Chamber music – Upcoming Concerts
CMNW Summer Festival: Premiering 'Vesper Flight' & 'Les Adieux'
Sunday, July 11, 2032 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Kaul Auditorium at Reed College, Portland, OR, United States
Olivier Messiaen – "VIII. Praise to the Immortality of Jesus” from Quatuor pour la fin du temps ("Quartet for the End of Time")
Kenji Bunch – Vesper Flight (world premiere)
David Ludwig – Les Adieux: Concerto for Clarinet and Chamber Ensemble (world premiere)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – String Quintet in C major, K. 515
Kenji Bunch – Vesper Flight (world premiere)
David Ludwig – Les Adieux: Concerto for Clarinet and Chamber Ensemble (world premiere)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – String Quintet in C major, K. 515
$150 ($325 Festival Pass)
Bellingham Festival of Music: Festival Chamber Players – Demos & Mozart
Monday, July 12, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
WWU Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA, United States
Nickitas Demos – Clarinet Sextet
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Clarinet Quintet in A major, K. 581
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Clarinet Quintet in A major, K. 581
$50 ($25-$35 WWU faculty/students)
CMNW Summer Festival: Open Rehearsal – Bartók Sonata for Two Pianos & Percussion
Wednesday, July 14, 2032 @ 11:00am – 1:00pm (PDT)
Kaul Auditorium at Reed College, Portland, OR, United States
Lively rehearsal of Béla Bartók's Sonata for 2 Pianos & Percussion, with musicians Marc-André Hamelin (piano), Gloria Chien (piano), Ayano Kataoka (percussion), & Ian Rosenbaum (percussion).
Free (Free (RSVP required))
Listen Live at Lunch: Corvid Ensemble – A Flight of Song
Wednesday, July 14, 2032 @ 12:00pm – 12:50pm (PDT)
First Lutheran Church Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, United States
Diverse program of music featuring birds & other flying things. Works by Johannes Brahms, Mikhail Glinka, H. Leslie Adams, Sammy Fain, Sally Whitwell, & more.
Free (Free)
Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute: Chamber Masterworks
Wednesday, July 14, 2032 @ 4:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Ludwig van Beethoven – Violin Sonata No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 12 No. 3
Johannes Brahms – Viola Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 120, No. 1
Witold Lutosławski – Variations on a Theme by Paganini for 2 pianos
Antonín Dvořák – Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 87
Johannes Brahms – Viola Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 120, No. 1
Witold Lutosławski – Variations on a Theme by Paganini for 2 pianos
Antonín Dvořák – Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 87
Free (Free (RSVP required for in-person))
[SOLD OUT] CMNW Summer Festival: Garden Chamber Party – Guitar Quartets in the West Hills
Wednesday, July 14, 2032 @ 6:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
Chamber music from guitarist Jason Vieaux, violinist, CMNW Artistic Director Soovin Kim, the Dover Quartet’s Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt (viola), & Camden Shaw (cello).
Sold Out
Bellingham Festival of Music: Calidore String Quartet – Beethoven & Debussy
Thursday, July 15, 2032 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
WWU Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA, United States
Ludwig van Beethoven – String Quartet No. 2 in G major, Op. 18, No. 2
Claude Debussy – String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10, L. 91
Claude Debussy – String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10, L. 91
$50 ($25-$35 WWU faculty/students)
Bellingham Festival of Music: Calidore String Quartet – Beethoven & Debussy
Thursday, July 15, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
WWU Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA, United States
Ludwig van Beethoven – String Quartet No. 2 in G major, Op. 18, No. 2
Claude Debussy – String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10, L. 91
Claude Debussy – String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10, L. 91
$50 ($25-$35 WWU faculty/students)
CMNW Summer Festival: Visionary Quintets Revealed
Thursday, July 15, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Kaul Auditorium at Reed College, Portland, OR, United States
Johann Sebastian Bach – "III. Andante" from Violin Sonata No. 2 in A minor, BWV 1003
Felix Mendelssohn – String Quartet No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 12
Matan Porat – Piano Quintet (world premiere)
Leo Ornstein – Piano Quintet, Op. 92, SO 610
Felix Mendelssohn – String Quartet No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 12
Matan Porat – Piano Quintet (world premiere)
Leo Ornstein – Piano Quintet, Op. 92, SO 610
$150 ($325 Festival Pass)
Whidbey Island Music Festival: An die Musik – A Schubertiade
Saturday, July 17, 2032 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Cultus Bay Gardens, Clinton, WA, United States
Soprano Danielle Reutter-Harrah, violinist Tekla Cunningham, harpist Maxine Eilander, & guitarist Stephen Stubbs perform songs by Franz Schubert on 19th-c. instruments. With instrumental works by Zoe de la Ruë & Niccolò Paganini.
$25
CMNW Summer Festival: Sonic Kaleidoscope – Sax, Guitar, & Percussion
Saturday, July 17, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Kaul Auditorium at Reed College, Portland, OR, United States
Saxophonist Timothy McAllister & guitarist Jason Vieaux make their CMNW Summer Festival debuts; dramatic works by Béla Bartók, including his Sonata for Two Pianos & Percussion.
$150 ($325 Festival Pass)
Whidbey Island Music Festival: An die Musik – A Schubertiade
Sunday, July 18, 2032 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
Soprano Danielle Reutter-Harrah, violinist Tekla Cunningham, harpist Maxine Eilander, & guitarist Stephen Stubbs perform songs by Franz Schubert on 19th-c. instruments. With instrumental works by Zoe de la Ruë & Niccolò Paganini.
$150
CMNW Summer Festival: Sonic Kaleidoscope – Sax, Guitar, & Percussion
Sunday, July 18, 2032 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Kaul Auditorium at Reed College, Portland, OR, United States
Saxophonist Timothy McAllister & guitarist Jason Vieaux make their CMNW Summer Festival debuts; dramatic works by Béla Bartók, including his Sonata for Two Pianos & Percussion.
$150 ($325 Festival Pass)
(RE)CONNECTION – Gretchen Yanover, cello & Sophie Lippert, piano
Sunday, July 18, 2032 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Classical piano works, original electric cello compositions, jazz standards, & a few tantalizing surprises.
$11-99
[SOLD OUT] CMNW Summer Festival: Garden Chamber Party – String Trios in Eastmoreland
Tuesday, July 20, 2032 @ 6:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
Chamber music from Brentano Quartet violist Misha Amory, Emerson String Quartet cellist Paul Watkins, & CMNW Artistic Director/violinist Soovin Kim.
Sold Out
CMNW Summer Festival: Open Rehearsal – Brahms Piano Trio in C Major
Wednesday, July 21, 2032 @ 11:00am – 1:00pm (PDT)
Kaul Auditorium at Reed College, Portland, OR, United States
Soak in the new Chien-Kim-Watkins Trio in this rehearsal with Gloria Chien (piano), Soovin Kim (violin), & Paul Watkins (cello), featuring Johannes Brahms' Piano Trio No. 2 in C major, Op. 87.
Free (Free (RSVP required))
Music@Menlo 2021 Festival: Prelude Performance I
Wednesday, July 21, 2032 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Trio No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 1, No. 1
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 1, No. 3
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 1, No. 3
Free (Free)
CMNW Summer Festival: Reflecting upon Classics
Thursday, July 22, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Kaul Auditorium at Reed College, Portland, OR, United States
Brentano String Quartet performs works by J.S. Bach, F.J. Haydn, & Samuel Barber, with vocalist Davóne Tines; the Chien-Kim-Watkins Trio makes its CMNW debut with Johannes Brahms' Piano Trio No. 2.
$150 ($325 Festival Pass)
Second City Chamber Series: How Suite It Is
Thursday, July 22, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Lakewold Gardens, Lakewood, WA, United States
Pianist Lisa Bergman & violinist Svend Rønning re-inaugurate Lakewold Gardens as SCCS's summer home in a concert of sweet suites by Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Dawn Sonntag, William Grant Still, & Igor Stravinsky.
$50
Music@Menlo 2021 Festival: Concert Program IV
Friday, July 23, 2032 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Trio in G major, Op. 1, No. 2
Felix Mendelssohn – String Quintet No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 87
Felix Mendelssohn – String Quintet No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 87
$25