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2023-24

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Two Cathedrals: Baroque Splendor from Mexico City

Sunday, October 22, 2023 | 4pm

CCS and Washington Bach Consort join forces to celebrate baroque music from Mexico City’s Cathedral, extraordinary music resulting from a collision of cultures.

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Joy of Christmas

Saturday, December 16, 2023 | 2pm and 6pm
Sunday, December 17, 2023 | 4pm

Bells ring and jubilant voices beckon to all this holiday season. Gather with us at Washington National Cathedral to celebrate the Joy of Christmas.

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Sonic Bloom: Music of Bruckner, Esmail, and Gabrieli

Sunday, March 10, 2024 | 4pm

Immerse yourself in the music of Gabrieli, Bruckner, and Esmail as trumpets and voices resound in the vast expanse of the Cathedral Nave.

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Duke Ellington’s Sacred Concert

Sunday, May 19, 2024 | 4pm

Chorus meets big band: journey through jazz, blues, and choral music in Ellington’s Sacred Concert with the Cathedral Choral Society, Heritage Signature Chorale, and Pershing’s Own U.S. Army Blues.

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2022-23

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Romeo & Juliet: Berlioz & Shakespeare

Saturday, October 22, 2022 | 4pm

The fiery passion and stunning tenderness of the Romeo & Juliet story come to life in one of Hector Berlioz’s most original works. Atlanta Ballet joins CCS for a dramatic rendering of the choral symphony, with new choreography by Claudia Schreier.

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Joy of Christmas

Saturday, December 10, 2022 | 2pm & 6pm
Sunday, December 11, 2022 | 4pm

Trumpets, drums, and voices herald the coming of the Christmas season. As the cold of winter sets in, music of the holidays past and present will warm your spirit. CCS’s annual Joy of Christmas is a Washington tradition that all should experience.

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To The Wild Sky: Rachmaninoff, Tennyson & Poe

Sunday, March 19, 2023 | 4pm

Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky.” Poetry and music together paint vivid landscapes, evoking unearthly vignettes from the minds of Edgar Allan Poe and Alfred, Lord Tennyson. The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, one of America’s greatest orchestras, joins Cathedral Choral Society at Washington National Cathedral for this stunning marriage of music and words.

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Our Work Unfinished: A Black Composers Retrospective

Sunday, May 14, 2023 | 4pm

The Cathedral Choral Society and Heritage Signature Chorale join forces to present Our Work Unfinished: A Black Composers Retrospective. With a full orchestra and Maestro Stanley J. Thurston on the podium, the chorus will offer an exploration of music that reflects the African American experience.

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2021-22

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Joy of Christmas

Saturday, December 11, 2021 | 2pm & 6pm
Sunday, December 12, 2021 | 4pm

From all corners of Washington National Cathedral, voices rise, filling the arches with echoes of holidays past and the wonder of things to come.

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I Have Something To Say

Sunday, March 13, 2022 | 4pm

In 1920, the right to vote was expanded under the Nineteenth Amendment to include women. One hundred and two years later, we explore what it means to have your voice heard.

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Verdi’s Requiem

Sunday, May 15, 2022 | 4pm

To experience Verdi’s Requiem is to take a journey that is felt as much as it is heard.  To hear the work under the majestic arches of Washington National Cathedral is to encounter awe.

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Curious about our seasons prior to 2021? Send us an email at choralsociety@cathedral.org!