Early music – Upcoming Concerts
Early Music Underground: Tasting Notes – Winds of Change
Friday, September 10, 2027 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Northwest Cellars, Kirkland, WA, United States
An exciting and virtuosic tour of changing musical styles in 18th century Europe.
$25, includes wine tasting
Early Music Underground: Winds of Change
Saturday, September 11, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
St. Augustine's in-the-Woods Episcopal Church, Freeland, WA, United States
An exciting and virtuosic tour of changing musical styles in 18th century Europe.
$20-$25
Early Music Underground: Winds of Change – Music for Horn, Flute, and Harpsichord
Monday, September 13, 2027 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Naked City Brewery and Taphouse, Seattle, WA, United States
An exciting and virtuosic tour of changing musical styles in 18th century Europe.
$20
Byron Schenkman & Friends: Bach & the Mendelssohns
Saturday, September 18, 2027 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
J.S. Bach – Keyboard Concerto in F minor
J.S. Bach – "Gamba Sonata” in G major
Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel – Fantasy for cello and piano
Felix Mendelssohn – Piano Trio in C minor
J.S. Bach – "Gamba Sonata” in G major
Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel – Fantasy for cello and piano
Felix Mendelssohn – Piano Trio in C minor
$10-$42
[CANCELLED] Early Music Guild: Fêtes Galantes – Special concert with Tina Chancey, viol
Monday, September 20, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Trinity Parish Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Join us for a celebration of the small but mighty bowed string instruments of the High Baroque: treble viola da gamba and five and six-string pardessus de viole.
CANCELLED
Intimate Baroque: French Enchantments
Thursday, September 23, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Kenyon Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A concert of French baroque music featuring some of the most noted baroque performers in the Puget Sound area and works by Campra, Clérambault, Couperin, and others.
$5-$14
Epiphany Music Guild presents Intimate Baroque: French Enchantments
Saturday, September 25, 2027 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Epiphany Parish of Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
A concert of French baroque music featuring six of the most noted baroque performers in the Puget Sound area and works by Campra, Clérambault, Couperin, and others.
Free
Compline at Christ Church
Tuesday, September 28, 2027 @ 8:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Christ Episcopal Church Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Sacred choral music featuring Gregorian chant, Anglican chant, and hymns from musical periods spanning many centuries – an ideal setting for meditative contemplation amidst the bustle of our fair city.
Free
Magnificent 'Magnificats'
Friday, October 1, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:50pm (PDT)
Blessed Sacrament Parish, Seattle, WA, United States
Bach – Magnificat in D major
Vivaldi – Magnificat in G minor
Buxtehude – Magnificat in D major
Biber – Rosary Sonatas for solo violin and continuo
Vivaldi – Magnificat in G minor
Buxtehude – Magnificat in D major
Biber – Rosary Sonatas for solo violin and continuo
$5-$25
Bach's Lunch: Tekla Cunningham, baroque violin
Monday, October 4, 2027 @ 12:10pm – 12:50pm (PDT)
Christ Episcopal Church Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
A bring-your-lunch program of virtuosic music from 18th century Vienna, including sonatas by Biber, Schmelzer, and Albertini.
Free (Free)
Chanticleer: Washing of the Water
Friday, October 8, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
“The world’s reigning male chorus” opens Early Music Guild’s 40th season with a program that explores the power of water to redeem, restore, and refresh the human soul.
$26-$46
Chanticleer: Washing of the Water
Saturday, October 9, 2027 @ 2:30pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
“The world’s reigning male chorus” opens Early Music Guild’s 40th season with a program that explores the power of water to redeem, restore, and refresh the human soul.
$26-$46
Second City Chamber Series: The Birth of Chamber Music
Thursday, October 14, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
The Great Hall at Annie Wright School, Tacoma, WA, United States
Works by Bach, Buxtehude, Castello, Telemann, and Uccellini.
$10-$25 (18 & under free)
The Byrd Ensemble Presents John IV: A Golden Age of Portuguese Polyphony
Friday, October 15, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Featuring mass settings by two of the greatest Portuguese composers of the 17th century: Duarte Lobo and Manuel Cardoso.
$15-$25
Stylus Fantasticus: Violin music of the 17th century in the free and 'fantastic' style
Friday, October 22, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
An incredible repertoire comes to life on historical instruments. Works by Farina, Fontana, Mealy, Albertini, Schmelzer, and Biber.
$20
Early Music Underground: BACHtoberfest
Monday, October 25, 2027 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Naked City Brewery and Taphouse, Seattle, WA, United States
It's Bach, brews, and burgers with organist Wyatt Smith in a program of some of J.S. Bach's greatest organ works performed on Marceau Organbuilders' portable pipe organ.
$20
Cappella Romana: Icons of Sound – Byzantine Chant from Hagia Sophia
Thursday, October 28, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Journey back in time with transcendent medieval Byzantine chants from Constantinople’s Hagia Sophia.
$10-$44
Seattle Baroque Orchestra: 'Tafelmusik'
Friday, October 29, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A tribute to Georg Philipp Telemann and his iconic publication Tafelmusik.
$26-$46
Byron Schenkman & Friends: Music for the Sun King
Saturday, October 30, 2027 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Glorious music of the French Baroque, including works by Couperin, Jacquet de la Guerre, Lully, Marais, and Rebel (“Le Tombeau de Lully”), featuring two of North America’s greatest baroque violinists with opulent continuo accompaniment.
$10-$42
Pacific MusicWorks: Breathtaking – A voice & cornetto entwined
Friday, November 5, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:30pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Exploring the affinities of the instrument with the voice.
$20-$45 (youth free)