Modern period – Past Concerts
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival: An Evening w/ Susan Graham
Friday, August 2, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Orcas Center, Eastsound, WA, United States
Hector Berlioz – Roman Carnival Overture, H. 95 for piano four-hands
Hector Berlioz – Les Nuits d’été ("Summer Nights")
Reynaldo Hahn – Piano Quintet
Gustav Mahler – Piano Quartet in A minor
Gustav Mahler – Rückert-Lieder
Hector Berlioz – Les Nuits d’été ("Summer Nights")
Reynaldo Hahn – Piano Quintet
Gustav Mahler – Piano Quartet in A minor
Gustav Mahler – Rückert-Lieder
$40 ($10 ages 18 & under)
Marrowstone Music Festival Faculty Chamber Concert: Kodály, Prokofiev, Debussy, & Brahms
Thursday, August 1, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
WWU Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA, United States
Zoltán Kodály – Duo for Violin and Cello, Op. 7
Sergei Prokofiev – Quintet in G minor, Op. 39
Claude Debussy – Sonata for Flute, Viola, and Harp
Johannes Brahms – Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25
Sergei Prokofiev – Quintet in G minor, Op. 39
Claude Debussy – Sonata for Flute, Viola, and Harp
Johannes Brahms – Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25
$22-$27
Listen Live at Lunch: Piano Recital by Ta Wei Tsai
Wednesday, July 31, 2019 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PDT)
First Lutheran Church Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, United States
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Fantasy in D minor, K. 397
Claude Debussy – Children's Corner
Sergei Prokofiev – Visions fugitives, Op. 22
Edvard Grieg – Lyric Pieces
George Gershwin – Three Preludes
Claude Debussy – Children's Corner
Sergei Prokofiev – Visions fugitives, Op. 22
Edvard Grieg – Lyric Pieces
George Gershwin – Three Preludes
Free
Marrowstone Music Festival: Festival Orchestras – Still, Ravel, & Stravinsky
Sunday, July 28, 2019 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
WWU Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA, United States
William Grant Still – Symphony No. 1 in A-flat major, "Afro-American"
Maurice Ravel – La valse
Igor Stravinsky – Petrushka (1946 version)
Maurice Ravel – La valse
Igor Stravinsky – Petrushka (1946 version)
$37-$45 (students $15)
Port Townsend Summer Band: So-USA
Sunday, July 28, 2019 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Pope Marine Park, Port Townsend, WA, United States
Celebrating the music of American composers John Phillip Sousa, George Gershwin, Meredith Willson, and others.
Free
Groupmuse House Concert: A Young Person's Guide to the Opera
Sunday, July 28, 2019 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Private home in Woodinville, Woodinville, WA, United States
A house concert of art songs for kids and parents alike, featuring music by Leonard Bernstein, Amy Beach, Steven Luksan, and more.
$10+ donation, RSVP required
Marrowstone Music Festival: Fellowship Chamber Orchestra – Briggs, Ginastera, & Beethoven
Saturday, July 27, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
WWU Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA, United States
Roger Briggs – Gathering Together
Alberto Ginastera – Variaciones Concertantes
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36
Alberto Ginastera – Variaciones Concertantes
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36
$27-$35 (students $15)
Seattle Chamber Music Society: Chamber Music in the Park – Kodály & Mozart
Saturday, July 27, 2019 @ 6:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Volunteer Park Amphitheater, Seattle, WA, United States
A free community play-along of Edward Elgar's Serenade for Strings, Op. 20 along with a SCMS performance with music by Zoltán Kodály and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Free
Seattle Chamber Music Society Summer Festival: Schubert, Poulenc, & Brahms
Friday, July 26, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Franz Schubert – String Trio in B-flat major, D. 581
Francis Poulenc – Trio for Oboe, Bassoon, and Piano, FP 43
Johannes Brahms – Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34
Francis Poulenc – Trio for Oboe, Bassoon, and Piano, FP 43
Johannes Brahms – Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34
$55 ($20 students/30 & under)
Seattle Chamber Music Society: Music Under the Stars – Schubert, Poulenc, & Brahms
Friday, July 26, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Columbia Park, Seattle, WA, United States
Bring a picnic, stretch out on the lawn, and enjoy live chamber music performed by outstanding local students, followed by a live audio broadcast of the SCMS Summer Festival performance direct from Benaroya Hall.
Free
Summer Organ Concerts at St. James Cathedral w/Paul Stubbings
Friday, July 26, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Music by Edward Cuthbert Bairstow, Thomas Tertius Noble, John Bull, Henry Purcell, Frederic H. Wood, Alfred Hollins, and Hamish MacCunn.
$18
Seattle Chamber Music Society: Music Under the Stars – Schubert, Poulenc, & Brahms
Friday, July 26, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Freeway Park, Seattle, WA, United States
Bring a picnic, stretch out on the lawn, and enjoy live chamber music performed by outstanding local students, followed by a live audio broadcast of the SCMS Summer Festival performance direct from Benaroya Hall.
Free
Marrowstone Music Festival: Faculty Chamber Music – Bunch, Jones, Poulenc, Tower, & Weber
Thursday, July 25, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
WWU Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA, United States
Kenji Bunch – Paraphraseology
Collier Jones – Four Movements for Five Brass
Francis Poulenc – Trio for Oboe, Bassoon, and Piano
Joan Tower – Rising
Carl Maria von Weber – Clarinet Quintet in B-flat major, Op. 34
Collier Jones – Four Movements for Five Brass
Francis Poulenc – Trio for Oboe, Bassoon, and Piano
Joan Tower – Rising
Carl Maria von Weber – Clarinet Quintet in B-flat major, Op. 34
$22-$27
Seattle Chamber Music Society Summer Festival: Beethoven, Enescu, Kodály, Boulanger, & Strauss
Wednesday, July 24, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Ludwig van Beethoven – Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 12 No. 2
Georges Enescu – Aubade for String Trio in C major
Zoltán Kodály – Intermezzo for String Trio
Lili Boulanger – Lullaby et Cortège
Richard Strauss – Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 13
Georges Enescu – Aubade for String Trio in C major
Zoltán Kodály – Intermezzo for String Trio
Lili Boulanger – Lullaby et Cortège
Richard Strauss – Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 13
$55 ($20 students/30 & under)
Seattle Chamber Music Society: Music Under the Stars – Beethoven, Enescu, Kodály, Boulanger, & Strauss
Wednesday, July 24, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Volunteer Park Amphitheater, Seattle, WA, United States
Bring a picnic, stretch out on the lawn, and enjoy live chamber music performed by outstanding local students, followed by a live audio broadcast of the SCMS Summer Festival performance direct from Benaroya Hall.
Free
Seattle Chamber Music Society Open Rehearsal: Strauss’ Piano Quartet
Wednesday, July 24, 2019 @ 1:15pm – 2:45pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Get an inside look at how musicians prepare for a chamber music concert at this working rehearsal for Richard Strauss' Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 13.
Free
First Lutheran Church of Tacoma: Listen Live at Lunch – Classical Guitar
Wednesday, July 24, 2019 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PDT)
First Lutheran Church Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, United States
Music by Princess Elisabeth of Hesse, John Dowland, Gaspar Sanz, Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, and more.
Free
Seattle Chamber Music Society Free Recital: Boris Giltburg plays Shostakovich
Monday, July 22, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A 30-minute recital featuring a piano transcription of Dmitri Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 3 in F major, Op. 73.
Free
Eastside Sings: Thompson – Peaceable Kingdom
Monday, July 22, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 9:15pm (PDT)
Bellevue Presbyterian Church, Bellevue, WA, United States
It’s a sing-along! Laurie Betts Hughes, conductor of Redmond Chorale, presents Randall Thompson’s Peaceable Kingdom.
$10 (high-school students free)
Northwest Mahler Festival: Dvořák, Bartók, & Mahler
Saturday, July 20, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
Antonín Dvořák – Carnival Overture, Op. 92
Béla Bartók – Suite No. 1, Op. 3 for orchestra
Gustav Mahler – Symphony No. 1 in D major, "Titan"
Béla Bartók – Suite No. 1, Op. 3 for orchestra
Gustav Mahler – Symphony No. 1 in D major, "Titan"
$10