Hail: Cornysh, Isaac, Pärt (Virtual Concert)
Hail: Cornysh, Isaac, Pärt (Virtual Concert)
Online, WA
Two settings of the Marian text Salve regina by English composers William Cornysh and Gabriel Jackson are featured on this program of Renaissance and modern motets. It also features music by Estonian composer Arvo Pärt, Flemish composer Heinrich Isaac, and Portuguese composer Filipe de Magalhães. …
Sat, Feb 17 2024
7:30 PM
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Sat, Mar 2 2024
7:30 PM
Muhly meets Byrd
Muhly meets Byrd
Seattle, WA
Opening our 20th Anniversary season and to honor 400 years since the death of our namesake, William Byrd, this program features a new work by American composer Nico Muhly based on Byrd's motet, Ne irascaris, Domine. The world-premiere performance will be conducted by Muhly himself. The program al…
Saturday, October 21 2023
8:00 PM
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9:30 PM
Prince of Music: Palestrina (Virtual Concert)
Prince of Music: Palestrina (Virtual Concert)
Online, WA
Palestrina was the outstanding composer of the late Renaissance in Europe. His long-lasting influence on the development of church music and counterpoint included his most famous mass setting, Missa Papae Marcelli, which served as a model for mass settings during the Counter-Reformation. The progra…
Sat, Apr 22 2023
7:00 PM
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Sat, May 6 2023
7:00 PM
Finzi & Holst: Christmas Day (Virtual Concert)
Finzi & Holst: Christmas Day (Virtual Concert)
Online, WA
Two works frame this program of early 20th century English Christmas music: Gerald Finzi’s In terra pax and Gustav Holst’s Christmas Day. The program also features carol arrangements by John Rutter, Harold Darke, and Holst. Written during a time when composers looked to the past for inspiration, th…
Sat, Dec 9 2023
7:30 PM
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Sat, Dec 30 2023
1:00 AM
Lessons and Carols with the Seattle Girls Choir
Lessons and Carols with the Seattle Girls Choir
Seattle, WA
The Byrd Ensemble and Allegra and Cantamus from the Seattle Girls Choir, under the direction of Sarra Sharif Doyle present Lessons and Carols, a performance based on A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols. popularized by the King's College Chapel since 1918. The program consists of nine readings, ea…
Saturday, December 2 2023
5:00 PM
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6:30 PM
Hail: Cornysh, Isaac, Pärt
Hail: Cornysh, Isaac, Pärt
Seattle, WA
Two settings of the Marian text Salve regina by English composers William Cornysh and Gabriel Jackson are featured on this program of Renaissance and modern motets. It also features music by Estonian composer Arvo Pärt, Flemish composer Heinrich Isaac, and Portuguese composer Filipe de Magalhães. …
Saturday, February 3 2024
7:30 PM
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9:00 PM
Finzi & Holst: Christmas Day
Finzi & Holst: Christmas Day
Seattle, WA
Two works frame this program of early 20th century English Christmas music: Gerald Finzi’s In terra pax and Gustav Holst’s Christmas Day. The program also features carol arrangements by John Rutter, Harold Darke, and Holst. Written during a time when composers looked to the past for inspiration, th…
Sat, Nov 25 2023
7:30 PM
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Sun, Nov 26 2023
4:30 PM
Hallock at 100 (Virtual Concert)
Hallock at 100 (Virtual Concert)
Online, WA
These concerts, featuring The Compline Choir, the Byrd Ensemble, acclaimed countertenor José Luis Muñoz, and a parley of instruments, will launch the centenary year of Peter Hallock’s birth. Programs will include music spanning the Renaissance to the present day, along with a selection of Hallock’s…
Sat, Mar 2 2024
7:00 PM
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Sat, Mar 23 2024
7:00 PM
Prince of Music: Palestrina
Prince of Music: Palestrina
Seattle, WA
Palestrina was the outstanding composer of the late Renaissance in Europe. His long-lasting influence on the development of church music and counterpoint included his most famous mass setting, Missa Papae Marcelli, which served as a model for mass settings during the Counter-Reformation. The progra…
Saturday, April 15 2023
7:30 PM
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9:00 PM
HALLOCK at 100
HALLOCK at 100
Seattle, WA
These concerts, featuring The Compline Choir, the Byrd Ensemble, acclaimed countertenor José Luis Muñoz, and a parley of instruments, will launch the centenary year of Peter Hallock’s birth. Programs will include music spanning the Renaissance to the present day, along with a selection of Hallock’s…
Sat, Feb 24 2024
7:30 PM
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Sun, Feb 25 2024
4:30 PM
