Francis Poulenc – Past Concerts
Bellevue Chamber Chorus: The French Connection
Saturday, March 4, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
St. Luke's Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA, United States
Renaissance chansons, secular works by Saint-Saens, Debussy, and Morten Lauridsen, French and Canadian folk songs, sacred music by Poulenc and Fauré, and Duruflé’s exquisite Requiem for organ and chorus.
$20/$15/$10/$5
Second City Chamber Series: Home Turf
Friday, March 3, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Great Hall at Annie Wright School, Tacoma, WA, United States
Mozart – Quintet for Piano and Winds in E-flat major, K. 452
Ravel (arr. Doppmann/Kracht) – Suite from Ma mère l’oye
Ibert – Trois pièces brèves
Poulenc – Sextet for Piano and Winds
Ravel (arr. Doppmann/Kracht) – Suite from Ma mère l’oye
Ibert – Trois pièces brèves
Poulenc – Sextet for Piano and Winds
$10-$25 (18 & under free)
UW Guitar Studio Recital: Remembering Roland
Friday, February 10, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
A program in tribute to Roland Dyens (1956-2016), with music by Francis Poulenc, Napoleon Coste, Arnaud Dumond, Francis Kleynjans, Fernando Sor, Antonio Carlos Jobim, and Roland Dyens.
Free
Meany Center presents Louis Lortie in recital
Wednesday, January 11, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, Seattle, WA, United States
Acclaimed French-Canadian pianist Louis Lortie gives a recital of Satie, Rameau, Poulenc, Murail, Saint-Saeëns, Messiaen, and more.
$40-$45
Bremerton Symphony: Gloria & The Nutcracker
Saturday, December 10, 2016 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Bremerton Performing Arts Center, Bremerton, WA, United States
Poulenc – Gloria
Tchaikovsky – Nutcracker Suite
Finnegan Sing Along
Tchaikovsky – Nutcracker Suite
Finnegan Sing Along
$10-$32
Vashon Opera: 'Dialogues of the Carmelites'
Sunday, September 18, 2016 @ 2:30pm – 5:30pm (PDT)
Vashon Center for the Arts, Vashon, WA, United States
Set during the French Revolution, Poulenc’s gripping opera tells the story of loyalty and sacrifice with a haunting, modern musical score that echoes sacred music of an earlier day.
$28-48
Vashon Opera: 'Dialogues of the Carmelites'
Friday, September 16, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Vashon Center for the Arts, Vashon, WA, United States
Set during the French Revolution, Poulenc’s gripping opera tells the story of loyalty and sacrifice with a haunting, modern musical score that echoes sacred music of an earlier day.
$28-$48
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival: À la Carte!
Saturday, August 20, 2016 @ 5:30pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Orcas Center, Eastsound, WA, United States
A concert of chamber music by Mozart, Lev Kogan, Paganini/Heifetz, Poulenc, Kenji Bunch, and a "Quartet à la carte" where the audience will vote on a selection from a list of string quartets!
$10-$39
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival: À la Carte!
Friday, August 19, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Orcas Center, Eastsound, WA, United States
A concert of chamber music by Mozart, Lev Kogan, Paganini/Heifetz, Poulenc, Kenji Bunch, and a "Quartet à la carte" where the audience will vote on a selection from a list of string quartets!
$10-$33
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival: À la Carte! – Open Rehearsal for Seniors
Friday, August 19, 2016 @ 1:00pm – 3:00pm (PDT)
Orcas Center, Eastsound, WA, United States
Senior citizens are invited to attend an open rehearsal of chamber music by Mozart, Lev Kogan, Paganini/Heifetz, Poulenc, Kenji Bunch, and a "Quartet à la carte" where the audience will vote on a selection from a list of string quartets!
Free
Music Northwest: Lieder and Melodies
Sunday, August 14, 2016 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
First Lutheran Church of West Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
The beautiful intimacy of French and German art songs, including Schubert’s breathtaking “The Young Nun,” who sings of the raging storm in her heart.
$16-$18 (age 25 & under free)
Marrowstone Faculty Chamber Music: Britten, Schoenberg, Poulenc, Brahms
Thursday, August 4, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
WWU Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA, United States
Britten – Phantasy Quartet
Schoenberg – Transfigured Night
Poulenc – Sextet for Winds and Piano
Brahms – String Quartet No. 1
Schoenberg – Transfigured Night
Poulenc – Sextet for Winds and Piano
Brahms – String Quartet No. 1
$10-$15
Seattle Chamber Music Society: Poulenc, Beethoven & Brahms
Saturday, July 30, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Poulenc – Sonata for Oboe and Piano
Beethoven – String Trio in G major, Op. 9 No. 1
Brahms – Quartet for Piano and Strings in G minor, Op. 25
Beethoven – String Trio in G major, Op. 9 No. 1
Brahms – Quartet for Piano and Strings in G minor, Op. 25
$16-$50
Muse Collective: Animal Songs – A Bestiary
Friday, April 22, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Muse Collective Little Theater, Seattle, WA, United States
30 classical art songs about animals, including selections from Saint-Saëns' Carnival of the Animals and works by Ravel, Chabrier, Barber, Irving Fine, Rorem, Poulenc, and Flanders and Swann.
Free (Free)
OSSCS: Self-Expression
Saturday, April 16, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Poulenc – Gloria
Chopin – Work for piano and orchestra TBD
Brahms – Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
Chopin – Work for piano and orchestra TBD
Brahms – Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
$10-$25, youth free
Pacifica Chamber Orchestra: Poulenc, Klughardt, Ligeti, Andriessen
Sunday, April 10, 2016 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Everett First Presbyterian Church, Everett, WA, United States
Poulenc – Concerto for Organ and Strings
Klughardt – Wind Quintet, Op. 79
Ligeti – Six Bagatelles
Andriessen – Kuhnau Variations
Klughardt – Wind Quintet, Op. 79
Ligeti – Six Bagatelles
Andriessen – Kuhnau Variations
$20 ($15 student/65+)
Bowlby and Kaminska in Concert
Saturday, April 2, 2016 @ 6:00pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Lee Theatre at Forest Ridge School of the Sacred Heart, Bellevue, WA, United States
Liszt – Mephisto Waltz No. 1
Schumann – Widmung (trans. Liszt)
Ravel – La valse
Chopin – Ballade No. 1 in G minor
Poulenc – Sonata for 4-hands
Schumann – Widmung (trans. Liszt)
Ravel – La valse
Chopin – Ballade No. 1 in G minor
Poulenc – Sonata for 4-hands
Free (Free)
Seattle Modern Orchestra Chamber Ensemble presents: It's Neo-Classical!
Saturday, March 26, 2016 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PDT)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
Dahl – Music for Brass Instruments
Poulenc – Sextet
Stravinsky – Octet for Wind Instruments
Poulenc – Sextet
Stravinsky – Octet for Wind Instruments
$10-$20
LMC: Haydn, Brahms, Poulenc, Rameau
Sunday, March 13, 2016 @ 3:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
West Seattle Library, Seattle, WA, United States
Haydn – Sonata in E-flat major, Hob XVI:49
Brahms – Three Intermezzi, Op. 117
Poulenc – La courte paille (The short straw), song cycle
Rameau – “Tristes apprêts, pâles flambeaux” from Castor et Pollux
Rameau – “Aux langeueurs d’Apollon” (Air de la Folie) from Platée
Brahms – Three Intermezzi, Op. 117
Poulenc – La courte paille (The short straw), song cycle
Rameau – “Tristes apprêts, pâles flambeaux” from Castor et Pollux
Rameau – “Aux langeueurs d’Apollon” (Air de la Folie) from Platée
Free (Free)
Second City Chamber Series: Valentine Chocolates
Sunday, February 14, 2016 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PST)
First Lutheran Church Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, United States
Schumann – Adagio and Allegro for Cello and Piano
Poulenc – Sonata for Cello and Piano
Beethoven – Seven Variations on The Magic Flute
David Diamond – Love Song
R. Strauss – Romance for Cello and Piano
Kreisler/Schwarz – Liebesfreud, Liebeslied, & Schon Rosmarin
Poulenc – Sonata for Cello and Piano
Beethoven – Seven Variations on The Magic Flute
David Diamond – Love Song
R. Strauss – Romance for Cello and Piano
Kreisler/Schwarz – Liebesfreud, Liebeslied, & Schon Rosmarin
$10-$25