The Byrd Ensemble – Past Concerts
NEW WORLD POLYPHONY: Treasures from the Cathedral of Mexico City
Saturday, March 27, 2021 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Online event
Program featuring Mexican sacred music from the Two Mexico City Choirbooks of 1717, as well as works by Tomás Luis de Victoria, Alonso Lobo, & G.P. da Palestrina.
Free (Free)
The Byrd Ensemble: Arvo Pärt – Sunset at Joshua Tree
Saturday, January 23, 2021 @ 3:40pm – 5:40pm (PST)
Online event
The Byrd Ensemble's remastered 2013 CD, Arvo Pärt, is streamed in it's entirety with real time footage of a beautiful sunset at Joshua Tree National Park.
Free
Seattle Baroque Orchestra & Byrd Ensemble: Handel's Messiah
Saturday, December 19, 2020 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Online event
Originally performed in Saint Mark’s Cathedral in March 2019.
Free (Free)
[BROADCAST] Seattle Baroque Orchestra & The Byrd Ensemble: Handel’s Messiah
Sunday, April 12, 2020 @ 3:00pm – 5:30pm (PDT)
Online event
Handel's most famous oratorio returns to Eastertide with this live broadcast performance.
Free (Free)
[LIVE BROADCAST] The Byrd Ensemble: 'Our Lady' on Classical KING FM 98.1
Friday, March 20, 2020 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Online event
Josquin des Prez – Gaude virgo, mater Christi
William Cornysh – Salve regina
Gabriel Jackson – Salve regina 2
Tomás Luis de Victoria – Magnificat primi toni
Gabriel Jackson – Ave Maria
Arvo Pärt – Magnificat
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina – Stabat mater
William Cornysh – Salve regina
Gabriel Jackson – Salve regina 2
Tomás Luis de Victoria – Magnificat primi toni
Gabriel Jackson – Ave Maria
Arvo Pärt – Magnificat
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina – Stabat mater
Ticket purchases welcome ($30 / $25 / $20)
The Byrd Ensemble: Flemish Masters
Saturday, February 1, 2020 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Thomas Crecquillon – Pater peccavi
Jean Mouton – Ave Maria virgo serena
Josquin des Prez – Absalon, fili mi
Nicolas Gombert – Lugebat David Absalon
Thomas Crecquillon – Ego flos campi
Orlande de Lassus – Alma Redemptoris Mater
Orlande de Lassus – Missa Bell' Amfitrit' altera
Jean Mouton – Ave Maria virgo serena
Josquin des Prez – Absalon, fili mi
Nicolas Gombert – Lugebat David Absalon
Thomas Crecquillon – Ego flos campi
Orlande de Lassus – Alma Redemptoris Mater
Orlande de Lassus – Missa Bell' Amfitrit' altera
$30 / $25 / $20 / $45
The Byrd Ensemble & Allegra: Lessons & Carols
Sunday, December 8, 2019 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Trinity Parish Church, Seattle, WA, United States
David Wilcocks – Once in Royal David's City
Boris Ord – Adam Lay YBounden
Charles Wood – Ding Dong Merrily on High
Traditional (arr. David Wilcocks) – Sussex Carol
John Tavener – The Lamb
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina – Alma redemptoris mater
John Rutter – What Sweeter Music
Harold Darke – In the Bleak Midwinter
Gustav Holst – Personent Hodie
Boris Ord – Adam Lay YBounden
Charles Wood – Ding Dong Merrily on High
Traditional (arr. David Wilcocks) – Sussex Carol
John Tavener – The Lamb
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina – Alma redemptoris mater
John Rutter – What Sweeter Music
Harold Darke – In the Bleak Midwinter
Gustav Holst – Personent Hodie
$20 / $15 / $10 / $35
The Byrd Ensemble & Seattle Baroque Orchestra: Bach's 'Wachet auf' & 'Magnificat'
Saturday, November 30, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Johann Sebastian Bach – Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140
Johann Sebastian Bach – Magnificat, BWV 243.2, BWV 243
Johann Sebastian Bach – Magnificat, BWV 243.2, BWV 243
$35 / $30 / $20 / $70
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
Seattle Baroque Orchestra & The Byrd Ensemble: Handel's 'Messiah'
Saturday, April 27, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Handel’s most famous oratorio, unparalleled in both text and music, returns to Eastertide.
$20-$45
Seattle Baroque Orchestra & The Byrd Ensemble: Handel's 'Messiah'
Friday, April 26, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Bastyr University Chapel, Kenmore, WA, United States
Handel’s most famous oratorio, unparalleled in both text and music, returns to Eastertide.
$20-$45
The Byrd Ensemble: Polyphonic Fest – Renaissance Music for Special Occasions
Saturday, March 2, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
John Taverner – Missa Gloria Tibi Trinitas
John Sheppard – Libera nos, salva nos I & II
John Sheppard – Sacris solemniis
John Taverner – Quemadmodum
John Taverner – O splendor Gloriae
John Sheppard – Libera nos, salva nos I & II
John Sheppard – Sacris solemniis
John Taverner – Quemadmodum
John Taverner – O splendor Gloriae
$18-$28
The Byrd Ensemble: A German Christmas
Saturday, November 24, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Trinity Parish Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Kick off the Christmas season with a festive program from Renaissance Germany.
$18-$28
The Byrd Ensemble: Musical Politics – Motets of Influence
Saturday, October 13, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
William Byrd – Ne irascaris Domine
Gabriel Jackson – To Morning
Thomas Tallis – Gaude gloriosa
Gregorio Allegri – Miserere
Arvo Pärt – The Woman with the Alabaster Box
William Byrd – Tribue Domine
Gabriel Jackson – To Morning
Thomas Tallis – Gaude gloriosa
Gregorio Allegri – Miserere
Arvo Pärt – The Woman with the Alabaster Box
William Byrd – Tribue Domine
$18-$28
Byrd Ensemble: Evolution of Chant – A starting point
Saturday, March 17, 2018 @ 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
Byrd Ensemble: Paradise – Death & the Afterlife
Saturday, February 3, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Showcasing the most hauntingly beautiful motets of the ages.
$18-$28
Byrd Ensemble: A Classic Christmas
Saturday, November 25, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
A festive Christmas program featuring traditional carol arrangements by the finest English composers.
$18-$28
Ritual: Music from Sacred Tradition
Saturday, October 28, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
An exploration of sacred music from the Eastern and Western Christian tradition.
$18-$28
Byrd Ensemble: Spanish Music for the House of Habsburg
Saturday, March 4, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Victoria – Requiem
Victoria – Versa est in luctum
Victoria – Magnificat primi toni
Morales – Circumdederunt me
Morales – Requiem Aeternam
Alonso Lobo – Versa est in luctum
Palestrina – Nunc dimittis
Victoria – Versa est in luctum
Victoria – Magnificat primi toni
Morales – Circumdederunt me
Morales – Requiem Aeternam
Alonso Lobo – Versa est in luctum
Palestrina – Nunc dimittis
$15-$25
Byrd Ensemble: Flemish Music for the House of Habsburg
Saturday, February 4, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Gombert – Magnificat tertii et octavi toni
Gombert – Lugebat David Absalon
Isaac – Tota pulchra es
Josquin – Gaude virgo mater
Crecquillon – Pater peccavi
arr. Senfl – Quis dabit oculis nostris
Isaac – Virgo prudentissima
Gombert – Lugebat David Absalon
Isaac – Tota pulchra es
Josquin – Gaude virgo mater
Crecquillon – Pater peccavi
arr. Senfl – Quis dabit oculis nostris
Isaac – Virgo prudentissima
$15-$25
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