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This concert is in memory of Msgr. Joseph Pins, Rector of the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis who passed away June 17, 2015. Msgr. Pins was a great supporter of Cathedral Concerts and its mission to present great music in this great space. Join us as we celebrate his memory and raise funds in support [...]
Cathedral Concerts continues its series of FREE concerts that brings the great music to you. The featured players in each concert are: Celeste Boyer, violin Bjorn Ranheim, cello Jennifer Mazzoni, flute Matthew Mazzoni, piano Program: J. S. Bach: Trio Sonata for Flute, Violin, and Continuo in G Major, BWV 1038 Sergei Prokofiev: Flute Sonata in [...]
Thursday, October 06, 2016 at 8:00pm • Called the “world’s reigning male chorus” by The New Yorker • “Breathtaking in its accuracy of intonation … variety of color and swagger of style” – Boston Globe • Beloved by St. Louis Cathedral Concert audiences, always a wonderful evening of great music! CHANTICLEER - [...]
Friday, October 28, 2016 at 8:00pm • Founded in 1937 and committed to creating a distinctively American voice within the thousand-year-old boychoir school tradition, the ABS is the finest boy choir in the nation and among the finest in the world • Under the direction of Fernando Malvar-Ruiz, the choir has dazzled audiences with [...]
Holiday Concert Wednesday, November 30, 2016 at 8:00pm • A favorite with concert-goers and the most requested! Always a beautiful evening of song! • 2009 Gramophone Award Winners for Early Music with their CD, Song of Songs • Performing music from their latest recording, A Wondrous Mystery A Wondrous Mystery Stile Antico’s Christmas program [...]
Saturday, December 10, 2016 at 8:00pm Call for availability of Section 1 tickets - 314-533-7662 (Click here for Sunday, December 11 at 2:30pm) What sweeter music can there be, than a Christmas carol? Join us as we celebrate the Holiday Season with the 12th Annual Christmas at the Cathedral concerts. Be [...]
Sunday, January 22, 2017 at 2:30pm Dr. Horst Buchholz, organist and Director of Sacred Music at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis Joined by Benton Blasingame, organist and Assistant Director of Sacred Music at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis Program: Gustav Merkel (1827 - 1885) Sonata in D minor for [...]
The Play of Daniel Tuesday, January 31, 2017 at 8:00pm The Ludus Danielis, or Play of Daniel, is a powerful medieval mystery play composed eight centuries ago in Beauvais, France. The Boston Camerata's recent new production of The Play of Daniel, edited, staged and directed by Anne Azéma, renews and transforms this classic [...]
Friday, February 10, 2017 at 8:00pm Call for availability of Section 1 Tickets: 314-533-7662 The world’s most beloved choir has been thrilling audiences young and old for over 500 years. Their eagerly anticipated tours play to sell out crowds around the world. Don’t miss your opportunity to hear them in this special return visit [...]
Sunday, March 26, 2017 at 7:30pm (Doors open at 7:00pm) Directed by Peter Phillips Leading performers of Renaissance sacred music, privileged to perform in the Sistine Chapel to mark the final stage of Michelangelo’s frescoes restoration Have earned world-wide renown as “a cappella superstars” Program: ‘Metamorphosis’ H. Praetorius: Magnificat IV Gibbons: Magnificat ('Short') Pärt: [...]
Friday, April 21, 2017 at 8:00pm • Organist and conductor Andrew Peters serves as organist and director of music at Second Presbyterian Church in St. Louis. At the church he directs the choral groups and handbell choir, plays the church’s restored 1965 Schantz organ, and oversees the church’s Couts Music [...]
Sunday, April 30, 2017 6:00pm Four Seasons Hotel St. Louis Funds raised this evening go to support Cathedral Concerts’ mission of presenting affordable live concerts in the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis featuring world-class musicians and the finest repertoire of sacred and classical music for the cultural enrichment, education, and enjoyment of the entire region. [...]
The Voice from Assisi Friday, May 12 at 8:00pm “Behind every successful tenor is … a story. Pavarotti was a larger than life character who understood how to popularize sometimes difficult music. Bocelli overcame his blindness to become a superstar and has managed to bridge the divide between popular and classical music. Friar Alessandro fits [...]
Wednesday, August 9 at 8:00pm Experience this world-renowned group in the heavenly setting of the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis. The boys who make up the South London based vocal group Libera have been described as “normal” and “ordinary”. However, as their recordings and performances demonstrate, the music they produce is anything but. Familiar [...]
Cathedral Concerts continues its series of FREE concerts that brings the great music to you. The featured players in each concert are: Kristin Ahlstrom, violin Bjorn Ranheim, cello Tzuying Huang, Clarinet Matthew Mazzoni, piano Program: Trio in B-flat for clarinet, cello, & piano, Op. 11 - Beethoven Trio for clarinet, violin, & piano - Khatchaturian [...]
Sunday, October 15 at 2:30pm Hallelujah! Glory! Amen! - Hymns and Songs for Organ and Voice First Lady of the Organ Diane Bish and Metropolitan Opera soprano Angela Brown unite in a program proclaiming their deep faith through music. Experience exuberant praise to God through organ favorites by Yon and Vierne as well [...]
Friday, November 10, 2017 8:00pm Part of The King's Singers 50th Anniversary Season and Cathedral Concerts 25th Anniversary Season “Their vocal production was effortless, stylistically varied and beautifully blended, even in the most complex polyphony.” Washington Post (DC, USA) The King’s Singers were officially born on May 1st 1968, formed by six recently-graduated [...]
Wednesday, November 22, 2017 8:00pm Section 1 is SOLD OUT Call for availability of Section 2 tickets - 314-533-7662 Start your holidays with the world-renowned Vienna Boys Choir. The Vienna Boys Choir can trace its history as far back as the 13th century but it was formally established at Vienna's Imperial Chapel in [...]
Saturday, December 9, 2017 8:00pm Celebrate the joy of the music of Advent and Christmas at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis. The St. Louis Archdiocesan Choirs & Orchestra will fill the Cathedral with the sounds of the season! The choirs will be joined by mezzo-soprano Johanna Nordhorn, soloist in John Rutter's "Magnificat." [...]
Sunday, December 10, 2017 2:30pm Call for availability of Section 1 tickets - 314-533-7662 Celebrate the joy of the music of Advent and Christmas at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis. The St. Louis Archdiocesan Choirs & Orchestra will fill the Cathedral with the sounds of the season! The choirs will be joined by mezzo-soprano [...]
Thursday, January 11, 2018 at 8:00pm "The gold standard..." --- American Record Guide Joe Miller, conductor Setting the standard for choral excellence for 96 years, the Westminster Choir is composed of students at Westminster Choir College, a division of Rider University’s Westminster College of the Arts. It has been the chorus-in-residence for the prestigious Spoleto [...]
Thursday, February 22, 2018 8:00pm “One of the most-inventive and adventurous classical music ensembles in the country.” –South Florida Sun Sentinel Selva Morale et Spirituale by Monteverdi PATRICK DUPRÉ QUIGLEY, CONDUCTOR The Guardian refers to Selva Morale et Spirituale as Monteverdi’s “most significant anthology of liturgical works.” Hear Seraphic Fire in its element [...]