Chansons – Past Concerts near Seattle, WA
Scores of Sound: Day 2
Thursday, December 7, 2017 @ 10:00am – 9:00pm (PST)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
An all-day festival including performances from many ensembles and genres, including jazz, classical, new music, African drumming, and Gamelan.
Free (Free)
Ladies Musical Club of Seattle: The Life and Works of Claude Debussy
Saturday, November 4, 2017 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PDT)
Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA, United States
An all-Debussy concert featuring early, middle, and late works.
Free (Free)
Bellevue Chamber Chorus: It Might As Well Be Spring
Sunday, May 21, 2017 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
First United Methodist Church, Bellevue, WA, United States
Renaissance madrigals and chansons, 19th-century classics by Brahms and Grieg, modern gems by Britten, Bernstein, Gershwin, and Rogers/Hammerstein, and contemporary works by Daniel Elder and Giselle Wyers.
$20/$15/$10/$5
Bellevue Chamber Chorus: It Might As Well Be Spring
Saturday, May 20, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
St. Luke's Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA, United States
Renaissance madrigals and chansons, 19th-century classics by Brahms and Grieg, modern gems by Britten, Bernstein, Gershwin, and Rogers/Hammerstein, and contemporary works by Daniel Elder and Giselle Wyers.
$20/$15/$10/$5
Bellevue Chamber Chorus: The French Connection
Sunday, March 5, 2017 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
St. Luke's Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA, United States
Renaissance chansons, secular works by Saint-Saens, Debussy, and Morten Lauridsen, French and Canadian folk songs, sacred music by Poulenc and Fauré, and Duruflé’s exquisite Requiem for organ and chorus.
$20/$15/$10/$5
Bellevue Chamber Chorus: The French Connection
Saturday, March 4, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
St. Luke's Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA, United States
Renaissance chansons, secular works by Saint-Saens, Debussy, and Morten Lauridsen, French and Canadian folk songs, sacred music by Poulenc and Fauré, and Duruflé’s exquisite Requiem for organ and chorus.
$20/$15/$10/$5
Canzonetta: 'A la Francaise'
Friday, October 28, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Trinity Parish Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Progression of the French chanson from the Renaissance through the 20th century.
Free (Free)
Magnificent 'Magnificats'
Saturday, October 1, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:50pm (PDT)
Blessed Sacrament Parish, Seattle, WA, United States
Bach – Magnificat in D major
Vivaldi – Magnificat in G minor
Buxtehude – Magnificat in D major
Biber – Rosary Sonatas for solo violin and continuo
Vivaldi – Magnificat in G minor
Buxtehude – Magnificat in D major
Biber – Rosary Sonatas for solo violin and continuo
$5-$25
Voix Etouffees (‘Stifled Voices’): Schulhoff, Tokayer, Korngold & Weill
Friday, May 27, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Haller Lake United Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Schulhoff – Selections from Jazz Partita for Solo Piano
Tokayer – Unpublished duets
Korngold – Selections from Shakespearean Songs and Much Ado About Nothing
Weill – Songs for soprano/piano
Tokayer – Unpublished duets
Korngold – Selections from Shakespearean Songs and Much Ado About Nothing
Weill – Songs for soprano/piano
$5-$20 suggested donation
Muse Collective: Animal Songs – A Bestiary
Friday, April 22, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Muse Collective Little Theater, Seattle, WA, United States
30 classical art songs about animals, including selections from Saint-Saëns' Carnival of the Animals and works by Ravel, Chabrier, Barber, Irving Fine, Rorem, Poulenc, and Flanders and Swann.
Free (Free)
Ladies Musical Club: Shostakovich, Turina & Rochberg
Friday, April 15, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Crossroads Community Center, Bellevue, WA, United States
Shostakovich – String Quartet in C major No. 1, Op. 49
Turina – Poema en forma de Canciones
Rochberg – Four Songs of Solomon
Turina – Poema en forma de Canciones
Rochberg – Four Songs of Solomon
Free (Free)
LMC: Rachmaninoff, Scarlatti, Chaminade, & more
Wednesday, March 2, 2016 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PST)
Seattle Public Library - Central Library Microsoft Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Works for piano and soprano by Rachmaninoff, Bach, Scarlatti, Cécile Chaminade, Gloria Wilson Swisher, and Amy Beach.
Free (Free)
Ladies Musical Club: Milhaud & Rodrigo
Friday, February 19, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Crossroads Community Center, Bellevue, WA, United States
Milhaud – Quatre Chansons de Ronsard, Op. 223
Rodrigo – Cuatro Madrigales Amatorios
Rodrigo – Cuatro Madrigales Amatorios
Free (Free)
First Friday Salon: Chansons D'Amour with Clara Rottsolk & Byron Schenkman
Friday, February 5, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
An evening of French chansons and piano pieces, including songs by Fauré, Hahn, Mozart, Poulenc, and Rameau.
$20 (students $15)
Ladies Musical Club Recital: Bach to Barber in Words and Music
Wednesday, December 9, 2015 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PST)
Seattle Public Library - Central Library Microsoft Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Beth Ann Bonnecroy (soprano), Janet Anderson (piano) and Karin McCullough (piano) perform works by Bach, Barber, Fauré, Debussy, Bemberg and Mozart.
Free
From the Height of Classical Era to the Birth of the German Romantic style
Thursday, December 3, 2015 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PST)
Seattle Art Museum (Downtown), Seattle, WA, United States
Journey from the height of the classical era to the birth of the German romantic style with works by Mozart and Beethoven.
Free (Free)
Seattle Classic Guitar Society presents Michael & Keleren Millham
Saturday, November 28, 2015 @ 2:00pm – 3:00pm (PST)
Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA, United States
Music by Cordero, Barber, Wilder, Benedict, Martini, Bellini, Dorian Michael, Millham and Millham, and Leo Brouwer.
Free
LMC at Stage 7 Pianos
Sunday, November 15, 2015 @ 3:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
Stage7Pianos, Kirkland, WA, United States
Mozart – Sonata for Violin and Piano in G major, K. 301
Mozart – Sonata for Violin and Piano in E minor, K. 304
John Ireland – Aubade
Eric Thiman – Spring Wind
Arthur Somervell – Under the greenwood tree
Frederick Keel – You Spotted Snakes
Ralph Vaughan Williams – It was a lover
Léo Delibes – Serenade from Le Roi l’a dit
Gabriel Fauré – Puisqu’ici bas tout âme
Ernest Chausson – Duos Op. 11
Ernest Chausson – La Nuit
Ernest Chausson – Réveils
Mozart – Sonata for Violin and Piano in E minor, K. 304
John Ireland – Aubade
Eric Thiman – Spring Wind
Arthur Somervell – Under the greenwood tree
Frederick Keel – You Spotted Snakes
Ralph Vaughan Williams – It was a lover
Léo Delibes – Serenade from Le Roi l’a dit
Gabriel Fauré – Puisqu’ici bas tout âme
Ernest Chausson – Duos Op. 11
Ernest Chausson – La Nuit
Ernest Chausson – Réveils
Free (Free)
Ladies Musical Club: Handel, Wolf, Debussy, Liszt
Wednesday, November 4, 2015 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PST)
Seattle Public Library - Central Library Microsoft Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Handel – “Bel piacere” from Agrippina
Handel – “Care selve” from Atalanta
Wolf – In dem Schatten meiner Locken
Wolf – Auch kleine Dinge können uns entzücken
Wolf – Morgentau
Debussy – Le Jet d'Eau
Debussy – Recueillement
Handel – “Care selve” from Atalanta
Wolf – In dem Schatten meiner Locken
Wolf – Auch kleine Dinge können uns entzücken
Wolf – Morgentau
Debussy – Le Jet d'Eau
Debussy – Recueillement
Free (Free)
LMC at Music Center of the Northwest
Sunday, October 25, 2015 @ 2:00pm – 3:00pm (PDT)
Music Center of the Northwest, Seattle, WA, United States
G. F. Handel – “Bel piacere” from Agrippina
G. F. Handel – “Care selve” from Atalanta
Hugo Wolf – In dem Schatten meiner Locken
Hugo Wolf – Auch kleine Dinge können uns entzücken
Hugo Wolf – Morgentau
Claude Debussy – Le Jet d'Eau
Claude Debussy – Recueillement
Michael Isaacson – That Courtesan's Smile
Howard J. Buss – De La Madra
Alec Wilder – Piece for Oboe and Improvisatory Percussion
Bill Douglas – Irish Spirit
G. F. Handel – “Care selve” from Atalanta
Hugo Wolf – In dem Schatten meiner Locken
Hugo Wolf – Auch kleine Dinge können uns entzücken
Hugo Wolf – Morgentau
Claude Debussy – Le Jet d'Eau
Claude Debussy – Recueillement
Michael Isaacson – That Courtesan's Smile
Howard J. Buss – De La Madra
Alec Wilder – Piece for Oboe and Improvisatory Percussion
Bill Douglas – Irish Spirit
Free