St. James Cathedral – Upcoming Concerts
Cappella Romana: Tchaikovsky's All Night Vigil
Friday, October 20, 2028 @ 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
Ritual: Music from Sacred Tradition
Saturday, October 28, 2028 @ 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
Duruflé Requiem for the Feast of All Souls
Thursday, November 2, 2028 @ 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
Cappella Romana: Arctic Light II: Northern Exposure
Friday, November 17, 2028 @ 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
Byrd Ensemble: A Classic Christmas
Saturday, November 25, 2028 @ 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
Medieval Women’s Choir: Nowell Sing We
Saturday, December 9, 2028 @ 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
Music at St. James Cathedral: A Service of Readings & Carols
Friday, December 15, 2028 @ 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
Opus 7: Aye, Sing we now of Joy!
Sunday, December 17, 2028 @ 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: The Americans in Paris: A Gala New Year's Eve
Sunday, December 31, 2028 @ 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
Cappella Romana: The 12 Days of Christmas in the East
Friday, January 5, 2029 @ 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: Joseph Adam, Organist with Jubilate Young Women's Ensemble
Friday, January 26, 2029 @ 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: Machaut – Messe de Nostre Dame
Friday, February 2, 2029 @ 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
Byrd Ensemble: Paradise – Death & the Afterlife
Saturday, February 3, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Showcasing the most hauntingly beautiful motets of the ages.
$18-$28
Opus 7: The Road of Mercy
Saturday, February 17, 2029 @ 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
Music at St. James Cathedral: Rome Pilgrimage Concert
Friday, February 23, 2029 @ 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
Cappella Romana: Ivan Moody – The Akáthistos Hymn
Friday, March 16, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Rev’d Dr. Ivan Moody, British composer, conductor, and Orthodox priest, returns to direct his stunning setting of the 6th-century hymn to the Mother of God, blending Byzantine chant with richly-textured Russian-style choruses.
$24-$49
Byrd Ensemble: Evolution of Chant – A starting point
Saturday, March 17, 2029 @ 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
Music at St. James Cathedral: The Office of Tenebrae
Music at St. James Cathedral,
St. James Cathedral Cantorei, and
St. James Cathedral Men's Chant Choir
Wednesday, March 28, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Allegri – Miserere mei Deus
Tallis – Lamentations of Jeremiah
Gesualdo – O vos omnes
Tallis – Lamentations of Jeremiah
Gesualdo – O vos omnes
Free
Music at St. James Cathedral: Tre Ore – Haydn's 'Seven Last Words of Christ'
Friday, March 30, 2029 @ 12:00pm – 3:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
The traditional service of Tre Ore (“Three Hours”) in which we remember the last words of Christ proclaimed from the cross.
Free
Cappella Romana: Venice in the East
Friday, April 27, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Celebrating music for voice from Crete, the Ionian Islands, and Cyprus.
$24-$49