Contemporary – Past Concerts
Gallery Concerts: Southern Exposure
Sunday, February 3, 2019 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Queen Anne Christian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
A sunny tour of baroque and jazzy contemporary music for recorder and percussion from Italy, Spain, Brazil, and Argentina.
$35 / $30 / $15 (kids age 7-15 FREE)
Seattle Symphony: Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3
Saturday, February 2, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 9:50pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Dmitri Shostakovich – Symphony No. 1 in F minor, Op. 10
Caroline Shaw – Watermark (world premiere)
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
Caroline Shaw – Watermark (world premiere)
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
$22-$122 (youth 8-18 free)
SMCO: From Spain to India – Contemporary Instrumental Masters
Saturday, February 2, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Four stellar guest artists join Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra in a program of contemporary music exploring connections between Indian classical music and flamenco.
$25 ($20 seniors; $15 students)
Gallery Concerts: Southern Exposure
Saturday, February 2, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Queen Anne Christian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
A sunny tour of baroque and jazzy contemporary music for recorder and percussion from Italy, Spain, Brazil, and Argentina.
$35 / $30 / $15 (kids age 7-15 FREE)
Seattle Symphony: Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3
Friday, February 1, 2019 @ 12:00pm – 1:50pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Dmitri Shostakovich – Symphony No. 1 in F minor, Op. 10
Caroline Shaw – Watermark (world premiere)
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
Caroline Shaw – Watermark (world premiere)
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
$22-$122 (youth 8-18 free)
Wayward Music Series: WHSS Duo
Thursday, January 31, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Compositions and improvisations for bassoon, piano, and electronics, exploring music from the obscure to the sublime.
$5-$15 donation
Seattle Symphony: Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3
Thursday, January 31, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:20pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Dmitri Shostakovich – Symphony No. 1 in F minor, Op. 10
Caroline Shaw – Watermark (world premiere)
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
Caroline Shaw – Watermark (world premiere)
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
$22-$122 (youth 8-18 free)
Breath of Aire: Benefit Concert for Hope Church Missions Home Building in Mexico
Sunday, January 27, 2019 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (PST)
Hope Foursquare Church, Snohomish, WA, United States
Choral concert to benefit "Hope Church Missions Home Building in Mexico."
Free-will offering
Octava Chamber Orchestra: Beethoven's 'Eroica'
Sunday, January 27, 2019 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (PST)
Maple Park Church, Lynnwood, WA, United States
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"
Norman Dello Joio – New York Profiles
New work TBD
Norman Dello Joio – New York Profiles
New work TBD
$13-$20 (kids FREE)
Seattle Symphony: Celebrate Asia
Sunday, January 27, 2019 @ 4:00pm – 5:50pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
John Adams – "The Chairman Dances" from Nixon in China
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
Narong Prangcharoen – Pubbanimitta for suona and orchestra
Unsuk Chin – snagS&Snarls for soprano and orchestra
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
Narong Prangcharoen – Pubbanimitta for suona and orchestra
Unsuk Chin – snagS&Snarls for soprano and orchestra
$31-$97
Pacifica Chamber Orchestra Sunshine Concert: Fuchs, Farkas, Ravel, Marcussen
Sunday, January 27, 2019 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PST)
Everett First Presbyterian Church, Everett, WA, United States
Robert Fuchs – Serenade for Strings Op. 9, No. 1
Ferenc Farkas – Early Hungarian Dances For Wind Quintet
Maurice Ravel – Le Tombeau de Couperin for Winds
Kjell Marcussen – Double Concerto for Viola, Cello, and Strings
Ferenc Farkas – Early Hungarian Dances For Wind Quintet
Maurice Ravel – Le Tombeau de Couperin for Winds
Kjell Marcussen – Double Concerto for Viola, Cello, and Strings
$20 ($15 student/senior)
Ancora: From Baltic Shores
Sunday, January 27, 2019 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PST)
Green Lake Church of Seventh-day Adventists, Seattle, WA, United States
Choral music from around the Baltic Sea, written for women's voices.
$16 ($13 seniors, students FREE)
Saratoga Orchestra: Simply Strings with Tekla Cunningham, violin
Sunday, January 27, 2019 @ 2:30pm – 4:30pm (PST)
Coupeville High School Performing Arts Center, Coupeville, WA, United States
Pietro Locatelli – Concerto Grosso in C minor, Op. 1
Johann Sebastian Bach – Violin Concerto in G minor, BWV 1056R
Charles Avison – Concerto Grosso No. 3 in D minor, "After Scarlatti"
Hanna Benn – Where Springs Not Fail
Dag Ivar Wirén – Serenade for Strings, Op. 11
Johann Sebastian Bach – Violin Concerto in G minor, BWV 1056R
Charles Avison – Concerto Grosso No. 3 in D minor, "After Scarlatti"
Hanna Benn – Where Springs Not Fail
Dag Ivar Wirén – Serenade for Strings, Op. 11
$25 ($20 senior/military)
Philharmonia Northwest: Bohemian Rhapsodie – Bartók, Joachim, Sedlar, Dvořák
Sunday, January 27, 2019 @ 2:30pm – 4:00pm (PST)
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Béla Bartók – Hungarian Sketches
Joseph Joachim – Notturno for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 12
Aleksandar Sedlar – Serbian Fantasy
Antonín Dvořák – Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88
Joseph Joachim – Notturno for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 12
Aleksandar Sedlar – Serbian Fantasy
Antonín Dvořák – Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88
$20 ($15 seniors/students)
Washington Wind Symphony: American Kaleidoscope
Sunday, January 27, 2019 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
Redmond Performing Arts Center, Redmond, WA, United States
A delightful assortment of musical Americana for wind band.
$15 ($10 senior, youth FREE)
Wayward Music Series: Seattle Phonographers Union
Saturday, January 26, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Collective improvisation using only unprocessed field recordings, exploring the ways in which we recognize, differentiate, map, and navigate our sonic environment.
$5-$15 donation
Music at St. Thomas: 'Rilke + Lieder' Premiere
Saturday, January 26, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Medina, WA, United States
The world premiere of Brett Banducci's Rilke + Lieder for countertenor, viola, and organ.
$20 ($10 student)
Ancora: From Baltic Shores
Saturday, January 26, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Green Lake Church of Seventh-day Adventists, Seattle, WA, United States
Choral music from around the Baltic Sea, written for women's voices.
$16 ($13 seniors, students FREE)
Saltwater Music Series: 'Then Sings My Soul' – Songs & Spirituals from the American Experience
Saturday, January 26, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Des Moines United Methodist Church (WA), Des Moines, WA, United States
A wide variety of music – including spirituals, jazz, art song, and pieces for solo piano – celebrating the richness and diversity of musical expression in the USA.
Free
The Lover in Winter: Songs for Countertenor
Saturday, January 26, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PST)
St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Medina, WA, United States
Music by Thomas Adès, Jake Heggie, Nico Muhly, Arvo Pärt, and the premiere of Brett Banducci's Rilke+Lieder for countertenor, viola, organ, and piano.
$20 ($15 students)