Sound of Late: What Water Knows

Thursday, April 29, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Center for Wooden Boats, Seattle, WA, United States
The shimmering, colorful music of composers Emily Doolittle, Nicole Portley, Bright Sheng, and Toru Takemitsu will be featured alongside music and poetry of marine biologists and commercial fishers.

$10

UW Modern Music Ensemble

Sunday, May 23, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Meany Studio Theater at Meany Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Messiaen – Pièce pour piano et quatuor à cordes (1991)
Tristan Murail – Feuilles à travers les cloches (1998)
Takemitsu – Rain Spell (1983)
Aperghis – Les Sept crimes de l’amour (1979)
Sofia Gubaidulina – Quasi Hoquetus (1985)
Lutoslawski – String Quartet (1964)

$10

Scholarship Chamber Group: Evergreen Trio

Wednesday, February 2, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Theódore Dubois – Terzettino (1905)
Matthias McIntire – The Night is Full of Dark Imaginings (2016)
Toru Takemitsu – And then I knew 'twas Wind (1992)
Luke Fitzpatrick – Levitating Density 2 (2016) (world premiere, commissioned by the Evergreen Trio)
Claude Debussy – Sonata for Flute, Viola, and Harp

Free

Intersections: Music, Words, & Pictures

Sunday, March 5, 2028 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Debussy – Images, Book 2
Takemitsu – And then I knew 'twas Wind

Free (Free)

Groupmuse: Flute Time

Friday, March 17, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Private home in Greenwood, Seattle, WA, United States
G.P. Telemann – Fantasia No. 2 in A minor
C.P.E. Bach – Sonata in A minor
Debussy – Syrinx
Eugene Bozza – Image
Toru Takemitsu – Air
Elizabeth Brown – Trillium
Elliott Carter – Scrivo in Vento

$10+ donation, RSVP required

Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra: Hearing Nature

Friday, March 17, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Schoenberg – Chamber Symphony No. 1, Op. 9
Fauré – Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80
Takemitsu – Garden Rain
Vivaldi – Violin Concerto in F minor RV 297, "Winter" from The Four Seasons

$20/$15

Seattle Philharmonic Strings: Tchaikovsky & Takemitsu

Sunday, April 23, 2028 @ 4:00pm – 6:20pm (PDT)
Seattle Central Library Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Tchaikovsky's moving and lyrical Serenade for Strings, plus works by Baroque masters Henry Purcell and Antonio Caldara, and two contrasting 20th-century masterpieces by Paul Hindemith and Toru Takemitsu.

Free (Free)

Cursive Presents: As It Fell Upon A Day

Thursday, June 8, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A unique program combining flute, clarinet, viola, voice, and piano, featuring works by Copland, Stravinsky, Takemitsu, Matyas Seiber, Netty Simons, and Anteo Fabris.

$5-$15 suggested donation

Philharmonia Northwest: At the Japanese Garden

Sunday, October 1, 2028 @ 2:30pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Toru Takemitsu – Three Film Scores
Alan Hovhaness – Fantasy on Japanese Woodprints
Kosaku Yamada – Symphony in F major “Triumph and Peace”

$20 / $15

University of Washington: Intersections with pre-concert lecture by Michael Shapiro

Sunday, December 3, 2028 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Granados – Two Goyescas
Toru Takemitsu – All in Twilight
Carpenter – Selected works
Rachmaninoff – Selected works
Debussy – l’Isle Joyeuse
Telemann – Don Quixote Suite

Free (Free)

Earth Day Tribute with the Ecco Chamber Ensemble

Saturday, April 21, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
Music by Apziazu, Cage, Cardew, Castelnuovo-Tedesco, DeLio, Fauré, Lilly, Lucier, Rodrigo, Takemitsu, Vaughan Williams, Wilson, and the premiere of H2O by Seattle composer Sarah Bassingthwaighte.

$20-$25

Wayward Music Series: Soren Hamm & Cassie Lear

Friday, September 21, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Music by Takemitsu, Iannaconne, Crockcoft and more, ranging from impressionist-inspired music to contemporary showpieces to modern minimalist works.

$5-$15 donation

Groupmuse House Concert: Waters of Life – Performed on the Salish Sound

Saturday, September 22, 2029 @ 4:30pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Private home in Bremerton, Bremerton, WA, United States
Music that illustrates the vital role that water plays in our lives, both in nature and in our emotions.

$10+ donation, RSVP required

Seattle Modern Orchestra: Songs of Echoes

Friday, January 18, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Folio: Seattle Athenaeum at Pike Market, Seattle, WA, United States
Angelique Poteat – From Subterranea
Tom Baker – Fifteen Moments From The Time of Rivers
Toru Takemitsu – From Far Beyond Chrysanthemums and November Fog
George Crumb – Eleven Echoes of Autumn

$25 ($20 Folio members)

Seattle Modern Orchestra: A Celebration of Robert Aitken

Saturday, March 9, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Robert Aitken – My Song
Robert Aitken – Lalita
Toru Takemitsu – Bryce
Iannis Xenakis – Phlegra
Brian Cherney – Die Klingende Zeit

$25 ($15 seniors, $10 students)

Island Consort: Landscape With Birds

Sunday, April 28, 2030 @ 4:00pm – 5:30pm (PDT)
Crawford House, Langley, WA, United States
A salon concert of mostly 20th-century music for bass flute, alto flute, and piccolo, from 3 continents, and covering a gamut of styles, techniques, and influences.

$20 suggested donation

Landscape With Birds: Paul Taub, flute

Tuesday, April 30, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Folio: Seattle Athenaeum at Pike Market, Seattle, WA, United States
20th-century music from three continents, for bass flute, alto flute, and piccolo.

$25 ($20 Folio members)

Wayward Music Series: A Sea of Tonality

Friday, May 10, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
This program centers around works by Toru Takemitsu explore timbre and space in both written works and structured improvisation.

$5-$15 donation

Seattle Symphony: Mozart Requiem

Thursday, October 17, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Toru Takemitsu – Requiem for String Orchestra
Karl Amadeus Hartmann – Concerto funèbre
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Requiem

$24-$134 (age 8-18 free)

Seattle Symphony: Mozart Requiem

Saturday, October 19, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Toru Takemitsu – Requiem for String Orchestra
Karl Amadeus Hartmann – Concerto funèbre
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Requiem

$24-$134 (age 8-18 free)