Early music – Past Concerts near Seattle, WA
Wayward Music Series: Compassion – Janna Webbon & friends
Thursday, May 16, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An all-ages, intergenerational event including chants by Hildegard von Bingen, musical improvisation, and performance art.
$5-$15 donation
Pacific MusicWorks Underground: Agave Baroque – Fire & Ice
Tuesday, May 14, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Capitol Cider, Seattle, WA, United States
San Francisco's free-spirited early music powerhouse Agave Baroque offers up this program of fiery, bold, and inventive works by Dieterich Buxtehude, Sidon, David Petersen, John Blow, and Johan Helmich Roman.
$25 ($15 ages 21-30)
Seattle Symphony: Organist Katelyn Emerson in Recital
Monday, May 13, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Fantasia in F minor, K. 608
Horatio Parker – Organ Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 65 "Allegretto"
Charles Tournemire – Fantaisie Improvisation on "Ave maris stella"
Percy Whitlock – Five Short Pieces, "Allegretto"
Johann Sebastian Bach – Passacaglia in C minor, BWV 582
Rachel Laurin – Finale, Op. 78
Franz Liszt – Fantasy and Fugue on the Chorale "Ad nos, ad salutarem undam," S. 259
Horatio Parker – Organ Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 65 "Allegretto"
Charles Tournemire – Fantaisie Improvisation on "Ave maris stella"
Percy Whitlock – Five Short Pieces, "Allegretto"
Johann Sebastian Bach – Passacaglia in C minor, BWV 582
Rachel Laurin – Finale, Op. 78
Franz Liszt – Fantasy and Fugue on the Chorale "Ad nos, ad salutarem undam," S. 259
$21-$32
Pacific MusicWorks Underground: Agave Baroque – Fire & Ice
Sunday, May 12, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Royal Room, Seattle, WA, United States
San Francisco's free-spirited early music powerhouse Agave Baroque offers up this program of fiery, bold, and inventive works by Dieterich Buxtehude, Sidon, David Petersen, John Blow, and Johan Helmich Roman.
$25 ($15 under age 30)
Seattle Bach Choir: Bach Cantata Concert
Sunday, May 12, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Trinity Parish Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Johann Sebastian Bach – Erhöhtes Fleisch und Blut, BWV 173
Johann Sebastian Bach – Himmelskönig, sei willkommen, BWV 182
Johann Sebastian Bach – Himmelskönig, sei willkommen, BWV 182
Free (Free)
Pacific MusicWorks Underground: Agave Baroque – Fire & Ice
Sunday, May 12, 2019 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
San Francisco's free-spirited early music powerhouse Agave Baroque offers up this program of fiery, bold, and inventive works by Dieterich Buxtehude, Sidon, David Petersen, John Blow, and Johan Helmich Roman.
$25
Gallery Concerts: The French Connection – Telemann in Paris
Sunday, May 12, 2019 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Queen Anne Christian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Savor the rich sonorities of Telemann's Paris Quartets and other musical delicacies by Couperin, Forqueray, and Marais.
$35 / $30 / $15 (kids age 7-15 FREE)
Pacific MusicWorks Underground: Agave Baroque – Fire & Ice
Saturday, May 11, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
St. Augustine's in-the-Woods Episcopal Church, Freeland, WA, United States
San Francisco's free-spirited early music powerhouse Agave Baroque offers up this program of fiery, bold, and inventive works by Dieterich Buxtehude, Sidon, David Petersen, John Blow, and Johan Helmich Roman.
$25 / $20 / under 18 free
Gallery Concerts: The French Connection – Telemann in Paris
Saturday, May 11, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Queen Anne Christian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Savor the rich sonorities of Telemann's Paris Quartets and other musical delicacies by Couperin, Forqueray, and Marais.
$35 / $30 / $15 (kids age 7-15 FREE)
Seattle Historical Arts for Kids – Early Music Youth Academy: The Consort Concept
Saturday, May 11, 2019 @ 4:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
Skilled students ages 13-17 play music of Diego Ortiz, Lucas Ruiz de Ribayaz, Orlando di Lasso, Salamone Rossi, Juan del Encina, and others, on violin, tenor & bass violas da gamba, harp, and lute.
$9
Salish Sea Early Music Festival: Baroque Trio JEST
Thursday, May 9, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Tacoma, WA, United States
An "oldies but goodies" program of 18th-century masterworks by Bach, Rameau, and others, featuring seasoned performers Susie Napper (viola da gamba) and Elisabeth Wright (harpsichord) with Jeffrey Cohan (baroque flute).
$15-$25 suggested donation (18 & under FREE)
Ladies Musical Club: Baroque Piano & Viola Chamber Music
Wednesday, May 8, 2019 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PDT)
Seattle Public Library – Central Branch, Seattle, WA, United States
Music by Edvard Grieg, Domenico Scarlatti, Johann Sebastian Bach, Gabriel Fauré, Elliott Carter, Aleksandr Glazunov, and Ernest Bloch.
Free (Free)
Salish Sea Early Music Festival: Baroque Trio JEST
Tuesday, May 7, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Christ Episcopal Church Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
An "oldies but goodies" program of 18th-century masterworks by Bach, Rameau, and others, featuring seasoned performers Susie Napper (viola da gamba) and Elisabeth Wright (harpsichord) with Jeffrey Cohan (baroque flute).
$15-$25 suggested donation (18 & under FREE)
Salish Sea Early Music Festival: Baroque Trio JEST
Sunday, May 5, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
St. Augustine's in-the-Woods Episcopal Church, Freeland, WA, United States
An "oldies but goodies" program of 18th-century masterworks by Bach, Rameau, and others, featuring seasoned performers Susie Napper (viola da gamba) and Elisabeth Wright (harpsichord) with Jeffrey Cohan (baroque flute).
$15-$25 suggested donation (18 & under FREE)
Blessed Sacrament Church Monthly Choral Mass: Palestrina's 'Missa Papae Marcelli'
Sunday, May 5, 2019 @ 5:45pm – 7:15pm (PDT)
Blessed Sacrament Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Featuring the Blessed Sacrament Schola Cantorum and Sackbut Ensemble performing Giovanni Palestrina’s Missa Papae Marcelli, along with motets by Giovanni Croce and Hans Leo Hassler.
Free
Sine Nomine: Saintly Women
Sunday, May 5, 2019 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Trinity Parish Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Motets and songs by composers Guillaume Dufay, Jean Mouton, Nicolas Gombert, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Francisco Guerrero, and Peter Philips plus selections from the rarely-performed Missa de Sancta Anna by Pierre de la Rue.
Free
South Sound Classical Choir: Mozart, Dienes, Gjeilo
Sunday, May 5, 2019 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Mason United Methodist Church, Tacoma, WA, United States
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Sebastian Bach, Katherine Dienes, Ola Gjeilo, Stephen Paulus, Johannes Brahms, and more, performed by 60 volunteer members from Puyallup and Tacoma.
Free
Salish Sea Early Music Festival: Baroque Trio JEST
Sunday, May 5, 2019 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Port Townsend, WA, United States
An "oldies but goodies" program of 18th-century masterworks by Bach, Rameau, and others, featuring seasoned performers Susie Napper (viola da gamba) and Elisabeth Wright (harpsichord) with Jeffrey Cohan (baroque flute).
$15-$25 suggested donation (18 & under FREE)
Seattle Symphony: Vivaldi & Telemann
Saturday, May 4, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Antonio Vivaldi – Mandolin Concerto in D major
Georg Philipp Telemann – Trumpet Concerto in D major, TWV 51:D7
Johann Sebastian Bach – Harpsichord Concerto No. 4 in A major, BWV 1055
Antonio Vivaldi – Mandolin Concerto in C major
Leopold Koželuch – Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat major
Georg Philipp Telemann – Trumpet Concerto in D major, TWV 51:D7
Johann Sebastian Bach – Harpsichord Concerto No. 4 in A major, BWV 1055
Antonio Vivaldi – Mandolin Concerto in C major
Leopold Koželuch – Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat major
$22-$122 (age 8-18 free)
Pacific MusicWorks: Handel's 'Samson'
Saturday, May 4, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
First Baptist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Composed immediately following his wildly successful Messiah, this dramatic tale of love, betrayal, faith, and redemption has remained one of Handel's most enduringly popular oratorios.
$25-$45