Trinity Church Trinity Sunday Service

Event Information

Venue(s):
Trinity Church

Conductor(s):
A. H. Messiter

Event Type:
Choral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
9 October 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

04 Jun 1871, Morning

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Orchestra, unidentified;  Trinity Church Choir
2)
Mass, H. XXII, 3, G major. Selections
aka Mass, no. 1
Composer(s): Haydn
3)
Anthem, unidentified
Composer(s): Hummel

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., 02 June 1871.

“Messiter told me that he should have to leave out the horn & trombone parts in the Haydn Mass next Sunday (Trinity Sunday) because the appropriation is nearly dried up. Told him I would gladly foot that little bill, & hope I may not be too late.”

2)
: 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., 04 June 1871.

“[Trinity Church:] Music mostly from Haydn’s 1st Mass. Introit by one Garnett, uninteresting. Offertory an elegant motett by Hummel. Orchestral introduction, or voluntary, from a symphony of Haydn’s (in D, I think)—not very appropriate. It was all satisfactory & delightful, but I think choir & orchestra did not keep together quite so well as on Whitsunday.”