Johann Heinrich Schmelzer – Upcoming Concerts near Seattle, WA
Bach's Inheritance: The Fantastic Style
Saturday, March 14, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Queen Anne Christian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Discover rarely-heard German chamber music written in the unrestrained stylus fantasticus, with works of Dietrich Buxtehude and his contemporaries Heinrich Schmelzer, Philipp H. Erlebach and Johann Pachelbel.
$30 ($25 seniors; $15 students)
Bach's Inheritance: The Fantastic Style
Sunday, March 15, 2026 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Queen Anne Christian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Discover rarely-heard German chamber music written in the unrestrained stylus fantasticus, with works of Dietrich Buxtehude and his contemporaries Heinrich Schmelzer, Philipp H. Erlebach and Johann Pachelbel.
$30 ($25 seniors; $15 students)
Whidbey Island Music Festival: The Golden Fleece
Thursday, August 5, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
St. Augustine's in-the-Woods Episcopal Church, Freeland, WA, United States
Music written for powerful patrons by brilliant composers such as Biber, Schmelzer, and Muffat, including festive works for strings and 2 baroque trumpets.
$20 ($10 student/military)
Whidbey Island Music Festival: The Golden Fleece
Saturday, August 7, 2027 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
St. Augustine's in-the-Woods Episcopal Church, Freeland, WA, United States
Music written for powerful patrons by brilliant composers such as Biber, Schmelzer, and Muffat, including festive works for strings and 2 baroque trumpets.
$20 ($10 student/military)
Bach's Lunch: Tekla Cunningham, baroque violin
Monday, October 4, 2027 @ 12:10pm – 12:50pm (PDT)
Christ Episcopal Church Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
A bring-your-lunch program of virtuosic music from 18th century Vienna, including sonatas by Biber, Schmelzer, and Albertini.
Free (Free)
Stephen Stubbs & Tekla Cunningham: Stylus Fantasticus
Wednesday, October 20, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
An incredible repertoire comes to life on historical instruments. Works by Farina, Fontana, Schmelzer, and Biber.
$10-$20
Stylus Fantasticus: Violin music of the 17th century in the free and 'fantastic' style
Friday, October 22, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
An incredible repertoire comes to life on historical instruments. Works by Farina, Fontana, Mealy, Albertini, Schmelzer, and Biber.
$20
Nootka Rose Ensemble: Fantastic!
Saturday, May 20, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Queen Anne Christian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Extravagant music from 17th-century Germany and Austria, including works by Biber, Schmelzer, Becker, and Krieger.
$25
Nootka Rose Ensemble: Fantastic!
Sunday, May 21, 2028 @ 3:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Queen Anne Christian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Extravagant music from 17th-century Germany and Austria, including works by Biber, Schmelzer, Becker, and Krieger.
$20
Whidbey Island Music Festival presents Stylus Fantasticus: The free & fantastic style
Saturday, August 5, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
St. Augustine's in-the-Woods Episcopal Church, Freeland, WA, United States
The musicians’ instrumental and improvisational agility is on display in this program of music from Italy and Austria.
$20 ($10 students/military)
Bach's Lunch: Band of Brothers
Tuesday, October 3, 2028 @ 12:10pm – 12:50pm (PDT)
Christ Episcopal Church Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Music by Schmelzer, Pleyel, and Graun that celebrates the 18th century sibling rivalry between violin and viola.
Free
Gallery Concerts: Leonarda’s Circle
Saturday, October 21, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Queen Anne Christian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Works by Uccellini, Marini, Buxtehude, Schmelzer, and the incomparable Isabella Leonarda.
$32 / $27 / $15
Gallery Concerts: Leonarda’s Circle
Sunday, October 22, 2028 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Queen Anne Christian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Works by Uccellini, Marini, Buxtehude, Schmelzer, and the incomparable Isabella Leonarda.
$35 / $30 / $15
Gallery Concerts: Crossing the Rhine
Saturday, October 19, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Queen Anne Christian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
A program that explores the deep relationship between oft-warring cultures, and discovers that there are more similarities than differences. Music by Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, Philipp Heinrich Erlebach, Marin Marais, and Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre.
$35 / $30 / $15 / FREE ages 7-15
Gallery Concerts: Crossing the Rhine
Sunday, October 20, 2030 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Queen Anne Christian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
A program that explores the deep relationship between oft-warring cultures, and discovers that there are more similarities than differences. Music by Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, Philipp Heinrich Erlebach, Marin Marais, and Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre.
$35 / $30 / $15 / FREE ages 7-15
UW Baroque Ensemble
Sunday, November 21, 2032 @ 1:30pm – 3:30pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Giovanni Battista Fontana – Sonata No. 16 in C major for 3 violins
Biagio Marini – Sonata in ecco con tre violini, Op. 8, No. 44
Biagio Marini – Passacaglia, Op. 22, No. 25
Henry Purcell – Fantasia in Three Parts Upon a Ground, Z. 731
Johann Heinrich Schmelzer – Lamento sopra la morte di Ferdinand III
Johann Pachelbel – Canon & Gigue in D major, P. 37
Biagio Marini – Sonata in ecco con tre violini, Op. 8, No. 44
Biagio Marini – Passacaglia, Op. 22, No. 25
Henry Purcell – Fantasia in Three Parts Upon a Ground, Z. 731
Johann Heinrich Schmelzer – Lamento sopra la morte di Ferdinand III
Johann Pachelbel – Canon & Gigue in D major, P. 37
Free