Contemporary – Past Concerts near Seattle, WA
NOCCO: Emerge
Saturday, October 16, 2021 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Fred Onovwerosuoke – Fantasia on Lift Every Voice
Carl Nielsen – Flute Concerto, CNW 43
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
Carl Nielsen – Flute Concerto, CNW 43
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
$35 ($25 senior; ages 21 & under free)
Meany Center: Danish String Quartet
Friday, October 15, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
An imaginative program of Henry Purcell as arranged by Benjamin Britten; a suite of dances by composers spanning continents & centuries; & the DSQ’s own unique arrangements of traditional Nordic folk music.
$65 (subscriptions available)
University of Puget Sound Symphony Orchestra: Music & the Power of Influence
Friday, October 15, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Schneebeck Concert Hall at the University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA, United States
Online and in-person
The UPS School of Music Symphony Orchestra presents works by Maria Newman, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, & Edward Elgar, conducted by Anna Edwards.
Free (Free (registration required for in-person attendance))
Music & the Power of Influence featuring Puget Sound's Symphony Orchestra
Friday, October 15, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Schneebeck Concert Hall at the University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA, United States
Online and in-person
The UPS Symphony Orchestra performs works by Maria Newman, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, & Edward Elgar, conducted by Anna Edwards.
Free (Free | In-person: pre-registration/proof of full vaccination required)
Seattle Symphony: Dausgaard Conducts Stravinsky
Thursday, October 14, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Maurice Ravel – Le tombeau de Couperin
Brett Dean – Carlo
Adeliia Faizullina – Tatar Folk Songs Igor Stravinsky – Pulcinella Suite
Brett Dean – Carlo
Adeliia Faizullina – Tatar Folk Songs Igor Stravinsky – Pulcinella Suite
Ticket price TBD
Meany Center: Conrad Tao
Wednesday, October 13, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Pianist Conrad Tao leads a journey through the sonic worlds of compositional voices from the past & the immediate present – including a newly commissioned piece from Tao himself.
$65 (subscriptions available)
MEXAM NW Festival: Conciertos de Musica de Camara
Wednesday, October 13, 2021 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Online and in-person
Passing through different musical genres, Trío Guadalevín & the Eleanor Quartet present chamber works from the most important traditional and Latin American repertoire.
Free (Free (registration required to attend in person))
Wayward Music Series: Skyros Quartet + arx duo – Bows & Mallets
Tuesday, October 12, 2021 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
New works for string quartet & percussion by Michael Laurello & Christopher Dietz, plus works from the 20th & 21st Centuries.
$5-$15 donation
Northwest Sinfonietta: Autumn Ascending
Sunday, October 10, 2021 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PDT)
Pioneer Park Pavilion, Puyallup, WA, United States
Max Richter – "Autumn" from Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi – The Four Seasons
Ralph Vaughan Williams – The Lark Ascending
Louise Farrenc – Symphony No. 3 in G minor, Op. 36
Ralph Vaughan Williams – The Lark Ascending
Louise Farrenc – Symphony No. 3 in G minor, Op. 36
$45 ($10 youth; other discounts available)
Seattle Symphony: Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances
Saturday, October 9, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Gioachino Rossini – Overture to Semiramide
Francisco Coll – Violin Concerto (US premiere)
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
Francisco Coll – Violin Concerto (US premiere)
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
Ticket price TBD
Harmonia Orchestra & Chorus: Jubilation
Saturday, October 9, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:45pm (PDT)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Online and in-person
Quinn Mason – Toast of the Town
Antonín Dvořák – Žalm 149, Op. 79
William C. White – Psalm 46
Johann Strauss II – Overture to Die Fledermaus
Arias & duets by Giuseppe Verdi, Georges Bizet, Charles Gounod, Engelbert Humperdinck, Gioachino Rossini, & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Amy Beach – Bal masqué, Op. 22
Giacomo Puccini – "Humming Chorus" from Madama Butterfly
Leonard Bernstein – “Make Our Garden Grow” from Candide
Antonín Dvořák – Žalm 149, Op. 79
William C. White – Psalm 46
Johann Strauss II – Overture to Die Fledermaus
Arias & duets by Giuseppe Verdi, Georges Bizet, Charles Gounod, Engelbert Humperdinck, Gioachino Rossini, & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Amy Beach – Bal masqué, Op. 22
Giacomo Puccini – "Humming Chorus" from Madama Butterfly
Leonard Bernstein – “Make Our Garden Grow” from Candide
$25 ($0-$25 in-person)
Northwest Sinfonietta: Autumn Ascending
Saturday, October 9, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Rialto Theater, Tacoma, WA, United States
Max Richter – "Autumn" from Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi – The Four Seasons
Ralph Vaughan Williams – The Lark Ascending
Louise Farrenc – Symphony No. 3 in G minor, Op. 36
Ralph Vaughan Williams – The Lark Ascending
Louise Farrenc – Symphony No. 3 in G minor, Op. 36
$25-$55 ($10 youth)
SAM Performs: Timber
Saturday, October 9, 2021 @ 5:00pm – 6:05pm (PDT)
Olympic Sculpture Park, Seattle, WA, United States
Math rock meets sound bath in this performance of Timber, Michael Gordon's 65-minute tour-de-force scored for six virtuosic percussionists on tuned 2x4s.
Free
SAM Performs: Timber
Saturday, October 9, 2021 @ 1:00pm – 2:05pm (PDT)
Olympic Sculpture Park, Seattle, WA, United States
Math rock meets sound bath in this performance of Timber, Michael Gordon's 65-minute tour-de-force scored for six virtuosic percussionists on tuned 2x4s.
Free
SMCO with Cellist Nathan Chan at Town Hall: Music of Shostakovich, Haydn, & more
Friday, October 8, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:15pm (PDT)
Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Siamak Aghaei & Colin Jacobsen – Ascending Bird
Franz Joseph Haydn – Symphony No. 101 in D major, Hob I:101 "The Clock"
Sufjan Stevens, arr. Michael Atkinson – Suite from Run Rabbit Run
Dmitri Shostakovich – Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 107
Franz Joseph Haydn – Symphony No. 101 in D major, Hob I:101 "The Clock"
Sufjan Stevens, arr. Michael Atkinson – Suite from Run Rabbit Run
Dmitri Shostakovich – Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 107
$35 ($10 student)
Wayward Music Series: Libby Gray & Julie Ives – Reflections
Friday, October 8, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Libby Gray, flute, & Julie Ives, piano, present a recital of music by Sofia Gubaidulina, Cathy Collinge Herrera, Charles Ives, Allison Loggins-Hull, Joseph Schwantner, William Grant Still, & Toru Takemitsu.
$5-$15 donation
Groupmuse: Mirta Wymerszberg Capitol Hill House Concert
Friday, October 8, 2021 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Private Home in Capitol Hill, Seattle, WA, United States
Johann Sebastian Bach – Invention in E minor, BWV 778 (performed on flute & violin)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Flute Duet No. 4 in F major, Op. 75, K. 157 (performed on flute & violin)
Suite of tangos TBA
Gustavo Leguizamón – Zamba del Laurel
Mirta Wymerszberg – Candombe
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Flute Duet No. 4 in F major, Op. 75, K. 157 (performed on flute & violin)
Suite of tangos TBA
Gustavo Leguizamón – Zamba del Laurel
Mirta Wymerszberg – Candombe
$10+ donation, RSVP required
Seattle Symphony: Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances
Thursday, October 7, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Gioachino Rossini – Overture to Semiramide
Francisco Coll – Violin Concerto (US premiere)
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
Francisco Coll – Violin Concerto (US premiere)
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
Ticket price TBD
MEXAM NW Festival: Conciertos de Música de Cámara Clásica y Latinoamericana
Wednesday, October 6, 2021 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Online and in-person
Chamber music from Mexico in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, with members of the Ballard Civic Orchestra, the Powers-de la Torre piano duo, & other special guests.
Free (Free (registration required to attend in person))
SMCO: Welcome Back Bash with Cellist Nathan Chan
Wednesday, October 6, 2021 @ 6:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
AXIS Pioneer Square, Seattle, WA, United States
SMCO & cellist Nathan Chan present an eclectic variety of music including works by Dmitri Shostakovich, Sufjan Stevens, Siamak Aghaei, & Colin Jacobsen. Includes beverages, hors d’oeuvres, & access to a visual art gallery.
$50 ($75 reserved seating)