George Frideric Handel – Past Concerts
Byron Schenkman & Friends: Handel & Haydn Harpsichord Concertos
Sunday, September 27, 2015 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
The festive season opener of Byron Schenkman & Friends showcases the virtuosity of Byron Schenkman, one of America's greatest harpsichordists, with an ensemble of brilliant Baroque string players.
$42 ($38 senior; $10 student)
Baroque Brittania
Tuesday, September 15, 2015 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Naked City Brewery and Taphouse, Seattle, WA, United States
A lively and irreverent program of baroque music from Jolly Old England, including works by Purcell, Handel, Blow, Boyce, Arne, and Overend. Rumours of a Monty Python-themed pub quiz may or may not be exaggerated.
$20 (includes complimentary beverage)
Opera on Tap's Happy Songs for Happy Hour
Sunday, August 30, 2015 @ 5:30pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Hula Hula, Seattle, WA, United States
If all the summer weather makes you want to turn your frown upside down, here’s the chance to keep acting like Little Miss Sunshine! This month’s show kicks off Opera on Tap’s first happy hour performance with works from Der Rosenkavalier, Semele, I Puritani, Candide, Faust and much, much more.
Free
Groupmuse House Concert: Handel, Bach, Paganini
Wednesday, August 5, 2015 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Private home in Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Handel/Halvorsen – Passacaglia for Violin and Viola
Handel/Halvorsen – Sarabande con variazioni
Paganini – Caprice No. 17
Bach – TBD
Handel/Halvorsen – Sarabande con variazioni
Paganini – Caprice No. 17
Bach – TBD
$10 (suggested donation)
Bellingham Festival of Music: Handel, Mozart, Tchaikovsky
Friday, July 3, 2015 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Western Washington University Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA, United States
Handel – Overture to Royal Fireworks Music
Mozart – Symphony No. 36 in C major “Linz”
Tchaikovsky – Concerto in D major for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 35
Mozart – Symphony No. 36 in C major “Linz”
Tchaikovsky – Concerto in D major for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 35
$12-$45
Groupmuse house concert: Kodaly, Beethoven & more
Thursday, July 2, 2015 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Private home in Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Bach – Goldberg Variations
Beethoven – String Trio in C minor
R. Strauss – Morgen
Kodaly – Intermezzo
Handel-Halvorsen – Passacaglia
Beethoven – String Trio in C minor
R. Strauss – Morgen
Kodaly – Intermezzo
Handel-Halvorsen – Passacaglia
RSVP required, $10 suggested donation
2015 Aronoff Festival Concerts, Twenty-fifth Annual Music Festival
Sunday, June 28, 2015 @ 4:00pm – 5:15pm (PDT)
Bastyr University Chapel, Kenmore, WA, United States
The Aronoff Summer Festival class of 2015 plays chamber music and solos with faculty and staff. Program includes music of Shostakovich, Wranitsky, G.F. Handel and others.
$10 suggested donation
Seattle Symphony: Handel, Vivaldi & More
Saturday, May 16, 2015 @ 8:00pm – 9:45pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Purcell – Chaconne in G minor
Handel – Concerto Grosso in F major, Op. 6, No. 9
J.S. Bach – Cantata No. 51, Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen! BWV 51
Vivaldi – Gloria in D major, R. 589
Handel – Concerto Grosso in F major, Op. 6, No. 9
J.S. Bach – Cantata No. 51, Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen! BWV 51
Vivaldi – Gloria in D major, R. 589
$20-$76
Handel, Vivaldi & More
Friday, May 15, 2015 @ 8:00pm – 9:45pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Purcell – Chaconne in G minor
Handel – Concerto Grosso in F major, Op. 6, No. 9
J.S. Bach – Cantata No. 51, Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen! BWV 51
Vivaldi – Gloria in D major, R. 589
Handel – Concerto Grosso in F major, Op. 6, No. 9
J.S. Bach – Cantata No. 51, Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen! BWV 51
Vivaldi – Gloria in D major, R. 589
$20-$76
Ladies Musical Club at Crossroads Community Center
Friday, May 15, 2015 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Crossroads Community Center, Bellevue, WA, United States
Brahms – Piano Trio in B major, Op. 8
Songs by Handel, Wolf & Debussy
Songs by Handel, Wolf & Debussy
Free
Spring Concert: Copland, Tallis & more
Sunday, May 3, 2015 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Tacoma, WA, United States
Copland – Zion's Walls
Scholz – What Wondrous Love
Tallis – If ye love me, keep my commandments
Handel – Surely He hath born our griefs
Paulus – Pilgrim's Hymn
Mozart – Ave Verum Corpus
... and more
Scholz – What Wondrous Love
Tallis – If ye love me, keep my commandments
Handel – Surely He hath born our griefs
Paulus – Pilgrim's Hymn
Mozart – Ave Verum Corpus
... and more
Free (donations welcome)
Spring Concert: Copland, Tallis & more
Friday, May 1, 2015 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Puyallup United Methodist Church, Puyallup, WA, United States
Copland – Zion's Walls
Scholz – What Wondrous Love
Tallis – If ye love me, keep my commandments
Handel – Surely He hath born our griefs
Paulus – Pilgrim's Hymn
Mozart – Ave Verum Corpus
... and more
Scholz – What Wondrous Love
Tallis – If ye love me, keep my commandments
Handel – Surely He hath born our griefs
Paulus – Pilgrim's Hymn
Mozart – Ave Verum Corpus
... and more
Free (donations welcome)
Philharmonia NW: Baroque Masterworks
Sunday, April 26, 2015 @ 2:30pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
J.S. Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No. 1
Vivaldi – Concerto for 2 Trumpets
Handel – Water Music
Vivaldi – Concerto for 2 Trumpets
Handel – Water Music
$15-$20
Handel & Telemann – Musical Friends
Sunday, April 19, 2015 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Debra Nagy, oboe
Ingrid Matthews, violin
Nathan Whittaker, cello
Byron Schenkman, harpsichord
Ingrid Matthews, violin
Nathan Whittaker, cello
Byron Schenkman, harpsichord
$42 ($38 seniors, $10 youth under 25)
OSSCS: Deliverance
Saturday, April 18, 2015 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Handel – Israel in Egypt, HWV 54
$25 ($20 seniors; $10 students)
Woodwind Extravaganza: MIPC Concert Series
Friday, April 17, 2015 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
Free concert by the Seattle Flute Society Flute Choir and The Emerald Wind Quintet.
Free
Garfield Orchestras Joint Concert with Mira Mesa High School
Tuesday, March 31, 2015 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Garfield High School – Quincy Jones Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
John Lunn (Arr. Wagner) – The Downton Abbey Suite
Handel (Arr. Stroud) – Overture and Hornpipe from Water Music
John Rutter – Suite for Strings
Vaughan Williams – Rhosymedre
Percy Eastman Fletcher – Folk Tune and Fiddle Dance
C. W. Gluck – Recitative and aria
Dvořák – Cello Concerto No. 2, Op. 104, 1st mvt.
Karel Butz – McCormick Fanfare
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 5, mvt. IV
Handel (Arr. Stroud) – Overture and Hornpipe from Water Music
John Rutter – Suite for Strings
Vaughan Williams – Rhosymedre
Percy Eastman Fletcher – Folk Tune and Fiddle Dance
C. W. Gluck – Recitative and aria
Dvořák – Cello Concerto No. 2, Op. 104, 1st mvt.
Karel Butz – McCormick Fanfare
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 5, mvt. IV
Free
A Masque Across Time: Dance of the Renaissance and Baroque
Tuesday, March 10, 2015 @ 7:30pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Trinity Parish Church, Seattle, WA, United States
A festive courtly Masque comprised of dance, music, song, acting and poetry from the 15th through 18th century courts of Europe.
$25 ($20 seniors; $10 students)
Groupmuse: Early Music Underground
Sunday, March 8, 2015 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Private home in Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
A cozy potluck concert in a private home in Capitol Hill.
$10 suggested donation
Celebration of Song
Sunday, February 15, 2015 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Student and faculty singers from Cornish College of the Arts present an evening of vocal music from the lyric stage. The evening features members of the Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Adam Stern.
$10 (students $5; Cornish students free)