Early music – Upcoming Concerts near Seattle, WA
Salish Sea Festival: A Little Concert for Louis XIV
Saturday, January 22, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Christ Episcopal Church Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
A never-before-heard selection of suites prepared for evening performances by a select group of Louis XIV's favorite musicians, from a remarkable and unknown manuscript from 1713.
$15-$25 suggested donation
Groupmuse House Concert: French & Czech works for harpsichord
Wednesday, January 26, 2028 @ 6:30pm – 8:00pm (PST)
Private home in West Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Works by Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre, Louis Couperin, Frantisek Dusek, and more.
$10+ donation, RSVP required
Salish Sea Early Music Festival: Viola da Gamba & Friends
Monday, January 31, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Bethel Church, Vashon, WA, United States
Lully, Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe, Couperin, Marais and more... French trios and solos.
$15-$25 suggested donation (18 & under free)
Salish Sea Early Music Festival: Viola da Gamba & Friends
Tuesday, February 1, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Mason United Methodist Church, Tacoma, WA, United States
Lully, Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe, Couperin, Marais and more... French trios and solos.
$15-$25 suggested donation (18 & under free)
Seattle Baroque Orchestra: Le Mozart Noir
Thursday, February 3, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Seattle Baroque Orchestra features music of Baroque composer Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, known as “Le Mozart Noir” and one of the earliest European classical musicians to have African ancestry.
$26-$46
Salish Sea Early Music Festival: Viola da Gamba & Friends
Friday, February 4, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
St. Augustine's in-the-Woods Episcopal Church, Freeland, WA, United States
Lully, Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe, Couperin, Marais and more... French trios and solos.
$15-$25 suggested donation (18 & under free)
Byrd Ensemble: Flemish Music for the House of Habsburg
Friday, February 4, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Gombert – Magnificat tertii et octavi toni
Gombert – Lugebat David Absalon
Isaac – Tota pulchra es
Josquin – Gaude virgo mater
Crecquillon – Pater peccavi
arr. Senfl – Quis dabit oculis nostris
Isaac – Virgo prudentissima
Gombert – Lugebat David Absalon
Isaac – Tota pulchra es
Josquin – Gaude virgo mater
Crecquillon – Pater peccavi
arr. Senfl – Quis dabit oculis nostris
Isaac – Virgo prudentissima
$15-$25
Salish Sea Early Music Festival: Viola da Gamba & Friends
Monday, February 7, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Christ Episcopal Church Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Rameau's La Lapopliniere, two fabulous chaconnes, and innumerable exquisite musical moments: a dramatic reflection of the intimate and deeply moving French baroque.
$15-$25 suggested donation (18 & under free)
Early Music Underground: Baroque - n - Hearts
Friday, February 11, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
Early Music Underground's third annual tribute to love gone wild, love gone wrong, love gone mad, and love just plain gone.
$20
Early Music Underground: Baroque - n - Hearts
Saturday, February 12, 2028 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Northwest Cellars, Kirkland, WA, United States
Early Music Underground's third annual tribute to love gone wild, love gone wrong, love gone mad, and love just plain gone.
$25, includes wine tasting
Early Music Underground: Baroque - n - Hearts
Monday, February 14, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Naked City Brewery and Taphouse, Seattle, WA, United States
Early Music Underground's third annual tribute to love gone wild, love gone wrong, love gone mad, and love just plain gone.
$20
Pacific MusicWorks: Handel's Tenor – Beard's Beauties
Friday, February 25, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Mercer Island, WA, United States
As Handel invented and shaped the English Oratorio, he was able to compose pieces that, to this day, define the elements of this genre.
$20-$45 (age 5-17 free)
Pacific MusicWorks: Handel's Tenor – Beard's Beauties
Saturday, February 26, 2028 @ 2:00pm – 4:30pm (PST)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
As Handel invented and shaped the English Oratorio, he was able to compose pieces that, to this day, define the elements of this genre.
$20-$45 (age 5-17 free)
Epiphany Music Guild presents Agave Baroque
Saturday, February 26, 2028 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (PST)
Epiphany Parish of Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Bay Area early music sensation Agave Baroque and soprano Linda Tsatsanis perform Baroque music from Venice, Slovenia, and Croatia, with works by Monteverdi, Vivaldi, Lukacic, Jelic, and more.
Free
Seattle Classic Guitar Society presents Michael Partington
Saturday, March 4, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Albéniz – Cádiz, Mallorca
Giuliani – Le Giulianate, Op. 148
Johanson – La Folia Folio
da Milano – Fantasias and Ricercares
Goss – Watts Chapel
Piazzolla – Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas
Giuliani – Le Giulianate, Op. 148
Johanson – La Folia Folio
da Milano – Fantasias and Ricercares
Goss – Watts Chapel
Piazzolla – Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas
$28/$38
Mostly Nordic: Northern Exposure: Rediscovered Gems of the Scandinavian Baroque
Sunday, March 5, 2028 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Nordic Heritage Museum (venue closed), Seattle, WA, United States
Chamber music by Johan Helmich Roman, called “the Father of Swedish Music,” Norwegian virtuoso violinist Johan Henrik Freithoff, and Danish child prodigy Johann Palschau.
$25-$60
sound|counterpoint: The Red Earth Project
Sunday, March 5, 2028 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Bainbridge Waterfront Park Community Center, Bainbridge Island, WA, United States
Early music favorites, a re-imagining of a solo violin sonata by Bach, tunes from jazz and rock greats, and two new works written for period instruments.
$10-$20
Byron Schenkman & Friends: Bach’s Goldberg Variations
Sunday, March 5, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A rare opportunity to hear one of the greatest musical masterpieces of all time.
$10-$42
Ave Renaissance Women's Choir: Tehillim
Friday, March 10, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Trinity Episcopal Parish Church, Seattle, WA, United States
A program of Psalms, featuring works by Byrd, Costantini, Croce, Friderici, Kraus, Lassus, Mendelssohn, Mundy, Swan, Victoria, and Vaughan Williams.
Donations welcome
Medieval Women's Choir: Pilgrim's Progress [free preview]
Saturday, March 11, 2028 @ 11:30am – 12:30pm (PST)
Green Lake Library, Seattle, WA, United States
A free preview of Pilgrim’s Progress, a concert highlighting music sung and encountered by medieval pilgrims in Europe.
Free