Modern period – Upcoming Concerts near Seattle, WA
Seattle Symphony: Lang Lang with the Seattle Symphony
Wednesday, October 9, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Jean Sibelius – Andante festivo
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 2
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Symphony No. 41, "Jupiter"
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 2
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Symphony No. 41, "Jupiter"
$82-$167
Seattle International Piano Festival & Competition: Youth Ages 9 & Under Winners, Outstanding Amateurs, & Top-Ranked Professional Semi-Finalist
Saturday, October 12, 2030 @ 12:00pm – 3:15pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Recital featuring winners of the "Youth, age 9 or under" category; outstanding performers from the "Amateur" category; and a top-ranked semi-finalist of the "Professional" category.
$35 / $25 / $15
Seattle International Piano Festival & Competition: Finalists – Youth, Ages 10 to 13 & Ages 14 to 18
Saturday, October 12, 2030 @ 4:15pm – 7:15pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Final rounds of the Youth Ages 10-13 and Youth Ages 14-18 categories.
$35 / $25 / $15
Seattle International Piano Festival & Competition: Finalists – Collegiate & Professional Artists
Sunday, October 13, 2030 @ 1:30pm – 6:25pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Final rounds of the Collegiate Artist and Professional Artist categories.
$35 / $25 / $15
Auburn Symphony Orchestra: 'Pictures at an Exhibition' – A Multimedia Experience
Sunday, October 13, 2030 @ 2:30pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Auburn Performing Arts Center, Auburn, WA, United States
Mikhail Glinka – Overture to Ruslan and Lyudmila
Adam Schoenberg – Picture Studies
Modest Mussorgsky (orch. Maurice Ravel) – Pictures at an Exhibition
Adam Schoenberg – Picture Studies
Modest Mussorgsky (orch. Maurice Ravel) – Pictures at an Exhibition
$37 / $30 / $10
Olympia Symphony: Corrective Lenses
Sunday, October 13, 2030 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Washington Center for the Performing Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Richard Wagner – Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96
Claude Debussy – Danses sacrée et profane
Dmitri Shostakovich – Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93
Claude Debussy – Danses sacrée et profane
Dmitri Shostakovich – Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93
$6-$60
Ensign Symphony & Chorus: Lux!
Monday, October 14, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Eric Whitacre – Lux Aurumque
Katharina von Schlegal, arr. Stephen Weatherford – Be Still My Soul (world premiere)
Katharina von Schlegal, arr. Stephen Weatherford – Be Still My Soul (world premiere)
$20-$40
Seattle Modern Orchestra: Earshot Jazz Festival
Tuesday, October 15, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Anthony Braxton – Composition No. 56 (1976)
Earle Brown – Oh, K (1992)
Wayne Horvitz – Vagabond: Constructions for Chamber Orchestra and Improvisers (2019) [commission/world premiere]
Darius Jones – LawNOrder (2018) [new version for SMO]
George Lewis – Artificial Life (2007)
Tyshawn Sorey – In Memoriam Muhal Richard Abrams (2018)
Earle Brown – Oh, K (1992)
Wayne Horvitz – Vagabond: Constructions for Chamber Orchestra and Improvisers (2019) [commission/world premiere]
Darius Jones – LawNOrder (2018) [new version for SMO]
George Lewis – Artificial Life (2007)
Tyshawn Sorey – In Memoriam Muhal Richard Abrams (2018)
$10-$23
Max Richter with American Contemporary Music Ensemble & Grace Davidson
Wednesday, October 16, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Moore Theatre, Seattle, WA, United States
Inspired equally by Bach, punk rock, and ambient electronica, composer Max Richter’s sonic world blends a formal classical training with modern technology.
$26-$76
Northwest Edvard Grieg Society presents: Oda Voltersvik, piano
Thursday, October 17, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
National Nordic Museum, Seattle, WA, United States
Described as a “pianist with great sensitivity and lovely tone,” Norwegian pianist Oda Voltersvik will perform music by Edvard Grieg, Jean Sibelius, Alexander Scriabin, Frédéric Chopin, and Alberto Ginastera.
$25 ($20 museum / society members)
Seattle Symphony: Mozart Requiem
Thursday, October 17, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Toru Takemitsu – Requiem for String Orchestra
Karl Amadeus Hartmann – Concerto funèbre
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Requiem
Karl Amadeus Hartmann – Concerto funèbre
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Requiem
$24-$134 (age 8-18 free)
University of Puget Sound: Wind Ensemble/Symphony Orchestra
University of Puget Sound School of Music,
University of Puget Sound Wind Ensemble, and
University of Puget Sound Symphony Orchestra
Thursday, October 17, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Schneebeck Concert Hall at the University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA, United States
Aaron Copland – The Promise of Living
David Maslanka – Give Us This Day
Lili Boulanger – D’un matin de printemps
Igor Stravinsky – The Firebird Suite
Carlos Simon – Sweet Chariot (world premiere)
David Maslanka – Give Us This Day
Lili Boulanger – D’un matin de printemps
Igor Stravinsky – The Firebird Suite
Carlos Simon – Sweet Chariot (world premiere)
Free (Free)
Wayward Music Series: Earshot – Clarice Assad
Friday, October 18, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Extraordinary Brazilian-American composer, pianist, and vocalist Clarice Assad performs solo works for piano and voice, and presents three works for string quartet.
$5-$20 suggested donation
Seattle Symphony [untitled]: Sacred & Contemporary Brass Music
Friday, October 18, 2030 @ 10:00pm – 10:50pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall – Samuel & Althea Stroum Grand Lobby, Seattle, WA, United States
The Seattle Symphony’s brass section performs sacred music of Giovanni Gabrieli alongside works by American composers Gunther Schuller, David Sampson, and Anthony DiLorenzo.
$15
North Corner Chamber Orchestra: Fall
Saturday, October 19, 2030 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Element 79, Seattle, WA, United States
Richard Wagner – Siegfried Idyll, WWV 103
Edward Elgar – Introduction and Allegro, Op. 47 for string quartet and string orchestra
Franz Schubert – Symphony No. 3 in D major, D. 200
Edward Elgar – Introduction and Allegro, Op. 47 for string quartet and string orchestra
Franz Schubert – Symphony No. 3 in D major, D. 200
$35 / $25 / free
Bremerton WestSound Symphony: Birds of a Feather
Saturday, October 19, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Marvin Williams Center, Bremerton, WA, United States
Gioachino Rossini – La gazza ladra
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Swan Lake Suite
Igor Stravinsky – The Firebird
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Swan Lake Suite
Igor Stravinsky – The Firebird
$28 with discount options
LUCO: Vienna Waits for You
Saturday, October 19, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Erich Wolfgang Korngold – Theme and Variations, Op. 42
Alban Berg – Seven Early Songs
Franz Schubert – Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D. 759 "Unfinished"
Maurice Ravel – La valse
Alban Berg – Seven Early Songs
Franz Schubert – Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D. 759 "Unfinished"
Maurice Ravel – La valse
$20 ($15 senior/student)
Northwest Symphony Orchestra: Copland, Vivaldi, Williams
Saturday, October 19, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Federal Way Performing Arts and Event Center, Federal Way, WA, United States
Music by John Williams, Aaron Copland, Richard Rodgers, Richard Wagner, Antonio Vivaldi, and others; with visuals of National Parks by Adrian Wyard.
$20 / $15 / $12
Seattle Symphony: Mozart Requiem
Saturday, October 19, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Toru Takemitsu – Requiem for String Orchestra
Karl Amadeus Hartmann – Concerto funèbre
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Requiem
Karl Amadeus Hartmann – Concerto funèbre
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Requiem
$24-$134 (age 8-18 free)
The Sustain Music Project: Music + New Beginnings
Sunday, October 20, 2030 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Taproot Theatre Company's Isaac Studio Theatre, Seattle, WA, United States
A story-telling concert that is also a beautiful statement about the value of men, women, and children who are victims of abuse.
$20