Compline by Candlelight

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2025 31:48


    Compline by Candlelight provides peace and stillness as one week ends and another begins. Set in the tranquility of St. Paul's Chapel, one of the oldest buildings in New York City, guests find a seat and hold a candle, while 30 minutes of improvised music by The Choir of Trinity Wall Street fill the space. There's nothing to do but listen. Tenebrae factae sunt – Francis Poulenc

    March 30, 2025: Compline by Candlelight

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2025 29:27


    Compline by Candlelight provides peace and stillness as one week ends and another begins. Set in the tranquility of St. Paul's Chapel, one of the oldest buildings in New York City, guests find a seat and hold a candle, while 30 minutes of improvised music by The Choir of Trinity Wall Street fill the space. There's nothing to do but listen. Vinea mea electa - Francis Poulenc

    March 23, 2025: Compline by Candlelight

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2025 31:47


    Compline by Candlelight provides peace and stillness as one week ends and another begins. Set in the tranquility of St. Paul's Chapel, one of the oldest buildings in New York City, guests find a seat and hold a candle, while 30 minutes of improvised music by The Choir of Trinity Wall Street fill the space. There's nothing to do but listen. Timor et tremor – Francis Poulenc

    March 16, 2025: Compline by Candlelight

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2025 31:25


    Compline by Candlelight provides peace and stillness as one week ends and another begins. Set in the tranquility of St. Paul's Chapel, one of the oldest buildings in New York City, guests find a seat and hold a candle, while 30 minutes of improvised music by The Choir of Trinity Wall Street fill the space. There's nothing to do but listen. Kyrie from Mass in E Flat – Josef Gabriel Rheinberger A Good-Night – Richard Rodney Bennet

    March 09, 2025: Compline by Candlelight

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2025 33:00


    Compline by Candlelight provides peace and stillness as one week ends and another begins. Set in the tranquility of St. Paul's Chapel, one of the oldest buildings in New York City, guests find a seat and hold a candle, while 30 minutes of improvised music by The Choir of Trinity Wall Street fill the space. There's nothing to do but listen. Hodie in monte – Peter Philips O nata lux de lumine – Thomas Tallis  

    March 02, 2025: Compline by Candlelight

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2025 26:42


    Compline by Candlelight provides peace and stillness as one week ends and another begins. Set in the tranquility of St. Paul's Chapel, one of the oldest buildings in New York City, guests find a seat and hold a candle, while 30 minutes of improvised music by The Choir of Trinity Wall Street fill the space. There's nothing to do but listen. Gloria Patri – Thomas Tallis Te lucis ante terminum – Thomas Tallis

    February 23, 2025: Compline by Candlelight

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2025 28:44


    Compline by Candlelight provides peace and stillness as one week ends and another begins. Set in the tranquility of St. Paul's Chapel, one of the oldest buildings in New York City, guests find a seat and hold a candle, while 30 minutes of improvised music by The Choir of Trinity Wall Street fill the space. There's nothing to do but listen. Der 116. Psalm – Johann Hermann Schein Agnus Dei (from Frihetsmässa) – Sven-David Sandström Abendlied – Josef Rheinberger

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    February 16, 2025: Compline by Candlelight

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2025 26:04


    Compline by Candlelight provides peace and stillness as one week ends and another begins. Set in the tranquility of St. Paul's Chapel, one of the oldest buildings in New York City, guests find a seat and hold a candle, while 30 minutes of improvised music by The Choir of Trinity Wall Street fill the space. There's nothing to do but listen. Concord (from Gloriana) – Benjamin Britten

    February 09, 2025: Compline by Candlelight

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2025 27:01


    Compline by Candlelight provides peace and stillness as one week ends and another begins. Set in the tranquility of St. Paul's Chapel, one of the oldest buildings in New York City, guests find a seat and hold a candle, while 30 minutes of improvised music by The Choir of Trinity Wall Street fill the space. There's nothing to do but listen. Nunc dimittis à5 – Thomas Tallis

    February 02, 2025: Compline by Candlelight

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2025 32:14


    Compline by Candlelight provides peace and stillness as one week ends and another begins. Set in the tranquility of St. Paul's Chapel, one of the oldest buildings in New York City, guests find a seat and hold a candle, while 30 minutes of improvised music by The Choir of Trinity Wall Street fill the space. There's nothing to do but listen. Laetentur coeli – William Byrd

    January 26, 2025: Compline by Candlelight

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2025 29:14


    Compline by Candlelight provides peace and stillness as one week ends and another begins. Set in the tranquility of St. Paul's Chapel, one of the oldest buildings in New York City, guests find a seat and hold a candle, while 30 minutes of improvised music by The Choir of Trinity Wall Street fill the space. There's nothing to do but listen. O sacrum convivium - Andrea Gabrieli

    January 19, 2025: Compline by Candlelight

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2025 31:19


    Compline by Candlelight provides peace and stillness as one week ends and another begins. Set in the tranquility of St. Paul's Chapel, one of the oldest buildings in New York City, guests find a seat and hold a candle, while 30 minutes of improvised music by The Choir of Trinity Wall Street fill the space. There's nothing to do but listen. Selig sind die Toten – Heinrich Schütz

    January 12, 2025: Compline by Candlelight

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2025 30:33


    Compline by Candlelight provides peace and stillness as one week ends and another begins. Set in the tranquility of St. Paul's Chapel, one of the oldest buildings in New York City, guests find a seat and hold a candle, while 30 minutes of improvised music by The Choir of Trinity Wall Street fill the space. There's nothing to do but listen. Tribus miraculis – Luca Marenzio It was a star – Howard Skempton

    December 29, 2024: Compline by Candlelight

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2024 41:44


    Compline by Candlelight provides peace and stillness as one week ends and another begins. Set in the tranquility of St. Paul's Chapel, one of the oldest buildings in New York City, guests find a seat and hold a candle, while 30 minutes of improvised music by The Choir of Trinity Wall Street fill the space. There's nothing to do but listen. A Hymn to the Virgin – Benjamin Britten O Holy Night – arr. Michael Garrepy O Magnum Mysterium – Francis Poulenc

    December 22, 2024: Compline by Candlelight

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2024 32:08


    Compline by Candlelight provides peace and stillness as one week ends and another begins. Set in the tranquility of St. Paul's Chapel, one of the oldest buildings in New York City, guests find a seat and hold a candle, while 30 minutes of improvised music by The Choir of Trinity Wall Street fill the space. There's nothing to do but listen. Benedixisti Domine – Orlando di Lasso

    December 15, 2024: Compline by Candlelight

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2024 34:23


    Compline by Candlelight provides peace and stillness as one week ends and another begins. Set in the tranquility of St. Paul's Chapel, one of the oldest buildings in New York City, guests find a seat and hold a candle, while 30 minutes of improvised music by The Choir of Trinity Wall Street fill the space. There's nothing to do but listen. Conditor alme siderum – Guillaume DuFay

    December 08, 2024: Compline by Candlelight

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2024 24:53


    Compline by Candlelight provides peace and stillness as one week ends and another begins. Set in the tranquility of St. Paul's Chapel, one of the oldest buildings in New York City, guests find a seat and hold a candle, while 30 minutes of improvised music by The Choir of Trinity Wall Street fill the space. There's nothing to do but listen. Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen – Michael Praetorius/Donald Cashmore In the stillness – Sally Beamish

    December 01, 2024: Compline by Candlelight

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2024 35:49


    Compline by Candlelight provides peace and stillness as one week ends and another begins. Set in the tranquility of St. Paul's Chapel, one of the oldest buildings in New York City, guests find a seat and hold a candle, while 30 minutes of improvised music by The Choir of Trinity Wall Street fill the space. There's nothing to do but listen. Sanctus/Benedictus and Agnus Dei from Missa Brevis No. 2 – Kevin Crouch

    November 24, 2024: Compline by Candlelight

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2024 31:34


    Compline by Candlelight provides peace and stillness as one week ends and another begins. Set in the tranquility of St. Paul's Chapel, one of the oldest buildings in New York City, guests find a seat and hold a candle, while 30 minutes of improvised music by The Choir of Trinity Wall Street fill the space. There's nothing to do but listen. Pilgrims' Hymn by Stephen Paulus

    November 17, 2024: Compline by Candlelight

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2024 41:39


    Compline by Candlelight provides peace and stillness as one week ends and another begins. Set in the tranquility of St. Paul's Chapel, one of the oldest buildings in New York City, guests find a seat and hold a candle, while 30 minutes of improvised music by The Choir of Trinity Wall Street fill the space. There's nothing to do but listen. Hear my prayer, O Lord – Henry Purcell

    November 10, 2024: Compline by Candlelight

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2024 32:15


    Compline by Candlelight provides peace and stillness as one week ends and another begins. Set in the tranquility of St. Paul's Chapel, one of the oldest buildings in New York City, guests find a seat and hold a candle, while 30 minutes of improvised music by The Choir of Trinity Wall Street fill the space. There's nothing to do but listen. O King all glorious – Healey Willan

    November 3, 2024: Compline by Candlelight

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2024 34:41


    Compline by Candlelight provides peace and stillness as one week ends and another begins. Set in the tranquility of St. Paul's Chapel, one of the oldest buildings in New York City, guests find a seat and hold a candle, while 30 minutes of improvised music by The Choir of Trinity Wall Street fill the space. There's nothing to do but listen. Bogoróditse Devo – Sergei Rachmaninoff  

    October 27, 2024: Compline by Candlelight

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2024 30:48


    Compline by Candlelight provides peace and stillness as one week ends and another begins. Set in the tranquility of St. Paul's Chapel, one of the oldest buildings in New York City, guests find a seat and hold a candle, while 30 minutes of improvised music by The Choir of Trinity Wall Street fill the space. There's nothing to do but listen.  Sustinuimus pacem – Pierre de Manchicourt

    October 20, 2024: Compline by Candlelight

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2024 31:10


    Compline by Candlelight provides peace and stillness as one week ends and another begins. Set in the tranquility of St. Paul's Chapel, one of the oldest buildings in New York City, guests find a seat and hold a candle, while 30 minutes of improvised music by The Choir of Trinity Wall Street fill the space. There's nothing to do but listen.  Sanctus/Benedictus and Agnus Dei from Mass for Three Voices - William Byrd

    October 13, 2024: Compline by Candlelight

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2024 32:28


    Compline by Candlelight provides peace and stillness as one week ends and another begins. Set in the tranquility of St. Paul's Chapel, one of the oldest buildings in New York City, guests find a seat and hold a candle, while 30 minutes of improvised music by The Choir of Trinity Wall Street fill the space. There's nothing to do but listen.  O quam gloriosum – William Byrd

    October 06, 2024: Compline by Candlelight

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2024 30:36


    Compline by Candlelight provides peace and stillness as one week ends and another begins. Set in the tranquility of St. Paul's Chapel, one of the oldest buildings in New York City, guests find a seat and hold a candle, while 30 minutes of improvised music by The Choir of Trinity Wall Street fill the space. There's nothing to do but listen.  Ave Maria – Tomas Luis de Victoria

    September 29, 2024: Compline by Candlelight

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2024 36:04


    Compline by Candlelight provides peace and stillness as one week ends and another begins. Set in the tranquility of St. Paul's Chapel, one of the oldest buildings in New York City, guests find a seat and hold a candle, while 30 minutes of improvised music by The Choir of Trinity Wall Street fill the space. There's nothing to do but listen.  Dominus Vobiscum – Sydney Guillaume Herr, bleib bei uns – Randall Svane

    September 22, 2024: Compline by Candlelight

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2024 30:42


    Compline by Candlelight provides peace and stillness as one week ends and another begins. Set in the tranquility of St. Paul's Chapel, one of the oldest buildings in New York City, guests find a seat and hold a candle, while 30 minutes of improvised music by The Choir of Trinity Wall Street fill the space. There's nothing to do but listen.  Dies mei transierunt – Owen Burdick

    September 15, 2024: Compline by Candlelight

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2024 29:51


    Compline by Candlelight provides peace and stillness as one week ends and another begins. Set in the tranquility of St. Paul's Chapel, one of the oldest buildings in New York City, guests find a seat and hold a candle, while 30 minutes of improvised music by The Choir of Trinity Wall Street fill the space. There's nothing to do but listen.  Sing joyfully – William Byrd

    September 8, 2024: Compline by Candlelight

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2024 32:48


    Compline by Candlelight provides peace and stillness as one week ends and another begins. Set in the tranquility of St. Paul's Chapel, one of the oldest buildings in New York City, guests find a seat and hold a candle, while 30 minutes of improvised music by The Choir of Trinity Wall Street fill the space. There's nothing to do but listen.  Benedic anima mea Domino – Pierre de Manchicourt

    September 1, 2024: Compline by Candlelight

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2024 29:00


    Compline by Candlelight provides peace and stillness as one week ends and another begins. Set in the tranquility of St. Paul's Chapel, one of the oldest buildings in New York City, guests find a seat and hold a candle, while 30 minutes of improvised music by The Choir of Trinity Wall Street fill the space. There's nothing to do but listen.  O quam gloriosum – Tomás Luis de Victoria

    August 18, 2024: Compline by Candlelight

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2024 23:22


    Compline by Candlelight provides peace and stillness as one week ends and another begins. Set in the tranquility of St. Paul's Chapel, one of the oldest buildings in New York City, guests find a seat and hold a candle, while 30 minutes of improvised music by The Choir of Trinity Wall Street fill the space. There's nothing to do but listen.  Vere languores nostros – Antonio Lotti

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    August 11, 2024: Compline by Candlelight

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2024 32:44


    Compline by Candlelight provides peace and stillness as one week ends and another begins. Set in the tranquility of St. Paul's Chapel, one of the oldest buildings in New York City, guests find a seat and hold a candle, while 30 minutes of improvised music by The Choir of Trinity Wall Street fill the space. There's nothing to do but listen.  Look down O Lord – William Byrd

    August 4, 2024: Compline by Candlelight

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2024 27:36


    Compline by Candlelight provides peace and stillness as one week ends and another begins. Set in the tranquility of St. Paul's Chapel, one of the oldest buildings in New York City, guests find a seat and hold a candle, while 30 minutes of improvised music by The Choir of Trinity Wall Street fill the space. There's nothing to do but listen.  O sacrum convivium! – Olivier Messiaen

    July 28, 2024: Compline by Candlelight

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2024 34:24


    Compline by Candlelight provides peace and stillness as one week ends and another begins. Set in the tranquility of St. Paul's Chapel, one of the oldest buildings in New York City, guests find a seat and hold a candle, while 30 minutes of improvised music by The Choir of Trinity Wall Street fill the space. There's nothing to do but listen.  My Shepherd Will Supply My Need – Virgil Thomson

    July 21, 2024: Compline by Candlelight

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2024 28:54


    Compline by Candlelight provides peace and stillness as one week ends and another begins. Set in the tranquility of St. Paul's Chapel, one of the oldest buildings in New York City, guests find a seat and hold a candle, while 30 minutes of improvised music by The Choir of Trinity Wall Street fill the space. There's nothing to do but listen.  Vidi speciosam – Tiburtio Massaino

    July 14, 2024: Compline by Candlelight

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2024 29:27


    Compline by Candlelight provides peace and stillness as one week ends and another begins. Set in the tranquility of St. Paul's Chapel, one of the oldest buildings in New York City, guests find a seat and hold a candle, while 30 minutes of improvised music by The Choir of Trinity Wall Street fill the space. There's nothing to do but listen.  Wanting Memories – Ysaÿe M. Barnwell

    July 7, 2024: Compline by Candlelight

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2024 31:09


    Compline by Candlelight provides peace and stillness as one week ends and another begins. Set in the tranquility of St. Paul's Chapel, one of the oldest buildings in New York City, guests find a seat and hold a candle, while 30 minutes of improvised music by The Choir of Trinity Wall Street fill the space. There's nothing to do but listen.  De profundis clamavi – Nicolas Champion

    June 30, 2024: Compline by Candlelight

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2024 33:14


    Compline by Candlelight provides peace and stillness as one week ends and another begins. Set in the tranquility of St. Paul's Chapel, one of the oldest buildings in New York City, guests find a seat and hold a candle, while 30 minutes of improvised music by The Choir of Trinity Wall Street fill the space. There's nothing to do but listen.  O Lord, the maker of all things – William Mundy

    June 23, 2024: Compline by Candlelight

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2024 27:11


    Compline by Candlelight provides peace and stillness as one week ends and another begins. Set in the tranquility of St. Paul's Chapel, one of the oldest buildings in New York City, guests find a seat and hold a candle, while 30 minutes of improvised music by The Choir of Trinity Wall Street fill the space. There's nothing to do but listen.  The Evening Primrose – Benjamin Britten

    June 16, 2024: Compline by Candlelight

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2024 25:35


    Compline by Candlelight provides peace and stillness as one week ends and another begins. Set in the tranquility of St. Paul's Chapel, one of the oldest buildings in New York City, guests find a seat and hold a candle, while 30 minutes of improvised music by The Choir of Trinity Wall Street fill the space. There's nothing to do but listen.  Almighty and Everlasting God – Orlando Gibbons

    June 9, 2024: Compline by Candlelight

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2024 32:42


    Compline by Candlelight provides peace and stillness as one week ends and another begins. Set in the tranquility of St. Paul's Chapel, one of the oldest buildings in New York City, guests find a seat and hold a candle, while 30 minutes of improvised music by The Choir of Trinity Wall Street fill the space. There's nothing to do but listen. O lux beata Trinitas – William Byrd

    June 2, 2024: Compline by Candlelight

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2024 30:12


    Compline by Candlelight provides peace and stillness as one week ends and another begins. Set in the tranquility of St. Paul's Chapel, one of the oldest buildings in New York City, guests find a seat and hold a candle, while 30 minutes of improvised music by The Choir of Trinity Wall Street fill the space. There's nothing to do but listen. O lux beata Trinitas – William Byrd

    May 26, 2024: Compline by Candlelight

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2024 30:46


    Compline by Candlelight provides peace and stillness as one week ends and another begins. Set in the tranquility of St. Paul's Chapel, one of the oldest buildings in New York City, guests find a seat and hold a candle, while 30 minutes of improvised music by The Choir of Trinity Wall Street fill the space. There's nothing to do but listen. Dum complerentur dies Pentecostes – Tomás Luis de Victoria

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