STATEN ISLAND, NY \u2014 Trinity Lutheran Church in Stapleton will host a Christmas concert featuring the holiday portion of Handel\u2019s Messiah and festive carols on Dec. 20, 2025, at 4 p.m.<\/p>\n
Wonder & Light: A Concert of Christmas Glory will take place in the historic Gothic sanctuary at 309 St. Paul\u2019s Ave. The performance will include a choir, chamber orchestra, and five New York soloists performing selections from Handel\u2019s Messiah, ranging from \u201cComfort Ye\u201d through the \u201cHallelujah Chorus.\u201d<\/p>\n
The soloists include soprano Sylvia Maisonet, mezzo-soprano Leanne Surace, alto Leslie Thompson, tenor Andrew Kay, and bass Michael Cheng. Thompson is a Staten Island native.<\/p>\n
After intermission, the program will continue with Christmas works by John Rutter and David Willcocks, traditional carols, and a community finale.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith \u2018Wonder & Light,\u2019 we want to give Staten Island a moment of beauty, warmth, and shared celebration during the Christmas season,\u201d said Trent Whisenant, artistic director. \u201cTrinity\u2019s sanctuary was built for sound that lifts the spirit, and this program brings that to life.\u201d<\/p>\n
A complimentary reception with cocoa and cookies will follow the concert.<\/p>\n
Doors open at 3:15 p.m. Tickets are available at www.eventbrite.com\/e\/1758226856859?aff=oddtdtcreator or at the door.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STATEN ISLAND, NY \u2014 Trinity Lutheran Church in Stapleton will host a Christmas concert featuring the holiday portion…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":75738,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":{"0":"post-75737","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-staten-island","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-city","10":"tag-nyc","11":"tag-staten-island","12":"tag-staten-island-headlines","13":"tag-staten-island-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75737\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}