Early music – Past Concerts near Seattle, WA
Sine Nomine: Laus Trinitati – In Praise of the Divine
Sunday, October 27, 2019 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Trinity Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Plainchant, Renaissance, and modern works that employ joyful texts about the creative, life-giving powers of the Trinity.
Free (Free)
Pacific MusicWorks: Eternal Beloved
Sunday, October 27, 2019 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Epiphany Parish of Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Countertenor Reginald L. Mobley, soprano Danielle Sampson, and the Pacific MusicWorks Band bring to life the music of 17th century composer Isabella Leonarda.
$45 / $35 / free
Pacific MusicWorks: Eternal Beloved
Saturday, October 26, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Countertenor Reginald L. Mobley, soprano Danielle Sampson, and the Pacific MusicWorks Band bring to life the music of 17th century composer Isabella Leonarda.
$25-$45 (ages 18 & under FREE)
Saltwater Music Series: Saltwater Goes Baroque!
Saturday, October 26, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Des Moines United Methodist Church (WA), Des Moines, WA, United States
Baroque music by J.S. Bach, G.F. Handel, Domenico Scarlatti, and Antonio Soler, as well as original music by local composers Justin Henderlight and Steven Luksan.
Free (Free)
Gallery Concerts: Crossing the Rhine
Sunday, October 20, 2019 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Queen Anne Christian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
A program that explores the deep relationship between oft-warring cultures, and discovers that there are more similarities than differences. Music by Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, Philipp Heinrich Erlebach, Marin Marais, and Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre.
$35 / $30 / $15 / FREE ages 7-15
Gallery Concerts: Crossing the Rhine
Saturday, October 19, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Queen Anne Christian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
A program that explores the deep relationship between oft-warring cultures, and discovers that there are more similarities than differences. Music by Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, Philipp Heinrich Erlebach, Marin Marais, and Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre.
$35 / $30 / $15 / FREE ages 7-15
The Byrd Ensemble: Monuments of the Renaissance – Spem in alium
Saturday, October 12, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Thomas Tallis – Loquebantur variis linguis
Thomas Tallis – Lamentations of Jeremiah II
Robert Carver – O bone Jesu
Giovanni Gabrieli – Magnificat
William Byrd – Tristitia et anxietas
Alonso Lobo – Versa est in luctum
Thomas Tallis – Spem in alium
Thomas Tallis – Lamentations of Jeremiah II
Robert Carver – O bone Jesu
Giovanni Gabrieli – Magnificat
William Byrd – Tristitia et anxietas
Alonso Lobo – Versa est in luctum
Thomas Tallis – Spem in alium
$30 / $25 / $20 / $50
University of Puget Sound: Organ at Noon – A Leipzig Soundbite
Friday, October 11, 2019 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PDT)
Kilworth Memorial Chapel, Tacoma, WA, United States
Johann Hermann Schein – Banchetto musicale, Suite XVI
Johann Kuhnau – Bible Sonata No. 1, “David and Goliath”
Johann Sebastian Bach – Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele, BWV 654
Georg Philipp Telemann – Trio Sonata in D minor
Felix Mendelssohn – Organ Sonata No. 2 in C minor, Op. 65
Johann Kuhnau – Bible Sonata No. 1, “David and Goliath”
Johann Sebastian Bach – Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele, BWV 654
Georg Philipp Telemann – Trio Sonata in D minor
Felix Mendelssohn – Organ Sonata No. 2 in C minor, Op. 65
Free
Epiphany of Seattle: All Bach – Eight Hands, Four Harpsichords
Sunday, October 6, 2019 @ 6:15pm – 8:15pm (PDT)
Epiphany Parish of Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Johann Sebastian Bach – Concerto for 2 Harpsichords in C major, BWV 1061
Johann Sebastian Bach – Concerto for 3 Harpsichords in D minor, BWV 1063
Johann Sebastian Bach – Concerto for 4 Harpsichords in A minor, BWV 1065
Johann Sebastian Bach – Concerto for 3 Harpsichords in D minor, BWV 1063
Johann Sebastian Bach – Concerto for 4 Harpsichords in A minor, BWV 1065
Free
Blessed Sacrament Church Monthly Choral Mass: Monteverdi’s Mass for 4 Voices
Sunday, October 6, 2019 @ 5:45pm – 7:45pm (PDT)
Blessed Sacrament Church, Seattle, WA, United States
The Blessed Sacrament’s Schola Cantorum and Sackbut Ensemble perform Claudio Monteverdi’s Mass for 4 Voices, SV 257 along with other motets by Monteverdi.
Free
Choral Arts Northwest: Music of the Spheres
Saturday, October 5, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Plymouth Congregational Church, Seattle, WA, United States
A one-night-only offering of transcendent and inspired choral fireworks including Kevin Siegfried's Music of the Spheres, Johann Sebastian Bach’s Komm, Jesu, Komm, and rarely heard music by Morten Lauridsen and Joan Szymko.
$24-$32 (students free w/ID)
Fall Fipple Flute Forum Faculty Concert
Friday, October 4, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Christ Episcopal Church Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Musical delights from several centuries, with selections by Heinrich Isaac, Dieterich Buxtehude, Pieter Campo, and more.
$25 suggested donation
Blessed Sacrament Church: Vivaldi’s Vespers
Friday, October 4, 2019 @ 5:30pm – 10:30pm (PDT)
Blessed Sacrament Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Antonio Vivaldi – Domine ad adjuvandum, RV 593
Antonio Vivaldi – Dixit Dominus, RV 594
Antonio Vivaldi – Confitebor tibi, Domine, RV 596
Antonio Vivaldi – Laetatus sum, RV 607
Antonio Vivaldi – Magnificat in G minor, RV 610
Antonio Vivaldi – Dixit Dominus, RV 594
Antonio Vivaldi – Confitebor tibi, Domine, RV 596
Antonio Vivaldi – Laetatus sum, RV 607
Antonio Vivaldi – Magnificat in G minor, RV 610
Donations welcome during formal collection
Sanctuary in the City: Bach – Conversations in Counterpoint
Wednesday, October 2, 2019 @ 12:10pm – 1:00pm (PDT)
Christ Our Hope at the Josephinum, Seattle, WA, United States
Soprano Linda Tsatsanis joins baroque violinist Tekla Cunningham and harpsichordist Henry Lebedinsky for a journey into some of Bach’s most personal and intimate music.
Free (Free)
Bach's Lunch: Bach for the Flute
Tuesday, October 1, 2019 @ 12:10pm – 12:50pm (PDT)
Christ Episcopal Church Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Virtuosic sonatas by Johann Sebastian Bach and his sons Carl Philipp Emmanuel and Johann Christoph Friedrich.
Free (Free)
Pacific Lutheran University Early Music Concert
Sunday, September 29, 2019 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Lagerquist Concert Hall at Pacific Lutheran University, Parkland, WA, United States
Join PLU faculty members Jim Brown, Elizabeth Brown, Jennifer Rhyne, Svend Rønning, Paul Tegels, and guest gambist Ronnee Fullerton in a concert of early music.
Free (Free)
Early Music Seattle: Bach – Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 2 & 4
Sunday, September 29, 2019 @ 2:30pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Johann Sebastian Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major, BWV 1047
Johann Sebastian Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049
Georg Philipp Telemann – Triple concerto
Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello – Double concerto
Florian Leopold Gassmann – Concerto grosso
Johann Sebastian Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049
Georg Philipp Telemann – Triple concerto
Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello – Double concerto
Florian Leopold Gassmann – Concerto grosso
$45 ($30 student/under 35)
Orquesta Northwest's Ballard Civic Orchestra: El Grito
Orquesta Northwest,
Orquesta Northwest's Ballard Civic Orchestra, and
Mariachi Guadalajara de Seattle
Sunday, September 15, 2019 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
National Nordic Museum, Seattle, WA, United States
John Stafford Smith – The Star Spangled Banner
Antonio Vivaldi – The Four Seasons
Lorenzo Barcelata – El Cascabel for orchestra and mariachi
Federico Chavez-Blanco – New work (world premiere)
Jean Sibelius – Finlandia, Op. 26
Carlos Islas Arias – Rapsodia Mexicana
Antonio Vivaldi – The Four Seasons
Lorenzo Barcelata – El Cascabel for orchestra and mariachi
Federico Chavez-Blanco – New work (world premiere)
Jean Sibelius – Finlandia, Op. 26
Carlos Islas Arias – Rapsodia Mexicana
Free
Olympic Music Festival: Art of the Violin II w/ Ray Chen & Julio Elizalde
Sunday, September 8, 2019 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Wheeler Theater at Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA, United States
Edvard Grieg – Violin Sonata No. 2 in G major, Op. 13
César Franck – Sonata in A major for violin and piano
Johann Sebastian Bach – "Chaconne" from Partita in D minor, BWV 1004 for violin
Claude Debussy (arr. Alexandre Roelens) – "Claire de Lune" from Suite bergamasque
Maurice Ravel – Tzigane
César Franck – Sonata in A major for violin and piano
Johann Sebastian Bach – "Chaconne" from Partita in D minor, BWV 1004 for violin
Claude Debussy (arr. Alexandre Roelens) – "Claire de Lune" from Suite bergamasque
Maurice Ravel – Tzigane
$20-$40 (age 7-12 free)
Olympic Music Festival: Art of the Violin II w/ Ray Chen & Julio Elizalde
Saturday, September 7, 2019 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Wheeler Theater at Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA, United States
Edvard Grieg – Violin Sonata No. 2 in G major, Op. 13
César Franck – Sonata in A major for violin and piano
Johann Sebastian Bach – "Chaconne" from Partita in D minor, BWV 1004 for violin
Claude Debussy (arr. Alexandre Roelens) – "Claire de Lune" from Suite bergamasque
Maurice Ravel – Tzigane
César Franck – Sonata in A major for violin and piano
Johann Sebastian Bach – "Chaconne" from Partita in D minor, BWV 1004 for violin
Claude Debussy (arr. Alexandre Roelens) – "Claire de Lune" from Suite bergamasque
Maurice Ravel – Tzigane
$20-$40 (age 7-12 free)