Event Details

A Season of Light, Love, and Peace

Hosting Ensemble: Bellevue Chamber Chorus
Event Type: Concert
Ticket Prices: Tickets: $20 for adults; $15 for seniors, teachers, and singers; $10 for students (13 and over); $5 for juniors (12 and under)
Event Dates:
Saturday, December 13, 2025Dec 13, 2025, 7:30pm at Bellevue First United Methodist Church, Bellevue, WA
Sunday, December 14, 2025Dec 14, 2025, 3:00pm at Seattle First Baptist Church, Seattle, WA

Description

Bellevue Chamber Chorus' Ben Luedcke, Artistic Director presents:

First Concert of 42nd Season – "A Season of Light, Love, and Peace"

Experience the holiday spirit as the Chorus joins with guest instrumentalists to present works by Pavel Chesnokov, Michael Praetorius and Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, as well as modern arrangements by Dan Forrest and Healey Willan. Highlights include the ethereal "Lo How a Rose E'er Blooming" by Jan Sandström for double choir, aurally depicting the slow opening of a rose. Holiday favorites include arrangements of "Silent Night," "Deck the Halls," "White Christmas," and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas." The evening culminates with the powerful “Illuminare” by Elaine Hagenberg. Using lesser-known sacred Latin, Greek, and English texts, Elaine Hagenberg's piece teaches us that although darkness may overwhelm, light will always be restored and illuminate a path to peace.

Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025, 7:30 pm; Bellevue United Methodist Church, 1934 108th Ave NE, Bellevue
Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025, 3:00 pm; Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Ave, Seattle

Tickets: $20 for adults; $15 for seniors, teachers, and singers; $10 for students (13 and over); $5 for juniors (12 and under). Pre-concert day discounts are available online only through Brown Paper Tickets at: https://bellevuechamberchorus.brownpapertickets.com/. Multi-ticket passes and Group packages (10+) are available.

To order tickets, or for more information, call (425) 522-3436, or go to the chorus website at https://bellevuechamberchorus.org/.

Bellevue Chamber Chorus is supported in part by the Bellevue Arts Commission and 4Culture.

A Season of Light, Love, and Peace
A Season of Light, Love, and Peace

Ensemble Photos

Bellevue Chamber Chorus. May 2024, Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Mercer Island.  Ken Sabalza, photographer.
Bellevue Chamber Chorus. May 2024, Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Mercer Island. Ken Sabalza, photographer.