Wednesday, January 11, 2017 Libretto: https://goo.gl/dFZ4JP Commission for St. Paul’s Chapel: Spire and Shadow Zachary Wadsworth: Spire and Shadow Downtown Voices NOVUS NY Stephen Sands, conductor Part of Trinity's Time's Arrow Festival, Spir...  moreWednesday, January 11, 2017 Libretto: https://goo.gl/dFZ4JP Commission for St. Paul’s Chapel: Spire and Shadow Zachary Wadsworth: Spire and Shadow Downtown Voices NOVUS NY Stephen Sands, conductor Part of Trinity's Time's Arrow Festival, Spire and Shadow celebrates the 250th anniversary of the opening of St. Paul's Chapel, combining colorful and vibrant new music by Zachary Wadsworth with powerful poems about New York City spanning five centuries. Commissioned by Trinity Church Wall Street, this major new work explores the history of our church, the city of New York, and the many residents who have lived, loved, suffered, toiled, and triumphed here.  less

Ein deutsches Requiem, op. 45 Johannes Brahms (1833–1897) Chamber Orchestra Version by Ingo Schulz Trinity Church, NYC Downtown Voices (https://DowntownVoices.net) NOVUS Sonya Headlam, soprano Brian Mextorf, bass Stephen Sands, conductor (https...  moreEin deutsches Requiem, op. 45 Johannes Brahms (1833–1897) Chamber Orchestra Version by Ingo Schulz Trinity Church, NYC Downtown Voices (https://DowntownVoices.net) NOVUS Sonya Headlam, soprano Brian Mextorf, bass Stephen Sands, conductor (https://StephenSands.net) (0:01) Selig sind, die da Leid tragen (11:47) Denn alles Fleisch es ist wie Gras (25:42) Herr, lehre doch mich, daß ein Ende (35:25) Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen (41:02) Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit (48:10) Denn wir haben hie keine bleibende Statt (59:40) Selig sind die Toten Concert Program with Texts and Translations: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pszTEzRopceEebWO-JlfHKZ3EkFW4k1f/view?usp=sharing PROGRAM NOTES Brahms’s Ein deutsches Requiem is often called a “human” Requiem, and that word points to both the text he chose and the life he was living while writing it. Between the mid‑1850s and the late 1860s, he was drawn into the Schumann household, deeply attached to Clara Schumann, marked by the death of Robert Schu...    less

The All-night Vigil (Vespers) Sergie Rachmaninoff (1873 – 1943) Downtown Voices - Trinity Wall Street (http://DowntownVoices.net) Stephen Sands, Conductor (http://StephenSands.net) Luthien Brackett, mezzo-soprano Brian Giebler, tenor PROGRAM: 1. ...  moreThe All-night Vigil (Vespers) Sergie Rachmaninoff (1873 – 1943) Downtown Voices - Trinity Wall Street (http://DowntownVoices.net) Stephen Sands, Conductor (http://StephenSands.net) Luthien Brackett, mezzo-soprano Brian Giebler, tenor PROGRAM: 1. Пріидите, поклонимся (Priidite, poklonimsya) Come, Let us Worship 2. Благослови, душе моя, Господа (Blagoslovi, dushe moya, Gospoda) Bless the Lord, O My Soul 3. Блажен муж (Blazhen muzh) Blessed is the Man 4. Свeте тихій (Svete tikhyi) Gladsome Light 5. Нынe отпущаеши (Nyne otpushchayeshi) Lord, Now Lettest Thou 6. Богородице Дeво (Bogoroditse Devo) Rejoice, O Virgin 7. Слава в вышних Богу (Slava v vyshnikh Bogu) Glory to God in the Highest (The Six Psalms) 8. Хвалите имя Господне (Khvalite imya Gospodne) Praise the Name of the Lord 9. Благословен еси, Господи (Blagosloven esi, Gospodi) Blessed Art Thou, O Lord 10. Воскресение Христово видeвше (Voskreseniye Khristovo videvshe) Having Beheld the Resurrection of Christ 11. Величитъ ...    less

Downtown Voices (http://DowntownVoices.net) NOVUS NY Stephen Sands, conductor (http://StephenSands.net) Arvo Pärt – Passio St. Paul's Chapel, New York City Trinity Wall Street This concert featured iconic works of two of the most compelling and...  moreDowntown Voices (http://DowntownVoices.net) NOVUS NY Stephen Sands, conductor (http://StephenSands.net) Arvo Pärt – Passio St. Paul's Chapel, New York City Trinity Wall Street This concert featured iconic works of two of the most compelling and influential composers of the 20th century: Arvo Pärt and Francis Poulenc. The monumental work Passio by Arvo Pärt is a meditative setting of texts from the Passion according to St. John and is considered as the apotheosis of his writing. This is the video of that live performance.  less

Evening Prayer - Ola Gjeilo Downtown Voices Live performance at the end of Evensong on Jan 28, 2026 Mitchell Vines, piano Izzy Williams, saxophone Stephen Sands, conductor Watch, O Lord, with those who wake, or watch or weep tonight, and give y...  moreEvening Prayer - Ola Gjeilo Downtown Voices Live performance at the end of Evensong on Jan 28, 2026 Mitchell Vines, piano Izzy Williams, saxophone Stephen Sands, conductor Watch, O Lord, with those who wake, or watch or weep tonight, and give your angels charge over those who sleep. Tend your sick ones, O Lord Jesus Christ; rest your weary ones; bless your dying ones; soothe your suffering ones; pity your afflicted ones; shield your joyous ones; and all for your love’s sake. Amen.  

Carmina Burana - Carl Orff Stephen Sands, Conductor - http://StephenSands.net Downtown Voices and the Trinity Youth Chorus NOVUS NY St. Paul's Chapel, New York City June 16, 2019 http://DowntownVoices.net

Herbert Howells - Take him, earth, for cherishing Downtown Voices Stephen Sands, conductor Trinity Church, NYC Text translated by Helen Waddell, from a 4th-century poem by Aurelius Clemens Prudentius: Take him, earth, for cherishing, to thy ...  moreHerbert Howells - Take him, earth, for cherishing Downtown Voices Stephen Sands, conductor Trinity Church, NYC Text translated by Helen Waddell, from a 4th-century poem by Aurelius Clemens Prudentius: Take him, earth, for cherishing, to thy tender breast receive him. Body of a man I bring thee, noble even in its ruin. Once was this a spirit’s dwelling, by the breath of God created. High the heart that here was beating, Christ the prince of all its living. Guard him well, the dead I give thee, not unmindful of his creature shall he ask it: he who made it symbol of his mystery. Comes the hour God hath appointed to fulfil the hope of men, then must thou, in very fashion, what I give, return again. Not though ancient time decaying wear away these bones to sand, ashes that a man might measure in the hollow of his hand: Not though wandering winds and idle, drifting through the empty sky, scatter dust was nerve and sinew, is it given to man to die. Once again the shining...    less

St Cecilia Mass - Charles Gounod (1818-1893) Trinity Church NYC Downtown Voices (http://DowntownVoices.net) NOVUS NY Stephen Sands, Conductor (http://StephenSands.net) Brianna J. Robinson, soprano Steven Caldicott Wilson, tenor Enrico Lagas...  moreSt Cecilia Mass - Charles Gounod (1818-1893) Trinity Church NYC Downtown Voices (http://DowntownVoices.net) NOVUS NY Stephen Sands, Conductor (http://StephenSands.net) Brianna J. Robinson, soprano Steven Caldicott Wilson, tenor Enrico Lagasca, bass Concert program with texts, notes and participants: https://drive.google.com/file/d/14jFX... (0:01) Kyrie (5:45) Gloria (14:43) Credo (27:14) Offertory (31:00) Sanctus (37:15) Benedictus (40:35) Agnus Dei (45:16) Domine, salvum fac  

Strengthen for Service Jessica French (https://www.jessicafrench.org/shop/p/service0 Downtown Voices (http://DowntonwVoices.net) NOVUS NY Stephen Sands, conductor (http://StephenSands.net) Trinity Church, NYC Concert program with texts, notes an...  moreStrengthen for Service Jessica French (https://www.jessicafrench.org/shop/p/service0 Downtown Voices (http://DowntonwVoices.net) NOVUS NY Stephen Sands, conductor (http://StephenSands.net) Trinity Church, NYC Concert program with texts, notes and participants: https://drive.google.com/file/d/14jFXdadxD-YJtyY6TJwjld6jwA1GHmTw/view?usp=share_link  

Veljo Tormis: Laulu algus (The Beginning of Song) Hando Runnel Downtown Voices http://DowntownVoices.net Stephen Sands, Conductor http://StephenSands.net TRANSLATION: Listen! Faraway centuries, on the shores of Estonia there once began a ...  moreVeljo Tormis: Laulu algus (The Beginning of Song) Hando Runnel Downtown Voices http://DowntownVoices.net Stephen Sands, Conductor http://StephenSands.net TRANSLATION: Listen! Faraway centuries, on the shores of Estonia there once began a song. In the language of mothers, the spirit of fathers it was carried across to us. In sonorous language, in the spirit of a million it lives on. This song began in a dusky time and was born from the work of voiceless ones. This song was born in a lowly house and it rose as an oath in the night. . A powerless clan began listening, the song was good for the soul, for it spoke a heavenly story, that freedom must come to them. And the powerless clan awoke, and felt the heads on their shoulders. This song will not die, nor this story, this song for us is good. I stepped out to start my voice, ringing on the rocky hillside, lifting up the celebration, cheering up the ring of friends. I know my friend...    less