Past Concerts
Song of Songs Festival
For some, the Song of Songs is simply a celebration of human love
in splendid poetry. For others, it is an allegory of the love of God
for the human soul. For still others, it is a cultic poem, with
imagery drawn from the fertility rites of the ancient Middle East.
The Song of Songs is a dramatic poem, in which different voices are
heard; a poem that moves from longing, to union, to loss, to
discovery. St. James Cathedral celebrates the Song of Songs with a
series of five sacred music concerts in the Month of May. This
collaboration between Seattle Pro Musica, St. James Cathedral, and
the Medieval Women's Choir will include concerts, workshops, art
exhibits, and lectures.
For more information, visit
www.stjames-cathedral.org/song.
Sunday, May 16, 2010 7:00pm
Cantileña, A Medieval Open Sing
Saturday, May 22, 2010, 8:00pm
Medieval Women's Choir
Friday, July 30, 2010 8:15pm
The Tallis Scholars & the Tallis Scholars Summer School Participants Gala Concert
Concert Repertoire: (subject to change)
- Isaac: Missa Solemnis
- Lassus: Motet and Magnificat Aurora lucis rutilat
- Lassus: Omnes de Saba
- Lassus: Alma redemptoris
- Lassus: Lamentations III
- Clemens: Ego flos campi
- Gombert Magnificat III
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.
Information:
www.seattleacademyofopera.org
Program
| Sancta Maria | Claudio Monteverdi | (1567-1643) |
| Kaneez Munjee, Kaley Eaton | ||
| Eile mich, Gott, zu erretten | Heinrich Schütz | (1585-1672) |
| Thomas Thompson | ||
| Salve, sancta caro | Barbara Strozzi | (1619-1677) |
| Kathryn Miller | ||
| O Maria | Barbara Strozzi | (1619-1677) |
| Molly Seibert | ||
| Duo Seraphim | Claudio Monteverdi | (1567-1643) |
| Mark Leuning, Jake Doherty | ||
| Maria, dolce Maria | Francesca Caccini | (1587-1627) |
| Melissa Schiel | ||
| Mater Anna | Barbara Strozzi | (1619-1677) |
| Kaley Eaton | ||
| Salve Regina | Claudio Monteverdi | (1567-1643) |
| Jake Doherty | ||
| Hodie Novis de Caelo | Alessandro Grandi | (1586-1630) |
| Mara McMillan, Melissa Schiel | ||
| O süßer, o freundicher | Heinrich Schütz | (1585-1672) |
| Mark Leuning | ||
| Nascente Maria | Barbara Strozzi | (1619-1677) |
| Mara McMillan, Kaneez Munjee | ||
| Desideri vani | Barbara Strozzi | (1619-1677) |
| Molly Seibert, Kathrun Miller, Thomas Thompson |
Friday, February 12, 8:00pm
Saturday, February 13, 8:00pm
Great Music for Great Cathedrals
An evening of sound and light ♦ with director James Savage and Lighting Designer Jeff Robbins ♦ Narrator Kurt Beattie ♦ Choreography Wade Madsen ♦ Dance J. Ian Randall ♦ Cathedral Organist Joseph Adam ♦ Cathedral Associate Organist Dr. Clint Kraus ♦ The Cathedral Soloists ♦ Lisa Cardwell Pontén, soprano ♦ Kathryn Weld, mezzo-soprano ♦ Howard Fankhauser, tenor ♦ Norman Smith, bass ♦ The Cathedral Brass ♦ and the Cathedral Choir of St. James ♦ The Women of St. James Schola ♦ The Cathedral Chant Choir ♦ The Schola Cantorum ♦ Jubilate! ♦ St. Cecilia Singers ♦ St. Gregory Choir ♦
Historic Repertoire from Great MusicProgram information