Trinity Church Sunday Service

Event Information

Venue(s):
Trinity Church

Event Type:
Choral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
12 July 2020

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

01 Dec 1867, Morning

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Paulus, "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme"
aka Sleepers, awake!
Composer(s): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Participants:  Trinity Church Choir

Citations

1)
: Strong, George Templeton. New-York Historical Society. The Diaries of George Templeton Strong, 1863-1869: Musical Excerpts from the MSs, transcribed by Mary Simonson. ed. by Christopher Bruhn., 01 December 1867.

“First Sunday in Advent.  All hands at Church.  Anthem was mere dry bones, doing one of Dr. Cutler’s worthless works, but at the Offertory we had that noble choral ‘Sleepers Awake’ from Mendelssohn’s St. Paul.  While promenading the middle aisle with my big plate I could not attend to it as I wanted to, but it seemed fairly rendered, tho’ the time was taken too slow.”