Modern period – Upcoming Concerts
Peter Nelson-King: The Magpie's Shadow
Thursday, March 22, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Peter Nelson-King – The Magpie's Shadow (2017/18) (world premiere)
Hans Erich Apostel – Kubiniana, Op. 13 (1947)
Ernest Bloch – Five Sketches in Sepia (1923)
Fulvio Caldini – Iblis Suite, Op. 3a (1981)
Hans Erich Apostel – Kubiniana, Op. 13 (1947)
Ernest Bloch – Five Sketches in Sepia (1923)
Fulvio Caldini – Iblis Suite, Op. 3a (1981)
$5-$15 suggested donation
Pacific Northwest Ballet: Director’s Choice
Friday, March 23, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Peter Boal's annual selection offers audiences a riveting duet, a favorite work, a little controversy, and a world premiere by PNB dancer Ezra Thomson.
$30-$180
Emerald City Music: In Blue...
Friday, March 23, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
415 Westlake, Seattle, WA, United States
Ravel – Violin Sonata No. 2
Rzewski – Cotton Mill Blues, for solo piano
Stravinsky – The Soldier’s Tale, for piano, violin, and clarinet
Bernstein – Clarinet Sonata
Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue, for four-hands piano
Rzewski – Cotton Mill Blues, for solo piano
Stravinsky – The Soldier’s Tale, for piano, violin, and clarinet
Bernstein – Clarinet Sonata
Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue, for four-hands piano
$45 (includes open bar) / $10 students
Contemporary Classical Guitarist Zane Forshee at Naked City Brewery and Taphouse
Saturday, March 24, 2029 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Naked City Brewery and Taphouse, Seattle, WA, United States
Ronald Pearl – Four at III (west coast premiere)
John Dowland – Fantasy
Judah Adashi – my heart comes undone (for electric guitar and loop pedal)
Isaac Albeniz – Mallorca
J.S. Bach – Prelude, Fugue, & Allegro
Ingram Marshall – Soe-pa (for amplified classical guitar, loop, and delay)
Ronald Pearl – My Name is Red (west coast premiere)
John Dowland – Fantasy
Judah Adashi – my heart comes undone (for electric guitar and loop pedal)
Isaac Albeniz – Mallorca
J.S. Bach – Prelude, Fugue, & Allegro
Ingram Marshall – Soe-pa (for amplified classical guitar, loop, and delay)
Ronald Pearl – My Name is Red (west coast premiere)
$10
Emerald City Music: In Blue...
Saturday, March 24, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Kenneth J. Minnaert Center for the Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Ravel – Violin Sonata No. 2
Rzewski – Cotton Mill Blues, for solo piano
Stravinsky – The Soldier’s Tale, for piano, violin, and clarinet
Bernstein – Clarinet Sonata
Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue, for four-hands piano
Rzewski – Cotton Mill Blues, for solo piano
Stravinsky – The Soldier’s Tale, for piano, violin, and clarinet
Bernstein – Clarinet Sonata
Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue, for four-hands piano
$28-$43 (students $10)
Pacific Northwest Ballet: Director’s Choice
Saturday, March 24, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Peter Boal's annual selection offers audiences a riveting duet, a favorite work, a little controversy, and a world premiere by PNB dancer Ezra Thomson.
$37-$187
Pacific Northwest Ballet: Director’s Choice
Sunday, March 25, 2029 @ 1:00pm – 3:30pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Peter Boal's annual selection offers audiences a riveting duet, a favorite work, a little controversy, and a world premiere by PNB dancer Ezra Thomson.
$37-$187
'Altered States: Variations Through Time' w/Lino Rivera, pianist in recital
Sunday, March 25, 2029 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Haller Lake United Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
An examination of themes and variations from Baroque to modern. Music of Handel, Beethoven, Brahms, and Rzewski.
Free (Free)
'Pairs': Violists Atar Arad & Melia Watras with guests Michael Jinsoo Lim & Cristina Valdés
Wednesday, March 28, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Music by Arad, Britten, Penderecki, and Watras.
$20 ($10 students/seniors 62+)
Seattle Symphony: John Luther Adams 'Become Desert'
Thursday, March 29, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73, “Emperor”
John Luther Adams – Become Desert (world premiere)
John Luther Adams – Become Desert (world premiere)
$22-$122 (age 8-18 free)
OSSCS: Stories from the East
Saturday, March 31, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Kamran Ince – Gloria (Everywhere)
Chopin – Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11 [mvmts. 2 & 3]
Rimsky-Korsakov – Scheherazade, Op. 35
Chopin – Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11 [mvmts. 2 & 3]
Rimsky-Korsakov – Scheherazade, Op. 35
$25 ($20 seniors, $10 students, youth free)
Seattle Symphony: John Luther Adams 'Become Desert'
Saturday, March 31, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:30pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73, “Emperor”
John Luther Adams – Become Desert (world premiere)
John Luther Adams – Become Desert (world premiere)
$22-$122 (age 8-18 free)
Chinese Traditional Orchestra: Enchanting China
Monday, April 2, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
In a rare visit, musicians and vocalists from the Chinese Traditional Orchestra present a historic musical journey that demonstrates the beauty that comes from blending Eastern and Western sounds.
$40-$120
Wayward Music Series: THINGS THAT BREAK
Friday, April 6, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A multidisciplinary concert experience in the realms of new music, stop-motion animation, storytelling, visual art, and theatrical performances.
$5-$15 donation
Tangled Rainbows: Messiaen's 'Quartet for the End of Time'
Saturday, April 7, 2029 @ 5:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
The Royal Room, Seattle, WA, United States
An extraordinary example of reaffirmation in a world ostensibly facing apocalyptic destruction.
Free
The Sound Ensemble: You Didn't Know They Composed
Saturday, April 7, 2029 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Bjork – Overture
Rush – Woodwind Quintet
Beck – Selections from the Song Reader
Dessner – Murder Ballades
James McAlister – New work (Sound Ensemble commission)
Rush – Woodwind Quintet
Beck – Selections from the Song Reader
Dessner – Murder Ballades
James McAlister – New work (Sound Ensemble commission)
$15 (students/seniors $10)
Ladies Musical Club: Janet Anderson & 20th Century American Opera
Sunday, April 8, 2029 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
West Seattle Library, Seattle, WA, United States
Works by Anderson, Mechem, Barber, William Schuman, and Menotti.
Free
Ladies Musical Club: 20th Century American Opera
Monday, April 9, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
University House Wallingford, Seattle, WA, United States
Works by Floyd, Herrmann, Mechem, Blitzstein, Barber, W. Schuman, and Menotti.
Free
Ladies Musical Club: Celebrating National Poetry Month
Wednesday, April 11, 2029 @ 12:00pm – 1:30pm (PDT)
Seattle Public Library - Central Library Microsoft Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Celebrating National Poetry Month. Original works by Ladies Musical Club of Seattle member composers.
Free
PNB Conversations & Dress Rehearsal: Emergence
Thursday, April 12, 2029 @ 6:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
In-depth interviews with choreographers, stagers, designers, dancers, and other artists during the hour preceding dress rehearsal reveal the creative process involved in the development of a ballet.
$30