Loren W. Pontén, Founder & Artistic Director

Joseph Adam, St. James Cathedral Organist

Saturday, March 13, 2010 at 8:00 p.m.
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA

       The Last Supper. Marble relief (after da Vinci).Artist unknown, 1907. St. James Cathedral, Seattle. 

Over the centuries, some of the most extraordinary choral music ever written has been created for the season of Lent.  Opus 7’s upcoming concert features music spanning six centuries, composed by some of the greatest European and American choral composers, including works by Howells, Parry, Gesualdo, Georg Schumann and Pizzetti.

Also included will be three motets by 18^th-c. composer Gottfried August Homilius and works by Northwest composers John Muehleisen and Bern Herbolsheimer. The concert also features the North American premiere of Lord, is it I? by Grayston (Bill) Ives, a former member of the King’s Singers.

Complete concert repertoire is listed below:

For more information, visit www.opus7.org

For tickets, visit www.opus7.org or call 206.782.2899