Classical period (1750-1820) – Upcoming Concerts
Seattle Symphony Family Play-Along
Saturday, May 9, 2026 @ 11:00am – 12:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Explore rhythm, pulse and groove in a range of colorful orchestral repertoire, as families are invited to sing and/or play instruments along with the Seattle Symphony.
$20
Fiddler Darol Anger with the Saratoga Orchestra
Saturday, May 9, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
South Whidbey Performing Arts Center, Langley, WA, United States
Our Spring Gala featuring jazz and blues fiddler Darol Anger.
$25 ($20 seniors; ages 5-18 free)
Tacoma Symphony Orchestra: The Planets
Saturday, May 9, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Pantages Theater, Tacoma, WA, United States
Chadwick – Euterpe
Schumann – Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129
Holst – The Planets
Schumann – Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129
Holst – The Planets
$19-$79
Bremerton Symphony Orchestra Season Finale: Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony
Saturday, May 9, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Bremerton Performing Arts Center, Bremerton, WA, United States
Beethoven – Symphony No. 9
$26 ($22 senior/military; $8 student)
Mozart's 'The Magic Flute'
Saturday, May 9, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 10:30pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
An entirely new staging conception by stage director Dan Wallace Miller, with one of the reigning “Queens of the Night” in our time, Cyndia Sieden.
$40-$65 ($25 students, $10 UW students)
The Young Artists Concerto Concert
Saturday, May 9, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Theodore Roethke Auditorium at UW Kane Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Barber – Concerto in G major, Op. 14, II. Andante, III. Presto in moto perpetuo
Mendelssohn – Concerto in E minor, Op. 64, I. Allegro molto appassionato
Rachmaninoff – Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
Beethoven – Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58, I. Allegro moderato
Tchaikovsky – Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33
Paganini – Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 6, I. Allegro maestoso
Mendelssohn – Concerto in E minor, Op. 64, I. Allegro molto appassionato
Rachmaninoff – Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
Beethoven – Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58, I. Allegro moderato
Tchaikovsky – Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33
Paganini – Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 6, I. Allegro maestoso
$15 suggested contribution
Respighi, Mozart, Goodman, Schumann
Saturday, May 9, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Maple Park Church, Lynnwood, WA, United States
Respighi – Ancient Airs & Dances
Mozart – Oboe Concerto
Goodman – Tessellations
Schumann – Overture, Scherzo & Finale
Mozart – Oboe Concerto
Goodman – Tessellations
Schumann – Overture, Scherzo & Finale
$13-$20
Seattle Wind Symphony: Spring Zephyrs
Saturday, May 9, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Shorewood Performing Arts Center, Shoreline, WA, United States
Dmitri Shostakovich – Festive Overture (trans. Donald Hunsberger)
Arthur Sullivan – Pineapple Poll
Georges Hüe – Fantasie
Charles Ives – Country Band March
John Zdechlik – Chorale and Shaker Dance
J.S. Bach – O Mensch (arr. Percy Grainger)
David Maslanka – Hell's Gate
Camille Saint-Saëns – Pas Redouble
Arthur Sullivan – Pineapple Poll
Georges Hüe – Fantasie
Charles Ives – Country Band March
John Zdechlik – Chorale and Shaker Dance
J.S. Bach – O Mensch (arr. Percy Grainger)
David Maslanka – Hell's Gate
Camille Saint-Saëns – Pas Redouble
$20 ($18 seniors; $5 students)
Imogen Cooper: Mozart Piano Concertos Nos. 17 & 24
Saturday, May 9, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major, K. 453
Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491
Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491
$20-$76
Peter Hallock Gala Tribute Concert
Saturday, May 9, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
The music of Peter R. Hallock (1924–2014) provides a sonic feast as Opus 7 Vocal Ensemble, the Compline Choir and Saint Mark’s Cathedral Boys & Girls Choir are joined by guest soloists, handbells, string orchestra, organ, brass sextet and percussion.
$20-$25
Prism: Pärt & MacMillan
Saturday, May 9, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Celebrating Arvo Pärt’s 80th birthday with works by Pärt, MacMillan and Muehleisen.
$12-$35
Barry Lieberman and Friends: American String Project Chamber Players
Sunday, May 10, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 3:00pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Rossini – String Sonata No. 2
Mendelssohn – Quintet in B-flat major
Brahms – Quintet in G major
Mendelssohn – Quintet in B-flat major
Brahms – Quintet in G major
$15
Mozart's 'The Magic Flute'
Sunday, May 10, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
An entirely new staging conception by stage director Dan Wallace Miller, with one of the reigning “Queens of the Night” in our time, Cyndia Sieden.
$40-$65 ($25 students, $10 UW students)
Strauss, Sibelius, Queen and the Beatles
Sunday, May 10, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Trinity Lutheran Church, Freeland, WA, United States
Works by Strauss, Sibelius, Queen and the Beatles, and music from Downtown Abbey.
Free (donations encouraged)
Seattle Symphony: Tchaikovsky String Quartet No. 1
Sunday, May 10, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Prokofiev – Quintet, Op. 39
Tchaikovsky – String Quartet No. 1 in D major, Op. 11
Schumann – Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44
Tchaikovsky – String Quartet No. 1 in D major, Op. 11
Schumann – Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44
$39
Seattle Youth Symphony: Verdi, Puccini, Mahler
Sunday, May 10, 2026 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Verdi – Scenes from La Traviata
Puccini – Scenes from La Bohème
Mahler – Das Lied von der Erde (Songs of the Earth)
Puccini – Scenes from La Bohème
Mahler – Das Lied von der Erde (Songs of the Earth)
$15-$48
Cascade Symphony Orchestra: Dvořák, the legend
Monday, May 11, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Edmonds Center for the Arts, Edmonds, WA, United States
Brahms – Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80
Villa-Lobos – Fantasia for Saxophone, Strings and Horns
Wagner – Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde
Dvořák – Symphony No. 7, Op. 70 in D minor
Villa-Lobos – Fantasia for Saxophone, Strings and Horns
Wagner – Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde
Dvořák – Symphony No. 7, Op. 70 in D minor
$10-$25
Music of Remembrance: After Life
Monday, May 11, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Pablo Picasso and Gertrude Stein meet again – and argue about art and life – in a new opera by composer Tom Cipullo and librettist David Mason, commissioned by Music of Remembrance.
$40 ($30 age 30 and under)
WSCO: Promenade into Summer
Tuesday, May 12, 2026 @ 6:30pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Chief Sealth High School, Seattle, WA, United States
Haydn – Piano Concerto in D major
Beethoven – Symphony No. 4, 1st Mvt.
Sherman & Sherman – Mary Poppins
Beethoven – Symphony No. 4, 1st Mvt.
Sherman & Sherman – Mary Poppins
Free
PLU Orchestra Series VI
Tuesday, May 12, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Lagerquist Concert Hall at Pacific Lutheran University, Parkland, WA, United States
The Pacific Lutheran University Symphony Orchestra will perform major works from the orchestral repertoire, plus a premiere of a new PLU-inspired work by Gregory Youtz weaving together themes and instrumental colors that have become part of the PLU soundscape.
Price TBA