Early music – Upcoming Concerts
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
Icicle Creek Chamber Music Festival: Bach, Adams, & Tchaikovsky
Saturday, July 20, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Icicle Creek Center for the Arts – Snowy Owl Theater, Leavenworth, WA, United States
Johann Sebastian Bach – Concerto for Two Keyboards in C minor, BWV 1062
John Adams – Hallelujah Junction
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – String Sextet in D minor, Op. 70 "Souvenir de Florence"
John Adams – Hallelujah Junction
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – String Sextet in D minor, Op. 70 "Souvenir de Florence"
$22 / $12 / FREE age 12 & under
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
Whidbey Island Music Festival: Handel's Roman Holiday
Friday, August 2, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
St. Augustine's in-the-Woods Episcopal Church, Freeland, WA, United States
A program of dramatic, passionate, and virtuosic music written while George Frideric Handel was a young man in Rome.
$22 / $10 / FREE for children
Whidbey Island Music Festival: John Dowland – Time Stands Still
Saturday, August 3, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
St. Augustine's in-the-Woods Episcopal Church, Freeland, WA, United States
The melancholy beauty of John Dowland's lute songs have enchanted and delighted listeners for centuries.
$22 / $10 / FREE for children
Whidbey Island Music Festival: Handel's Roman Holiday
Sunday, August 4, 2030 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
St. Augustine's in-the-Woods Episcopal Church, Freeland, WA, United States
A program of dramatic, passionate, and virtuosic music written while George Frideric Handel was a young man in Rome.
$22 / $10 / FREE for children
Listen Live at Lunch: Early Music Concert
Wednesday, August 7, 2030 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PDT)
First Lutheran Church Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, United States
Barbara Strozzi – Sacri Musicali Affetti (selections)
Barbara Strozzi – Three secular songs
Tarquino Merula – Canzonetta spirituale sopra alla nanna
Isabella Leonarda – Two selected works
Barbara Strozzi – Three secular songs
Tarquino Merula – Canzonetta spirituale sopra alla nanna
Isabella Leonarda – Two selected works
Free
Olympic Music Festival: Musical Forefathers
Sunday, August 11, 2030 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Wheeler Theater at Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA, United States
Johann Sebastian Bach – Keyboard Concerto No. 3 in D major, BWV 1054
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – String Quintet No. 3 in C major, K. 515
Ludwig van Beethoven – 7 Variations on The Magic Flute, WoO 46 for cello and piano
Felix Mendelssohn – Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – String Quintet No. 3 in C major, K. 515
Ludwig van Beethoven – 7 Variations on The Magic Flute, WoO 46 for cello and piano
Felix Mendelssohn – Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66
$20-$40 (age 7-12 free)
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
Bellingham Symphony Orchestra: The BSO Plays Bach
Friday, August 23, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Mount Baker Theatre, Bellingham, WA, United States
Johann Sebastian Bach – Concerto for Violin and Oboe in C minor, BWV 1060
Arvo Pärt – If Bach Had Been a Beekeeper
Johann Sebastian Bach – Selections from Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067
Arvo Pärt – Collage on B-A-C-H
Johann Sebastian Bach – Selections from Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C major, BWV 1066
Arvo Pärt – If Bach Had Been a Beekeeper
Johann Sebastian Bach – Selections from Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067
Arvo Pärt – Collage on B-A-C-H
Johann Sebastian Bach – Selections from Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C major, BWV 1066
$10-$33
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