St. James Cathedral – Past Concerts
Music at St. James Cathedral: Rome Pilgrimage Concert
Friday, February 23, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 9:15pm (PST)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Bruckner – Os justi
Palestrina – Sicut cervus; Sitivit anima mea
Dawson – There is a balm in Gilead
Herbolsheimer – It was not you who chose me
arr. Carter – Steal away
Tallis – If ye love me
Fauré – Tantum ergo
Saint-Säens – Ave Maria
Duruflé – Requiem, Op. 9
$18 suggested donation
Opus 7: The Road of Mercy
Saturday, February 17, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
An inventive and powerful concert of choral music for the Lenten season that includes Benjamin Britten’s great masterpiece, Cantata Misericordium for choir.
$20-$24
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
Cappella Romana: Machaut – Messe de Nostre Dame
Friday, February 2, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
International early music star Marcel Pérès directs the earliest known Mass setting by a single composer, Guillaume de Machaut (1300-1377).
$24-$49
Music at St. James Cathedral: Joseph Adam, Organist with Jubilate Young Women's Ensemble
Friday, January 26, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 9:15pm (PST)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Dupré – Fifteen Pieces, Op. 18
Couperin – Messe des Couvents
$18 suggested donation
Cappella Romana: The 12 Days of Christmas in the East
Friday, January 5, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Medieval Byzantine chant, choral works by Greek-Americans Frank Desby, Tikey Zes, and Peter Michaelides, and by Michael Adamis and Sir John Tavener.
$24-$49
Music at St. James Cathedral: The Americans in Paris: A Gala New Year's Eve
Sunday, December 31, 2017 @ 11:00pm – 12:15am (PST)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Ring in the New Year with Seattle’s longest-running classical New Year’s Eve concert, featuring the Cathedral Choir with two organs performing music from significant Parisian churches including Notre Dame and St. Sulpice.
$30 suggested donation
Opus 7: Aye, Sing we now of Joy!
Sunday, December 17, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 9:15pm (PST)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
A stunning program of European and American favorites including Poulenc’s dramatic "Quatre Motets pour le temps de Noël," Hugo Distler’s variations on “Lo How a Rose e’re blooming,” works by Giselle Wyers, Stephen Brozovich, John Muehleisen, Arvo Pärt, and more.
$20-$24
Music at St. James Cathedral: A Service of Readings & Carols
Friday, December 15, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Britten – A Ceremony of Carols (selections)
Pärt – Magnificat
Wachner – Niño lindo
Biebl – Ave Maria
Congregational carols with brass
Free
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
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
Cappella Romana: Arctic Light II: Northern Exposure
Friday, November 17, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Selections from Cappella Romana’s celebrated recording Arctic Light: Finnish Orthodox Music, and a Trisagion in Estonian, Slavonic, and Greek by Erkki-Sven Tüür.
$24-$49
Duruflé Requiem for the Feast of All Souls
Thursday, November 2, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Cathedral Organist Joseph Adam accompanies the Cathedral Choir and Jubilate Young Women's Ensemble in the solo organ version of Maurice Duruflé’s Requiem, Op. 9.
Free
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
Cappella Romana: Tchaikovsky's All Night Vigil
Friday, October 20, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Tchaikovsky – All-Night Vigil, Op. 52 (selections)
Tchaikovsky – Nine Sacred Pieces
Tchaikovsky – Nine Sacred Pieces
$22-$49
Diabolus in Musica: Cantores: Music from Chapel of the Popes in Avignon
Sunday, October 8, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
A French medieval music ensemble takes you back to the 14th century Avignon Papacy, where bold musical innovation arose amidst religious and political turmoil.
$20-$40
Music at St. James Cathedral presents: Mark Hilliard Wilson, Cathedral Guitarist
Friday, October 6, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Gems from the court of the Sun King to the caminos of Catalonia, offering picturesque evocations of faded glory and exotic wonders.
$18 suggested donation
Music at St. James Cathedral: French Concert Organist Christophe Mantoux
Saturday, September 16, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Franck – Choral No. 1 in E Major
Widor – Allegro vivace from Organ Symphony No. 5
Dupont – Méditation
Vierne – Allegro from Symphony No. 2
Duruflé – Prélude, Adagio et Choral varié sur le thème du Veni Creator
$18 suggested donation
Music at St. James Cathedral: Summer Organ Recital Series – Richard Elliott
Friday, August 18, 2017 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Richard Elliott, Principal Organist for the Mormon Tabernacle Choir:
J.S. Bach, arr. Hebble – Sinfonia from Cantata No. 29, Wir danken dir, Gott
Mozart, arr. Dupré – Fantasie in F minor, K. 608
Vierne – Berceuse, from 24 Pieces in Free Style, Op. 31, No. 19
Franck – Final in B-flat Major, Op. 21
Purvis – St. Francis Suite
Three Civil War Songs
- Traditional, arr. R. Elliott – When Johnny Comes Marching Home
- Traditional, arr. Leonardo Ciampa – Shenandoah
- melody by George Root; arr. R. Elliott – The Battle Cry of Freedom
arr. R. Elliott – Sing Praise to God Who Reigns Above
Weaver – Sine Nomine (For All the Saints - When the Saints Go Marching In)
Wagner, arr. Lemare – The Ride of the Valkyries
$15 suggested donation
Music at St. James Cathedral: Organ Scholar Matthew Johnson Senior Recital
Monday, August 14, 2017 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Matthew Johnson, Organ Scholar at St. James Cathedral and high school senior, will play the complete organ cycle La Nativité du Seigneur by Olivier Messiaen.
Free