Early music – Upcoming Concerts near Seattle, WA
Compline Choir: The Office of Compline
Sunday, August 11, 2030 @ 9:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Every Sunday evening at 9:30 p.m. in the Cathedral's nave, the all-male Compline Choir leads this formal choral service that is a Seattle tradition.
Free
Blessed Sacrament Church Monthly Choral Mass: Palestrina’s 'Missa Assumpta Est Maria'
Thursday, August 15, 2030 @ 5:30pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Blessed Sacrament Church, Seattle, WA, United States
The Blessed Sacrament Church Choral Mass will feature the Blessed Sacrament’s Schola Cantorum and Sackbut Ensemble performing Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina’s Missa Assumpta Est Maria, as well as motets by Claudio Monteverdi and Orlando Gibbons.
Free
Blessed Sacrament Church Monthly Choral Mass: Palestrina’s 'Missa Assumpta Est Maria'
Thursday, August 15, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Blessed Sacrament Church, Seattle, WA, United States
The Blessed Sacrament Church Choral Mass will feature the Blessed Sacrament’s Schola Cantorum and Sackbut Ensemble performing Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina’s Missa Assumpta Est Maria, as well as motets by Claudio Monteverdi and Orlando Gibbons.
Free
Music at St. James Cathedral Summer Organ Concerts w/ Gregory Peterson
Friday, August 16, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
A recital from the classic organ repertoire with music by Johann Sebastian Bach, César Franck, Herbert Howells, Johann Gottfried Walther, Claude Debussy, Gerald Near, and Craig Phillips.
$18
Compline Choir: The Office of Compline
Sunday, August 18, 2030 @ 9:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Every Sunday evening at 9:30 p.m. in the Cathedral's nave, the all-male Compline Choir leads this formal choral service that is a Seattle tradition.
Free
Summer Fling Singers: Legends, Lands, & Laments
Saturday, August 24, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
St. Margaret's Episcopal Church, Bellevue, WA, United States
Sacred laments mixed with madrigals about faraway lands and Greek mythology by William Byrd, John Wilbye, John Ward, Thomas Weelkes, Orlando Gibbons, and Francis Pilkington.
Free
Compline Choir: The Office of Compline
Sunday, August 25, 2030 @ 9:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Every Sunday evening at 9:30 p.m. in the Cathedral's nave, the all-male Compline Choir leads this formal choral service that is a Seattle tradition.
Free
Olympic Music Festival: Art of the Violin II w/ Ray Chen & Julio Elizalde
Saturday, September 7, 2030 @ 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
Sunday, September 8, 2030 @ 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)
Orquesta Northwest's Ballard Civic Orchestra: El Grito
Orquesta Northwest,
Orquesta Northwest's Ballard Civic Orchestra, and
Mariachi Guadalajara de Seattle
Sunday, September 15, 2030 @ 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
Early Music Seattle: Bach – Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 2 & 4
Sunday, September 29, 2030 @ 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)
Pacific Lutheran University Early Music Concert
Sunday, September 29, 2030 @ 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)
Bach's Lunch: Bach for the Flute
Tuesday, October 1, 2030 @ 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)
Sanctuary in the City: Bach – Conversations in Counterpoint
Wednesday, October 2, 2030 @ 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)
Blessed Sacrament Church: Vivaldi’s Vespers
Friday, October 4, 2030 @ 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
Fall Fipple Flute Forum Faculty Concert
Friday, October 4, 2030 @ 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
Choral Arts Northwest: Music of the Spheres
Saturday, October 5, 2030 @ 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)
Blessed Sacrament Church Monthly Choral Mass: Monteverdi’s Mass for 4 Voices
Sunday, October 6, 2030 @ 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
Epiphany of Seattle: All Bach – Eight Hands, Four Harpsichords
Sunday, October 6, 2030 @ 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
University of Puget Sound: Organ at Noon – A Leipzig Soundbite
Friday, October 11, 2030 @ 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