May 28, 1–2pm
To usher in Ascension Day — when we celebrate the anniversary of Trinity Church’s consecration — Trinity Baroque Orchestra and Trinity Choir will perform Johann Sebastian Bach’s Ascension Oratorio, or Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen. Set to passages from Luke, Mark, and Acts of the Apostles, the magnificent work is sung by a tenor evangelist (a musical narrator of dramatic scripture), opens with a festive chorus, and concludes with a chorale fantasia. Also on this Tuesday’s program: Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden, which was set for four voices to Psalm 117, a joyous text known in Latin as Laudate Dominum. Melissa Attebury, director.