Modern period – Upcoming Concerts
UW Modern Music Ensemble: Webern, Cage, & Neuwirth
Wednesday, December 5, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Anton Webern – Concerto for Nine Instruments, Op. 24
Krzysztof Penderecki – Clarinet Quartet
Morton Feldman – For Franz Kline
John Cage – Living Room Music
Olga Neuwirth – Marsyas II
Krzysztof Penderecki – Clarinet Quartet
Morton Feldman – For Franz Kline
John Cage – Living Room Music
Olga Neuwirth – Marsyas II
Free
Ravenna String Orchestras
Wednesday, December 5, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Eckstein Middle School Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
The Ravenna String Orchestras present a free community concert.
Free
Ladies Musical Club: Cambini, Telemann, Barber
Thursday, December 6, 2029 @ 12:00pm – 1:30pm (PST)
Seattle Art Museum (Downtown), Seattle, WA, United States
Flute, oboe, and bassoon trios by Cambini and Telemann, Barber's Despite and Still, and other music by Bernstein and Comden.
Free
BMC Night Beat: 'American Classical Classics' with Elizabeth & Marcel Bergmann
Thursday, December 6, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
First Congregational Church, Bellingham, WA, United States
Exhilarating pieces arranged for piano four hands featuring music by Bernstein with other music by Gershwin, Barber, Piazzolla, and Rachmaninoff.
$20 ($15 seniors, take a teen for free)
UW Wind Ensemble & Symphonic Band: Evanescent
Thursday, December 6, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Joseph Schwantner – The Awakening Hour
Gustav Holst – Hammersmith: Prelude and Scherzo, Op. 52
Huck Hodge – La Llorona
Gustav Holst – Hammersmith: Prelude and Scherzo, Op. 52
Huck Hodge – La Llorona
$10
Wayward Music Series: arx duo
Thursday, December 6, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Steve Reich – Nagoya Marimbas
Alyssa Weinberg – Table Talk
Igor Stravinsky – (piano transcriptions)
Fredrik Andersson – The Lonlyness of Santa Claus
DESVIO – Seeds
Alejandro Viñao – Book of Grooves
Alyssa Weinberg – Table Talk
Igor Stravinsky – (piano transcriptions)
Fredrik Andersson – The Lonlyness of Santa Claus
DESVIO – Seeds
Alejandro Viñao – Book of Grooves
$5-$15 donation
UW Symphony Orchestra: Sibelius, Rachmaninoff, Stenhammar, Mussorgsky
Friday, December 7, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Jean Sibelius – The Swan of Tuonela, Op. 22, No. 2
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
Wilhelm Stenhammar – Interlude from Sången, Op. 44
Modest Mussorgsky/Maurice Ravel – Pictures at an Exhibition
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
Wilhelm Stenhammar – Interlude from Sången, Op. 44
Modest Mussorgsky/Maurice Ravel – Pictures at an Exhibition
$15 ($10 student/senior)
Choral Arts Northwest: Not One Sparrow is Forgotten
Friday, December 7, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Plymouth Congregational Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Works by Paulus, Britten, Kverno, and Howells are linked together with intimate interludes played by classical guitarist Bob McCaffery-Lent, resulting in an oasis of choral beauty.
$28 ($24 senior/military, FREE students)
Ladies Musical Club: Schumann's 'Liederkreis'
Saturday, December 8, 2029 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PST)
Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA, United States
Schumann’s Liederkreis will be featured, along with music for cello and piano by Haydn, Bloch, Debussy, and Chopin.
Free
Saratoga Orchestra: 'Peter and the Wolf' Family Holiday Concert
Saturday, December 8, 2029 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PST)
Island Church of Whidbey, Langley, WA, United States
Prokofiev's classic Peter and the Wolf and an instrument petting zoo to celebrate the holidays with your family!
Free
Northwest Chamber Chorus: Follow the Star
Saturday, December 8, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Exploring the guiding light of stars with diverse repertoire by Mendelssohn, Praetorius, McDowall, Dove, Willan, Ešenvalds, and more.
$25 ($20 seniors & singers, FREE students)
The Arts at Saint Mark's: Messiaen’s 'Twenty Visions of the Infant Jesus'
Saturday, December 8, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
A performance by candlelight in a sacred space by a dazzling pianist who has made this 20th-century masterpiece a specialty.
$20 ($15 students/seniors)
Bremerton Symphony Orchestra & Chorale: Holiday Happenings
Saturday, December 8, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Bremerton Performing Arts Center, Bremerton, WA, United States
Robert Shaw – The Many Moods of Christmas
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov – Christmas Eve
Ottorino Respighi – Lauda per la Natività del Signore
$10-$28
Northwest Chorale: A Very Choral Christmas
Saturday, December 8, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Daniel Pinkham – Festival Magnificat
Morten Lauridsen – O Nata Lux
Morten Lauridsen – O Magnum Mysterium
Eric Whitacre – Glow
Francis Poulenc – Gloria
Edward Elgar – "Nimrod" from Enigma Variations
Morten Lauridsen – O Nata Lux
Morten Lauridsen – O Magnum Mysterium
Eric Whitacre – Glow
Francis Poulenc – Gloria
Edward Elgar – "Nimrod" from Enigma Variations
Free
Vashon Island Chorale: A Very Brassy Christmas
Saturday, December 8, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Vashon Center for the Arts, Vashon, WA, United States
John Rutter – Gloria
Cecilia McDowall – A Winter's Night
Daniel Pinkham – Christmas Cantata
Ralph Vaughan Williams – TBA
Cecilia McDowall – A Winter's Night
Daniel Pinkham – Christmas Cantata
Ralph Vaughan Williams – TBA
$20 ($15 seniors / $5 students)
Choral Arts Northwest: Not One Sparrow is Forgotten
Saturday, December 8, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Christ Episcopal Church Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, United States
Works by Paulus, Britten, Kverno, and Howells are linked together with intimate interludes played by classical guitarist Bob McCaffery-Lent, resulting in an oasis of choral beauty.
$28 ($24 senior/military, FREE students)
Vashon Island Chorale: A Very Brassy Christmas
Sunday, December 9, 2029 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Vashon Center for the Arts, Vashon, WA, United States
John Rutter – Gloria
Cecilia McDowall – A Winter's Night
Daniel Pinkham – Christmas Cantata
Ralph Vaughan Williams – TBA
Cecilia McDowall – A Winter's Night
Daniel Pinkham – Christmas Cantata
Ralph Vaughan Williams – TBA
$20 ($15 seniors / $5 students)
Ladies Musical Club: Copland’s Poems of Emily Dickinson
Sunday, December 9, 2029 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PST)
West Seattle Library, Seattle, WA, United States
Copland’s settings of poems by Emily Dickinson along with late/post-Romantic piano music by Debussy, Scriabin, and Brahms.
Free
Choral Arts Northwest: Not One Sparrow is Forgotten
Sunday, December 9, 2029 @ 4:30pm – 6:30pm (PST)
Olympia Capitol Campus Lawn, Olympia, WA, United States
Works by Paulus, Britten, Kverno, and Howells are linked together with intimate interludes played by classical guitarist Bob McCaffery-Lent, resulting in an oasis of choral beauty.
$28 ($24 senior/military, FREE students)
Frequency at the Royal Room
Sunday, December 9, 2029 @ 5:30pm – 7:30pm (PST)
The Royal Room, Seattle, WA, United States
Join this Seattle-based modular chamber ensemble as they perform music by Bloch, Klein, Kodály, and Watras.
$15 (FREE for military/students)