Holiday – Past Concerts
Breath of Aire and City on a Hill Church present: Christmas in Bellevue
Saturday, January 3, 2015 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Meydenbauer Center Theatre, Bellevue, WA, United States
Experience the joy of holidays with your favorite carols sung in different languages. You will hear traditional Christmas songs like “Silent night” and “O Holy Night” as well as contemporary medleys and Ukrainian and Russian carols.
$17 ($10 seniors & kids 12 and under)
Breath of Aire and City on a Hill Church present: Christmas in Bellevue
Saturday, January 3, 2015 @ 4:30pm – 6:30pm (PST)
Meydenbauer Center Theatre, Bellevue, WA, United States
Experience the joy of holidays with your favorite carols sung in different languages. You will hear traditional Christmas songs like “Silent night” and “O Holy Night” as well as contemporary medleys and Ukrainian and Russian carols.
$17 ($7 seniors & kids 12 and under)
Jazzin' with the Classics by Candlelight for Christmas
Monday, December 29, 2014 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Saint Barnabas Episcopal Church, Bainbridge Island, WA, United States
In this program by candlelight, classical and jazz artists meld their musical perspectives, teaming up to bridge contemporary improvisational jazz and art music of baroque and renaissance times. Their virtuoso improvisations on Yuletide favorites, and their renditions of classical standards, will bring together the best of jazz and classical worlds.
$20 suggested donation
Jazzin' with the Classics by Candlelight for Christmas
Sunday, December 28, 2014 @ 7:30pm – 7:30pm (PST)
University Christian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
In this program by candlelight, classical and jazz artists meld their musical perspectives, teaming up to bridge contemporary improvisational jazz and art music of baroque and renaissance times. Their virtuoso improvisations on Yuletide favorites, and their renditions of classical standards, will bring together the best of jazz and classical worlds.
$20 suggested donation
Jazzin' with the Classics by Candlelight for Christmas
Sunday, December 28, 2014 @ 2:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Floyd Norgaard Cultural Center, Stanwood, WA, United States
In this program by candlelight, classical and jazz artists meld their musical perspectives, teaming up to bridge contemporary improvisational jazz and art music of baroque and renaissance times. Their virtuoso improvisations on Yuletide favorites, and their renditions of classical standards, will bring together the best of jazz and classical worlds.
$20 suggested donation
Jazzin' with the Classics by Candlelight for Christmas
Saturday, December 27, 2014 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Eastsound, WA, United States
In this program by candlelight, classical and jazz artists meld their musical perspectives, teaming up to bridge contemporary improvisational jazz and art music of baroque and renaissance times. Their virtuoso improvisations on Yuletide favorites, and their renditions of classical standards, will bring together the best of jazz and classical worlds.
$20 suggested donation
Handel's Messiah Sing-and-Play-Along
Friday, December 26, 2014 @ 7:00pm – 7:00pm (PST)
University Unitarian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
The entire oratorio will be performed under the direction of conductor Karen P. Thomas, director of music at UUC and artistic director and conductor of Seattle Pro Musica. All singers and instrumentalists are invited to participate. Sing the entire oratorio, all choruses and solos!
$18 (students $13; seniors $15)
A Festival of Lessons & Carols
Tuesday, December 23, 2014 @ 7:30pm – 7:30pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Patterned after the Christmas Eve observance at King’s College in Cambridge, England, this classical performance consists of nine holiday readings, each followed by a traditional carol performed by the choir, and another carol sung by the choir and audience.
$20–$80
A Festival of Lessons & Carols
Monday, December 22, 2014 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Patterned after the Christmas Eve observance at King’s College in Cambridge, England, this classical performance consists of nine holiday readings, each followed by a traditional carol performed by the choir, and another carol sung by the choir and audience.
$10-$25
Jazzin' with the Classics by Candlelight for Christmas
Monday, December 22, 2014 @ 7:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
St. Augustine's in-the-Woods Episcopal Church, Freeland, WA, United States
In this program by candlelight, classical and jazz artists meld their musical perspectives, teaming up to bridge contemporary improvisational jazz and art music of baroque and renaissance times. Their virtuoso improvisations on Yuletide favorites, and their renditions of classical standards, will bring together the best of jazz and classical worlds.
$20 suggested donation
A Festival of Lessons & Carols
Sunday, December 21, 2014 @ 6:00pm – 7:30pm (PST)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Patterned after the Christmas Eve observance at King’s College in Cambridge, England, this classical performance consists of nine holiday readings, each followed by a traditional carol performed by the choir, and another carol sung by the choir and audience.
$10-$25
OSSCS presents: Handel's 'Messiah'
Sunday, December 21, 2014 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Handel – Messiah, HWV 56
$25 ($20 seniors; $10 students; age 7-17 free)
Seattle Symphony: Handel's Messiah
Sunday, December 21, 2014 @ 2:00pm – 2:00pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Handel – Messiah
$23–$88
Seattle Symphony: Handel's Messiah
Saturday, December 20, 2014 @ 8:00pm – 8:00pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Handel – Messiah
$23–$88
A Festival of Lessons & Carols
Saturday, December 20, 2014 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Patterned after the Christmas Eve observance at King’s College in Cambridge, England, this classical performance consists of nine holiday readings, each followed by a traditional carol performed by the choir, and another carol sung by the choir and audience.
$10-$25
Seattle Symphony: Handel's Messiah
Saturday, December 20, 2014 @ 1:00pm – 1:00pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Handel – Messiah
$23–$88
Seattle Symphony: Handel's Messiah
Friday, December 19, 2014 @ 8:00pm – 8:00pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Handel – Messiah
$23–$88
J.S. Bach Christmas Oratorio
Friday, December 19, 2014 @ 8:00pm – 8:00pm (PST)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
J.S. Bach – "Jauchzet, frohlocket! Auf, preiset die Tage" BWV 248/1
J.S. Bach – "Herrscher des Himmels, erhöre das Lallen" BWV 248/3
J.S. Bach – Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068
J.S. Bach – "Herr, wenn die stolzen Feinde schnauben" BWV 248/6
J.S. Bach – "Herrscher des Himmels, erhöre das Lallen" BWV 248/3
J.S. Bach – Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068
J.S. Bach – "Herr, wenn die stolzen Feinde schnauben" BWV 248/6
$10-$40 (age 7-12 free)
On Christmas Night: From darkness into light
Friday, December 19, 2014 @ 8:00pm – 8:00pm (PST)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Michael McGlynn – Maria Matrem Virginem
arr. Donald McCullough – Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
Fredrik Sixten – O Magnum Mysterium
arr. Ola Gjeilo – The First Nowell
arr. Ola Gjeilo – In the Deep Midwinter
arr. Ola Gjeilo – Away in a Manger
arr. Craig Hella Johnson – Lo How a Rose E’re Blooming/The Rose
Jan Sandström – Gloria
J. David Moore – I Heard the Bells On Christmas Day
Edward Henderson – Star Song
Jason Robert Brown – Chanukah Suite
Dolly Parton /arr. Craig Hella Johnson – Light of a Clear Blue Morning
Ralph Manuel – Alleluia
arr. Donald McCullough – Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
Fredrik Sixten – O Magnum Mysterium
arr. Ola Gjeilo – The First Nowell
arr. Ola Gjeilo – In the Deep Midwinter
arr. Ola Gjeilo – Away in a Manger
arr. Craig Hella Johnson – Lo How a Rose E’re Blooming/The Rose
Jan Sandström – Gloria
J. David Moore – I Heard the Bells On Christmas Day
Edward Henderson – Star Song
Jason Robert Brown – Chanukah Suite
Dolly Parton /arr. Craig Hella Johnson – Light of a Clear Blue Morning
Ralph Manuel – Alleluia
$25 (students free)
A Festival of Lessons & Carols
Friday, December 19, 2014 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Patterned after the Christmas Eve observance at King’s College in Cambridge, England, this classical performance consists of nine holiday readings, each followed by a traditional carol performed by the choir, and another carol sung by the choir and audience.
$10-$25