Contemporary – Past Concerts
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)
Seattle Symphony: Songs of the Earth
Sunday, February 13, 2022 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
George Walker – Lyric for Strings
George Walker – Folk Songs for Orchestra
Gustav Mahler – Das Lied von der Erde ("Songs of the Earth")
George Walker – Folk Songs for Orchestra
Gustav Mahler – Das Lied von der Erde ("Songs of the Earth")
Ticket price TBD
Seattle Symphony: Songs of the Earth
Saturday, February 12, 2022 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
George Walker – Lyric for Strings
George Walker – Folk Songs for Orchestra
Gustav Mahler – Das Lied von der Erde ("Songs of the Earth")
George Walker – Folk Songs for Orchestra
Gustav Mahler – Das Lied von der Erde ("Songs of the Earth")
Ticket price TBD
Seattle Symphony: Songs of the Earth
Thursday, February 10, 2022 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
George Walker – Lyric for Strings
George Walker – Folk Songs for Orchestra
Gustav Mahler – Das Lied von der Erde ("Songs of the Earth")
George Walker – Folk Songs for Orchestra
Gustav Mahler – Das Lied von der Erde ("Songs of the Earth")
Ticket price TBD
Seattle Symphony: Dausgaard Sibelius Symphony No. 1
Saturday, February 5, 2022 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Ellen Reid – New work TBA (world premiere)
Wilhelm Stenhammar – Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 23
Jean Sibelius – Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 39
Wilhelm Stenhammar – Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 23
Jean Sibelius – Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 39
Ticket price TBD
Seattle Symphony: Sibelius One Untuxed
Friday, February 4, 2022 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Ellen Reid – New work TBA (world premiere)
Jean Sibelius – Symphony No. 1 in E minor Op. 39
Jean Sibelius – Symphony No. 1 in E minor Op. 39
Seattle Symphony: Dausgaard Sibelius Symphony No. 1
Thursday, February 3, 2022 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Ellen Reid – New work TBA (world premiere)
Wilhelm Stenhammar – Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 23
Jean Sibelius – Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 39
Wilhelm Stenhammar – Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 23
Jean Sibelius – Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 39
Ticket price TBD
University of Puget Sound: Organ at Noon Series – The 31st Annual Bethel Schneebeck Organ Recital
Sunday, January 30, 2022 @ 2:00pm – 3:00pm (PST)
Kilworth Memorial Chapel, Tacoma, WA, United States
Online and in-person
UPS Faculty organist Wyatt Smith presents the 31st Annual Bethel Schneebeck Organ Recital. Featuring works by Felix Mendelssohn, Louis-Nicolas Clérambault, Stephen Paulus, & Margaret Vardell Sandresky.
Free (Free)
Seattle Symphony: EO9066
Saturday, January 29, 2022 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Thomas Dausgaard & the SSO are joined by Seattle-born composer/multi-instrumentalist Kishi Bashi in a heart-rending reflection on the internment of thousands of innocent Japanese Americans during the Second World War.
Ticket price TBD
Seattle Symphony: Tied Together
Friday, January 28, 2022 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Octave 9 at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Boston-based group Hub New Music collaborates with renowned Silkroad Ensemble shakuhachi artist Kojiro Umezaki in a program of new music by composers from the Asia/America New Music Institute.
Ticket price TBD
Seattle Symphony: EO9066
Thursday, January 27, 2022 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Thomas Dausgaard & the SSO are joined by Seattle-born composer/multi-instrumentalist Kishi Bashi in a heart-rending reflection on the internment of thousands of innocent Japanese Americans during the Second World War.
Ticket price TBD
Meany Center: Simone Dinnerstein
Thursday, January 27, 2022 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Joseph C. Phillips Jr. – Never Has Been Yet
Richard Danielpour – An American Mosaic
Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Richard Danielpour – Three Bach Transcriptions
Richard Danielpour – An American Mosaic
Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Richard Danielpour – Three Bach Transcriptions
$65 (subscriptions available)
Meany Center: Imani Winds & Catalyst Quartet
Wednesday, January 26, 2022 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Mongo Santamaria, arr. Valerie Coleman – Afro Blue
Florence Price – Newly discovered work TBA
Jessie Montgomery – Sergeant McCauley
Roberto Sierra – Concierto de Cámara
Florence Price – Newly discovered work TBA
Jessie Montgomery – Sergeant McCauley
Roberto Sierra – Concierto de Cámara
$65 (subscriptions available)