Saint Mark's Music Series
Thank you for joining us for the 2020-21 season! All concerts this year will be free and livestreamed to the public.
As part of our cathedral’s music program, the Music Series is called to offer its musical riches to the wider community so that all can experience the unique acoustical environment, superb pipe organs, and talented musicians dedicated to making music in a sacred space.
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LIVESTREAMED: Flentrop Organ Concert
MICHAEL KLEINSCHMIDT, ORGANIST
Charles-Marie Widor, best known for the famous Toccata from his Fifth Symphony for organ, composed ten symphonies for solo organ. Michael Kleinschmidt will perform the last of these, Widor’s Symphonie Romane. Michael will offer a brief talk to orient the listener in the cultural context of 1899 Paris, the time and place in which Widor composed Symphonie Romane. Members of The Compline Choir will chant the Gregorian themes on which the symphony is based. Watch a video of the complete recital here.
LIVESTREAMED: Native American Flute Songs
GARY STROUTSOS, WORLD FLUTE ARTIST
Gary Stroutsos’ live performances have captivated audiences around the world. His meditative flute music evokes the lands and cultures that he has studied over the course of his 36-year career. Gary’s mission is to carry the music forward to future generations and to promote stewardship of diverse cultures and the natural environment. The sound of Native American flutes played by Gary in the acoustical environment of Saint Mark’s Cathedral is breathtaking. This concert is offered with special appreciation for Native American Heritage Month.
LIVESTREAMED: Fritts Organ Concert
JOHN STUNTEBECK, ORGANIST
Here is a rare opportunity to hear a richly diverse collection of pieces played on the organ built for Thomsen Chapel in 2013 by Paul Fritts, a world-renowned organ builder based in Tacoma. As principal organist of the Sunday 8 a.m. worship service in the chapel, John Stuntebeck expertly highlights all the beauty of this marvelous instrument. His program will include works of three living North American composers: Rebecca Groom Te Velde, Calvin Fuller, and Denis Bédard; and works of Percy Whitlock, J. S. Bach, and W. A. Mozart.
LIVESTREAMED: Concert à 3
JILLON DUPREE, HARPSICHORD; REBEKAH GILMORE, SOPRANO; PAGE SMITH, CELLO
Three towering talents in the Puget Sound Region – who also happen to be members of the Cathedral Choir – join forces to offer a varied program of music for voice with bowed and plucked strings.
LIVESTREAMED: Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time
Olivier Messiaen composed his sublime Quatour pour la fin du Temps in 1941 while captive in a Nazi prisoner of war camp. Considered to be one of the masterpieces of the 20th century, it is a deeply spiritual work contemplating the power of faith, hope and love to transcend time itself. Rose Bellini, cello; Luke Fitzpatrick, violin; Jesse Myers, piano; Rachel Yodel, clarinet.
LIVESTREAMED: All-Bach on the Flentrop Organ
ALEX WEIMANN, ORGANIST
Alexander Weimann, Music Director of the Seattle Baroque Orchestra, is also a renowned organist. Weimann will select from the great canon of Bach’s famous works and will also play improvisations in the style of the master.
Presented in collaboration with Early Music Seattle and the Seattle Chapter of the American Guild of Organists.
O Antiphons
This beloved annual liturgy of music and pageantry celebrates the beginning of Advent —the season of longing, vigilance, and expectation in preparation for Christmas. With the Cathedral Choir, the Compline Choir, and the Senior Choristers of Saint Mark’s Choir School. Free will offering.