Chamber music – Upcoming Concerts
Wayward Music Series: Songs from the Exotic
Friday, August 2, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Aaron Kirschner – Four Love Songs of Sara Teasdale (Northwest premiere)
Hale Smith – The Valley Wind
Judith Weir – Songs from the Exotic
Hale Smith – The Valley Wind
Judith Weir – Songs from the Exotic
$5-$20 donation
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival: An Evening w/ Susan Graham
Saturday, August 3, 2030 @ 5:30pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Orcas Center, Eastsound, WA, United States
Hector Berlioz – Roman Carnival Overture, H. 95 for piano four-hands
Hector Berlioz – Les Nuits d’été ("Summer Nights")
Reynaldo Hahn – Piano Quintet
Gustav Mahler – Piano Quartet in A minor
Gustav Mahler – Rückert-Lieder
Hector Berlioz – Les Nuits d’été ("Summer Nights")
Reynaldo Hahn – Piano Quintet
Gustav Mahler – Piano Quartet in A minor
Gustav Mahler – Rückert-Lieder
$40 ($10 ages 18 & under)
Marrowstone Music Festival Fellowship Chamber Ensembles
Saturday, August 3, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
WWU Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA, United States
Join the Marrowstone Music Festival Chamber Ensemble Fellows as they present their work at the festival in chamber music divisions.
$27-$35 (students $15)
Vashon Center for the Arts: Salman Family Concert
Saturday, August 3, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Vashon Center for the Arts, Vashon, WA, United States
Ludwig van Beethoven – Cello Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 5 No. 2
Franz Schubert – Duo Lebensstürme in A minor, D. 947
Franz Liszt – Concerto pathétique
Claude Debussy – Cello Sonata
Franz Schubert – Duo Lebensstürme in A minor, D. 947
Franz Liszt – Concerto pathétique
Claude Debussy – Cello Sonata
$20 ($18 students/seniors)
Whidbey Island Music Festival: John Dowland – Time Stands Still
Saturday, August 3, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
St. Augustine's in-the-Woods Episcopal Church, Freeland, WA, United States
The melancholy beauty of John Dowland's lute songs have enchanted and delighted listeners for centuries.
$22 / $10 / FREE for children
Wayward Music Series – Vickie Dodd & James Hoskins, and Spontanea Quartet
Saturday, August 3, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Explore new musical territory that is at once organic and otherworldly.
$5-$15 suggested donation at the door
Whidbey Island Music Festival: Handel's Roman Holiday
Sunday, August 4, 2030 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
St. Augustine's in-the-Woods Episcopal Church, Freeland, WA, United States
A program of dramatic, passionate, and virtuosic music written while George Frideric Handel was a young man in Rome.
$22 / $10 / FREE for children
Northwest Film Forum Puget Soundtrack: Postcard from the Badlands present 'Naer Vaer'
Sunday, August 4, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Northwest Film Forum, Seattle, WA, United States
Music that explores the intersection of Americana, modern chamber music, and instrumental rock, alongside footage representing themes of creation, community, conquest, migration, labor and play.
$16 ($13 NWFF members)
Live Music Project Concert & Happy Hour at Lagunitas Taproom
Monday, August 5, 2030 @ 5:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Lagunitas Tap Room, Seattle, WA, United States
Viola, double bass, and toy piano, oh my! Three world premieres for an unusual combination of instruments.
Free ($5 suggested donation, RSVP requested)
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival: Violin Variations
Tuesday, August 6, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Orcas Center, Eastsound, WA, United States
Friedrich Hermann – Burlesque in G major, Op. 9 for three violins
Ludwig van Beethoven – String Trio in G major, Op. 9 No. 1
Gerard Schwarz – Duo for violin and cello
Camille Saint-Saëns (arr. Franz Liszt/Vladimir Horowitz) – Danse macabre for solo piano
Robert Schumann – Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44
Ludwig van Beethoven – String Trio in G major, Op. 9 No. 1
Gerard Schwarz – Duo for violin and cello
Camille Saint-Saëns (arr. Franz Liszt/Vladimir Horowitz) – Danse macabre for solo piano
Robert Schumann – Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44
$35 ($10 ages 18 & under)
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival Free Children’s Concert
Wednesday, August 7, 2030 @ 1:00pm – 2:30pm (PDT)
Orcas Center, Eastsound, WA, United States
The Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival's youngest audience is invited to enjoy inspiring music by festival artists not much older than them.
Free
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival: Violin Variations
Wednesday, August 7, 2030 @ 5:30pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Orcas Center, Eastsound, WA, United States
Friedrich Hermann – Burlesque in G major, Op. 9 for three violins
Ludwig van Beethoven – String Trio in G major, Op. 9 No. 1
Gerard Schwarz – Duo for violin and cello
Camille Saint-Saëns (arr. Franz Liszt/Vladimir Horowitz) – Danse macabre for solo piano
Robert Schumann – Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44
Ludwig van Beethoven – String Trio in G major, Op. 9 No. 1
Gerard Schwarz – Duo for violin and cello
Camille Saint-Saëns (arr. Franz Liszt/Vladimir Horowitz) – Danse macabre for solo piano
Robert Schumann – Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44
$35 ($10 ages 18 & under)
Wayward Music Series: East Coast Meets West
Thursday, August 8, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Paul Moravec – Epithalamion
Peter Nelson-King – In Memoriam (world premiere)
Alan Vizzutti – Quadrat
Michael Weinstein – Sonata for Trumpet and Piano
Peter Nelson-King – In Memoriam (world premiere)
Alan Vizzutti – Quadrat
Michael Weinstein – Sonata for Trumpet and Piano
$5-$20 donation
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival: Orcas~trations – Music, Magic, & Movies
Friday, August 9, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Orcas Center, Eastsound, WA, United States
Ástor Piazzolla – Histoire Du Tango ("History of the Tango") for violin and guitar
Antonín Dvořák – Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major, Op. 81
Antonín Dvořák – Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major, Op. 81
$40 ($10 ages 18 & under)
Olympic Music Festival: Transcendence
Saturday, August 10, 2030 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Wheeler Theater at Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA, United States
Johannes Brahms – Viola Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 120 No. 2
Dmitri Shostakovich – Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67
Franz Schubert – String Quintet in C major, D. 956
Dmitri Shostakovich – Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67
Franz Schubert – String Quintet in C major, D. 956
$20-$40 (age 7-12 free)
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival: Orcas~trations – Music, Magic, & Movies
Saturday, August 10, 2030 @ 5:30pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Orcas Center, Eastsound, WA, United States
Ástor Piazzolla – Histoire Du Tango ("History of the Tango") for violin and guitar
Antonín Dvořák – Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major, Op. 81
Antonín Dvořák – Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major, Op. 81
$40 ($10 ages 18 & under)
Olympic Music Festival: Musical Forefathers
Sunday, August 11, 2030 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Wheeler Theater at Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA, United States
Johann Sebastian Bach – Keyboard Concerto No. 3 in D major, BWV 1054
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – String Quintet No. 3 in C major, K. 515
Ludwig van Beethoven – 7 Variations on The Magic Flute, WoO 46 for cello and piano
Felix Mendelssohn – Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – String Quintet No. 3 in C major, K. 515
Ludwig van Beethoven – 7 Variations on The Magic Flute, WoO 46 for cello and piano
Felix Mendelssohn – Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66
$20-$40 (age 7-12 free)
Music Northwest: Masterpieces for Strings & Piano
Sunday, August 11, 2030 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
First Lutheran Church of West Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, K. 478
Ernő Dohnányi – Serenade in C major, Op. 10 for string trio
Ernő Dohnányi – Serenade in C major, Op. 10 for string trio
$18 (seniors $16)
Groupmuse House Concert: Rossini, Bartók, Popper, & Vivaldi in the Admiral District
Sunday, August 11, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Private home in West Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Gioacchino Rossini – Duet for Cello and Double Bass in D major: mvt. I & II
Béla Bartók – Romanian Folk Dances, Sz.56
David Popper – Suite for 2 Cellos, Op. 16: mvt: I & III
Antonio Vivaldi – Concerto for 2 Cellos in G minor, RV 531: mvt. I & II
David Popper – Hungarian Rhapsody, Op. 68
Béla Bartók – Romanian Folk Dances, Sz.56
David Popper – Suite for 2 Cellos, Op. 16: mvt: I & III
Antonio Vivaldi – Concerto for 2 Cellos in G minor, RV 531: mvt. I & II
David Popper – Hungarian Rhapsody, Op. 68
$10+ donation, RSVP required
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival: Dedication for Martin Friedmann
Tuesday, August 13, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Orcas Center, Eastsound, WA, United States
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – String Quartet No. 17 in B-flat major, K. 458 "The Hunt"
Kevin Puts – Arcana for solo cello and string quintet
Franz Schubert – "Andante con moto" from String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, "Death and the Maiden"
Clara Schumann – Scherzo No. 2 in C minor, Op. 14 for solo piano
Johannes Brahms – Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34
Kevin Puts – Arcana for solo cello and string quintet
Franz Schubert – "Andante con moto" from String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, "Death and the Maiden"
Clara Schumann – Scherzo No. 2 in C minor, Op. 14 for solo piano
Johannes Brahms – Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34
$35 ($10 ages 18 & under)