Ralph Vaughan Williams – Upcoming Concerts
Seattle Symphony & Chorale: Beethoven Symphony No. 9
Wednesday, December 30, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Humperdinck – Prelude to Hansel and Gretel
Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on Greensleeves
Beethoven – Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, "Choral"
Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on Greensleeves
Beethoven – Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, "Choral"
$28-$128
New Year's Eve with the Seattle Symphony
Thursday, December 31, 2026 @ 9:00pm – 1:00am (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Follow Beethoven's Ninth with an after-concert party that includes a glass of champagne, a live band, and dancing all the way to the midnight countdown and beyond!
$50-$153
Seattle Symphony & Chorale: Beethoven Symphony No. 9
Saturday, January 2, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Humperdinck – Prelude to Hansel and Gretel
Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on Greensleeves
Beethoven – Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, "Choral"
Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on Greensleeves
Beethoven – Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, "Choral"
$28-$128
Seattle Symphony & Chorale: Beethoven Symphony No. 9
Sunday, January 3, 2027 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Humperdinck – Prelude to Hansel and Gretel
Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on Greensleeves
Beethoven – Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, "Choral"
Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on Greensleeves
Beethoven – Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, "Choral"
$28-$128
Philharmonia Northwest: Chamber Musicale
Saturday, February 6, 2027 @ 1:00pm – 3:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Members of the orchestra perform music by Mozart, Brahms, Dvorak, Shostakovich, and Vaughan Williams – an afternoon of delightful music with delicious snacks and a drink of your choice!
Donations welcome
LMC: Shakespeare at the Opera
Monday, February 8, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PST)
University House Wallingford, Seattle, WA, United States
Wagner – "Welche wunder Erwarten" from Das Liebesverbot
Vaughan Williams – "This is my father’s choice" from Sir John in Love
Verdi – Act II, Part II from Falstaff
Verdi – "Vieni, t’affretta" from Macbeth
Ambroise Thomas – Ophelia’s Mad Scene from Hamlet
Berlioz – "Nuits paisible" (Nocturne) from Beatrice et Benedict
Barber – "Give me Music" from Antony and Cleopatra
Bernstein – "I feel pretty" from West Side Story
Vaughan Williams – "This is my father’s choice" from Sir John in Love
Verdi – Act II, Part II from Falstaff
Verdi – "Vieni, t’affretta" from Macbeth
Ambroise Thomas – Ophelia’s Mad Scene from Hamlet
Berlioz – "Nuits paisible" (Nocturne) from Beatrice et Benedict
Barber – "Give me Music" from Antony and Cleopatra
Bernstein – "I feel pretty" from West Side Story
Free (Free)
LMC: Shakespeare at the Opera
Sunday, February 28, 2027 @ 2:00pm – 3:00pm (PST)
Music Center of the Northwest, Seattle, WA, United States
Wagner – "Welche wunder Erwarten" from Das Liebesverbot
Vaughan Williams – "This is my father’s choice" from Sir John in Love
Verdi – Act II, Part II from Falstaff
Verdi – "Vieni, t’affretta" from Macbeth
Ambroise Thomas – Ophelia’s Mad Scene from Hamlet
Berlioz – "Nuits paisible" (Nocturne) from Beatrice et Benedict
Barber – "Give me Music" from Antony and Cleopatra
Bernstein – "I feel pretty" from West Side Story
Vaughan Williams – "This is my father’s choice" from Sir John in Love
Verdi – Act II, Part II from Falstaff
Verdi – "Vieni, t’affretta" from Macbeth
Ambroise Thomas – Ophelia’s Mad Scene from Hamlet
Berlioz – "Nuits paisible" (Nocturne) from Beatrice et Benedict
Barber – "Give me Music" from Antony and Cleopatra
Bernstein – "I feel pretty" from West Side Story
Free (Free)
Olympia Symphony Orchestra: Vaughan Williams, Bruch, Wells, Grieg
Saturday, March 13, 2027 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (PST)
Washington Center for the Performing Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Vaughan Williams – Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1
Bruch – Scottish Fantasy, for violin & orchestra, Op. 46
Wells – Before I Wake
Grieg – Symphonic Dances, Op. 64
Bruch – Scottish Fantasy, for violin & orchestra, Op. 46
Wells – Before I Wake
Grieg – Symphonic Dances, Op. 64
$25-$55
LMC at University House, Wallingford
Sunday, April 11, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
University House Wallingford, Seattle, WA, United States
Works for violin, piano, and voice.
Free (Free)
Ensign Symphony & Chorus: Testament of Paul
Sunday, April 18, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Vaughan Williams – The Lark Ascending
Zabriskie – Testament of Paul
Zabriskie – Testament of Paul
$16-$36
Alexander Hawker and Lewis Thompson in Recital
Monday, April 26, 2027 @ 6:00pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Cornish Main Campus Center – 7th floor Gallery, Seattle, WA, United States
Tartini – Violin Sonata in G minor, "Devil's Trill"
Leclair – Violin Sonata No. 3 Op. 9
Dvořák – Four Romantic Pieces
Vaughan Williams – The Lark Ascending
Works by Fritz Kreisler
Leclair – Violin Sonata No. 3 Op. 9
Dvořák – Four Romantic Pieces
Vaughan Williams – The Lark Ascending
Works by Fritz Kreisler
Free
West Seattle Community Orchestras: Serenade to Music
Thursday, May 20, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Chief Sealth International High School Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Haydn – Horn Concerto No. 2 in D major
Williams – Star Wars Main Theme
Rimsky-Korsakov – Capriccio Espagnol
Vaughan Williams – Serenade to Music
Williams – Star Wars Main Theme
Rimsky-Korsakov – Capriccio Espagnol
Vaughan Williams – Serenade to Music
Free (Donations appreciated)
UW Symphony: Satie, Brahms, Rachmaninoff, Williams
Thursday, June 3, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Satie – Two Gymnopédies
Brahms – Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80
Rachmaninoff – Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18, Mvt. 1
Williams –Tuba Concerto
Brahms – Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80
Rachmaninoff – Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18, Mvt. 1
Williams –Tuba Concerto
$10-$15
Seattle Bach Choir presents Swift as a Shadow: Shakespeare in Song
Saturday, June 5, 2027 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Trinity Parish Church, Seattle, WA, United States
A concert of music for choir a cappella and with piano featuring settings of text by Shakespeare and his contemporaries, in honor of the 400th anniversary of his death.
$15-$18
Northwest Mahler Festival Reading Sessions: Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 2
Wednesday, June 30, 2027 @ 7:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Lake City Presbyterian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Joseph Pollard White conducts an informal reading session of Vaughan Williams' Symphony No. 2.
Free (Free)
Groupmuse: Summer Cello and Piano Concert
Thursday, July 29, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Private Home in Capitol Hill, Seattle, WA, United States
Beethoven – Cello Sonata in A major
Fauré – Cello Sonata No. 2, Op. 117
Vaughan Williams – Six Studies in English Folk Song
Fauré – Cello Sonata No. 2, Op. 117
Vaughan Williams – Six Studies in English Folk Song
$10+ donation, RSVP required
LMC: French and British Songs and Duets of the Late Romantic Period
Tuesday, October 12, 2027 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PDT)
Seattle Central Library Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Ladies Musical Club of Seattle presents French and British songs and duets of the late Romantic period.
Free (Free)
Thalia Symphony Orchestra: Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony
Thursday, November 4, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Wagner – Overture to The Flying Dutchman
McKay – Sea Horizon from Harbor Narrative
Vaughan Williams – The Lark Ascending
Beethoven – Symphony No. 6, "Pastoral"
McKay – Sea Horizon from Harbor Narrative
Vaughan Williams – The Lark Ascending
Beethoven – Symphony No. 6, "Pastoral"
$20
Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra: The British are Coming!
Friday, November 12, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Bainbridge Performing Arts, Bainbridge Island, WA, United States
Walton – Crown Imperial March
Vaughan Williams – Piano Concerto in C major
Elgar – Enigma Variations
Vaughan Williams – Piano Concerto in C major
Elgar – Enigma Variations
$16-$19
OSSCS: British Isles
Friday, November 12, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:45pm (PST)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Arnold – Four Scottish Dances, Op. 59
Seeger – “The Bells of Rhymney”
Traditional – “All Through the Night”
Stanford – Irish Rhapsody No. 1, Op. 78
Vaughan Williams – A Sea Symphony
Seeger – “The Bells of Rhymney”
Traditional – “All Through the Night”
Stanford – Irish Rhapsody No. 1, Op. 78
Vaughan Williams – A Sea Symphony
$10-$25 (youth free)