William Byrd – Upcoming Concerts
Lament and Rejoice: Renaissance Music for the Modern Soul
Sunday, March 15, 2026 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Trinity Parish Church, Seattle, WA, United States
A broad collection of a cappella Renaissance works that focus on the contrasting passions of loss and of celebration.
Free
Mystery
Saturday, April 25, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Explore the mysteries at the heart of the Christian story, with music from different cultures of the Western world. The program will include works by a host of early composers – Giovanni Gabrieli, Josquin Des Prez, Orlando di Lasso, Giovanni Palestrina, William Byrd and Tomas Luis de Victoria – as well as later works by Hugo Wolf, Francis Poulenc and Sergei Rachmaninoff.
$20-$45
Northwest Chamber Chorus: A Joyful Noise!
Saturday, June 13, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Music by Byrd, Scarlatti, Monteverdi, Morales, Paulus, Hogan, Willcocks, Ticheli, Elgar and more.
$12-$22 (children free)
Northwest Chamber Chorus: A Joyful Noise!
Sunday, June 14, 2026 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Music by Byrd, Scarlatti, Monteverdi, Morales, Paulus, Hogan, Willcocks, Ticheli, Elgar and more.
$12-$22 (children free)
Byrd Ensemble: Tudor Christmas
Saturday, November 28, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Missa Puer natus est nobis by Renaissance master Thomas Tallis frames this program of English carols and motets.
$13-$25
Groupmuse House Concert: Patrick D. Morgan, harpsichord
Friday, January 22, 2027 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (PST)
Private home in Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Selections from the standard harpsichord repertoire: at least one suite of unmeasured preludes and dances by Louis Couperin, Italianate selections from the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, "The Battell" from My Ladye Nevells Booke.
$10 donation, RSVP for location
OUR LADY: Marian motets from Tudor England and the modern era
Saturday, January 23, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Cornysh – Salve Regina
Byrd – Magnificat
Cornysh – Ave Maria mater Dei
Pärt – Magnificat
Browne – Stabat Mater
Tavener – Magnificat & Nunc dimittis
Tallis – Ave rose sine spinis
Byrd – Magnificat
Cornysh – Ave Maria mater Dei
Pärt – Magnificat
Browne – Stabat Mater
Tavener – Magnificat & Nunc dimittis
Tallis – Ave rose sine spinis
$15-$25
Byrd Ensemble: In the Queen's Favor
Friday, March 5, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Music from Cantiones Sacrae, an exclusive collection of sacred music by Tallis and Byrd dedicated to the Queen in thanks for music printing rights and to commemorate the 17th year of her reign.
$15-$25
UW World Series: Jeremy Denk, piano
Thursday, March 18, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, Seattle, WA, United States
One of America’s most thought-provoking, multi-faceted, and compelling artists incites renewed love for pieces commonly played in the repertoire and shines new light onto lesser-known works. A musician “you want to hear no matter what he performs.”
$45-$50 (age 17 & under free)
Seattle Flute Society Flute Choir Spring Concert
Saturday, April 10, 2027 @ 2:00pm – 3:00pm (PDT)
Bayview Retirement Community, Seattle, WA, United States
Works by Bach, Bartók, Beethoven, Brahms, and Byrd.
Free (Free)
Seattle Flute Society Flute Choir Spring Concert
Saturday, April 17, 2027 @ 4:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Redmond United Methodist Church, Redmond, WA, United States
Works by Bach, Bartók, Beethoven, Brahms, and Byrd.
Free (Free)
Music at St. James: A Choral Celebration
Wednesday, May 12, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Bruckner – Locus iste
Palestrina – Super flumina Babylonis
Herbolsheimer – It was not you who chose me
Additional works TBA
Palestrina – Super flumina Babylonis
Herbolsheimer – It was not you who chose me
Additional works TBA
Free (Free)
Bellevue Chamber Chorus: O Magnum Mysterium
Saturday, December 11, 2027 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
First Congregational Church, Bellevue, WA, United States
Featuring multiple settings of “O magnum mysterium” by William Byrd, Ivo Antognini, Cesar Carrillo, and David Childs, plus other Christmas treasures.
$5-$20
Bellevue Chamber Chorus: O Magnum Mysterium
Friday, December 17, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
Featuring multiple settings of “O magnum mysterium” by William Byrd, Ivo Antognini, Cesar Carrillo, and David Childs, plus other Christmas treasures.
$5-$20
Bellevue Chamber Chorus: O Magnum Mysterium
Saturday, December 18, 2027 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Maple Leaf Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Featuring multiple settings of “O magnum mysterium” by William Byrd, Ivo Antognini, Cesar Carrillo, and David Childs, plus other Christmas treasures.
$5-$20
Groupmuse: Boxing Day Music
Sunday, December 26, 2027 @ 3:30pm – 5:30pm (PST)
Private home in Greenwood, Seattle, WA, United States
Works by William Byrd, Louis Couperin, Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre, and selections from The Fitzwilliam Book of Virginal Music.
$10+ donation, RSVP required
Ave Renaissance Women's Choir: Tehillim
Friday, March 10, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Trinity Episcopal Parish Church, Seattle, WA, United States
A program of Psalms, featuring works by Byrd, Costantini, Croce, Friderici, Kraus, Lassus, Mendelssohn, Mundy, Swan, Victoria, and Vaughan Williams.
Donations welcome
Emerald Ensemble presents The Two Elizabeths: Music fit for a monarch
Saturday, September 9, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Trinity Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
A journey through some of the music composed for two of England's grandest monarchs.
$25/$35
Groupmuse: Yurt Welcome with Dave Morgan, Harpsichord
Thursday, October 19, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Private home in Greenwood, Seattle, WA, United States
A program of music from the 16th - 18th centuries featuring composers such as Bach, Scarlatti, L. Couperin, and Byrd.
10 + donation, RSVP required
Ritual: Music from Sacred Tradition
Saturday, October 28, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
An exploration of sacred music from the Eastern and Western Christian tradition.
$18-$28
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