Thomas Tallis – 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
Spring Concert: Copland, Tallis & more
Friday, May 1, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Puyallup United Methodist Church, Puyallup, WA, United States
Copland – Zion's Walls
Scholz – What Wondrous Love
Tallis – If ye love me, keep my commandments
Handel – Surely He hath born our griefs
Paulus – Pilgrim's Hymn
Mozart – Ave Verum Corpus
... and more
Scholz – What Wondrous Love
Tallis – If ye love me, keep my commandments
Handel – Surely He hath born our griefs
Paulus – Pilgrim's Hymn
Mozart – Ave Verum Corpus
... and more
Free (donations welcome)
Spring Concert: Copland, Tallis & more
Sunday, May 3, 2026 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Tacoma, WA, United States
Copland – Zion's Walls
Scholz – What Wondrous Love
Tallis – If ye love me, keep my commandments
Handel – Surely He hath born our griefs
Paulus – Pilgrim's Hymn
Mozart – Ave Verum Corpus
... and more
Scholz – What Wondrous Love
Tallis – If ye love me, keep my commandments
Handel – Surely He hath born our griefs
Paulus – Pilgrim's Hymn
Mozart – Ave Verum Corpus
... and more
Free (donations welcome)
Byrd Ensemble performs 'Quintessential Sheppard'
Saturday, September 26, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Celebrating John Sheppard’s 500th birthday with music by him and other Tudor masters.
$15-$25
'Let Me Not Stray': Tallis and the Tudors
Sunday, November 15, 2026 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PST)
Trinity Parish Church, Seattle, WA, United States
This program runs the gamut of Tallis’s output: from austere English service music to extravagant many-voiced polyphony and mature, carefully-constructed motets.
Free will offering
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
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
St. James Cantorei: Tre Ore
Thursday, March 25, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Music and homilies focused on the words of Christ from the cross, including works of di Lasso, Victoria, and other Renaissance composers.
Free
Northwest Girlchoir: Brightest Winter Stars
Friday, December 17, 2027 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PST)
Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, Seattle, WA, United States
This family-friendly concert will feature holiday songs that celebrate twinkling lights, the winter night sky, and the beauty and joy of the holidays.
$10-$25
Music at St. James Cathedral: Office of Tenebrae
Wednesday, April 12, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
A sacred liturgy culminating in Gregorio Allegri’s stirring setting of Psalm 51, Miserere mei, Deus (“Have mercy on me, O God”).
Free (Free)
Summer Fling Singers: Lamentations of Spain
Saturday, August 26, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
St. Margaret's Episcopal Church, Bellevue, WA, United States
Selections from the Lamentations of Jeremiah arranged by Spanish composers.
Free
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
Music at St. James Cathedral: Rome Pilgrimage Concert
Friday, February 23, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 9:15pm (PST)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Bruckner – Os justi
Palestrina – Sicut cervus; Sitivit anima mea
Dawson – There is a balm in Gilead
Herbolsheimer – It was not you who chose me
arr. Carter – Steal away
Tallis – If ye love me
Fauré – Tantum ergo
Saint-Säens – Ave Maria
Duruflé – Requiem, Op. 9
$18 suggested donation
Byrd Ensemble: Evolution of Chant – A starting point
Saturday, March 17, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Tallis – Loquebantur variis linguis
Tallis – Videte miraculum
Whitacre – Sainte-Chapelle
Pärt – Magnificat
Pärt – I Am the True Vine
Pärt – Seven Magnificat Antiphons
Sheppard – Reges Tharsis
Tavener – Two Hymns to the Mother of God
Tallis – Videte miraculum
Whitacre – Sainte-Chapelle
Pärt – Magnificat
Pärt – I Am the True Vine
Pärt – Seven Magnificat Antiphons
Sheppard – Reges Tharsis
Tavener – Two Hymns to the Mother of God
$18-$28
Sine Nomine Renaissance Choir: 10th Anniversary Celebration!
Sunday, March 25, 2029 @ 4:30pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Trinity Parish Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Singers' favorites from Binchois to Byrd, from 15th to 17th centuries, representing England, Italy, Spain, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium and France.
Free will offering
Music at St. James Cathedral: The Office of Tenebrae
Music at St. James Cathedral,
St. James Cathedral Cantorei, and
St. James Cathedral Men's Chant Choir
Wednesday, March 28, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Allegri – Miserere mei Deus
Tallis – Lamentations of Jeremiah
Gesualdo – O vos omnes
Tallis – Lamentations of Jeremiah
Gesualdo – O vos omnes
Free
The King's Singers: GOLD50
Thursday, April 12, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Seattle First Baptist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Celebrate 50 years of mesmerizing performances and musical diversity by The King’s Singers.
Sold out
Seattle Bach Choir presents: Abide With Us
Sunday, June 3, 2029 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Trinity Parish Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Frank Martin – Mass for Double Choir
Thomas Tallis – If Ye Love Me
Anton Bruckner – Locus Iste
Josef Rheinberger – Abendlied
Rosephayne Powell – Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
Ola Gjeilo – Ubi Caritas
Shawn Kirchner – Unclouded Day
Thomas Tallis – If Ye Love Me
Anton Bruckner – Locus Iste
Josef Rheinberger – Abendlied
Rosephayne Powell – Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
Ola Gjeilo – Ubi Caritas
Shawn Kirchner – Unclouded Day
$20 ($18 senior/student)
Carillon Chamber Singers: Love's Bright Flame – Motets & Madrigals
Saturday, June 16, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Kirkland Congregational Church, Kirkland, WA, United States
Renaissance and modern-day secular madrigals and sacred motets from Italy, England, and the United States.
$10 suggested donation ($20 families/$5 students)
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