Orchestral – Past Concerts
Seattle Symphony: R. Schumann Symphony No. 3
Thursday, September 23, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Natalie Dietterich – aeolian dust
Charles Ives – Three Places in New England (Orchestral Set No. 1)
Robert Schumann – Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 97 "Rhenisch"
Charles Ives – Three Places in New England (Orchestral Set No. 1)
Robert Schumann – Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 97 "Rhenisch"
Ticket price TBD
Ball State Symphony Orchestra
Thursday, September 23, 2021 @ 4:30pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Performance by the Ball State Symphony Orchestra, led by Director of Orchestras Douglas Droste. Program TBA.
Free (Free ($0-$5 in person))
Seattle Symphony: Free Opening Weekend Concert
Sunday, September 19, 2021 @ 12:30pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Celebration including the unveiling of a commissioned work of Indigenous art, a cross-cultural musical performance, & a mainstage performance by the SSO at 2pm.
Free (Free (reservation required))
Seattle Symphony: Opening Night Gala
Saturday, September 18, 2021 @ 5:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Cocktail hour performances; a full concert with the Thomas Dausgaard & the orchestra, featuring Igor Stravinsky's Firebird Suite; & a formal dinner featuring Chef Kristi Brown.
$1000-$50,000
[CLOSED] Ballard Civic Orchestra: El Grito
Wednesday, September 15, 2021 @ 6:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
National Nordic Museum, Seattle, WA, United States
Renowned international artists join BCO & the Consul of Mexico in Seattle to perform their favorite classical pieces from Mexico & the world, in commemoration of Mexican Independence Day.
Free (CLOSED)
[SOLD OUT] Seattle Opera: Welcome Back Concert – Die Walküre
Saturday, August 28, 2021 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Seattle Center Fisher Pavilion, Seattle, WA, United States
SSO performs an abridged version of Die Walküre, featuring more than 2 hours of Richard Wagner’s music & kicking off with “The Ride of the Valkyries", live at the Seattle Center's Fisher Pavilion Lawn.
Sold Out
Grand Teton Music Festival: Festival Orchestra – Tchaikovsky Season Finale
Saturday, August 21, 2021 @ 5:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Maurice Ravel – "IV. Alborada del Gracioso" from Miroirs
Igor Stravinsky – Violin Concerto in D major
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36
Igor Stravinsky – Violin Concerto in D major
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36
Free (Free (in-person tickets are SOLD OUT))
La Jolla Music Society: Grand Duos
Thursday, August 19, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Sinfonia concertante in E-flat major for violin, viola, & orchestra, K. 364 / 320d
Tamar Muskal – Facing the Automaton (world premiere)
Ernest Chausson – Concerto for violin, piano, & string quartet in D major Op. 21
Tamar Muskal – Facing the Automaton (world premiere)
Ernest Chausson – Concerto for violin, piano, & string quartet in D major Op. 21
Free (Free (in-person tickets $45-$95))
Grand Teton Music Festival: Festival Orchestra – Bronfman Plays Beethoven
Saturday, August 14, 2021 @ 5:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Richard Strauss – Don Juan, Op. 20
Jessie Montgomery – Five Freedom Songs
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
Jessie Montgomery – Five Freedom Songs
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
Free (Free (in-person tickets are SOLD OUT))
Olympia Symphony: Concert at the Quarry
Sunday, August 8, 2021 @ 1:00pm – 2:15pm (PDT)
Tenino Rock Quarry Pool, Tenino, WA, United States
Celebrate the return of live music with this free outdoor concert inside the drained Tenino Rock Quarry Pool. Enjoy a mix of patriotic & "Americana" favorites followed by familiar classical tunes made popular in old cartoons.
Free
Whidbey's Saratoga Orchestra & PNW Conducting Institute Concert
Saturday, August 7, 2021 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, Langley, WA, United States
Whidbey's Saratoga Orchestra plays host to orchestra conductors from around the globe in this final concert of the PNW Conducting Institute. Works by Antonín Dvořák, Grażyna Bacewicz, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, & Hanna Benn.
$25
[SOLD OUT] Orchestra Seattle & Seattle Chamber Singers: Summer Serenade
Sunday, August 1, 2021 @ 5:30pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Mount Baker Community Club, Seattle, WA, United States
Sheila Bristow – When Music Sounds (world premiere)
Johann Sebastian Bach – Wachet auf ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – "I. Marcia" from Serenade No. 6 for Orchestra in D major, K. 239 "Serenata notturna"
Arthur Honegger – Pastorale d'été, H. 31
Antonín Dvořák – Serenade for Strings in E major, Op. 22, B. 52
Johann Sebastian Bach – Wachet auf ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – "I. Marcia" from Serenade No. 6 for Orchestra in D major, K. 239 "Serenata notturna"
Arthur Honegger – Pastorale d'été, H. 31
Antonín Dvořák – Serenade for Strings in E major, Op. 22, B. 52
Sold Out
Olympia Symphony: Concert at the Capitol
Sunday, July 25, 2021 @ 6:00pm – 7:15pm (PDT)
Olympia Capitol Campus Lawn, Olympia, WA, United States
Bring a lawn chair or blanket, an umbrella for shade, & enjoy a mix of patriotic & "Americana" favorites followed by familiar classical tunes made popular in old cartoons.
Free
Festival Napa Valley: Opera Under the Stars
Saturday, July 24, 2021 @ 6:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Tenor Michael Fabiano delights in song with Festival Orchestra Napa & conductor James Conlon. Joining Fabiano are this year’s Manetti Shrem Prize winners, 2 emerging opera singers.
Free (Free (in-person tickets are SOLD OUT))
Bravo! Vail Music Festival: New York Philharmonic & Jaap van Zweden
Friday, July 23, 2021 @ 5:00pm – 6:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Carlos Simon – Fate Now Conquers
Franz Joseph Haydn – Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major, Hob. VIIb/1
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70
Franz Joseph Haydn – Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major, Hob. VIIb/1
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70
$15 ($29-$132 in-person)
Festival Napa Valley: Puccini's Gianni Schicchi
Thursday, July 22, 2021 @ 6:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Maestro Kent Nagano makes his Festival debut & leads baritone Lucas Meachem, soprano Mikaela Bennett, tenor Mario Rojas, mezzo-soprano Simone McIntosh, & Festival Orchestra Napa in Giacomo Puccini's Gianni Schicchi.
Free (Free (in-person tickets are SOLD OUT))
Festival Napa Valley: The Four Seasons of Napa Valley
Tuesday, July 20, 2021 @ 6:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Grammy-nominated cellist Matt Haimovitz premieres 3 solo works; violinist Chad Hoopes performs all 4 concertos of Antonio Vivaldi's Four Seasons with Festival Orchestra Napa.
Free (Free ($15 in-person))
Bellingham Festival of Music: BFM Orchestra – Mozart & Tchaikovsky
Sunday, July 18, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
WWU Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA, United States
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K. 219 "The Turkish"
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48
$50 ($25-$35 WWU faculty/students)
Bellingham Festival of Music: BFM Orchestra – Mozart & Tchaikovsky
Sunday, July 18, 2021 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
WWU Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA, United States
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K. 219 "The Turkish"
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48
$50 ($25-$35 WWU faculty/students)
Festival Napa Valley: Saturday at the Symphony
Saturday, July 17, 2021 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Program includes the West Coast premiere of Nia Imani Franklin's Chrysalis Extended and Emporium for solo piano and orchestra by Aldo López Gavilán, with the composer as soloist.
Free (Free (in-person ticket price TBD))