Béla Bartók – Upcoming Concerts
NOCCO: Vibrant Hearts – A Romanian Celebration
Sunday, February 18, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Royal Room, Seattle, WA, United States
Enescu – Double Wind Quintet
Enescu – Romanian Rhapsody
Bartók – Romanian Folk Dances
Enescu – Romanian Rhapsody
Bartók – Romanian Folk Dances
$25 / $15
Ravenna String Orchestras Spring Concert: Haydn, Bartók, Vivaldi & more
Wednesday, March 21, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Eckstein Middle School Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Handel – Concerto for String Orchestra (arr. Elliott Del Borgo)
Mendelssohn – Intermezzo from String Quartet No. 2, Op. 13 (arr. Deborah Baker Monday)
Brian Balmages – Forever Joyful!
Haydn – Symphony in D major, No. 57 (1st and last movements)
Bartók – Divertimento (2nd movement)
Vivaldi – Nulla in mundo pax sincera
Mendelssohn – Intermezzo from String Quartet No. 2, Op. 13 (arr. Deborah Baker Monday)
Brian Balmages – Forever Joyful!
Haydn – Symphony in D major, No. 57 (1st and last movements)
Bartók – Divertimento (2nd movement)
Vivaldi – Nulla in mundo pax sincera
Free
LUCO: Berlioz, Bartók, & Mendelssohn
Saturday, April 21, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Berlioz – Introduction to Roméo & Juliette
Bartók – Piano Concerto No. 3
Mendelssohn – A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Suite
Bartók – Piano Concerto No. 3
Mendelssohn – A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Suite
$20 ($15 youth/seniors)
'CHANTAL?' + Live Cello Accompaniment by Sonia Wieder-Atherton
Sunday, April 29, 2029 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Northwest Film Forum, Seattle, WA, United States
Live cello accompaniment to Chantal Akerman’s Blow Up My Town by Akerman collaborator Sonia Wieder-Atherton, including Bartók’s Sonata for Solo Violin (transcribed here for cello).
$13-$16
ZeZe Xue in Recital at Benaroya Hall
Friday, May 18, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Haydn – Keyboard Sonata in E major, Hob. XVI/31
Chopin – Fantasie in F minor, Op. 49
Debussy – Préludes
Bartók – Suite, Op. 14
Liszt – Piano Sonata in B minor, S. 178
Chopin – Fantasie in F minor, Op. 49
Debussy – Préludes
Bartók – Suite, Op. 14
Liszt – Piano Sonata in B minor, S. 178
$20
Manhattan String Quartet: Beethoven, Bartók, & Dvořák
Saturday, June 23, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Ludwig van Beethoven – String Quartet in B-flat major, Op. 18 No. 6
Béla Bartok – String Quartet No. 3, Sz. 85
Antonin Dvořák – String Quartet in A-flat major, Op. 105
Béla Bartok – String Quartet No. 3, Sz. 85
Antonin Dvořák – String Quartet in A-flat major, Op. 105
Free
Bellingham Festival of Music: Calidore String Quartet
Sunday, July 1, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Western Washington University Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA, United States
Mozart – String Quartet in D major, K. 575
Bartók – String Quartet No. 5, Sz. 102
Beethoven – String Quartet No. 9, Op. 59 No. 3
Bartók – String Quartet No. 5, Sz. 102
Beethoven – String Quartet No. 9, Op. 59 No. 3
$49 ($35 WWU faculty/staff)
SCMS Summer Festival: Berg, Bartók, Bach
Friday, July 27, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Alban Berg – Four Pieces for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 5
Béla Bartók – String Quartet No. 5, Sz 102
Johann Sebastian Bach – The Musical Offering, BWV 1079
Béla Bartók – String Quartet No. 5, Sz 102
Johann Sebastian Bach – The Musical Offering, BWV 1079
$52 ($16 students and 30 & under)
Second City Chamber Series: Girsky Quartet – Songs from a Hidden Land
Friday, September 28, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Great Hall at Annie Wright School, Tacoma, WA, United States
Béla Bartók – String Quartet No. 3, Sz. 85
Franz Joseph Haydn – String Quartet
Zoltán Kodály – String Quartet No. 2, Op. 10
György Kurtág – 12 Microludes for String Quartet, Op. 13, Hommage à Mihály András
Franz Joseph Haydn – String Quartet
Zoltán Kodály – String Quartet No. 2, Op. 10
György Kurtág – 12 Microludes for String Quartet, Op. 13, Hommage à Mihály András
$25 ($23 senior/military, $10 student)
Romanian American Chamber Concerts & Arts: Enescu, Bartók, Prokofiev
Saturday, October 13, 2029 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Scintillating masterpieces by Enescu, Bartók, Gabriela Lena Frank, and Prokofiev performed by an all-star line-up of musicians.
$26
UW Faculty Recital: Cristina Valdés, piano
Friday, October 26, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Béla Bartók – Piano Sonata
Stockhausen – Klavierstück XI
Erik Satie – Selected works
Stockhausen – Klavierstück XI
Erik Satie – Selected works
$20 ($10 students and seniors)
Saltwater Music Series: Echoes of the Great War
Saturday, October 27, 2029 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Des Moines United Methodist Church (WA), Des Moines, WA, United States
Music written in the decades surrounding the war by composers from opposing sides of the conflict.
Free (Free)
Seattle Symphony: Shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 2
Thursday, November 1, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:20pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Béla Bartók – Miraculous Mandarin Suite
Dmitri Shostakovich – Violin Concerto No. 2
Johannes Brahms – Symphony No. 1
Dmitri Shostakovich – Violin Concerto No. 2
Johannes Brahms – Symphony No. 1
$22-$122 (age 8-18 free)
Seattle Symphony: Shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 2
Friday, November 2, 2029 @ 12:00pm – 1:50pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Béla Bartók – Miraculous Mandarin Suite
Dmitri Shostakovich – Violin Concerto No. 2
Johannes Brahms – Symphony No. 1
Dmitri Shostakovich – Violin Concerto No. 2
Johannes Brahms – Symphony No. 1
$22-$122 (age 8-18 free)
Seattle Symphony: Shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 2
Saturday, November 3, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 9:50pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Béla Bartók – Miraculous Mandarin Suite
Dmitri Shostakovich – Violin Concerto No. 2
Johannes Brahms – Symphony No. 1
Dmitri Shostakovich – Violin Concerto No. 2
Johannes Brahms – Symphony No. 1
$22-$122 (age 8-18 free)
(Im)migration: Music of Displaced Peoples
Sunday, December 2, 2029 @ 4:30pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Béla Bartók – Contrasts
Frederic Chopin – Polonaise-Fantaisie in A-flat major, Op. 61
Arnold Schoenberg – Six Little Piano Pieces, Op. 19
Paul Hindemith – Sonata for Flute and Piano
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco – Sonatina for flute and guitar, Op. 205
Frederic Chopin – Polonaise-Fantaisie in A-flat major, Op. 61
Arnold Schoenberg – Six Little Piano Pieces, Op. 19
Paul Hindemith – Sonata for Flute and Piano
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco – Sonatina for flute and guitar, Op. 205
Free
Philharmonia Northwest: Bohemian Rhapsodie – Bartók, Joachim, Sedlar, Dvořák
Sunday, January 27, 2030 @ 2:30pm – 4:00pm (PST)
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Béla Bartók – Hungarian Sketches
Joseph Joachim – Notturno for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 12
Aleksandar Sedlar – Serbian Fantasy
Antonín Dvořák – Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88
Joseph Joachim – Notturno for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 12
Aleksandar Sedlar – Serbian Fantasy
Antonín Dvořák – Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88
$20 ($15 seniors/students)
Seattle Symphony: Leonidas Kavakos & Enrico Pace in Recital
Tuesday, January 29, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:20pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Ludwig van Beethoven – Violin Sonata No. 4 in A minor, Op. 23
Sergei Prokofiev – Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 80
Belá Bartók – Rhapsody No. 1, Sz. 87
George Enescu – Violin Sonata No. 3 in A minor, "dans le caractère populaire roumain"
Sergei Prokofiev – Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 80
Belá Bartók – Rhapsody No. 1, Sz. 87
George Enescu – Violin Sonata No. 3 in A minor, "dans le caractère populaire roumain"
$25-$123
Gems: A Recital with Holly Eckert-Lewis (violin) & Dwight Beckmeyer (piano)
Friday, February 15, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Private home in Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Béla Bartók – Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56
Jules Massenet – "Meditation" from Thais
Ernest Bloch – Baal Shem Suite
Ludwig van Beethoven – Romance in F major, Op. 50
Camille Saint-Saëns – Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso in A minor, Op. 28
Jules Massenet – "Meditation" from Thais
Ernest Bloch – Baal Shem Suite
Ludwig van Beethoven – Romance in F major, Op. 50
Camille Saint-Saëns – Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso in A minor, Op. 28
$20 ($15 students/seniors)
Meany Center presents: Filippo Gorini, piano
Friday, February 15, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, Seattle, WA, United States
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110
Béla Bartók – Piano Sonata BB 88 (Sz. 80)
Karlheinz Stockhausen – Klavierstück IX
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111
Béla Bartók – Piano Sonata BB 88 (Sz. 80)
Karlheinz Stockhausen – Klavierstück IX
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111
$41-$49