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Lenten Choral Prayer Series
Friday, 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.
Friday, April 10 12:00 Noon
Tre Ore
The Cathedral's Young Women's Ensemble Jubilate! and members of the Cathedral Chamber Orchestra present Pergolesi's Stabat Mater. Free-will offering.
Sunday, April 18, 2010 2:00pm
Barbara Strozzi
The singers and continuo players of Resident Ensemble, Seattle Academy of Opera present an hour long program of masterpieces from the seventeenth century with Cathedral Resident Artists, Stephen Stubbs, lute; Maxine Eilander, baroque harp; Margriet Tindemans, viola da gamba; and Cathedral Organist, Joseph Adam. The Chapel concert features the remarkable sacred music of Barbara Strozzi (1619-c.1664). Choreography, Anna Mansbridge; vocal preparation, Nancy Zylstra.
Suggested donation: $10, students and seniors pay as able.
Information:
www.seattleacademyofopera.org
Tuesday, April 20, 2010 8:00pm
Sophie Véronique Cauchefer-Choplin
Titular assistant of the Grand Orgue of St.
Sulpice, Paris, France
Continuing the tradition of inviting distinguished European organists to Seattle, St. James Cathedral presents French organist Sophie-Véronique Cauchefer-Choplin, titular assistant of the Grand Orgue of St. Sulpice, Paris, performing on the magnificent Rosales and Hutchings-Votey organs. Suggested donation $15.00, students and seniors pay as able.
Click here for Sophie-Véronique Cauchefer-Choplin's biography. (PDF)
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for other YouTube videos of Sophie Véronique Cauchefer-Choplin.
Song of Songs Festival
Saturday, May 1, 2010 8:00pm
Joseph Adam, Cathedral Organist
Cathedral Organist Joseph Adam begins the Song of Songs Festival with Six Vesper Antiphons by Marcel Dupré, works based on texts from the Song of Songs, a 10th-anniversary performance of The Last Judgment by Naji Hakim, commissioned by St. James Cathedral for the inauguration of the east apse Rosales organ in 2000, and other works by Olivier Messiaen and Louis Vierne.
Click here for Joseph Adam’s biography
Friday, May 7, 2010 8:15pm
Kathryn Weld, mezzo-soprano
Cathedral Soloist Kathryn Weld, with Cathedral Organist Joseph Adam, piano, presents a program of Sacred Song, with compositions by Bern H. Herbolsheimer, Samuel Barber, Paul Hindemith, Hugo Wolf and others.
Friday, May 14, 2010 8:15pm
Saturday, May 15, 2010 8:00pm
Song of Songs Festival
Seattle Pro Musica, a Cathedral Resident Ensemble, continues the SONG OF SONGS FESTIVAL. This collaboration between Seattle Pro Musica, St. James Cathedral, and the Medieval Women’s Choir will include concerts, workshops, art exhibits, and lectures. Seattle Pro Musica’s concerts highlight the Festival with choral settings of texts from the Song of Songs from all over the world, including world premieres by Ivan Moody and Karen P. Thomas. Suggested donation at the door is $25. 206-781-2766. www.seattlepromusica.org.
Sunday, May 16, 2010 7:00pm
Cantileña, A Medieval Open Sing
We offer you a unique opportunity to take a peek behind the curtain: come and sing for one evening, and experience the sheer joy of singing with fellow music lovers. Medieval Women’s Choir director Margriet Tindemans will direct several settings of texts from the Song of Songs, mostly in Latin. Scores in modern notation will be provided.
This event is open to the public, so please make sure to bring your musically inclined friends. Space is limited in the beautiful Chapel at St. James Cathedral, so don’t wait too long to register. For information call 206-264-4822, or go to www.medievalwomenschoir.org.
Saturday, May 22, 2010, 8:00pm
Medieval Women's Choir
Medieval Women's Choir, a Cathedral Resident Ensemble, continues the Song of Songs Festival. The biblical Song of Songs (or Song of Solomon) holds a central place in both the Christian and Jewish traditions. Its sensuous imagery has inspired poets and composers through the ages. Boston soprano Laurie Monahan and the choir will present both medieval settings of texts from the Song of Songs and new settings by composers Karen P. Thomas and Shira Kammen. Ms. Kammen will also be playing medieval fiddle and harp. For information: 206-264-4822 or visit www.medievalwomenschoir.org
Friday, December 3, 2010 8:15pm
& Saturday, December 4, 2010 8:00pm
Monteverdi 1610 Vespers
Internationally-acclaimed Renaissance Music authority Stephen Stubbs, a Cathedral Resident Musician, leads performances of Claudio Monteverdi's great masterpiece, the 1610 Vespers, marking the 400th anniversary of this great monument of Western music.
Friday, December 31, 2010 11:00pm
New Year's Concert
Coming in 2011
February 17 through February 26
Pilgrimage
Father Ryan was ordained to the priesthood in 1966 at St Peter's Basilica. On this pilgrimage, we will have the opportunity to celebrate with him the 45th anniversary of his priestly ordination with Mass at a place close to his heart-- the altar of Blessed John XXIII in St. Peter’s Basilica.
Handel Festival
As part of the great international gathering of Handel scholars in March 2011, St. James Cathedral is please to present several special concerts highlighting great choral and orchestral music by George Frideric Handel.
Saturday, March 19 & Sunday, March 20, 2011 8:00pm
Handel Festival
Seattle Pro Musica
Seattle Pro Musica, a Cathedral Resident Ensemble, performs Handel's great setting of the Vesper Psalm Dixit Dominus, and selected Coronation Anthems. Karen P. Thomas, Music Director.
Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:00pm
Esther
The American Handel Festival will culminate with a staged performance of Handel's great oratorio, Esther. With leading Northwest early music specialists, including Cathedral Resident Musicians Stephen Stubbs, Maxine Eilander and Margriet Tindemans.
Friday & Saturday May 21, 22 2011
Seattle Pro Musica
Sunday, December 6, 7:30pm
Opus 7
Brighten up your December nights with Opus 7’s Holiday concert From Heaven on High, featuring the festive sounds of choir, soloists and orchestra. We continue our year-long celebration of Mendelssohn’s bicentennial by performing two of his early compositions: his radiant cantata Vom Himmel hoch and his brilliant Magnificat. Both works exhibit youthful energy and enthusiasm with their sparkling orchestral writing and bravura displays for choir and soloists. Also on the concert is Canticum Mariae Virginis by the Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara, which captures the divine mystery of the Nativity as a movement from darkness to a glorious blaze of light. Finally, Georg Schumann’s setting of Vom Himmel hoch paints a vivid picture of the heavenly reaction to the earthly birth on Christmas night.
Come experience the joyful sounds of Opus 7 in the beautiful acoustics of St. James Cathedral! Loren W. Pontén, Founder and Artistic Director; St. James Cathedral Soloists Lisa Pontén, soprano; Kathryn Weld, mezzo-soprano; St. James Cathedral Orchestra; For more information, please visit www.opus7.org or call 206-782-2899.
Sunday, October 11 2:00pm
Sacred Music of the Early Baroque
in the Cathedral Chapel
The singers and continuo players of Resident Ensemble, Seattle Academy of Opera present an hour long program of masterpieces from the seventeenth century with Cathedral Resident Artists, Stephen Stubbs, lute; Maxine Eilander, baroque harp; Margriet Tindemans, viola da gamba; and Cathedral Organist, Joseph Adam. The Chapel concert includes the sublime soprano duet "Pulchra es" from Monteverdi's 1610 Vespers and the modern debut of the expressive trio, Anima Peccatrice by Marco Marazzoli, composer to the Barberini Popes. Choreography, Anna Mansbridge; vocal preparation, Nancy Zylstra.
Suggested donation: $10, students and seniors pay as able.
Information: www.seattleacademyofopera.org
Sunday, July 12, 7:30pm
Music for Salzburg Cathedral
On the eve of their departure for the Salzburg Music Festival, the young women of the Seattle Girls' Choir, Dr. Jerome Wright, director, present the music they have been invited to perform at the opening concert of Austria's prestigious music festival. Information www.seattlegirlschoir.org
Sunday, July 26 8:00pm
The Tallis Scholars & The Tudor Choir
Featuring Seattle's Tudor Choir with members of the Tallis Scholars, will be conducted by Peter Phillips and Doug Fullington. Suggested donation $20. To purchase advance passes, www.brownpapertickets.com
Wednesday, July 29 5:30pm
The Tallis Scholars & The Tallis Scholars Summer School participants
Join the TSSS participants for Mass at St. James Cathedral. Portions of the liturgy will be offered by the Tallis Scholars Summer School using the course repertoire of sacred Spanish renaissance polyphony. The Mass is open to the public.
Friday, July 31 1:15pm
David Woodcock, organist
Organist David Woodcock, of The Tallis Scholars, performs a brief recital on the Cathedral's organs. Free and open to the public.
Friday, July 31 8:15pm
The Tallis Scholars & The Tudor Choir
The Gala Concert features the participants of the Tallis Scholars Summer School and is conducted by Peter Phillips. Repertoire will include full choir works as well as pieces performed by smaller groups. This concert is a culmination of the week's intense learning experience and is intended to showcase the hard work of course participants. Suggested donation $12 www.brownpapertickets.com
August 10-14 & August 16, 2009
Schola Cantorum Choir Camp
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Friday, August 14 1:45pm
Play of Daniel
Members of the Schola Cantorum present a fully-staged portion of the medieval Play of Daniel. Free and open to the public.
Friday, August 28 7:45pm
Mark Wilson, Guitar Recital
Cathedral Guitarist, Mark Wilson, performs the annual summer guitar concert in the intimate acoustics of the Cathedral Chapel. No reserved seating. Suggested donation $15, students and seniors pay as able.
Monday, November 2 7:30pm
All Soul's Requiem
The serene and luminous music of French composer Maurice Duruflé and Ancient chants sung by the Women of St. James Schola, lectors of the Cathedral and the Very Reverend Michael G. Ryan. The glorious acoustics of St. James and the nationally recognized Cathedral Choir of St. James; The Cathedral Soloists—Lisa Cardwell Pontén, soprano; Kathryn Weld, mezzo-soprano; Howard Fankhauser, tenor and Norman Smith, bass. Joseph Adam, Cathedral organist; Page Smith, cello; John Carrington, harp; Matthew Kocmieroski, percussion; and James Savage, conductor.
No advance passes or reserved seats. A free-will offering will be taken at the Mass. Parking available at the Cabrini Tower on the corner of Marion and Boren Ave.
Saturday, December 12, 8:00pm
Music for the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Some of the liveliest and most imaginative music of the Middle Ages grew out of the rich interplay of cultures in medieval Spain. From the famous Santiago de Compostela pilgrimage routes to the Courts of King Alfonso X, Christian, Jewish, and Moorish poets and musicians co-existed in relative peace. In this Spanish program, the choir will be joined by vocalists Amanda Jane Kelley and Stacey Sunde. The instrumental band will include our resident players Peggy Monroe, percussion; Bill McJohn, harp; Margriet Tindemans, medieval fiddle; as well as Sally Mitchell on recorder.
Information: www.medievalwomenschoir.org or 206-264-4822
Sunday, December 20, 7:30pm
Candlelight, Carols and Cathedral Children
The sublime voices of the Cathedral’s children’s choirs, Dr. Clint Kraus, director present the traditional candle-lit service of Readings and Carols, the perfect way to begin the celebration of Christmas. Free-will offering. Information 206-382-4874.
Friday, February 12, 8:00pm
Saturday, February 13, 8:00pm
Great Music for Great Cathedrals
Join the eight Cathedral choirs, 16-member Cathedral Brass, and three pipe organs in an evening of sound, light, movement, poetry and above all—MUSIC. Experience the North American premiere of Fanfares for Brass by Colin Mawby. Other repertoire will include Funeral Music for Queen Mary by Purcell; Their bodies are buried in peace by Handel; Deep River from A Child of our Time by Tippett and scenes from Play of Daniel. Directed by James Savage; Kurt Beattie, narrator; Jeff Robbins, lighting designer; Wade Madsen, choreographer. Suggested donation $25.00, students and seniors pay as able.
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