Music at St. James Cathedral – Past Concerts
Music at St. James Cathedral
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Musical Prayer in the Cathedral: French Sacred Songs for Soprano & Organ
Friday, May 29, 2020 @ 6:30pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Online event
Guy Ropartz – Ave verum corpus (1926)
Maurice Duruflé – Notre Père, Op. 14 (1977)
Marcel Dupré – Ave Maria, Op. 9, No. 3 (1917)
Gabriel Fauré – “Pie Jesu” from Requiem, Op. 48 (1892)
Louis Vierne – Andantino from Pièces de fantaisie, Op. 51 (1926)
Francis Poulenc – “Domine Deus, Agnus Dei” from Gloria (1960)
Charles-Marie Widor – Andante sostenuto from Symphonie gothique (1895)
Charles Gounod – Repentir (1893)
Maurice Duruflé – Notre Père, Op. 14 (1977)
Marcel Dupré – Ave Maria, Op. 9, No. 3 (1917)
Gabriel Fauré – “Pie Jesu” from Requiem, Op. 48 (1892)
Louis Vierne – Andantino from Pièces de fantaisie, Op. 51 (1926)
Francis Poulenc – “Domine Deus, Agnus Dei” from Gloria (1960)
Charles-Marie Widor – Andante sostenuto from Symphonie gothique (1895)
Charles Gounod – Repentir (1893)
Free (Free)
Musical Prayer in the Cathedral: Darlene Franz & Joseph Adam
Friday, May 22, 2020 @ 6:30pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Online event
As part of a series of livestreamed concerts of musical prayer, Joseph Adam and Darlene Franz will offer a 30-minute reflection.
Free (Free)
Musical Prayer in the Cathedral: Joseph Adam, organ
Thursday, May 21, 2020 @ 6:30pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
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For Ascension Thursday, Cathedral Organist Joseph Adam will perform L'Ascension by French composer Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992).
Free (Free)
Musical Prayer in the Cathedral: Joseph Adam, organ
Friday, May 15, 2020 @ 6:30pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
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Johann Sebastian Bach – Toccata in F major, BWV 540
Jan Sweelinck – Onder een linde groen
Thomas Arne – Flute Tune
Cesar Franck – Cantabile
Marcel Dupré – Prelude & Fugue in B major
Jan Sweelinck – Onder een linde groen
Thomas Arne – Flute Tune
Cesar Franck – Cantabile
Marcel Dupré – Prelude & Fugue in B major
Free (Free)
Musical Prayer in the Cathedral: Samuel Libra, organ
Friday, May 8, 2020 @ 6:30pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
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J.S. Bach – Passacaglia in C minor, BWV 582
J.S. Bach – "Schmücke dich, O liebe Seele," BWV 654
J.S. Bach – "Erbarm dich mein, O Herre Gott," BWV 721
J.S. Bach – Sinfonia from "Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir," BWV 29
J.S. Bach – "Schmücke dich, O liebe Seele," BWV 654
J.S. Bach – "Erbarm dich mein, O Herre Gott," BWV 721
J.S. Bach – Sinfonia from "Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir," BWV 29
Free (Free)
Music at St. James Cathedral: Candlelight Prayer with Guitarist Mark Wilson – Joy
Friday, May 1, 2020 @ 6:30pm – 7:10pm (PDT)
Online event
In lieu of the scheduled May Taizé ecumenical prayer service, Cathedral Guitarist Mark Hilliard Wilson will offer a 40-minute concert of musical prayer on the theme of "Joy".
Free
Musical Prayer in the Cathedral – Anne Sokol Philpott, violin
Tuesday, April 28, 2020 @ 6:30pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Online event
As part of a series of livestreamed concerts of musical prayer, violinist Anne Sokol Philpott offers a solo violin reflection.
Free
Musical Prayer in the Cathedral: Joseph Adam, organ
Friday, April 24, 2020 @ 6:30pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Online event
Maurice Duruflé – Scherzo, Op. 2
Charles-Marie Widor – Allegro cantabile from Symphony No. 5 in F minor, Op. 42
Olivier Messiaen – "Prière aprés la Communion" (Prayer after Communion) from Le Livre du Saint-Sacrement (1986)
Louis Vierne – "Carillon de Westminster" from Pièces de Fantaisie, Op. 53
Charles-Marie Widor – Allegro cantabile from Symphony No. 5 in F minor, Op. 42
Olivier Messiaen – "Prière aprés la Communion" (Prayer after Communion) from Le Livre du Saint-Sacrement (1986)
Louis Vierne – "Carillon de Westminster" from Pièces de Fantaisie, Op. 53
Free (Free)
Little Gems Series: Mark Hilliard Wilson – Renewal
Friday, April 3, 2020 @ 6:30pm – 7:15pm (PDT)
Online event
The instrument is the guitar and the theme is "renewal" – from songs from the 1200s, to simple studies for the guitar from the 19th century, to little gems of the 20th century. Music by Francesco Corbeatta, Mauro Giuliani, Paul Simon, J.S. Bach, and Mark Hilliard Wilson.
Free
Music at St. James Cathedral: 2020 Vierne Complete Organ Works – Joseph Adam, organ
Friday, February 21, 2020 @ 7:30pm – 8:45pm (PST)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Louis Vierne – Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 20
Louis Vierne – Symphony No. 3 in F-sharp minor, Op. 28
Louis Vierne – Symphony No. 3 in F-sharp minor, Op. 28
$18 suggested donation
Music at St. James Cathedral: 2020 Vierne Complete Organ Works – Johann Vexo, organ
Saturday, January 25, 2020 @ 7:30pm – 9:15pm (PST)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Louis Vierne – Symphony No. 1 in D minor, Op. 14
Johann Sebastian Bach – Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542
Felix Mendelssohn – Variations sérieuses, Op. 54
César Franck – Choral No. 3 in A minor, FWV 39
Johann Sebastian Bach – Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542
Felix Mendelssohn – Variations sérieuses, Op. 54
César Franck – Choral No. 3 in A minor, FWV 39
$18 suggested donation
Music at St. James Cathedral: A Service of Readings & Carols
Friday, December 13, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Cathedral youth and adult choirs, organ, and brass lead the congregation in carol singing, including Silent night in the glow of candlelight, plus music and readings from Holy Scripture.
Free (Free)
Music at St. James Cathedral: Mozart Requiem – Solemn Mass for the Feast of All Souls
Friday, November 1, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
St. James Cathedral commemorates the Feast of All Souls with a solemn Mass for the Dead featuring W.A. Mozart's setting of the Requiem Mass.
Free (Freewill offering)
Cathedral Guitarist Mark Hilliard Wilson: Music from the Twilight of the Sun King & Dawn of the New World
Friday, October 4, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
A tapestry of dances that sing of past glories, lost loves, and the possibility of renewal.
$18 suggested donation
Cathedral Guitarist Mark Hilliard Wilson: Music from the Twilight of the Sun King & Dawn of the New World
Friday, October 4, 2019 @ 2:00pm – 3:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
A tapestry of dances that sing of past glories, lost loves, and the possibility of renewal.
$18 suggested donation
Music at St. James Cathedral Summer Organ Concerts w/ Gregory Peterson
Friday, August 16, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
A recital from the classic organ repertoire with music by Johann Sebastian Bach, César Franck, Herbert Howells, Johann Gottfried Walther, Claude Debussy, Gerald Near, and Craig Phillips.
$18
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
Music at St. James Cathedral: Tre Ore – Pergolesi's 'Stabat Mater'
Music at St. James Cathedral,
Jubilate! Young Women's Ensemble, and
St. James Cathedral Chamber Orchestra
Friday, April 19, 2019 @ 12:00pm – 2:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Brief exclamations from religious text alternate with movements from Giovanni Battista Pergolesi's Stabat Mater and meditations by Father Stephen Rowan, PhD on the Seven Last Words of Christ.
Free
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
Music at St. James Cathedral: Bruce Neswick, organ
Wednesday, January 16, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Recitalist, composer, church musician, and brilliant improviser Bruce Neswick performs rarely-heard works and improvisations.
$18