Renaissance – Past Concerts
Elemental Harmony
Saturday, November 16, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Queen Anne Christian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Music spanning four centuries, played on renaissance and baroque recorders of all sizes and showcasing the rich variety of the recorder repertoire, including compositions by J.S. Bach, Heinrich Isaac, Henry VIII, and others.
$25 suggested donation
Nathan Jensen Piano Recital
Saturday, November 16, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 8:00pm (PST)
St. John United Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Pianist Nathan Jensen performs music by Jan Sweelinck, Frederic Chopin, and more on St. John's 1895 Steinway Model B Concert Grand.
Free (Free)
Seattle Flute Society: Seattle Flute Choir at Northminster Presbyterian Church
Sunday, November 10, 2019 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Northminster Presbyterian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Music by Kelly Via, Z. Randall Stroope, Gustav Holst, Judy Nishimura, and more.
Free (Free)
Blessed Sacrament Church Monthly Choral Mass: Victoria's 'Missa O quam gloriosum'
Friday, November 1, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Blessed Sacrament Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Tomás Luis de Victoria’s Missa O quam gloriosum along with motets by Gregorio Allegri and Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina to celebrate All Saints' Day.
Free
Blessed Sacrament Church Monthly Choral Mass: Victoria's 'Missa O quam gloriosum'
Friday, November 1, 2019 @ 5:30pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Blessed Sacrament Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Tomás Luis de Victoria’s Missa O quam gloriosum along with motets by Gregorio Allegri and Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina to celebrate All Saints' Day.
Free
Sine Nomine: Laus Trinitati – In Praise of the Divine
Sunday, October 27, 2019 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Trinity Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Plainchant, Renaissance, and modern works that employ joyful texts about the creative, life-giving powers of the Trinity.
Free (Free)
Seattle Symphony [untitled]: Sacred & Contemporary Brass Music
Friday, October 18, 2019 @ 10:00pm – 10:50pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall – Samuel & Althea Stroum Grand Lobby, Seattle, WA, United States
The Seattle Symphony’s brass section performs sacred music of Giovanni Gabrieli alongside works by American composers Gunther Schuller, David Sampson, and Anthony DiLorenzo.
$15
The Byrd Ensemble: Monuments of the Renaissance – Spem in alium
Saturday, October 12, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Thomas Tallis – Loquebantur variis linguis
Thomas Tallis – Lamentations of Jeremiah II
Robert Carver – O bone Jesu
Giovanni Gabrieli – Magnificat
William Byrd – Tristitia et anxietas
Alonso Lobo – Versa est in luctum
Thomas Tallis – Spem in alium
Thomas Tallis – Lamentations of Jeremiah II
Robert Carver – O bone Jesu
Giovanni Gabrieli – Magnificat
William Byrd – Tristitia et anxietas
Alonso Lobo – Versa est in luctum
Thomas Tallis – Spem in alium
$30 / $25 / $20 / $50
Fall Fipple Flute Forum Faculty Concert
Friday, October 4, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Christ Episcopal Church Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Musical delights from several centuries, with selections by Heinrich Isaac, Dieterich Buxtehude, Pieter Campo, and more.
$25 suggested donation
Summer Fling Singers: Legends, Lands, & Laments
Saturday, August 24, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
St. Margaret's Episcopal Church, Bellevue, WA, United States
Sacred laments mixed with madrigals about faraway lands and Greek mythology by William Byrd, John Wilbye, John Ward, Thomas Weelkes, Orlando Gibbons, and Francis Pilkington.
Free
Blessed Sacrament Church Monthly Choral Mass: Palestrina’s 'Missa Assumpta Est Maria'
Thursday, August 15, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Blessed Sacrament Church, Seattle, WA, United States
The Blessed Sacrament Church Choral Mass will feature the Blessed Sacrament’s Schola Cantorum and Sackbut Ensemble performing Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina’s Missa Assumpta Est Maria, as well as motets by Claudio Monteverdi and Orlando Gibbons.
Free
Blessed Sacrament Church Monthly Choral Mass: Palestrina’s 'Missa Assumpta Est Maria'
Thursday, August 15, 2019 @ 5:30pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Blessed Sacrament Church, Seattle, WA, United States
The Blessed Sacrament Church Choral Mass will feature the Blessed Sacrament’s Schola Cantorum and Sackbut Ensemble performing Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina’s Missa Assumpta Est Maria, as well as motets by Claudio Monteverdi and Orlando Gibbons.
Free
Whidbey Island Music Festival: John Dowland – Time Stands Still
Saturday, August 3, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
St. Augustine's in-the-Woods Episcopal Church, Freeland, WA, United States
The melancholy beauty of John Dowland's lute songs have enchanted and delighted listeners for centuries.
$22 / $10 / FREE for children
A Musical Banquet: The Delights of the Viola da Gamba!
Wednesday, July 31, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Christ Episcopal Church Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
A stunning program of consort music featuring music by John Jenkins, Matthew Locke, Girolamo Frescobaldi, Diego Ortiz, Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger, and Claudio Monteverdi.
$20 suggested donation
Summer Organ Concerts at St. James Cathedral w/Paul Stubbings
Friday, July 26, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Music by Edward Cuthbert Bairstow, Thomas Tertius Noble, John Bull, Henry Purcell, Frederic H. Wood, Alfred Hollins, and Hamish MacCunn.
$18
First Lutheran Church of Tacoma: Listen Live at Lunch – Classical Guitar
Wednesday, July 24, 2019 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PDT)
First Lutheran Church Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, United States
Music by Princess Elisabeth of Hesse, John Dowland, Gaspar Sanz, Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, and more.
Free
Christ Episcopal Church presents: Mark Brombaugh, organ
Friday, July 19, 2019 @ 12:10pm – 1:00pm (PDT)
Christ Episcopal Church Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, United States
Dieterich Buxtehude – Praeludium in E major, BuxWV 141
Orlando Gibbons – Italian Ground
Felix Mendelssohn – 6 Organ Sonatas, Op. 65 No. 6
Josef Rheinberger – Three Trios from 10 Organ Trios, Op. 49
Henry Smart – Postlude in D major
Orlando Gibbons – Italian Ground
Felix Mendelssohn – 6 Organ Sonatas, Op. 65 No. 6
Josef Rheinberger – Three Trios from 10 Organ Trios, Op. 49
Henry Smart – Postlude in D major
Admission by donation
Tacoma Early Music Workshop: Canticum Canticorum ('Song of Songs')
Saturday, June 22, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Christ Episcopal Church Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, United States
A cappella music of the High Renaissance by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Tomás Luis de Victoria, Orlando di Lasso, Jacobus Clemens non Papa, Francesco Patavino, Costanzo Festa, and Jacques Arcadelt.
Free
Salish Sea Early Music Festival: Early 17th-Century Canzonas
Monday, June 10, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Christ Episcopal Church Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Transitional late renaissance/early baroque (mostly Italian) repertoire from the early 17th century, by Giovanni Battista Buonamente (1595-1642), Giovanni Paolo Cima (1570-1622), Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643), and others.
$15-$25 suggested donation (18 & under FREE)
Salish Sea Early Music Festival: Early 17th-Century Canzonas
Sunday, June 9, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
St. Augustine's in-the-Woods Episcopal Church, Freeland, WA, United States
Transitional late renaissance/early baroque (mostly Italian) repertoire from the early 17th century, by Giovanni Battista Buonamente (1595-1642), Giovanni Paolo Cima (1570-1622), Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643), and others.
$15-$25 suggested donation (18 & under FREE)