Early music – Upcoming Concerts near Seattle, WA
Salish Sea Early Music Festival: Early 17th-Century Canzonas
Sunday, June 9, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
St. Augustine's in-the-Woods Episcopal Church, Freeland, WA, United States
Transitional late renaissance/early baroque (mostly Italian) repertoire from the early 17th century, by Giovanni Battista Buonamente (1595-1642), Giovanni Paolo Cima (1570-1622), Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643), and others.
$15-$25 suggested donation (18 & under FREE)
Salish Sea Early Music Festival: Early 17th-Century Canzonas
Monday, June 10, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Christ Episcopal Church Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Transitional late renaissance/early baroque (mostly Italian) repertoire from the early 17th century, by Giovanni Battista Buonamente (1595-1642), Giovanni Paolo Cima (1570-1622), Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643), and others.
$15-$25 suggested donation (18 & under FREE)
Medieval Women’s Choir: A Feast for St. James
Saturday, June 15, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Early polyphony from the Codex Calixtinus.
$25 ($15 students)
Salish Sea Early Music Festival: Late 18th-Century Quartets
Sunday, June 16, 2030 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Bethel Church, Vashon, WA, United States
Little-heard quartets with obbligato keyboard by J.C. Bach, Joseph Haydn, C.P.E. Bach, and others.
$15-$25 suggested donation (18 & under FREE)
Salish Sea Early Music Festival: Late 18th-Century Quartets
Sunday, June 16, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Tacoma, WA, United States
Little-heard quartets with obbligato keyboard by J.C. Bach, Joseph Haydn, C.P.E. Bach, and others.
$15-$25 suggested donation (18 & under FREE)
Salish Sea Early Music Festival: Late 18th-Century Quartets
Tuesday, June 18, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Christ Episcopal Church Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Little-heard quartets with obbligato keyboard by J.C. Bach, Joseph Haydn, C.P.E. Bach, and others.
$15-$25 suggested donation (18 & under FREE)
Town Music Series: Bach to Bates
Friday, June 21, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
An ambitious convergence of musical canon and cutting-edge modern repertoire, from the hallowed works of J.S. Bach to the electronic masterpieces of Mason Bates.
$20 ($15 Town Hall members)
Tacoma Early Music Workshop: Canticum Canticorum ('Song of Songs')
Saturday, June 22, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Christ Episcopal Church Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, United States
A cappella music of the High Renaissance by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Tomás Luis de Victoria, Orlando di Lasso, Jacobus Clemens non Papa, Francesco Patavino, Costanzo Festa, and Jacques Arcadelt.
Free
Salish Sea Early Music Festival: Late 18th-Century Quartets
Sunday, June 23, 2030 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Port Townsend, WA, United States
Little-heard quartets with obbligato keyboard by J.C. Bach, Joseph Haydn, C.P.E. Bach, and others.
$15-$25 suggested donation (18 & under FREE)
Music Northwest: J.S. Bach – Genius of the Keyboard
Sunday, June 23, 2030 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
First Lutheran Church of West Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Johann Sebastian Bach – Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 870
Johann Sebastian Bach – Invention and Sinfonia in G major, BWV 796
Johann Sebastian Bach – Invention and Sinfonia in G minor, BWV 797
Johann Sebastian Bach – "Dances" from Overture in the French Style, BWV 831
Johann Sebastian Bach – Two Chorale Preludes from Clavierubung III
Johann Sebastian Bach – Partita on Sei gegrüßet, Jesu gütig, BWV 768
Johann Sebastian Bach – Fantasia in G major, BWV 572
Johann Sebastian Bach – Invention and Sinfonia in G major, BWV 796
Johann Sebastian Bach – Invention and Sinfonia in G minor, BWV 797
Johann Sebastian Bach – "Dances" from Overture in the French Style, BWV 831
Johann Sebastian Bach – Two Chorale Preludes from Clavierubung III
Johann Sebastian Bach – Partita on Sei gegrüßet, Jesu gütig, BWV 768
Johann Sebastian Bach – Fantasia in G major, BWV 572
$18 / $16 / students FREE
Salish Sea Early Music Festival: Late 18th-Century Quartets
Sunday, June 23, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
St. Augustine's in-the-Woods Episcopal Church, Freeland, WA, United States
Little-heard quartets with obbligato keyboard by J.C. Bach, Joseph Haydn, C.P.E. Bach, and others.
$15-$25 suggested donation (18 & under FREE)
Violin Duets w/ Seattle Baroque Orchestra Violinists Linda Melsted & Courtney Kuroda
Sunday, June 30, 2030 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Renton Library, Renton, WA, United States
Exploring violin duet repertoire from the Baroque to the 20th century with music by Johann Sebastian Bach, Georg Philipp Telemann, Leclair, Michel Corrette, and Béla Bartók.
Free
Seattle Chamber Music Society Free Recital: Lorna McGhee plays Bach & Marais
Monday, July 1, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A 30-minute recital featuring Johann Sebastian Bach's Partita for Flute in A minor, BWV 1013 and Marin Marais' Les Folies d'Espagne.
Free
Seattle Chamber Music Society Free Recital: Kristóf Baráti plays Bach
Wednesday, July 3, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A 30-minute recital featuring Johann Sebastian Bach's Partita for Violin in D minor, BWV 1004.
Free
Christ Episcopal Church presents: Mark Brombaugh, organ
Friday, July 19, 2030 @ 12:10pm – 1:00pm (PDT)
Christ Episcopal Church Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, United States
Dieterich Buxtehude – Praeludium in E major, BuxWV 141
Orlando Gibbons – Italian Ground
Felix Mendelssohn – 6 Organ Sonatas, Op. 65 No. 6
Josef Rheinberger – Three Trios from 10 Organ Trios, Op. 49
Henry Smart – Postlude in D major
Orlando Gibbons – Italian Ground
Felix Mendelssohn – 6 Organ Sonatas, Op. 65 No. 6
Josef Rheinberger – Three Trios from 10 Organ Trios, Op. 49
Henry Smart – Postlude in D major
Admission by donation
Opera On Tap: Baroque N' Hearts
Monday, July 22, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Solo Bar & Eatery, Seattle, WA, United States
Seattle’s original opera in a bar – local, grassroots, and very fun.
$5-$15 suggested donation
First Lutheran Church of Tacoma: Listen Live at Lunch – Classical Guitar
Wednesday, July 24, 2030 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PDT)
First Lutheran Church Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, United States
Music by Princess Elisabeth of Hesse, John Dowland, Gaspar Sanz, Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, and more.
Free
Jack Straw Cultural Center: Guillaume de Machaut – Explorations
Wednesday, July 24, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Jack Straw Cultural Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A new work that radically reimagines the work of medieval composer Guillaume de Machaut paired with historical perspective with music from the time of Machaut.
Free
Summer Organ Concerts at St. James Cathedral w/Paul Stubbings
Friday, July 26, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Music by Edward Cuthbert Bairstow, Thomas Tertius Noble, John Bull, Henry Purcell, Frederic H. Wood, Alfred Hollins, and Hamish MacCunn.
$18
A Musical Banquet: The Delights of the Viola da Gamba!
Wednesday, July 31, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Christ Episcopal Church Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
A stunning program of consort music featuring music by John Jenkins, Matthew Locke, Girolamo Frescobaldi, Diego Ortiz, Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger, and Claudio Monteverdi.
$20 suggested donation