Cathedral Concerts 2018-19
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Helen D. Schubert Concerts
Through a generous endowment from the Helen D. Schubert Family, the Cathedral is proud to offer these concerts.
All concerts are FREE and open to the public;
no tickets are required.
A free-will offering will be taken.Free parking is available in the
Cathedral Plaza Garage on the SE corner of Rockwell Ave and East 9th St.
or in the surface parking lot on Rockwell Avenue.Join our Concert email group below.
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October 19, 2018 - Friday at 7:30 pm
The Marian Consort (UK)
Rory McCleery, Director
Music for the Queen of HeavenTaking its name from the Blessed Virgin Mary, a focus of religious devotion in the sacred music of all ages, The Marian Consort is a dynamic, internationally-renowned early music vocal ensemble, recognized for its fresh, imaginative programming, & innovative presentation of a broad range of repertoire.
This ‘astounding’ (The Herald) ensemble has given concerts throughout the UK and Europe, features regularly on BBC Radio 3, and is a former ‘Young Artist’ of The Brighton Early Music Festival.
The program features music from two fertile periods in musical history: settings in honour of the Virgin Mary by composers from the Tudor era are juxtaposed with modern treatments of Marian texts by twentieth and twenty-first century British composers. http://marianconsort.co.uk
November 2, 2018 - Friday at 7:30 pm
Quire Cleveland (Cleveland OH)
Jay White, Artistic Director
In Lux Perpetuam: Journey into Eternal Light
...Music for All Saints & All SoulsQuire's first program, under new Artistic Director, Jay White, invites the artists and audience alike to REFLECT on the myriad ways music helps us to contemplate the lives and souls of others. Featured are medieval and renaissance Requiem Mass movements coupled with elegies to the composers who wrote them. The performance begins with small forces providing intimate and intricate early polyphony (Machaut, Ockeghem, and Josquin), then blossoms into the familiar strains of the English renaissance (Tallis and Byrd), and gradually unfolds to the grandeur of the double chorus sonorities of the later English composers, C.H.H. Parry and William Harris. http://quirecleveland.org
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December 12, 2018 - Wednesday at 7:00 pm
Daughters of St Paul Choir (Boston MA)
Glorious Night
Christmas with the Daughters of St PaulThe Daughters of St. Paul Choir is known for their fresh arrangements of time-honored classics. Their Christmas concerts communicate God's extraordinary love for every person. Well-loved carols and holiday favorites combine in a heartwarming collection of both lively and moving songs that celebrates the glory, wonder, and joy of the Christmas season. The Pauline Records division of Pauline Books & Media has sold nearly one million albums since the formation of the choir in 1988.February 8, 2019 - Friday at 7:30 pm
Aaron Tan, organist
2018 NYACOP First Place recipient
Supported by a grant from the Cleveland Foundation: The Charles H Teare & Clifford K Kern Fund;
In collaboration with the Cleveland Chapter AGO
The American Guild of Organists (AGO) promotes the highest level of organ performance through its National Young Artists Competition in Organ Performance (NYACOP). Aaron Tan, a passionate organist, engineer, and pianist is the First Place recipient of the 2018 competition. His primary musical tutelage has been under John Tuttle, David Palmer, and Joel Hastings. He has won numerous noteworthy contests and scholarships on both organ & piano. He is currently Artist in Residence at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Detroit. He is also a materials scientist, specializing in studying the properties of soft matter at the nanoscale.
March 1, 2019 - Friday at 7:30 pm
West Shore Chorale
John Drotleff, Director
MOZART: Vesperae Solennes de Confessore, K339
CONTE: September Sun
BERNSTEIN: Chichester Psalms
The West Shore Chorale, founded in 1968 by a group of Lakewood residents dedicated to bringing excellent choral music to Cleveland’s West Side, has been an anchor in the lives of singers and audiences for 50 years. Led by Conductor, John Drotleff for 35 years, WSC has performed over 90 concerts of major choral/orchestral works and many other programs featuring hundreds of choral octavos. West Shore Chorale previously performed at Cathedral St John in 2014. Now in their 51st season, they return to the Cathedral to perform: Mozart's Vesperae Solennes de Confessore, Bernstein's Chichester Psalms, & Conte's September Sun - commissioned in memory of those who perished on September 11, 2001, based on a poem by John Stirling Walker. http://westshorechorale.org
March 15, 2019 - Friday at 7:30 pm
Sounding Light
Tom Trenney, Director
MUEHLEISEN: Pietà
Now in its 16th season, Sounding Light is the Chamber Choir of Many Voices…One Song, a non-profit arts organization based in the Metro-Detroit area whose mission is to build community by sharing outstanding musical experiences. Led by its founder, Tom Trenney, Sounding Light is committed to offering its members a spiritual and holistic approach to ensemble singing while offering its listeners a compelling and timeless experience with the choral art. Muehleisen’s 2012 Oratorio, Pietà addresses the sorrow and pain of mothers who lose their sons, and the way love, compassion and mercy can heal the voids; juxtaposing the death of Jesus, the son of Mary, the loss of sons in battle, particularly World War I, and the losses we experience all too often today and the importance of healing and forgiveness in our divided world. https://www.manyvoicesonesong.org/sounding-light/
May 9, 2019 - Thursday at 8:00 pm
JUBILATION!
Elizabeth Stuart Church Choir Festival
A production of WCLV ideastram,
in partnership with the Cathedral of St John,
Broadcast live over WCLV FM104.9The 12th annual WCLV JUBILATION Elizabeth Stuart Church Choir Festival features Church Choirs from Northeast Ohio. Established in 2008 to showcase sacred choral music that is recognized as part of the core classical repertoire, the Festival seeks to encourage a heightened standard of choral music in houses of worship, and to celebrate choirs that strive for excellence.
http://wclv.ideastream.org/jubilation