Medieval – Past Concerts
Jack Straw Cultural Center: Guillaume de Machaut – Explorations
Wednesday, July 24, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Jack Straw Cultural Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A new work that radically reimagines the work of medieval composer Guillaume de Machaut paired with historical perspective with music from the time of Machaut.
Free
Cappella Romana presents Psaltikon: The Day of Resurrection
Friday, May 3, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Boston-based Byzantine chant ensemble Psaltikon performs celebratory chants for Paschal from Medieval Byzantium.
$32-$52
Music at St. James Cathedral: The Office of Tenebræ
Wednesday, April 17, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Thomas Tallis – Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet
Paweł Łukaszewski – O vos omnes
Gregorio Allegri – Miserere mei, Deus
Traditional – Gregorian Chant
Paweł Łukaszewski – O vos omnes
Gregorio Allegri – Miserere mei, Deus
Traditional – Gregorian Chant
Free
PLU Early Music Lab
Tuesday, April 16, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Lagerquist Concert Hall at Pacific Lutheran University, Parkland, WA, United States
Students of the PLU Early Music Lab present a concert of music ranging from Medieval chant to music from the Classical era.
Free
Northwest Mahler Festival Fundraiser: Songs by Alma Mahler & Other Women Composers
Saturday, April 13, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Featuring songs by woman composers including Khosrovidukht, Barbara Strozzi, Clara Schumann, Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, Josephine Lang, Alma Mahler, Florence Price, and Joni Mitchell.
free
Music at 9th & Stewart presents: Blue Heron
Friday, March 22, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Gethsemane Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
A Grammy Award-winning early music vocal ensemble performs Guillaume de Machaut's Le remède de fortune.
$18 / $10 / Kids free
Medieval Women's Choir: Courtly Love – A User’s Guide
Saturday, March 16, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Seattle First Baptist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Medieval love songs contain elements so universal that they could almost constitute a how-to guide for the conduct of romantic relationships among the nobility. In this concert, you will learn how to follow instructions.
$25 ($15 students/military/in need)
Seattle Art Song Society: Womxn's Voices
Friday, March 8, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 10:30pm (PST)
Ballard First Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Featuring music by womxn composers Nina Simone, Hildegard von Bingen, Clara Schumann, Germaine Tailleferre, Libby Larsen, Juliana Hall, and more.
Free
Seattle Historical Arts for Kids: Family concert! Medieval Music for Everyone
Saturday, January 5, 2019 @ 1:30pm – 2:30pm (PST)
University Heights Community Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Shulamit Kleinerman plays the medieval fiddle, joined by soprano Linda Strandberg and Jacob Breedlove on hurdy-gurdy, percussion, and other instruments.
$9 (infants FREE)
Medieval Women’s Choir: Hodie!
Saturday, December 15, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
The Medieval Women’s Choir unleashes its joy in sharing masterpieces of the season from cathedral, court, and countryside.
$30 door / $25 advance/ $15 students/youth
Cascadian Chorale: This Shining Night
Sunday, December 2, 2018 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Church of the Holy Cross, Redmond, WA, United States
Classic favorites mingle with lesser-known beauties, including music by local composers.
$20 ($15 student/senior)
Cascadian Chorale: This Shining Night
Saturday, December 1, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Medina, WA, United States
Classic favorites mingle with lesser-known beauties, including music by local composers.
$20 ($15 student/senior)
Music at 9th and Stewart Concert Series: Les Chanterelles
Saturday, November 10, 2018 @ 4:30pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Gethsemane Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
The Seattle debut of Les Chanterelles, an a cappella ensemble of 3-5 voices with repertoire spanning the medieval era to the present day.
$18 ($10 seniors/students, FREE age 12 & under)
Sine Nomine: Hail, O Queen of Heaven
Sunday, October 28, 2018 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Trinity Episcopal Parish Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Renaissance music for mixed voices, based on texts devoted to the Virgin Mary – including works by Hildegard, Ockeghem, Guerrero, di Lasso, and Victoria.
Free (Free)
Medieval Women's Choir: Saints & Sinners
Saturday, June 2, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
A musical journey through the pantheon of medieval saints.
$25 (students $15)
Medieval Women’s Choir: Musica Nova
Sunday, March 25, 2018 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Greenlake New Start (formerly Bethany Lutheran Church), Seattle , WA, United States
Music of the Ars Nova, the modernist movement of the 14th century, featuring the exuberant virtuosity of Italy, the sonority and complexity of France, and the emergence of a truly international style.
$25 ($15 students/military)
Medieval Women's Choir: Spring Celebration
Saturday, March 10, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Trinity Parish Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Cast off the gloom of winter through a celebration of spring.
$25 (students $15)
SCMS Winter Festival: Hildegard, Shostakovich, Felix Mendelssohn
Sunday, January 28, 2018 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Hildegard von Bingen – Three Antiphons (arr. Marianne Pfau)
Dmitri Shostakovich – Suite for Two Pianos in F-sharp minor, Op. 6
Felix Mendelssohn – Trio No. 2 for Violin, Cello, and Piano in C minor, Op. 66
Dmitri Shostakovich – Suite for Two Pianos in F-sharp minor, Op. 6
Felix Mendelssohn – Trio No. 2 for Violin, Cello, and Piano in C minor, Op. 66
$52 ($16 students and 30 & under)
Medieval Women’s Choir: Nowell Sing We
Saturday, December 9, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
A uniquely medieval musical celebration of one of our biggest holidays.
$25 advance/ $15 students/ $30 door
BMC Night Beat with the Tubas
Thursday, December 7, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
First Congregational Church, Bellingham, WA, United States
A smile-inducing mass effect of tubas and their cousins playing music originally designed for angels and harps.
$20 / $15 / teens free