The Year's Midnight

Music for the season from North America

Pre-concert talks will take place 30 minutes before the concert start time.

Celebrate the winter solstice with soulwarming music from Canada, Mexico, and the United States. Our December concerts often sell out—make plans early for your holiday inspiration. Featured composers: Reena Esmail (Winter Breviary), Morten Lauridsen, Sarah Quartel, Caroline Shaw, David Garcia Saldana, Tomás Pascual, David McIntyre.

Of note: Our performances of The Year's Midnight at Bastyr University Chapel will be sung-through, and will not include any spoken introductions to the pieces after our welcome message; we will ask the audience to hold applause until the end of the concert. These concerts will be recorded.

Our performances of The Year's Midnight at Seattle First Baptist Church will include introductions from choir members and Karen P. Thomas, and audience members will be encouraged to applaud as they are moved to do so.

Additional information about the concert can be found on our website, www.seattlepromusica.org/midnight

The Year's Midnight

Music for the season from North America

Pre-concert talks will take place 30 minutes before the concert start time.

Celebrate the winter solstice with soulwarming music from Canada, Mexico, and the United States. Our December concerts often sell out—make plans early for your holiday inspiration. Featured composers: Reena Esmail (Winter Breviary), Morten Lauridsen, Sarah Quartel, Caroline Shaw, David Garcia Saldana, Tomás Pascual, David McIntyre.

Of note: Our performances of The Year's Midnight at Bastyr University Chapel will be sung-through, and will not include any spoken introductions to the pieces after our welcome message; we will ask the audience to hold applause until the end of the concert. These concerts will be recorded.

Our performances of The Year's Midnight at Seattle First Baptist Church will include introductions from choir members and Karen P. Thomas, and audience members will be encouraged to applaud as they are moved to do so.

Additional information about the concert can be found on our website, www.seattlepromusica.org/midnight

The Year's Midnight

Music for the season from North America

Celebrate the winter solstice with soulwarming music from Canada, Mexico, and the United States. Our December concerts often sell out—make plans early for your holiday inspiration. Featured composers: Reena Esmail (Winter Breviary), Morten Lauridsen, Sarah Quartel, Caroline Shaw, David Garcia Saldana, Tomás Pascual, David McIntyre.

premiering on YouTube on December 21 and available on-demand for 30 days

The Dark Garden

New American Composers Series

with composer Fahad Siadat

Pre-concert talks will take place 30 minutes before the concert start time.

A “fanciful and downright utopian artist and thinker” (LA Times), Fahad Siadat uses music to uncover the mysteries of our inter-connected world. Let your spirit soar as choirs from local schools join us to explore this visionary music together. Featured composers: Fahad Siadat (world premiere of The Dark Garden), Eric Whitacre, Moses Hogan, Josef Rheinberger, Donald Skirvin, Elizabeth Alexander.

The Dark Garden

New American Composers Series

with composer Fahad Siadat

A “fanciful and downright utopian artist and thinker” (LA Times), Fahad Siadat uses music to uncover the mysteries of our inter-connected world. Let your spirit soar as choirs from local schools join us to explore this visionary music together. Featured composers: Fahad Siadat (world premiere of The Dark Garden), Eric Whitacre, Moses Hogan, Josef Rheinberger, Donald Skirvin, Elizabeth Alexander.

premiering on YouTube on March 20 and available on-demand for 30 days

Rachmaninoff Vespers

A beloved masterpiece. A transcendent experience.

Rachmaninoff’s hour-long All-Night Vigil (also known as Vespers) is a masterpiece for the ages, using only human voices to create rich tapestries of sound. Join us for this truly moving expression of the human heart. Featured composers: Sergei Rachmaninoff (All-Night Vigil), Pavel Chesnokov, contemporary Ukrainian composers Iryna Aleksiychuk and Hanna Havrylets.

Rachmaninoff Vespers

A beloved masterpiece. A transcendent experience.

Rachmaninoff’s hour-long All-Night Vigil (also known as Vespers) is a masterpiece for the ages, using only human voices to create rich tapestries of sound. Join us for this truly moving expression of the human heart. Featured composers: Sergei Rachmaninoff (All-Night Vigil), Pavel Chesnokov, contemporary Ukrainian composers Iryna Aleksiychuk and Hanna Havrylets.

Rachmaninoff Vespers

A beloved masterpiece. A transcendent experience.

Rachmaninoff’s hour-long All-Night Vigil (also known as Vespers) is a masterpiece for the ages, using only human voices to create rich tapestries of sound. Join us for this truly moving expression of the human heart. Featured composers: Sergei Rachmaninoff (All-Night Vigil), Pavel Chesnokov, contemporary Ukrainian composers Iryna Aleksiychuk and Hanna Havrylets.

premiering on YouTube on May 29 and available on-demand for 30 days