Crucifixus

Sunday, March 24 at 7 p.m.

The St. James Cathedral Choir sings Crucifixus: Choral Responses to the St. Mark Passion on Palm Sunday evening at 7 p.m. This devotional performance is modeled on a choral liturgy around the St. Mark Passion created by Rev. Eric Milner-White, the Dean of King's College Cambridge who devised their famous services of Lessons and Carols for Advent and Christmas. Like Lessons and Carols, the Passion story is broken into five Lessons, with each followed by a musical response.

The musical content of Crucifixus explores the daring polyphony of the late Italian Renaissance and early Baroque. In their settings of music for Passiontide, these composers pushed the boundaries of tonality for the time, crafting music that is striking, evocative, and otherworldly. This devotional program concludes with Allegri's Miserere, famous for the haunting high c sung by a solo soprano.

Plan your visit

When you visit St. James Cathedral during Advent and Christmas, expect to receive a warm welcome! Whether you are a committed follower of Christ, a first-time visitor who is joining a friend, or fall somewhere in between, you're not just welcome, you belong.

It is not uncommon for people to either dress casually or formally when visiting the Cathedral. Our priority is that you to feel comfortable. Children are always welcome at St. James. There is an open space to the front right of the pews for children to play under your supervision and a changing station for parents of our youngest members under the church in the restrooms.

The cathedral is accessible to people with limited mobility. An access ramp is located at the west end of the building, 65 E. Huron St.

Map & Parking

We are conveniently located 2 blocks from the red line. Exit at Chicago Avenue, then south two blocks to the corner of Wabash and Huron.

We are one block west from the 3, 10, 26, 146, 147, and 151 bus lines on Michigan Avenue. Exit at Superior or Erie if southbound, exit at Huron if northbound.

Reduced-rate parking for the All Souls Requiem is available at ROW Parking Garage, 50 E Ohio Street, for $15 up to 18 hours. Parking is also available at Ohio Ontario Self Park, 33 W Ontario, for $11 up to 18 hours daily. Get a reduced-rate parking voucher from the St. James Commons reception desk.