Polyphony – Past Concerts
Eat, Drink, & Be Merry! Happy Hour with Sine Nomine
Sunday, April 21, 2024 @ 4:30pm – 6:30pm (PDT)
Trinity Parish Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Program includes works by
Thomas Weelkes,
Arnold von Bruck,
Orlando di Lasso (Orlande de Lassus),
Adrian Willaert,
Claudio Monteverdi,
Clément Janequin,
Adriano Banchieri,
P.D.Q. Bach,
Anonymous,
Thomas Ravenscroft, and
Traditional.
Free (free will donations welcome)
From Cloister to Back Porch: Community Built Through Song
Sunday, April 14, 2024 @ 4:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Ascension Episcopal Parish, Portland, OR, USA
Hildegard von Bingen
—
O nobilissima viriditas
Various — Codex Las Huelgas (selections)
Traditional — Selected works (Ladino & Yiddish songs TBA)
Imogen Holst — Selected works (choral folk song arrangements)
Traditional — Selected works (American folk songs & hymns)
Various — Codex Las Huelgas (selections)
Traditional — Selected works (Ladino & Yiddish songs TBA)
Imogen Holst — Selected works (choral folk song arrangements)
Traditional — Selected works (American folk songs & hymns)
$20 ($8 student/senior/limited income; ages 12 & under free)
Stile Antico: A Divine Hope: Dante's Journey from Inferno to Paradise
Saturday, April 13, 2024 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EDT)
Miller Theatre at Columbia University, New York, NY, United States
Program includes works by
Anonymous,
Nicolas Gombert,
Francisco Guerrero,
Orlando di Lasso (Orlande de Lassus),
Vicente Lusitano,
Luzzasco Luzzaschi,
Claudio Merulo,
Cristóbal de Morales,
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, and
Tomás Luis de Victoria.
$30-$45 ($25-$38 senior, $22-$34 student/ages 25-/CU faculty/staff, $10 CU student)
John Stainer's 'The Crucifixion:' 100 Years at The Brick Church
Friday, March 29, 2024 @ 12:15pm – 1:30pm (EDT)
The Brick Presbyterian Church in The City Of New York, New York, NY, United States
John Stainer
—
The Crucifixion
(orch. Barry Rose)
Free
Music at St. James Cathedral: The Office of Tenebrae
Wednesday, March 27, 2024 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
François Couperin
—
Leçons de ténèbres pour le mercredi saint
(Nos. I & III)
Francis Poulenc — Quatre motets pour un temps de pénitence ("Four Penitential Motets"), FP 97 ("II. Vinea mea electa")
Gregorio Allegri — Miserere mei, Deus
Anonymous — Selected works (plainchant TBA)
Francis Poulenc — Quatre motets pour un temps de pénitence ("Four Penitential Motets"), FP 97 ("II. Vinea mea electa")
Gregorio Allegri — Miserere mei, Deus
Anonymous — Selected works (plainchant TBA)
Free
Friends of Chamber Music: VOCES8
Wednesday, March 6, 2024 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Kaul Auditorium at Reed College, Portland, OR, United States
VOCES8 performs repertoire from Renaissance polyphony to contemporary commissions and popular arrangements, in a program titled "After Sile…
$32-$59 ($20 ages 34 & under); available August 14
Weeping Angels: Lamentations & Lagrimes
Sunday, February 25, 2024 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PST)
Trinity Parish Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Program includes works by
Thomas Tallis,
Antonio Cebrián,
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck,
William Billings,
Josquin des Prez,
Hieronymus Vinders,
John Bennet,
John Dowland,
Orlando di Lasso (Orlande de Lassus),
Tiburtio Massaino,
Carlo Gesualdo, and
Giovanni Croce.
Free (donations gratefully accepted)
Saint Mark's Music Series: Hallock at 100
Sunday, February 25, 2024 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PST)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Peter Hallock
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Selected works
$40 premium, $35 general ($20 senior)
Saint Mark's Music Series: Hallock at 100
Saturday, February 24, 2024 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Peter Hallock
—
Selected works
$40 premium, $35 general ($20 senior)
Hail: Cornysh, Isaac, Pärt
Sunday, February 4, 2024 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PST)
Episcopal Church of St. Mary the Virgin, San Francisco, CA, United States
Filipe de Magalhães
—
Missa O Soberana luz
(Gloria)
Arvo Pärt — The Woman with the Alabaster Box
Heinrich Isaac — Tota pulchra es
Heinrich Isaac — Virgo prudentissima
William Cornysh — Salve Regina
William Cornysh — Ah Robin, gentle Robin
Gabriel Jackson — Salve regina 2
Arvo Pärt — The Woman with the Alabaster Box
Heinrich Isaac — Tota pulchra es
Heinrich Isaac — Virgo prudentissima
William Cornysh — Salve Regina
William Cornysh — Ah Robin, gentle Robin
Gabriel Jackson — Salve regina 2
Free
Hail: Cornysh, Isaac, Pärt
Saturday, February 3, 2024 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Filipe de Magalhães
—
Missa O Soberana luz
(Gloria)
Arvo Pärt — The Woman with the Alabaster Box
Heinrich Isaac — Tota pulchra es
Heinrich Isaac — Virgo prudentissima
William Cornysh — Salve Regina
William Cornysh — Ah Robin, gentle Robin
Gabriel Jackson — Salve regina 2
Arvo Pärt — The Woman with the Alabaster Box
Heinrich Isaac — Tota pulchra es
Heinrich Isaac — Virgo prudentissima
William Cornysh — Salve Regina
William Cornysh — Ah Robin, gentle Robin
Gabriel Jackson — Salve regina 2
Students - $25,
Seniors (65+) - $30.00,
General Admission - $35.00,
Reserved Seating - $55.00
Lessons & Carols at Brick Presbyterian Church
Sunday, December 17, 2023 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (EST)
The Brick Presbyterian Church in The City Of New York, New York, NY, United States
Program includes works by
Jonathan Woody,
David Willcocks,
Conrad Susa,
Ralph Vaughan Williams,
June Nixon,
John Rutter,
Vittoria Aleotti (Raffaella Aleotta),
James Bassi, and
Rosephanye Powell.
Free
Cascadian Chorale: A German Christmas
Sunday, December 3, 2023 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
St. Luke's Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA, United States
Program includes works by
Hugo Distler,
Johannes Eccard,
Johann Sebastian Bach,
Hans Leo Hassler,
Felix Mendelssohn, and
Hieronymus Praetorius.
$20 ($15 student/senior; ages 17 & under free)
Cascadian Chorale: A German Christmas
Saturday, December 2, 2023 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Episcopal Church of the Holy Cross, Redmond, WA, United States
Program includes works by
Hugo Distler,
Johannes Eccard,
Johann Sebastian Bach,
Hans Leo Hassler,
Felix Mendelssohn, and
Hieronymus Praetorius.
$20 ($15 student/senior; ages 17 & under free)
Byrd Ensemble & Seattle Girls Choir: Lessons & Carols
Saturday, December 2, 2023 @ 5:00pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Seattle First Baptist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
The Byrd Ensemble and Allegra from the Seattle Girls Choir under the direction of Sarra Sharif Doyle present Lessons and Carols, a performa…
$25 ($20 student/ages 65 & over)
A Formal Affair – Sacred & Secular forms throughout the Renaissance
Sunday, October 29, 2023 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Trinity Parish Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Various
—
Selected works
(polyphonic works from Italy, Spain, France, & Germany)
Orlando Gibbons — O clap your hands
William Billings — Selected works
Orlando Gibbons — O clap your hands
William Billings — Selected works
Free (donations gratefully accepted)
Saint Mark's Music Series: Apollo5
Saturday, October 28, 2023 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Online and in-person
One of the world's pre-eminent a cappella choral ensembles, Apollo5 will fill Saint Mark's with their exquisite one-on-a-part blend. They w…
$25 ($20 student/senior); same price for online/in-person attendance
Byrd Ensemble: Muhly Meets Byrd
Sunday, October 22, 2023 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
St. Mary Magdalene Parish (The Madeleine), Portland, OR, United States
Program includes works by
Thomas Tallis,
William Byrd,
Philippe de Monte,
Nico Muhly, and
Thomas Morley.
$35 general, $65 reserved ($30 ages 65 & over, $25 student)
Byrd Ensemble: Muhly Meets Byrd
Saturday, October 21, 2023 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Program includes works by
Thomas Tallis,
William Byrd,
Philippe de Monte,
Nico Muhly, and
Thomas Morley.
$35 general, $65 reserved ($30 ages 65 & over, $25 student)
Radix Vocal Ensemble: Mad Love
Saturday, June 10, 2023 @ 4:00pm – 5:30pm (PDT)
Alberta House (formerly Cerimon House), Portland, OR, United States
Program includes works by
John Dunstable,
Guillaume de Machaut,
Traditional,
Frank Foster,
Fabian Andre,
Wilbur Schwandt,
Ysaÿe Barnwell,
Amy Stuart Hunn, and
TBA.
$5-$45 sliding scale, online or at the door
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