St. James Cathedral – Past Concerts
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
Meaghan Guterman Voice DMA Recital
Friday, September 27, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Johann Sebastian Bach – BWV 51, "Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen"
Johann Sebastian Bach – BWV 209, "Non sa che sia dolore"
Johann Sebastian Bach – BWV 211, "Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht"
Johann Sebastian Bach – BWV 209, "Non sa che sia dolore"
Johann Sebastian Bach – BWV 211, "Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht"
Free
The Esoterics: Johan Kvandal & Sven-Erik Bäck – A double centennial
Saturday, September 14, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Johan Kvandal – Balladen om freden ("The ballad of peace")
Johan Kvandal – Tre motetter ("Three motets")
Johan Kvandal – Underet ("The miracle")
Johan Kvandal – Våkn op du som sover ("Sleepers, wake")
Sven-Erik Bäck – 12 Motetter för kyrkoåret ("Motets for the church year")
Johan Kvandal – Tre motetter ("Three motets")
Johan Kvandal – Underet ("The miracle")
Johan Kvandal – Våkn op du som sover ("Sleepers, wake")
Sven-Erik Bäck – 12 Motetter för kyrkoåret ("Motets for the church year")
$22 / $15
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
Medieval Women’s Choir: A Feast for St. James
Saturday, June 15, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Early polyphony from the Codex Calixtinus.
$25 ($15 students)
Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra: Heaven & Earth
Friday, May 31, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Lili Boulanger – Psalm XXIV "La terre appartient à l'Éternel"
Igor Stravinsky – Symphony of Psalms
Gabriel Prokofiev – Terra Incognita Suite (world premiere)
Ludwig van Beethoven (arr. Geoffrey Larson) – "Heiliger Dankgesang" from String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – "Credo" from Mass in C major, K. 317 "Coronation Mass"
Igor Stravinsky – Symphony of Psalms
Gabriel Prokofiev – Terra Incognita Suite (world premiere)
Ludwig van Beethoven (arr. Geoffrey Larson) – "Heiliger Dankgesang" from String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – "Credo" from Mass in C major, K. 317 "Coronation Mass"
$25 / $20 / $15
Seattle Pro Musica: Passion & Resurrection
Sunday, May 19, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Karen P. Thomas – Panta rhei (world premiere)
Frank Martin – Mass for Double Choir
Ēriks Ešenvalds – Passion and Resurrection
Frank Martin – Mass for Double Choir
Ēriks Ešenvalds – Passion and Resurrection
$38 / $28 / $21 / $12
Seattle Pro Musica: Passion & Resurrection
Saturday, May 18, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Karen P. Thomas – Panta rhei (world premiere)
Frank Martin – Mass for Double Choir
Ēriks Ešenvalds – Passion and Resurrection
Frank Martin – Mass for Double Choir
Ēriks Ešenvalds – Passion and Resurrection
$38 / $28 / $21 / $12
Opus 7: Musical Family Ties
Saturday, May 18, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Choral works by composers from the same family, including Clara and Robert Schumann (wife and husband); Fanny Hensel and Felix Mendelssohn (sister and brother); Gustav and Imogen Holst (father and daughter); and more.
$20-$40
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
Cappella Romana & The Tallis Scholars
Saturday, April 6, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
A program of soaring Renaissance music inspired by the Sistine Chapel with music by Allegri, Josquin, Palestrina, and de Morales.
$35-$65
Opus 7: The King of Glory
Saturday, March 23, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
The dramatic and moving Requiem (2011) by Tigran Mansurian, Armenia’s greatest living composer – a modern masterpiece dedicated to the victims of the Armenian Genocide – programmed alongside major works by Bern Herbolsheimer and John Muehleisen.
$20-$40
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
Cappella Romana: Ave Maria
Friday, February 22, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Heinrich Isaac – Virgo Prudentissima
Josquin des Prez – Missa de Beata Virgine
Josquin des Prez – Missa de Beata Virgine
$30-$50
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
The Choirs of St. James Cathedral
Tuesday, January 15, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Sacred music representing the wide repertoire sung during liturgies throughout the church year, including Hubert Parry's Songs of Farewell.
$18 suggested donation
Music at St. James Cathedral: New Year's Eve Gala – Mozart 'til Midnight
Monday, December 31, 2018 @ 11:00pm – 12:30am (PST)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Vesperae solennes de confessore ("Solemn Vespers for a confessor"), K. 339
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Kyrie in G major for 5 sopranos, K. 89
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Regina coeli in C major, K. 276
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Missa brevis in C major, K. 220 “Sparrow Mass” or “Spatzenmesse”
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Kyrie in G major for 5 sopranos, K. 89
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Regina coeli in C major, K. 276
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Missa brevis in C major, K. 220 “Sparrow Mass” or “Spatzenmesse”
$30 suggested donation
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