Modern period – Past Concerts
Groupmuse House Concert: String Theory
Saturday, February 22, 2020 @ 6:30pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Private home in Wallingford, Seattle, WA, United States
Johann Sebastian Bach – Invention No. 2 in C minor, BWV 773
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Six Duets, Op. 75
Heitor Villa-Lobos – Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5
Jacob do Bandolim – Vibrações
Astor Piazzolla – Tango Suite
Osvaldo Pugliese – La yumba
Suite of traditional tangos for guitar, bandoneon, and violin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Six Duets, Op. 75
Heitor Villa-Lobos – Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5
Jacob do Bandolim – Vibrações
Astor Piazzolla – Tango Suite
Osvaldo Pugliese – La yumba
Suite of traditional tangos for guitar, bandoneon, and violin
$10+ donation, RSVP required
Cascadia Art Museum: Ravel, Mozart, & Dvorák - Piano for Four Hands
Saturday, February 22, 2020 @ 6:00pm – 7:30pm (PST)
Cascadia Art Museum, Edmonds, WA, United States
Dr. Harumi Makiyama and Dr. Rie Ando team up at the piano for this presentation of "Piano Four Hands" masterworks.
$18 ($12 museum members)
North Corner Chamber Orchestra: Through the Glass
Saturday, February 22, 2020 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Heather Bentley – Hot Shop
Ethel Smyth – Serenade in D major
Luigi Boccherini – Cello Concerto in B-flat major, I. Allegro moderato
Carl Maria von Weber – Bassoon Concerto in F major, I. Allegro ma non troppo
Ethel Smyth – Serenade in D major
Luigi Boccherini – Cello Concerto in B-flat major, I. Allegro moderato
Carl Maria von Weber – Bassoon Concerto in F major, I. Allegro ma non troppo
$35 ($25 seniors; 21 & under free)
Seattle Symphony: Wonder Women
Saturday, February 22, 2020 @ 11:00am – 11:35am (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Ruth Crawford Seeger – Rissolty Rossolty
Amy Beach – "Alla siciliana: Allegro vivace" from Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 32, “Gaelic”
Florence Price – "Tempo moderato" from Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor
Lili Boulanger – D'un matin de printemps ("Of a Spring Morning")
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov – "The Sea and Sinbad's Ship" from Scheherazade, Op. 35
Amy Beach – "Alla siciliana: Allegro vivace" from Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 32, “Gaelic”
Florence Price – "Tempo moderato" from Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor
Lili Boulanger – D'un matin de printemps ("Of a Spring Morning")
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov – "The Sea and Sinbad's Ship" from Scheherazade, Op. 35
$25 / $15
Port Angeles Symphony: Mozart, Liszt, Stravinsky (public rehearsal)
Saturday, February 22, 2020 @ 10:00am – 12:00pm (PST)
Port Angeles High School Performing Arts Center, Port Angeles, WA, United States
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Overture to La Clemenza di Tito, K. 621
Franz Liszt – Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, S. 124
Franz Liszt – Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major, S. 125
Igor Stravinsky – The Firebird Suite (1919 orchestration)
Franz Liszt – Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, S. 124
Franz Liszt – Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major, S. 125
Igor Stravinsky – The Firebird Suite (1919 orchestration)
$7 / free
SPU Faculty Artist Series: Circle of Friends
Sunday, February 16, 2020 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PST)
SPU Nickerson Studios, Seattle, WA, United States
Chamber music featuring Leopold Godowsky's works for violin, voice and piano, and performed by SPU faculty and guests: violinists Marjorie and Ilkka Talvi, soprano Cherie Hughes, and pianists Asta and Dainius Vaičekonis.
Free (Donations welcome)
Auburn Symphony Orchestra: Happy Birthday Beethoven!
Sunday, February 16, 2020 @ 2:30pm – 4:30pm (PST)
Auburn Performing Arts Center, Auburn, WA, United States
Leonard Bernstein – "Three Dance Episodes" from On the Town
George Walker – Lyric for Strings
Aaron Copland – Clarinet Concerto
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
George Walker – Lyric for Strings
Aaron Copland – Clarinet Concerto
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
$37 / $30 / $10
Seattle Modern Orchestra: Sequenza Marathon
Saturday, February 15, 2020 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Hear seven of Luciano Berio's 14 Sequenzas for solo instruments performed back to back in this marathon concert – incredible feats of musical athleticism that push the boundaries of virtuosity and possibility.
$25 / $15 / $10
Radiance: Reincarnations
Saturday, February 15, 2020 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Trinity Parish Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Music of struggle, death, and renewed hope by Jake Runestad, Samuel Barber, Daniel Elder, Dominick Diorio, Frank Ticheli, and others.
$25 / $20 / $15
Orchestra Seattle & Seattle Chamber Singers: Ancestors
Saturday, February 15, 2020 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Shorecrest Performing Arts Center, Shoreline, WA, United States
Quinn Mason – A Joyous Trilogy (world premiere)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622
Igor Stravinsky – Le sacre du printemps ("The Rite of Spring")
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622
Igor Stravinsky – Le sacre du printemps ("The Rite of Spring")
$25 / $20 / $10 / FREE for youth
Seattle Classic Guitar Society presents Michael Kudirka
Saturday, February 15, 2020 @ 2:00pm – 3:00pm (PST)
Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA, United States
Francesco Canova da Milano – Fantasias, Ricercars, and Improvisations
John Dowland – Three Lute Pieces
Johann Sebastian Bach – Chaconne, from Partita II in D minor, BWV 1004
Dusan Bogdanovic – Levantine Suite
Fernando Sor – Introduction and Variations on a Theme of Mozart, Op. 9
Johann Sebastian Bach – Chaconne, from Partita II in D minor, BWV 1004
Dusan Bogdanovic – Levantine Suite
Fernando Sor – Introduction and Variations on a Theme of Mozart, Op. 9
Free (Free)
SPU Faculty Artist Series: The Legacy of Leopold Godowsky
Friday, February 14, 2020 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
SPU Nickerson Studios, Seattle, WA, United States
Cuban American pianist Antonio Iturrioz presents a lecture-recital on legendary pianist, composer, and pedagogue Leopold Godowsky.
Free (Donations welcome)
SPU Faculty Artist Series: Happy Birthday, Leopold!
Thursday, February 13, 2020 @ 7:30pm – 9:15pm (PST)
SPU Nickerson Studios, Seattle, WA, United States
Dr. Dainius Vaičekonis presents Leopold Godowsky’s suite Triakontameron, in celebration of the legendary pianist's 150th birthday.
Free (Donations welcome)
Loving Opera! A recital by Brett Sprague, tenor
Thursday, February 13, 2020 @ 1:30pm – 3:00pm (PST)
Norcliffe Studio at the Seattle Opera Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Recital by tenor Brett Sprague, winner of the 2018 Seattle Opera Guild Singers' Development Award.
$40-$45
Ladies Musical Club: “Living Room” Concert – Duets for Two Violas
Wednesday, February 12, 2020 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PST)
Seattle Public Library – Central Branch, Seattle, WA, United States
Intimate, one-hour chamber music program featuring English folk songs arranged for voice and violin by Rebecca Clarke, as well as Romantic and modern viola duets.
Free (Free)
Seattle Collaborative Orchestra: Strength & the Art of Dance
Tuesday, February 11, 2020 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Roosevelt High School Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Ethel Smyth – Serenade in D major
Maria Newman – Chorales for Brass and Percussion, Op. 35 No. 3
Michael Daugherty – “Red Cape Tango” from Metropolis Symphony
Arturo Márquez – Danzón No. 2
Maria Newman – Chorales for Brass and Percussion, Op. 35 No. 3
Michael Daugherty – “Red Cape Tango” from Metropolis Symphony
Arturo Márquez – Danzón No. 2
$20 / $15 / free
Pacific Northwest Ballet: Kent Stowell's 'Cinderella'
Sunday, February 9, 2020 @ 7:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Kent Stowell’s Cinderella combines storytelling, choreography, Sergei Prokofiev’s score, and superb design to transport a lonely heroine from her wistful fireside dreams to a dazzling palace ball.
$37-$190
Bellingham Symphony: Finlandia
Sunday, February 9, 2020 @ 3:00pm – 4:45pm (PST)
Mount Baker Theatre, Bellingham, WA, United States
Johan Svendsen – Romance for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 26
Dmitry Kabalevsky – Violin Concerto in C major, Op. 48
Jean Sibelius – Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 105
Jean Sibelius – Finlandia, Op. 26
Dmitry Kabalevsky – Violin Concerto in C major, Op. 48
Jean Sibelius – Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 105
Jean Sibelius – Finlandia, Op. 26
$15-$49
Olympia Symphony: Jazz-Colored Glasses
Sunday, February 9, 2020 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Washington Center for the Performing Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – Ballade, Op. 33 "Ballade in A minor"
George Gershwin – An American in Paris
Ludwig van Beethoven – “Turkish March” from The Ruins of Athens, Op. 113
John Adams – The Chairman Dances: Foxtrot for Orchestra
George Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue
George Gershwin – An American in Paris
Ludwig van Beethoven – “Turkish March” from The Ruins of Athens, Op. 113
John Adams – The Chairman Dances: Foxtrot for Orchestra
George Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue
$6-$60
Pacifica Chamber Orchestra: Scriabin, Draeseke, Chausson, & Diamond
Sunday, February 9, 2020 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Trinity Episcopal Church, Everett, WA, United States
Alexander Scriabin – Andante for string orchestra
Felix Draeseke – String Quintet in F major, Op. 77 (arranged for string orchestra)
Ernest Chausson – Poème, Op. 25
David Diamond – Rounds for string orchestra
Felix Draeseke – String Quintet in F major, Op. 77 (arranged for string orchestra)
Ernest Chausson – Poème, Op. 25
David Diamond – Rounds for string orchestra
$20 ($15 student / senior)