St. James Cathedral Cantorei – Past Concerts

Franz Joseph Haydn — The Seven Last Words of Christ (Oratorio), Hob. XX:2

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)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Vesperae solennes de confessore, K. 339
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Coronation Mass in C major, KV 317
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Horn Concerto No. 4 in E-flat major, K. 495 (Jeffrey Fair, French horn)

Alfred Desenclos — Messe de Requiem
Hubert Parry — Songs of Farewell

Thomas Tallis — Lamentations of Jeremiah
Gregorio Allegri — Miserere mei, Deus
Francis Poulenc — Quatre motets pour un temps de pénitence ("Four Penitential Motets"), FP 97 (No. 2: Vinea mea electa)

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi — Stabat Mater, P. 77

Tomás Luis de Victoria — Lamentations of Jeremiah
Gregorio Allegri — Miserere mei, Deus
Francis Poulenc — Quatre motets pour un temps de pénitence ("Four Penitential Motets"), FP 97 ("II. Vinea mea electa")

Antonio Vivaldi — Gloria in D major, RV 589
Antonio Vivaldi — Magnificat, RV 610
Arcangelo Corelli — Concerto Grosso in G minor, Op. 6, No. 8 "Christmas Concerto"

St. James Cathedral commemorates the Feast of All Souls with a solemn Mass for the Dead featuring Maurice Duruflé's Requiem, his sublime sacred work of music based on Gregorian chant.

A 10-voice choir from the Cathedral Cantorei will sing plainchant & Renaissance composer Thomas Tallis's settings of the Lamentations of Jeremiah. In-person attendance only in Seattle, WA.

Music at St. James Cathedral presents its 38th annual New Year’s Eve Gala Concert featuring Baroque music from Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704) performed by St. James Cathedral Cantorei and Seattle Baroque Orchestra, conducted by Joseph Adam.

Allegri – Miserere mei Deus
Tallis – Lamentations of Jeremiah
Gesualdo – O vos omnes

Music and homilies focused on the words of Christ from the cross, including works of di Lasso, Victoria, and other Renaissance composers.

The Cathedral Cantorei sing chants and motets for the Office of Tenebrae, including Gregorio Allegri’s famous Miserere.

Ring in the New Year with festive music by Bach, Handel, and Rheinberger, including Bach’s 1723 version of the famed Magnificat.