Contemporary – Past Concerts near Seattle, WA
Music of Remembrance: Stormy Seas
Sunday, March 13, 2022 @ 5:30pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
MOR reprises Sahba Aminikia’s Stormy Seas, premiered virtually in 2020, for a live audience in this program also featuring Sid Robinovitch's Rodas Recordada, songs based on Judeo-Spanish poems, & more.
Ticket price TBA
Seattle Opera: Blue
Saturday, March 12, 2022 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PST)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
The 2020 winner for Best New Opera (Music Critics Association), Jeanine Tesori & Tazewell Thompson's Blue presents a portrait of contemporary African American life.
Ticket price TBA
Seattle Opera: Blue
Friday, March 11, 2022 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PST)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
The 2020 winner for Best New Opera (Music Critics Association), Jeanine Tesori & Tazewell Thompson's Blue presents a portrait of contemporary African American life.
Ticket price TBA
Saint Mark’s Music Series: Northwest Art Song, “Sacred & Profane”
Friday, March 11, 2022 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Online and in-person
Portland-based Northwest Art Song presents 3 pieces about love, religion, & spirituality for voice, piano, & strings: Emerson Eads' The Gleaners, William C. White’s Stabat Mater, & Samuel Barber’s beloved Hermit Songs.
$20 ($15 senior)
Seattle Opera: Blue
Wednesday, March 9, 2022 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PST)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
The 2020 winner for Best New Opera (Music Critics Association), Jeanine Tesori & Tazewell Thompson's Blue presents a portrait of contemporary African American life.
Ticket price TBA
Seattle Symphony: Rimsky-Korsakov – Scheherazade
Saturday, March 5, 2022 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Adolphus Hailstork – Epitaph for a Man Who Dreamed
Béla Bartók – Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major, Sz. 95, BB 101
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov – Scheherazade, Op. 35
Béla Bartók – Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major, Sz. 95, BB 101
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov – Scheherazade, Op. 35
Ticket price TBD
Seattle Opera: Blue
Saturday, March 5, 2022 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PST)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
The 2020 winner for Best New Opera (Music Critics Association), Jeanine Tesori & Tazewell Thompson's Blue presents a portrait of contemporary African American life.
Ticket price TBA
Tacoma Youth Symphony: Romeo & Juliet in the New World
Saturday, March 5, 2022 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Urban Grace Church, Tacoma, WA, United States
Samuel Barber – Adagio for Strings
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Overture from Romeo and Juliet, TH 42, ČW 39
Lee Actor – Concerto for Horn & Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein – Symphonic Dances from Westside Story
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Overture from Romeo and Juliet, TH 42, ČW 39
Lee Actor – Concerto for Horn & Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein – Symphonic Dances from Westside Story
$18
Seattle Symphony: Rimsky-Korsakov – Scheherazade
Thursday, March 3, 2022 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Adolphus Hailstork – Epitaph for a Man Who Dreamed
Béla Bartók – Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major, Sz. 95, BB 101
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov – Scheherazade, Op. 35
Béla Bartók – Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major, Sz. 95, BB 101
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov – Scheherazade, Op. 35
Ticket price TBD
Seattle Opera: Blue
Wednesday, March 2, 2022 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PST)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
The 2020 winner for Best New Opera (Music Critics Association), Jeanine Tesori & Tazewell Thompson's Blue presents a portrait of contemporary African American life.
Ticket price TBA
Seattle Opera: Blue
Sunday, February 27, 2022 @ 2:00pm – 4:30pm (PST)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
The 2020 winner for Best New Opera (Music Critics Association), Jeanine Tesori & Tazewell Thompson's Blue presents a portrait of contemporary African American life.
Ticket price TBA
Symphony Tacoma: Classics III
Saturday, February 26, 2022 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Pantages Theater, Tacoma, WA, United States
Bedřich Smetana – Vltava (The Moldau)
David Ludwig – Violin Concerto
Gustav Mahler – Symphony No. 1 in D major "Titan"
David Ludwig – Violin Concerto
Gustav Mahler – Symphony No. 1 in D major "Titan"
$24-$83
Seattle Opera: Blue
Saturday, February 26, 2022 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PST)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
The 2020 winner for Best New Opera (Music Critics Association), Jeanine Tesori & Tazewell Thompson's Blue presents a portrait of contemporary African American life.
Ticket price TBA
Seattle Symphony: [untitled] 2022
Friday, February 25, 2022 @ 10:00pm – 11:55pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall – Samuel & Althea Stroum Grand Lobby, Seattle, WA, United States
Cutting-edge piano duo HOCKET & SSO musicians present works by jazz-/pop-influenced composers Hitomi Oba & Jonathan Richards that imagine a hopeful future emerging from the pandemic.
Ticket price TBD
Seattle Symphony: #What2022SoundsLike
Friday, February 25, 2022 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Octave 9 at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Cutting-edge piano duo HOCKET & SSO musicians present works by 7 composers that imagine a hopeful future emerging from the pandemic.
Ticket price TBD
Cappella Romana: Arvo Pärt – 'Kanon Pokajanen' – The Kanon of Repentance
Friday, February 25, 2022 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Cappella Romana performs Arvo Pärt’s largest a cappella choral work, the Kanon Pokajanen – an expansive musical meditation on the true meaning of repentance.
$30-$50
Epiphany Seattle: Organ Vespers | Feast of Martin Luther (trans.)
Sunday, February 20, 2022 @ 5:30pm – 7:00pm (PST)
Epiphany Parish Chapel, Seattle, WA, United States
Online and in-person
Service featuring music based on Martin Luther's chorale Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott by Dietrich Buxtehude, Karl Osterland, & Barbara Harbarch, as well as a Magnificat cycle by Samuel Scheidt.
Free (Free)
Pacifica Chamber Orchestra: Sunshine Concert
Sunday, February 20, 2022 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
St. Thomas Chapel at Archbishop Murphy High School, Everett, WA, United States
Liana Alexandra – Larghetto for String Orchestra
Șerban Nichifor – Transylvania Bluegrass for violin & string orchestra
Sadie Harrison – Via Della Fortuna
Lennox Berkeley – Serenade for Strings, Op. 12
Șerban Nichifor – Transylvania Bluegrass for violin & string orchestra
Sadie Harrison – Via Della Fortuna
Lennox Berkeley – Serenade for Strings, Op. 12
$20 ($15 student/ages 65+)
The Sound Ensemble: FROM SWEDEN WITH LOVE – A cultural exchange concert
Sunday, February 20, 2022 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
National Nordic Museum, Seattle, WA, United States
Collaboration between The Sound Ensemble & composers from both Sweden & the western United States, featuring world premieres from Marie Samuelsson & PNW composer Sarah Bassingthwaighte.
Ticket price TBA
Meany Center: George Li
Friday, February 18, 2022 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Robert Schumann – Arabeske in C major, Op. 18
Robert Schumann – Fantasie in C major, Op. 17
Qigang Chen – Instants d’un opéra de Pékin ("Moments from a Peking Opera")
Franz Liszt – Piano Sonata in B minor, S. 178
Robert Schumann – Fantasie in C major, Op. 17
Qigang Chen – Instants d’un opéra de Pékin ("Moments from a Peking Opera")
Franz Liszt – Piano Sonata in B minor, S. 178
$65 (subscriptions available)