Modern period – Upcoming Concerts
ARTS at Seattle U: Joseph Williams, piano
Wednesday, January 9, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Seattle University - Pigott Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
A special piece of music for solo piano that breaks into brief, wistful dance phrases; best characterized as containing only the barest indication of a pulse.
$12 / $8 / $5
Portland Cello Project: Radiohead & more
Friday, January 11, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Admiral Theatre, Bremerton, WA, United States
The entirety of Radiohead’s chart-topping album OK Computer, with each song carefully arranged: some instrumental, some with vocals; some whisper quiet, and others on as large a scale as possible.
$18-$56
Groupmuse House Concert: David Saliamonas, piano
Friday, January 11, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Private home in Inverness, Seattle, WA, United States
An American living in Paris performs a solo piano recital with music by Alberto Ginastera, Robert Schumann, and Johannes Brahms.
$15+ donation, RSVP required
Jesse Myers: Glass Half Full
Friday, January 11, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Philip Glass’ monumental Etudes for Solo Piano synchronized with colorful, moving light projections on the ceiling and walls of the beautiful Chapel Performance Space.
$10-$15
Portland Cello Project: Radiohead & more
Saturday, January 12, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Rialto Theater, Tacoma, WA, United States
The entirety of Radiohead’s chart-topping album OK Computer, with each song carefully arranged: some instrumental, some with vocals; some whisper quiet, and others on as large a scale as possible.
$29-$49
Bern Herbolsheimer Musical Memorial
Sunday, January 13, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Bern Herbolsheimer – Five Elegies for solo cello
Bern Herbolsheimer – Shakespeare Songs for soprano, clarinet and piano
Bern Herbolsheimer – Variationes Ventorum for woodwind quintet
Bern Herbolsheimer – Kassandra for piano four-hands
Bern Herbolsheimer – Shakespeare Songs for soprano, clarinet and piano
Bern Herbolsheimer – Variationes Ventorum for woodwind quintet
Bern Herbolsheimer – Kassandra for piano four-hands
Free (Free (RSVP recommended))
Cascade Symphony Orchestra: Barber, Beethoven, Franck
Monday, January 14, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Edmonds Center for the Arts, Edmonds, WA, United States
Samuel Barber – Overture to School for Scandal, Op. 5
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58
César Franck – Symphony in D minor
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58
César Franck – Symphony in D minor
$27 ($22 senior, $15 student, $10 youth)
Plymouth Church Seattle: Gary Stroutsos, flute
Wednesday, January 16, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Plymouth Congregational Church, Seattle, WA, United States
International recording artist Gary Stroutsos pays tribute to friend and mentor Paul Horn by celebrating the approach to finding sacredness in each space and moment.
$15 suggested donation
Music at St. James Cathedral: Bruce Neswick, organ
Wednesday, January 16, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Recitalist, composer, church musician, and brilliant improviser Bruce Neswick performs rarely-heard works and improvisations.
$18
Seattle Modern Orchestra: Songs of Echoes
Friday, January 18, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Folio: Seattle Athenaeum at Pike Market, Seattle, WA, United States
Angelique Poteat – From Subterranea
Tom Baker – Fifteen Moments From The Time of Rivers
Toru Takemitsu – From Far Beyond Chrysanthemums and November Fog
George Crumb – Eleven Echoes of Autumn
Tom Baker – Fifteen Moments From The Time of Rivers
Toru Takemitsu – From Far Beyond Chrysanthemums and November Fog
George Crumb – Eleven Echoes of Autumn
$25 ($20 Folio members)
SCMS Winter Festival: Brahms, Martinů, Beethoven
Friday, January 18, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Johannes Brahms – Sonata in E-flat major for viola and piano, Op. 120 No. 2
Bohuslav Martinů – Three Madrigals for violin and viola, H. 313
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Trio in D major, Op. 70 No. 1 "Ghost"
Bohuslav Martinů – Three Madrigals for violin and viola, H. 313
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Trio in D major, Op. 70 No. 1 "Ghost"
$55 ($20 students/30 & under)
SCMS Winter Festival: Schubert, Kodály, Brahms
Saturday, January 19, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Franz Schubert – Introduction and Variations in E minor, D. 802 "Trockne Blumen"
Zoltán Kodály – Serenade for two violins and viola, Op. 12
Johannes Brahms – Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25
Zoltán Kodály – Serenade for two violins and viola, Op. 12
Johannes Brahms – Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25
$55 ($20 students/30 & under)
Thalia Symphony Orchestra: Offenbach, Clarke, Collier, Márquez, & Nielsen
Saturday, January 19, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Jaques Offenbach – Overture to Orpheus in the Underworld
Rebecca Clarke – Comodo e amabile
Tom Collier/Dan Dean – Concerto for Vibraphone & Bass
Arturo Márquez – Danzón No. 2
Carl Nielsen – Symphony No. 3, Op. 27 "Sinfonia Espansiva"
Rebecca Clarke – Comodo e amabile
Tom Collier/Dan Dean – Concerto for Vibraphone & Bass
Arturo Márquez – Danzón No. 2
Carl Nielsen – Symphony No. 3, Op. 27 "Sinfonia Espansiva"
$24 ($18 seniors/students)
The Sostenutos Piano Quintet plays Shostakovich & Dohnanyi
Saturday, January 19, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Music Center of the Northwest, Seattle, WA, United States
Dmitri Shostakovich – Piano Quintet, Op. 57
Ernst von Dohnányi – Piano Quintet, Op. 1
Samuel Barber – Souvenirs, Op. 28 for piano 4-hands
Ernst von Dohnányi – Piano Quintet, Op. 1
Samuel Barber – Souvenirs, Op. 28 for piano 4-hands
Free (Free)
SCMS Winter Festival: Debussy, Beethoven, Shostakovich
Sunday, January 20, 2030 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Claude Debussy – Sonata for flute, viola, and harp
Ludwig van Beethoven – Violin Sonata in C minor, Op. 30 No. 2
Dmitri Shostakovich – Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57
Ludwig van Beethoven – Violin Sonata in C minor, Op. 30 No. 2
Dmitri Shostakovich – Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57
$60 ($20 students/30 & under)
Auburn Symphony Orchestra Chamber Series: Youth Movement
Sunday, January 20, 2030 @ 4:00pm – 5:30pm (PST)
St. Matthew Episcopal Church, Auburn, WA, United States
Richard Strauss – Violin Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 18
Felix Mendelssohn – Piano Trio No. 1, Op. 49
Felix Mendelssohn – Piano Trio No. 1, Op. 49
$20 ($10 students)
SCMS Free Recital: Tessa Lark plays works from the Baroque to Bluegrass
Friday, January 25, 2030 @ 6:30pm – 7:00pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A 30-minute recital with music by Georg Philipp Telemann, John Corigliano, and Tessa Lark's own bluegrass compositions.
Free
The Arts at Saint Mark's: Concert on the Flentrop Organ – Paul Jacobs, organist
Friday, January 25, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
“One of the major musicians of our time” performs classical and modernist music by Bach, Mozart, Liszt, Ives, and Weaver.
$20 ($15 students/seniors)
UW Symphony & Seattle Symphony: Side-by-Side
Friday, January 25, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Franz Joseph Haydn – Symphony No. 100 in G major, "Military"
Leonard Bernstein – Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Leonard Bernstein – Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Free (Free (RSVP requested))
SCMS Winter Festival: Shostakovich, Janáček, Schumann
Friday, January 25, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Dmitri Shostakovich – Duets for two violins and piano
Leoš Janáček – String Quartet No. 1, "Kreutzer Sonata"
Robert Schumann – Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 47
Leoš Janáček – String Quartet No. 1, "Kreutzer Sonata"
Robert Schumann – Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 47
$55 ($20 students/30 & under)