Early music – Past Concerts near Seattle, WA
Seattle Baroque Orchestra: The Fairy Queen
Saturday, March 17, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Henry Purcell's The Fairy Queen, Matthew Locke's The Tempest, and other English Baroque favorites.
$20-$40
Seattle Folklore Society: Windborne Song Workshop
Saturday, March 17, 2018 @ 1:00pm – 3:00pm (PDT)
Home Street Bank Community Room, Seattle, WA, United States
A vocal workshop with a dual theme: songs of labor and social movements, and songs from musical cultures around the world.
$10-$25 suggested donation
Cappella Romana: Ivan Moody – The Akáthistos Hymn
Friday, March 16, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Rev’d Dr. Ivan Moody, British composer, conductor, and Orthodox priest, returns to direct his stunning setting of the 6th-century hymn to the Mother of God, blending Byzantine chant with richly-textured Russian-style choruses.
$24-$49
Salish Sea Early Music Festival: Four-Part Canzonas 1585-1625
Tuesday, March 13, 2018 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Tacoma, WA, United States
An in-depth exploration of the rarely-heard Italian four-part canzona, inspired by four-part French and Flemish chansons.
$15-$25 suggested donation (18 & under free)
Pergolesi's Stabat Mater: Music for contemplation in Lent
Sunday, March 11, 2018 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PDT)
St. John's Episcopal Church Kirkland, Kirkland, WA, United States
A performance of Pergolesi's Stabat Mater, with orchestra and harpsichord.
Free (Free (donation only))
Medieval Women's Choir: Spring Celebration
Saturday, March 10, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Trinity Parish Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Cast off the gloom of winter through a celebration of spring.
$25 (students $15)
Salish Sea Early Music Festival: Four-Part Canzonas 1585-1625
Saturday, March 10, 2018 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Christ Episcopal Church Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
An in-depth exploration of the rarely-heard Italian four-part canzona, inspired by four-part French and Flemish chansons.
$15-$25 suggested donation (18 & under free)
American Recorder Rally & Concert with Matthias Maute
Saturday, March 10, 2018 @ 1:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Sand Point Community United Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
A two-hour workshop/rehearsal, followed by a performance that is open to the public.
Workshop $50, concert tickets at the door
Salish Sea Early Music Festival: Four-Part Canzonas 1585-1625
Friday, March 9, 2018 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PST)
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Port Townsend, WA, United States
An in-depth exploration of the rarely-heard Italian four-part canzona, inspired by four-part French and Flemish chansons.
$15-$25 suggested donation (18 & under free)
Salish Sea Early Music Festival: Four-Part Canzonas 1585-1625
Thursday, March 8, 2018 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PST)
St. Augustine's in-the-Woods Episcopal Church, Freeland, WA, United States
An in-depth exploration of the rarely-heard Italian four-part canzona, inspired by four-part French and Flemish chansons.
$15-$25 suggested donation (18 & under free)
Salish Sea Early Music Festival: Four-Part Canzonas 1585-1625
Wednesday, March 7, 2018 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Bethel Church, Vashon, WA, United States
An in-depth exploration of the rarely-heard Italian four-part canzona, inspired by four-part French and Flemish chansons.
$15-$25 suggested donation (18 & under free)
Bach’s Lunch: Spanish & Portuguese Flute Sonatas
Tuesday, March 6, 2018 @ 12:10pm – 12:50pm (PST)
Christ Episcopal Church Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
18th century Spanish and Portuguese flute sonatas. Bring your lunch!
Free (Free)
Gallery Concerts: Mozart's Quartet Party
Sunday, March 4, 2018 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Queen Anne Christian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Canada’s celebrated violinist Marc Destrubé joins forces with Adam LaMotte, Laurel Wells, and Nathan Whittaker to reimagine the magic that must have occurred when four of the greatest musicians the world has ever known came together to play an evening of string quartets.
$35 / $30 / $15
Seattle Bach Choir presents Bach's Mass in B minor
Sunday, March 4, 2018 @ 3:00pm – 5:30pm (PST)
Trinity Parish Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Bach's symphonic masterpiece performed on period instruments, featuring some of the finest Baroque soloists and instrumentalists in the world.
$20 (students $18)
A Baroque Feast: Lucinda Carver, Elizabeth Blumenstock & Friends
Sunday, March 4, 2018 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
Wheeler Theater at Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA, United States
Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No. 5
Bach – Concerto for Two Violins
Vivaldi – Concerto for 4 Violins
Telemann – Concerto for 4 Violins
Tartini – Concerto
Bach – Concerto for Two Violins
Vivaldi – Concerto for 4 Violins
Telemann – Concerto for 4 Violins
Tartini – Concerto
$36-$40
Gallery Concerts: Mozart's Quartet Party
Saturday, March 3, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Queen Anne Christian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Canada’s celebrated violinist Marc Destrubé joins forces with Adam LaMotte, Laurel Wells, and Nathan Whittaker to reimagine the magic that must have occurred when four of the greatest musicians the world has ever known came together to play an evening of string quartets.
$32 / $27 / $15
Cappella Romana presents: The Tudor Choir
Friday, March 2, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Tavener – Western Wind Mass
Muhly – New work (world premiere)
Muhly – New work (world premiere)
$24-$49
Of Arcadian Love, a Flute Playing King, and Parisian Fishwives: Storytelling on the Baroque Flute
Thursday, March 1, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Trinity Parish Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Teddie Hwang (flute) and August Denhard (theorbo) weave music, history, and personal stories together in an evening of 17th and 18th Century French and German music.
Free (Free)
UW Baroque Ensemble
Tuesday, February 27, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Carole Terry and Tekla Cunningham direct University of Washington School of Music students in a program of music from the Baroque era.
Free
Pacific MusicWorks Underground: Sacred Sensuality
Henry Lebedinsky,
Linda Tsatsanis,
Brenna Wells,
Pacific MusicWorks Underground, and
Nathan Whittaker
Tuesday, February 27, 2018 @ 7:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Naked City Brewery and Taphouse, Seattle, WA, United States
Works by nuns who composed, published, and performed sacred music that blended deep spirituality with richly sensual poetic and musical imagery.
$20 ($15 ages 21-30)