Francis Poulenc – Past Concerts near Seattle, WA

Mozart – String Quartet in C major, K. 465 "Dissonant"
Poulenc – Sextet for Piano and Winds
Brahms – Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano in B major, Op. 8

Music for clarinet and piano by Hoffmeister, Poulenc, Horwitz, Osborn and Karen Thomas.

Explore the mysteries at the heart of the Christian story, with music from different cultures of the Western world. The program will include works by a host of early composers – Giovanni Gabrieli, Josquin Des Prez, Orlando di Lasso, Giovanni Palestrina, William Byrd and Tomas Luis de Victoria – as well as later works by Hugo Wolf, Francis Poulenc and Sergei Rachmaninoff.

Poulenc – Suite Francaise pour piano d'apres Claude Gervaise (16 siecle) Presto
Debussy – Suite bergamasque
Schubert – Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat Major, D. 960

Francaix – String Trio
Poulenc – Cello Sonata
Fauré – Piano Quartet in G minor

In honor of National Poetry Month at the West Seattle Library, hear “Dickinson Poetry in Song" as well as poems set to music by Copland, Laitman and others.

Jolivet – Sérénade for Oboe and Piano (1945)
Dranishnikova – Poem (1953)
Poulenc – La Courte Paille
Ravel – Sonatine
Rameau – Tristes apprêts, pâles flambeaux, from Castor et Pollux
Rameau – Aux langueurs d'Apollon (Air de la Folie), from Platée

Durand – Le Tombeau de Rameau III
Poulenc – Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36

Join us for a diverse sample of European treasures for Christmas and the New Year.

Join us for a diverse sample of European treasures for Christmas and the New Year.

Seattle Pro Musica brings a Gallic flair to the holidays with Christmas motets by 20th-century French masters Francis Poulenc and Pierre Villette. Our program also showcases medieval and Renaissance Christmas music from France along with traditional French carols.

Dylan Thomas' unforgettable ode to his childhood Christmases, read by Seattle's David Pichette, plus Francis Poulenc's magical Quatre motets pour le temps de Noël, music by Melinda Bargreen, Eleanor Daley, Jake Runestad, and our traditional Christmas carol sing-along.

Seattle Pro Musica brings a Gallic flair to the holidays with Christmas motets by 20th-century French masters Francis Poulenc and Pierre Villette. Our program also showcases medieval and Renaissance Christmas music from France along with traditional French carols.

Orlandus Lassus – "Resonet in laudibus"
Michael Praetorius – "Est ist ein Ros’ entsprungen"
Traditional /arr. John Rutter – "In dulci jubilo"
Michael Praetorius – "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern"
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck – "Hodie Christus natus est"
Traditional /arr. Jim Clements – "Gabriel's Message"
Herbert Howells – "Here Is the Little Door"
Christopher Gabbitas – "Mary's Lullaby"
Herbert Howells – "A Spotless Rose"
John Rutter – "There Is a Flower"
Herbert Howells – "Sing Lullaby"
Francis Poulenc – "Un soir de neige"
Traditional /arr. Goff Richards – "La filadora," "El niño querido," "Claro abril resplandecio," "Villançico Catalan," "La Pastoreta - Maria Rosa - La Caterineta"

Works by Bernstein, Poulenc, Billings, Rutter, Mendoza and Stopford, among others. Also includes carols, readings by Chaplain Dave Wright and music from England, France, US, Israel and Mexico.

Seattle Pro Musica brings a Gallic flair to the holidays with Christmas motets by 20th-century French masters Francis Poulenc and Pierre Villette. Our program also showcases medieval and Renaissance Christmas music from France along with traditional French carols.

Works by Bernstein, Poulenc, Billings, Rutter, Mendoza and Stopford, among others. Also includes carols, readings by Chaplain Dave Wright and music from England, France, US, Israel and Mexico.

Svendsen - Two Swedish Folk Melodies
Raff - Sinfonietta for 10 Winds
Poulenc /arr. Francaix - Musique Pour Faire Plaisir
Bartok - Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta

Immerse yourself in the colorful harmonies of Four Slovak Folk Songs by Béla Bartók, Chansons Francaises by Francis Poulenc, ancient folk melodies from the Forgotten Peoples Cycle by Estonian composer Veljo Tormis, and Brahms' Gypsy Songs. You will also hear critically acclaimed concert pianist William Chapman Nyaho play folk songs from his native Ghana and a selection of inspired American folk songs by James Erb and composer-in-residence John David Earnest.

Immerse yourself in the colorful harmonies of Four Slovak Folk Songs by Béla Bartók, Chansons Francaises by Francis Poulenc, ancient folk melodies from the Forgotten Peoples Cycle by Estonian composer Veljo Tormis, and Brahms' Gypsy Songs. You will also hear critically acclaimed concert pianist William Chapman Nyaho play folk songs from his native Ghana and a selection of inspired American folk songs by James Erb and composer-in-residence John David Earnest.