Trinity Church Christmas Eve Service
Event Information
Venue(s):
Trinity Church
Event Type:
Chamber (includes Solo), Choral
Performance Forces:
Instrumental
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
12 July 2020
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
24 Dec 1863, 2:30 PMProgram Details
“The Christmas Tree” is listed in the program as work #5, and the NYTr reviewer says it was sung “at close of the evening prayer.” Listed here as reviewer indicates.
Performers and/or Works Performed
1)
8)
Composer(s): Cutler
Citations
1)
“The Christmas Holidays were inaugurated by the usual Christmas Eve celebration at Trinity Church yesterday afternoon. Ringing out with joyous peals of music from harmonious bells, with carols, songs and laughter of happy children, Old Trinity annually says to Wall-street, ‘Christmas is here; Venite Exultemus,’ and Wall-street closes its ledgers and cash-books and goes home, thinking of the empty stockings hanging by the chimney-side, and how if nature abhors a vacuum, young Wall-street abhors, it too, especially in his Christmas stocking. At 2½ o’clock, the Chimes commenced, Mr. James E. Ayliffe, ringing the following melodies on the Bells: No. 1—Fantasia, composed for Trinity Church Chimes, by George F. Bristow. No. 2—Christmas Carol, Silent Night, Holy Night. No. 3—Evening Bells. No. 4—Christmas Carol. No. 5—Christmas Carol, The Christmas Tree. No. 6—Vesper Hymn. The services in the Church commenced at 3 o’clock, with the Psalms for the 24th day chanted by the choir as usual. At the close of the evening prayer, Mr. Cutler’s carol ‘The Christmas Tree,’ was sung by the children of the Sunday School, Master Hopkins taking the solo parts.”