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"...a fine group that has achieved an enviable standard of tuning, blend, and ensemble."
—JOHN RUTTER
"...the clear, fresh voices of the Byrd Ensemble, an American group with a strong background in Renaissance music, mean that the dissonances and their consequent resolutions...are brought into focus in a truly remarkable way"
—GRAMOPHONE
26-27 CONCERT SCHEDULE
Oct 24, 2026
Oct 25, 2026
Nov 28, 2026
Nov 29, 2026
Dec 5, 2026
Feb 6, 2027
Feb 7, 2027
Apr 10, 2027
Apr 11, 2027
Portland, OR (SPEM IN ALIUM: Hope in Darkness)
Seattle, WA (SPEM IN ALIUM: Hope in Darkness)
Seattle, WA (SILENT NIGHT)
Seattle, WA (SILENT NIGHT)
Seattle, WA (Readings and Carols with the Seattle Girls Choir)
Seattle, WA (MISERERE: Music from the Sistine Chapel)
San Francisco, CA (MISERERE: Music from the Sistine Chapel)
Seattle, WA (WHEN DAVID HEARD: Whitacre, Pärt, Górecki)
Seattle, WA (WHEN DAVID HEARD: Whitacre, Pärt, Górecki)
26 | 27
PROGRAMMING
SERIES #1
SPEM IN ALIUM: Hope in Darkness
SERIES #2
#02 SILENT NIGHT
SERIES #3
MISERERE: Music from the Sistine Chapel
SERIES #4
WHEN DAVID HEARD: Whitacre, Pärt, Górecki
NEXT CONCERT
SILENT NIGHT
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2026
8:00 PM
Holy Rosary Catholic Church
4210 SW Genesee St.
Seattle, WA 98116
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2026
3:00 PM
Town Hall Seattle
1119 8th Ave
Seattle, WA
Featuring carols from our new Christmas album, Silent Night.
The program pairs traditional carols with modern settings of the same source: Praetorius's Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming alongside Sandström's Es ist ein Ros entsprungen, and Holst's In the Bleak Midwinter followed by Gjeilo's arrangement of the same carol. Silent Night arrives first in its original German as Stille Nacht, then again in world-premiere arrangements by Kerensa Briggs and Ēriks Ešenvalds. Whitacre's Lux Aurumque and Pärt's Nunc Dimittis provide a moment of stillness.
The largest work on the program is Rutter's Dancing Day, for treble voices and harp — a 25-minute cycle weaving together eight traditional carols into a single continuous arc.
Michael PRAETORIUS arr.: Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming
Jan SANDSTRÖM arr.: Es ist ein Ros entsprungen
Eric WHITACRE: Lux Aurumque
Arvo PÄRT: Nunc Dimittis
Franz Xaver GRUBER: Stille Nacht
Kerensa BRIGGS arr.: Silent Night
Herbert HOWELLS: A Spotless Rose
David WILLCOCKS arr.: Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day
John RUTTER: What Sweeter Music
Gustav HOLST: In the Bleak Midwinter
Ola GJEILO arr.: In the Bleak Midwinter
John RUTTER: Dancing Day
Ēriks EŠENVALDS arr.: Silent Night
