Music in Liturgy
Click here for a list of the repertoire for the 10:00am masses during Lent.
Click here for a list of the repertoire for the Holy Week liturgies.
". . .and so with all the choirs of angels we join in the unending hymn." Every time we assemble for the Eucharistic Liturgy, the texts of the Roman Rite urge us to join our voices to the divine choral music of the celestial city. In an attempt to manifest on earth hints of the heavenly choirs to come, musical resources at St. James Cathedral are focused to an unusual degree on choirs and groups of choirs. At more than 150 services a year, choirs support the choir of the assembly, provide musical commentary on the texts of the Mass, and reveal something of the eternal liturgy in heaven. The fullest image at St. James of this celestial choral adoration is experienced on the Feast of Corpus Christi, when all of the Cathedral choirs join the assembly’s choir, "rank on rank," in the unending hymn: Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus.
Lenten Choral Prayer Series
Click here to go to our event calendarFriday, March 5, 2010 8:15pm
Saturday, March 6, 2010 8:00pm
Five Centuries of Sacred Music from France
Seattle Pro Musica, a Cathedral Resident Ensemble, performs Frank Martin's Mass for Double Choir as recorded on Seattle Pro Musica’s Music of the Spirit CD. Also including the beautiful choral works of Poulenc, Villette, Dufay, and other French composers. For passes and information call 206-781-2766 or go to www.seattlepromusica.org.
Saturday, March 13, 2010 8:00pm
Opus 7
Sacred Choral Music for Lent with St. James Resident Ensemble Opus 7 Vocal Ensemble; Loren Pontén, Founder and Musical Director. For passes and information, please visit www.opus7.org or call 206-782-2899.
Saturday, March 20, 2010 8:00pm
Stabat Mater
Choral Arts, a Cathedral Resident Ensemble, presents Frank Ferko's Stabat Mater. This mystical setting of the ancient Stabat Mater text is combined with compelling interpolations that bridge the work to our own time. Soprano Juliana Rambaldi joins Choral Arts for an evening that promises to be an unforgettably moving and dramatic collaboration of text and music. For passes and information, call 800-404-2269 or visit www.choral-arts.org.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 7:30pm
Office of Tenebrae
Among the sublime musical highlights of this year's Office of Tenebrae are the first and third Leçon de Tenébrès of François Couperin, In Monte Oliveti by Marc-Antoine Charpentier, and instrumental responsories by J.S. Bach and Marin Marais. Performers will include Cathedral sopranos Rebekah Gilmore, Ann Glusker, Lisa Cardwell Pontén, Linda Strandberg, and Stacey Sunde, and the Cathedral Chant Choir, James Savage, director. Joseph Adam, portative organ continuo. Dan Jinguji, lector. The Very Reverend Michael G. Ryan, presider. You do not need a reserved pass for this remarkable evening of beauty and reflection. Free-will offering.