Early music – Past Concerts near Seattle, WA
Seattle Historical Arts for Kids: Music of Shakespeare's Time
Sunday, April 14, 2019 @ 4:30pm – 5:30pm (PDT)
University Heights Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Discover instruments and songs of long ago in this friendly discovery concert for adults and children of all ages.
$9 (infants attend free)
PLU: The Bach Aria Project
Sunday, April 14, 2019 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Lagerquist Concert Hall at Pacific Lutheran University, Parkland, WA, United States
A performance collaboration between PLU student vocalists and instrumentalists performing arias by Johann Sebastian Bach.
Free
Pacific MusicWorks Underground: International Woman of Mystery
Sunday, April 14, 2019 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
Celebrating the music and life of Antonia Padoani Bembo – an exceptional woman and composer who lived a remarkable life.
$25
Gallery Concerts: The Next Generation
Saturday, April 13, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Queen Anne Christian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Violinist Rachell Ellen Wong, winner of Gallery Concerts' national juried competition for young artists, performs music by Bach, Biber, LeClair, Tartini, and Veracini, accompanied by Byron Schenkman and Nathan Whittaker.
$35 / $30 / $15 (kids age 7-15 FREE)
Pacific MusicWorks Underground: International Woman of Mystery
Saturday, April 13, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
St. Augustine's in-the-Woods Episcopal Church, Freeland, WA, United States
Celebrating the music and life of Antonia Padoani Bembo – an exceptional woman and composer who lived a remarkable life.
$25 / $20 / under 18 free
Northwest Mahler Festival Fundraiser: Songs by Alma Mahler & Other Women Composers
Saturday, April 13, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Featuring songs by woman composers including Khosrovidukht, Barbara Strozzi, Clara Schumann, Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, Josephine Lang, Alma Mahler, Florence Price, and Joni Mitchell.
free
Pacific MusicWorks Underground: International Woman of Mystery
Friday, April 12, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Collective Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Celebrating the music and life of Antonia Padoani Bembo – an exceptional woman and composer who lived a remarkable life.
$25 ($15 under age 30)
UW Guest Artist Recital: Jeremy Samolesky, piano
Tuesday, April 9, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Johann Sebastian Bach – Prelude and Fugue in E-flat minor, BWV 853
Leoš Janáček – Piano Sonata 1.X.1905
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata No. 4 in E-flat major, Op. 7
Marjan Mozetich – At the Temple
Johann Sebastian Bach (arr. Ferruccio Busoni) – Chaconne from Partita No. 2 in D minor
Leoš Janáček – Piano Sonata 1.X.1905
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata No. 4 in E-flat major, Op. 7
Marjan Mozetich – At the Temple
Johann Sebastian Bach (arr. Ferruccio Busoni) – Chaconne from Partita No. 2 in D minor
Free
Blessed Sacrament Church Monthly Choral Mass: Lotti's Missa Brevis in D
Sunday, April 7, 2019 @ 5:45pm – 7:15pm (PDT)
Blessed Sacrament Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Antonio Lotti's Misss Brevis in D minor is performed as a part of an evening religious service.
Free
Cappella Romana & The Tallis Scholars
Saturday, April 6, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
A program of soaring Renaissance music inspired by the Sistine Chapel with music by Allegri, Josquin, Palestrina, and de Morales.
$35-$65
Sanctuary in the City: Heinrich Biber – The Sorrowful Mysteries
Wednesday, April 3, 2019 @ 12:10pm – 1:00pm (PDT)
Christ Our Hope at the Josephinum, Seattle, WA, United States
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber’s sorrowful Mystery Sonatas, a set of powerfully moving pieces written with the extraordinary use of violin techniques and alternative tunings.
Free
Bach's Lunch: Heinrich Biber – The Sorrowful Mysteries
Tuesday, April 2, 2019 @ 12:10pm – 12:50pm (PDT)
Christ Episcopal Church Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Bring your lunch and enjoy an informal concert in a beautiful historic sanctuary in the heart of the U district.
Free
Joyne Hands
Saturday, March 30, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Christ Episcopal Church Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Music from Thomas Morley's First book of Consort Lessons, Christopher Simpson's The Division Viol, as well as keyboard and lute music from the sublime Orlando Gibbons and William Byrd.
$20 suggested donation
Music at St. Thomas: Bach's Six Violin Sonatas & Partitas
Saturday, March 30, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Medina, WA, United States
A complete performance of the Six Sonatas and Partitas, BWV 1001-1006 for solo violin by Johann Sebastian Bach.
$20 ($10 student)
Ladies Musical Club: Bach Anniversary Concert
Saturday, March 30, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Music Center of the Northwest, Seattle, WA, United States
An annual celebration featuring a wide selection of instrumental and vocal music by Johann Sebastian Bach.
Free (Free)
Cascadian Chorale: William Byrd & Giselle Wyers
Sunday, March 24, 2019 @ 3:30pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Church of the Holy Cross, Redmond, WA, United States
William Byrd – Mass for Four Voices
Giselle Wyers – And All Shall Be Well
Giselle Wyers – And All Shall Be Well
$20 ($15 students/seniors)
Sine Nomine: Most Noble & Excellent Women
Sunday, March 24, 2019 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Trinity Episcopal Parish Church, Seattle, WA, United States
A cappella Renaissance music written by women and composers working for powerful women, including Sulpitia Cesis, Madalena Casulana, Raphaela Aleotta, and more.
Free (Free will offering)
Seattle Symphony: Shostakovich Symphony No. 15
Saturday, March 23, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Johann Sebastian Bach – Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565
John Harbison – What Do We Make of Bach?
Dmitri Shostakovich – Symphony No. 15 in A major, Op. 141
John Harbison – What Do We Make of Bach?
Dmitri Shostakovich – Symphony No. 15 in A major, Op. 141
$22-$122 (age 8-18 free)
Cascadian Chorale: William Byrd & Giselle Wyers
Saturday, March 23, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Medina, WA, United States
William Byrd – Mass for Four Voices
Giselle Wyers – And All Shall Be Well
Giselle Wyers – And All Shall Be Well
$20 ($15 students/seniors)
Salish Sea Early Music Festival: Bach’s Sonatas for Flute & Harpsichord
Saturday, March 23, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
St. Augustine's in-the-Woods Episcopal Church, Freeland, WA, United States
Johann Sebastian Bach’s exquisite duo sonatas – the most highly esteemed works for flute and keyboard from any era.
$15-$25 suggested donation (18 & under FREE)