Renaissance – Past Concerts
Pacific MusicWorks: Wayward Sisters – A Feast for the Eyes & Ears
Saturday, May 21, 2022 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
17th-c. Italian works for soprano virtuosi are reimagined as fully theatrical events, complete with dancers, choreographey by Anna Mansbridge, & a quartet of vocal soloists. Also featuring Karen P. Thomas's Doubleheart.
$30-$55
Pacific MusicWorks: Wayward Sisters – A Feast for the Eyes & Ears
Friday, May 20, 2022 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
17th-c. Italian works for soprano virtuosi are reimagined as fully theatrical events, complete with dancers, choreographey by Anna Mansbridge, & a quartet of vocal soloists. Also featuring Karen P. Thomas's Doubleheart.
$30-$55
The Tallis Scholars
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
The world-renowned Tallis Scholars return to Seattle with a program featuring the stunningly beautiful Requiem by Tomás Luis de Victoria.
$30-$50
Seattle Pro Musica: Love Came Down – Music for the Holiday Season
Saturday, December 18, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Seattle First Baptist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Music by Josquin des Prez & a diverse range of 20th- & 21st-century composers that explores our connections to tradition, to our communities, & to the Earth itself.
$15-$40
Seattle Pro Musica: Love Came Down – Music for the Holiday Season
Saturday, December 18, 2021 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PST)
Seattle First Baptist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Music by Josquin des Prez & a diverse range of 20th- & 21st-century composers that explores our connections to tradition, to our communities, & to the Earth itself.
$15-$40
Seattle Pro Musica: Love Came Down – Music for the Holiday Season
Saturday, December 11, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Bastyr University Chapel, Kenmore, WA, United States
Music by Josquin des Prez & a diverse range of 20th- & 21st-century composers that explores our connections to tradition, to our communities, & to the Earth itself.
$15-$40
Seattle Pro Musica: Love Came Down – Music for the Holiday Season
Saturday, December 11, 2021 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PST)
Bastyr University Chapel, Kenmore, WA, United States
Music by Josquin des Prez & a diverse range of 20th- & 21st-century composers that explores our connections to tradition, to our communities, & to the Earth itself.
$12-$40
Lo, How a Rose: Celebrating 400 years of Praetorius & his contemporaries
Wednesday, December 1, 2021 @ 10:30am – 11:30am (PST)
Trinity Lutheran Church (Bellingham), Bellingham, WA, United States
Anna Marsh & Henry Lebedinsky offer a program centered around the 400 year-old Lo, how a rose. Works for Baroque wind instrumetns & virginal by Michael Praetorius, Johann Pachelbel, & more.
Free (Free)
Seattle Bach Choir: Ceremony & Memorial
Sunday, November 14, 2021 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Trinity Parish Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Marcel Tyberg – Mass No. 2 in F major
Heinrich Schütz – Syncharma musicum, SWV 49
Eskil Hemberg – Lützener te deum
Additional works TBA
Heinrich Schütz – Syncharma musicum, SWV 49
Eskil Hemberg – Lützener te deum
Additional works TBA
$20 ($15 youth/seniors)
Radiance: Into the Darkness – Death & the beyond
Friday, October 29, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
210 Studio, Seattle, WA, United States
Using special audio techniques, lighting, & soundscapes, Resonance transports you to another dimension. Featuring Gregorian chant & music by Herbert Howells, Peter Hallock, Eric Whitacre, & Markdavin Obenza.
$25-$40
Cascade Symphony Orchestra: Opening Night – Eternal Beauty
Monday, October 25, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Edmonds Center for the Arts, Edmonds, WA, United States
Steven Richards – Tribute for String Orchestra, “In Memory of Alan Lund” (world premiere)
Antonín Dvořák – Two Waltzes, Op. 54
Giovanni Gabrieli – Canzon in echo duodecimi toni à 10, Ch. 180
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K. 219 "The Turkish"
Franz Joseph Haydn – Symphony No. 104 in D major, Hob. I:104 "London"
Franz Joseph Haydn – The Seven Last Words of Christ, Hob. XX:1
Béla Bartók – Romanian Folk Dances for strings, Sz. 68, BB 76
Antonín Dvořák – Two Waltzes, Op. 54
Giovanni Gabrieli – Canzon in echo duodecimi toni à 10, Ch. 180
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K. 219 "The Turkish"
Franz Joseph Haydn – Symphony No. 104 in D major, Hob. I:104 "London"
Franz Joseph Haydn – The Seven Last Words of Christ, Hob. XX:1
Béla Bartók – Romanian Folk Dances for strings, Sz. 68, BB 76
$27 ($22 senior, $15 student, $10 ages 12 & under)
Sine Nomine: “The Master of the Notes” – Celebrating 500 years of Josquin des Prez
Sunday, October 24, 2021 @ 3:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Trinity Episcopal Parish Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Sine Nomine marks the 500th anniversary of French Renaissance master Josquin des Prez with an all-Josquin program, celebrating his life & the great variety & scope of his work.
Free (Free)
Early Music Vancouver: Mandinka Pilgrimage feat. Constantinople & Ablaye Cissoko, kora
Friday, September 24, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Explore the epics of the Mandinka Kingdom with kora master Ablaye Cissoko & Montreal’s Ensemble Constantinople, in this concert that seeks to blend the sounds of West Africa & Persia.
Free ($17.52-$19.95 online / $33.48-$35.88 in person)
Farallon Recorder Quartet: Josquin, Bach, Kayser
Friday, September 17, 2021 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
University Congregational United Church of Christ, Seattle, WA, United States
Program spanning 4 centuries of music, performed on Renaissance & Baroque recorders. Works by Josquin des Prez, J.S. Bach, Fulvio Caldini, & more, as well as compositions & arrangements by ensemble members.
$20 or pay as able (kids free)
[POSTPONED] Josquin des Prez: Missa Ave Maris Stella
Saturday, August 28, 2021 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
St. Margaret's Episcopal Church, Bellevue, WA, United States
Music by Josquin des Prez, one of the early Renaissance's most influential composers, to honor the 500th anniversary of his passing. Includes his complete Missa Ave maris stella & selected motets.
Free (Postponed)
Vancouver Bach Festival: The City of Ladies (film)
Tuesday, July 27, 2021 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Portative organist Catalina Vicens & early music ensemble Servir Antico tell the story of revolutionary Medieval poet Christine de Pizan. Featuring compositions by Baude Cordier, Solage, Gilles Binchois, Guillaume Dufay, & more.
Free (Free ($5-$10CAD in-person))
The Office of Tenebrae – Lamentations of Jeremiah
Wednesday, March 31, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
A 10-voice choir from the Cathedral Cantorei will sing plainchant & Renaissance composer Thomas Tallis's settings of the Lamentations of Jeremiah. In-person attendance only in Seattle, WA.
Free (Free (registration required))
UW Chamber Singers & University Chorale – How Shall I hold my Soul Still? Songs of Love, Loss and Betrayal
Thursday, March 5, 2020 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, Seattle, WA, United States
An eclectic program of American contemporary choral works, the winter quarter concert by the Chamber Singers and University Chorale examines love through many lenses.
$10
Seattle Classic Guitar Society presents Michael Kudirka
Saturday, February 15, 2020 @ 2:00pm – 3:00pm (PST)
Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA, United States
Francesco Canova da Milano – Fantasias, Ricercars, and Improvisations
John Dowland – Three Lute Pieces
Johann Sebastian Bach – Chaconne, from Partita II in D minor, BWV 1004
Dusan Bogdanovic – Levantine Suite
Fernando Sor – Introduction and Variations on a Theme of Mozart, Op. 9
Johann Sebastian Bach – Chaconne, from Partita II in D minor, BWV 1004
Dusan Bogdanovic – Levantine Suite
Fernando Sor – Introduction and Variations on a Theme of Mozart, Op. 9
Free (Free)
Meany Center presents Orlando Consort: The Passion of Joan of Arc
Tuesday, February 4, 2020 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Britain’s celebrated early music vocal ensemble transports us to Joan’s world, accompanying Carl Theodor Dreyer’s silent film La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc live with a deeply moving soundtrack of sacred and secular music from her lifetime.
$47-$55 (FREE ages 5-17)
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