Modern period – Upcoming Concerts
Pacific Northwest Ballet: Carmina Burana + Agon
Thursday, October 3, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Carmina Burana’s 2,500-pound golden wheel rotates above more than 100 dancers, musicians, and singers in PNB’s powerhouse production, paired with Agon, the pinnacle of the legendary collaboration between George Balanchine and Igor Stravinsky.
$37-$190
Pacific Northwest Ballet: Carmina Burana + Agon
Friday, October 4, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Carmina Burana’s 2,500-pound golden wheel rotates above more than 100 dancers, musicians, and singers in PNB’s powerhouse production, paired with Agon, the pinnacle of the legendary collaboration between George Balanchine and Igor Stravinsky.
$37-$190
Pacific Northwest Ballet: Carmina Burana + Agon
Saturday, October 5, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Carmina Burana’s 2,500-pound golden wheel rotates above more than 100 dancers, musicians, and singers in PNB’s powerhouse production, paired with Agon, the pinnacle of the legendary collaboration between George Balanchine and Igor Stravinsky.
$37-$190
Orchestra Seattle & Seattle Chamber Singers: Origins
Saturday, October 5, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Carlos Garcia – Vast Array (world premiere)
Darius Milhaud – La Création du monde, Op. 81a
Carol Sams – The Earthmakers
Darius Milhaud – La Création du monde, Op. 81a
Carol Sams – The Earthmakers
$25 / $20 / $10 / FREE for youth
Pacific Northwest Ballet: Carmina Burana + Agon
Sunday, October 6, 2030 @ 1:00pm – 3:30pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Carmina Burana’s 2,500-pound golden wheel rotates above more than 100 dancers, musicians, and singers in PNB’s powerhouse production, paired with Agon, the pinnacle of the legendary collaboration between George Balanchine and Igor Stravinsky.
$37-$190
Seattle Wind Symphony Presents: Hauntings
Sunday, October 6, 2030 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Shorewood Performing Arts Center, Shoreline, WA, United States
James Kazik – Eviler Elves
Eric Whitacre – Lux Aurumque
Hugo Schmidt – The Devil's Tongue (Jason Gilliam, euphonium)
Stephen McNeff – Ghosts
Nancy Galbraith – Danza de los Duendes
Hector Berlioz – March to Scaffold (transcribed by Mark Rogers)
Gustav Holst – Hammersmith
Dmitri Shostakovich – Galop (transcribed by Donald Hunsberger)
Eric Whitacre – Lux Aurumque
Hugo Schmidt – The Devil's Tongue (Jason Gilliam, euphonium)
Stephen McNeff – Ghosts
Nancy Galbraith – Danza de los Duendes
Hector Berlioz – March to Scaffold (transcribed by Mark Rogers)
Gustav Holst – Hammersmith
Dmitri Shostakovich – Galop (transcribed by Donald Hunsberger)
$20 / $18 / $5
Seattle Symphony: Lang Lang with the Seattle Symphony
Wednesday, October 9, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Jean Sibelius – Andante festivo
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 2
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Symphony No. 41, "Jupiter"
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 2
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Symphony No. 41, "Jupiter"
$82-$167
Seattle International Piano Festival & Competition: Youth Ages 9 & Under Winners, Outstanding Amateurs, & Top-Ranked Professional Semi-Finalist
Saturday, October 12, 2030 @ 12:00pm – 3:15pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Recital featuring winners of the "Youth, age 9 or under" category; outstanding performers from the "Amateur" category; and a top-ranked semi-finalist of the "Professional" category.
$35 / $25 / $15
Seattle International Piano Festival & Competition: Finalists – Youth, Ages 10 to 13 & Ages 14 to 18
Saturday, October 12, 2030 @ 4:15pm – 7:15pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Final rounds of the Youth Ages 10-13 and Youth Ages 14-18 categories.
$35 / $25 / $15
Seattle International Piano Festival & Competition: Finalists – Collegiate & Professional Artists
Sunday, October 13, 2030 @ 1:30pm – 6:25pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Final rounds of the Collegiate Artist and Professional Artist categories.
$35 / $25 / $15
Auburn Symphony Orchestra: 'Pictures at an Exhibition' – A Multimedia Experience
Sunday, October 13, 2030 @ 2:30pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Auburn Performing Arts Center, Auburn, WA, United States
Mikhail Glinka – Overture to Ruslan and Lyudmila
Adam Schoenberg – Picture Studies
Modest Mussorgsky (orch. Maurice Ravel) – Pictures at an Exhibition
Adam Schoenberg – Picture Studies
Modest Mussorgsky (orch. Maurice Ravel) – Pictures at an Exhibition
$37 / $30 / $10
Olympia Symphony: Corrective Lenses
Sunday, October 13, 2030 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Washington Center for the Performing Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Richard Wagner – Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96
Claude Debussy – Danses sacrée et profane
Dmitri Shostakovich – Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93
Claude Debussy – Danses sacrée et profane
Dmitri Shostakovich – Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93
$6-$60
Ensign Symphony & Chorus: Lux!
Monday, October 14, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Eric Whitacre – Lux Aurumque
Katharina von Schlegal, arr. Stephen Weatherford – Be Still My Soul (world premiere)
Katharina von Schlegal, arr. Stephen Weatherford – Be Still My Soul (world premiere)
$20-$40
Seattle Modern Orchestra: Earshot Jazz Festival
Tuesday, October 15, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Anthony Braxton – Composition No. 56 (1976)
Earle Brown – Oh, K (1992)
Wayne Horvitz – Vagabond: Constructions for Chamber Orchestra and Improvisers (2019) [commission/world premiere]
Darius Jones – LawNOrder (2018) [new version for SMO]
George Lewis – Artificial Life (2007)
Tyshawn Sorey – In Memoriam Muhal Richard Abrams (2018)
Earle Brown – Oh, K (1992)
Wayne Horvitz – Vagabond: Constructions for Chamber Orchestra and Improvisers (2019) [commission/world premiere]
Darius Jones – LawNOrder (2018) [new version for SMO]
George Lewis – Artificial Life (2007)
Tyshawn Sorey – In Memoriam Muhal Richard Abrams (2018)
$10-$23
Max Richter with American Contemporary Music Ensemble & Grace Davidson
Wednesday, October 16, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Moore Theatre, Seattle, WA, United States
Inspired equally by Bach, punk rock, and ambient electronica, composer Max Richter’s sonic world blends a formal classical training with modern technology.
$26-$76
Northwest Edvard Grieg Society presents: Oda Voltersvik, piano
Thursday, October 17, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
National Nordic Museum, Seattle, WA, United States
Described as a “pianist with great sensitivity and lovely tone,” Norwegian pianist Oda Voltersvik will perform music by Edvard Grieg, Jean Sibelius, Alexander Scriabin, Frédéric Chopin, and Alberto Ginastera.
$25 ($20 museum / society members)
University of Puget Sound: Wind Ensemble/Symphony Orchestra
University of Puget Sound School of Music,
University of Puget Sound Wind Ensemble, and
University of Puget Sound Symphony Orchestra
Thursday, October 17, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Schneebeck Concert Hall at the University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA, United States
Aaron Copland – The Promise of Living
David Maslanka – Give Us This Day
Lili Boulanger – D’un matin de printemps
Igor Stravinsky – The Firebird Suite
Carlos Simon – Sweet Chariot (world premiere)
David Maslanka – Give Us This Day
Lili Boulanger – D’un matin de printemps
Igor Stravinsky – The Firebird Suite
Carlos Simon – Sweet Chariot (world premiere)
Free (Free)
Seattle Symphony: Mozart Requiem
Thursday, October 17, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Toru Takemitsu – Requiem for String Orchestra
Karl Amadeus Hartmann – Concerto funèbre
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Requiem
Karl Amadeus Hartmann – Concerto funèbre
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Requiem
$24-$134 (age 8-18 free)
Wayward Music Series: Earshot – Clarice Assad
Friday, October 18, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Extraordinary Brazilian-American composer, pianist, and vocalist Clarice Assad performs solo works for piano and voice, and presents three works for string quartet.
$5-$20 suggested donation
Seattle Symphony [untitled]: Sacred & Contemporary Brass Music
Friday, October 18, 2030 @ 10:00pm – 10:50pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall – Samuel & Althea Stroum Grand Lobby, Seattle, WA, United States
The Seattle Symphony’s brass section performs sacred music of Giovanni Gabrieli alongside works by American composers Gunther Schuller, David Sampson, and Anthony DiLorenzo.
$15