Lake Washington Symphony Orchestra: Music Unites Us All

Monday, March 2, 2020 @ 10:00am – 12:30pm (PST)
Westminster Chapel, Bellevue, WA, United States
The Lake Washington Symphony Orchestra presents an education event for the Bellevue School District.

Free (Free)

Skyros Quartet in honor of Academy of Music NW

Sunday, March 1, 2020 @ 6:00pm – 7:30pm (PST)
Trinity Lutheran Church, Lynnwood, WA, United States
Ludwig van Beethoven – String Quartet Op. 18 No. 4
Béla Bartók – String Quartet No. 2
Fanny Mendelssohn – String Quartet
Franz Schubert – Erlking (transcription for string quartet)

Free (Free)

Salish Sea Early Music Festival: Beethoven 250 Years

Sunday, March 1, 2020 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PST)
Skagit Early Keyboard Museum, La Conner, WA, United States
Ludwig van Beethoven – Sonata for fortepiano, Op. 109
Ludwig van Beethoven – Sonata for fortepiano, Op. 110
Ludwig van Beethoven – Sonata for fortepiano, Op. 111
Ludwig van Beethoven – Variations for fortepiano with flute, Opp. 105 & 107

$15-$25 suggested donation; 18 & under FREE

University of Washington Faculty: Craig Sheppard, Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir, Rachel Priday

Saturday, February 29, 2020 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Trio in D major, Op. 70, No. 1 "Ghost"
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Trio in E-flat major, Op.70, No.2
Ludwig van Beethoven – Allegretto in B-flat major, WoO 39
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Trio in B-flat major, Op. 97 "Archduke"

$20 / $10

Central Washington University: Beethoven Chamber Series IV

Saturday, February 29, 2020 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Ludwig van Beethoven – 12 Variations on “See the conqu'ring hero comes”, WoO 45
Ludwig van Beethoven – 12 Variations on "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen”, Op. 66
Ludwig van Beethoven – Violin Sonata No. 1 in D major, Op. 12 No. 1
Ludwig van Beethoven – Cello Sonata No. 4 in C Major, Op. 102 No. 1

Free (Free)

Central Washington University: Beethoven Chamber Series III

Friday, February 28, 2020 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Ludwig van Beethoven – 12 Variations on “See the conqu'ring hero comes”, WoO 45
Ludwig van Beethoven – 12 Variations on "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen”, Op. 66
Ludwig van Beethoven – Violin Sonata No. 1 in D major, Op. 12 No. 1
Ludwig van Beethoven – Cello Sonata No. 4 in C Major, Op. 102 No. 1

Free (Free)

Trinity Artists at the Organ: Music for Organ and Strings

Sunday, February 23, 2020 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Trinity Lutheran Church, Lynnwood, WA, United States
Organist Jeffrey Cooper will be joined by the Skyros Quartet and cellist Tim Pizzichemi for an evening of music by Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert, and others.

$10-$15 suggested donation

Rainier Symphony: A Relentless Determination

Sunday, February 23, 2020 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Foster Performing Arts Center, Tukwila, WA, United States
Giuseppe Verdi – Overture to Nabucco
Édouard Lalo – Cello Concerto in D minor
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67

$20 / $14 / free

Olympia Chamber Orchestra: …With Dancing!

Sunday, February 23, 2020 @ 2:30pm – 4:30pm (PST)
St. John's Episcopal Church Olympia, Olympia, WA, United States
Ludwig van Beethoven – "Rondo" from Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15
Dmitri Shostakovich – "I. Allegro" from Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major, Op. 102
Jean-Philippe Rameau – Les Indes galantes ("The amorous Indies")
Carl Maria von Weber – Invitation to the Dance, Op. 65
Johann Strauss II – Unter Donner und Blitz ("Thunder and Lightning"), Op. 324
Carl Maria von Weber – Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 19
Johannes Brahms – Hungarian Dance No. 5 in F-sharp minor

$20 / $10

Sammamish Symphony Presents Rhapsodic, Tender Lyricism: Beethoven’s Romances

Sunday, February 23, 2020 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
Eastlake Performing Arts Center, Sammamish, WA, United States
Ludwig van Beethoven – Gratulations-Menuett, WoO 3
Ludwig van Beethoven – Romances for Violin and Orchestra, Opp. 40 and 50
Howard Hanson – Mosaics
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 2 in c, Op. 17, “Little Russian”

$20 / $15 / $10

Federal Way Symphony: Gluck, Mozart, Beethoven

Sunday, February 23, 2020 @ 2:00pm – 4:30pm (PST)
Federal Way Performing Arts and Event Center, Federal Way, WA, United States
Christoph Willibald Glück – Overture and “Dance of the Furies” from Orfeo ed Euridice
Franz Joseph Haydn – Symphony No. 73 in D major, H. 1/73 “La chasse”
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36

$32 / $25 / $10

Rainier Symphony: A Relentless Determination

Saturday, February 22, 2020 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Foster Performing Arts Center, Tukwila, WA, United States
Giuseppe Verdi – Overture to Nabucco
Édouard Lalo – Cello Concerto in D minor
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67

$20 / $14 / free

Symphony Tacoma: Beethoven's Eroica and His Electric Universe

Saturday, February 22, 2020 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Pantages Theater, Tacoma, WA, United States
Frederick Delius – On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
Simon Petersson – Spheres (US premiere)
Yaron Gottfried – Electric Guitar Concerto (with multimedia) (US premiere)
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 “Eroica”

$24-$85

Sammamish Symphony Presents Rhapsodic, Tender Lyricism: Beethoven’s Romances

Friday, February 21, 2020 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Meydenbauer Center Theatre, Bellevue, WA, United States
Ludwig van Beethoven – Gratulations-Menuett, WoO 3
Ludwig van Beethoven – Romances for Violin and Orchestra, Opp. 40 and 50
Howard Hanson – Mosaics
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 2 in c, Op. 17, “Little Russian”

$20 / $15 / $10

Auburn Symphony Orchestra: Happy Birthday Beethoven!

Sunday, February 16, 2020 @ 2:30pm – 4:30pm (PST)
Auburn Performing Arts Center, Auburn, WA, United States
Leonard Bernstein – "Three Dance Episodes" from On the Town
George Walker – Lyric for Strings
Aaron Copland – Clarinet Concerto
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92

$37 / $30 / $10

BMC Night Beat: Beethoven's 250th Birthday Bash!

Saturday, February 15, 2020 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
First Congregational Church, Bellingham, WA, United States
Bellingham Music Club presents cellist Colin Carr and pianist Thomas Sauer for this special sestercentennial tribute to Ludwig van Beethoven.

$25 (age 19 & under free with adult)

Thalia Symphony Orchestra: Ode to Joy

Saturday, February 15, 2020 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
Amy Beach – Gaelic Symphony, 2nd mvt. (“Alla Siciliana”)
Heather Bentley – Laniakea (Immeasurable Heavens) for Stephen Hawking and Sun Ra
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 9, final mvt. (“Ode to Joy”)

$35

Olympia Symphony: Jazz-Colored Glasses

Sunday, February 9, 2020 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Washington Center for the Performing Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – Ballade, Op. 33 "Ballade in A minor"
George Gershwin – An American in Paris
Ludwig van Beethoven – “Turkish March” from The Ruins of Athens, Op. 113
John Adams – The Chairman Dances: Foxtrot for Orchestra
George Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue

$6-$60

Northwest Symphony Orchestra: Stark, Beethoven, Rachmaninoff

Friday, February 7, 2020 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Highline Performing Arts Center, Burien, WA, United States
Bruce Stark – Symphonic Dances
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73 "Emperor"
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Symphonic Dances, Op. 45

$20 / $15 / $12

Jacobsen Series: Celebrate! Beethoven@250: Tradition and Innovation

Friday, February 7, 2020 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
The Puget Sound Piano Trio and mezzo-soprano Dawn Padula present an evening of works by Ludwig van Beethoven.

$20 / $15 / free