Baroque period – Past Concerts near Seattle, WA
Olympic Music Festival: Art of the Violin II w/ Ray Chen & Julio Elizalde
Sunday, September 8, 2019 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Wheeler Theater at Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA, United States
Edvard Grieg – Violin Sonata No. 2 in G major, Op. 13
César Franck – Sonata in A major for violin and piano
Johann Sebastian Bach – "Chaconne" from Partita in D minor, BWV 1004 for violin
Claude Debussy (arr. Alexandre Roelens) – "Claire de Lune" from Suite bergamasque
Maurice Ravel – Tzigane
César Franck – Sonata in A major for violin and piano
Johann Sebastian Bach – "Chaconne" from Partita in D minor, BWV 1004 for violin
Claude Debussy (arr. Alexandre Roelens) – "Claire de Lune" from Suite bergamasque
Maurice Ravel – Tzigane
$20-$40 (age 7-12 free)
Olympic Music Festival: Art of the Violin II w/ Ray Chen & Julio Elizalde
Saturday, September 7, 2019 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Wheeler Theater at Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA, United States
Edvard Grieg – Violin Sonata No. 2 in G major, Op. 13
César Franck – Sonata in A major for violin and piano
Johann Sebastian Bach – "Chaconne" from Partita in D minor, BWV 1004 for violin
Claude Debussy (arr. Alexandre Roelens) – "Claire de Lune" from Suite bergamasque
Maurice Ravel – Tzigane
César Franck – Sonata in A major for violin and piano
Johann Sebastian Bach – "Chaconne" from Partita in D minor, BWV 1004 for violin
Claude Debussy (arr. Alexandre Roelens) – "Claire de Lune" from Suite bergamasque
Maurice Ravel – Tzigane
$20-$40 (age 7-12 free)
Music at St. James Cathedral Summer Organ Concerts w/ Gregory Peterson
Friday, August 16, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
A recital from the classic organ repertoire with music by Johann Sebastian Bach, César Franck, Herbert Howells, Johann Gottfried Walther, Claude Debussy, Gerald Near, and Craig Phillips.
$18
Third Fridays at Noon: Samuel Libra, organist
Friday, August 16, 2019 @ 12:10pm – 1:00pm (PDT)
Christ Episcopal Church Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, United States
Samuel Libra plays music by Johannes Brahms, Jean-François Dandrieu, Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn, and Ethel Smyth on the renowned Brombaugh pipe organ.
Donation
Groupmuse House Concert: Rossini, Bartók, Popper, & Vivaldi in the Admiral District
Sunday, August 11, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Private home in West Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Gioacchino Rossini – Duet for Cello and Double Bass in D major: mvt. I & II
Béla Bartók – Romanian Folk Dances, Sz.56
David Popper – Suite for 2 Cellos, Op. 16: mvt: I & III
Antonio Vivaldi – Concerto for 2 Cellos in G minor, RV 531: mvt. I & II
David Popper – Hungarian Rhapsody, Op. 68
Béla Bartók – Romanian Folk Dances, Sz.56
David Popper – Suite for 2 Cellos, Op. 16: mvt: I & III
Antonio Vivaldi – Concerto for 2 Cellos in G minor, RV 531: mvt. I & II
David Popper – Hungarian Rhapsody, Op. 68
$10+ donation, RSVP required
Olympic Music Festival: Musical Forefathers
Sunday, August 11, 2019 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Wheeler Theater at Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA, United States
Johann Sebastian Bach – Keyboard Concerto No. 3 in D major, BWV 1054
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – String Quintet No. 3 in C major, K. 515
Ludwig van Beethoven – 7 Variations on The Magic Flute, WoO 46 for cello and piano
Felix Mendelssohn – Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – String Quintet No. 3 in C major, K. 515
Ludwig van Beethoven – 7 Variations on The Magic Flute, WoO 46 for cello and piano
Felix Mendelssohn – Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66
$20-$40 (age 7-12 free)
Listen Live at Lunch: Early Music Concert
Wednesday, August 7, 2019 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PDT)
First Lutheran Church Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, United States
Barbara Strozzi – Sacri Musicali Affetti (selections)
Barbara Strozzi – Three secular songs
Tarquino Merula – Canzonetta spirituale sopra alla nanna
Isabella Leonarda – Two selected works
Barbara Strozzi – Three secular songs
Tarquino Merula – Canzonetta spirituale sopra alla nanna
Isabella Leonarda – Two selected works
Free
Whidbey Island Music Festival: Handel's Roman Holiday
Sunday, August 4, 2019 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
St. Augustine's in-the-Woods Episcopal Church, Freeland, WA, United States
A program of dramatic, passionate, and virtuosic music written while George Frideric Handel was a young man in Rome.
$22 / $10 / FREE for children
Whidbey Island Music Festival: Handel's Roman Holiday
Friday, August 2, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
St. Augustine's in-the-Woods Episcopal Church, Freeland, WA, United States
A program of dramatic, passionate, and virtuosic music written while George Frideric Handel was a young man in Rome.
$22 / $10 / FREE for children
A Musical Banquet: The Delights of the Viola da Gamba!
Wednesday, July 31, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Christ Episcopal Church Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
A stunning program of consort music featuring music by John Jenkins, Matthew Locke, Girolamo Frescobaldi, Diego Ortiz, Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger, and Claudio Monteverdi.
$20 suggested donation
Eastside Sings: Bach Mass in B minor
Monday, July 29, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 9:15pm (PDT)
Bellevue Presbyterian Church, Bellevue, WA, United States
It’s a sing-along! Fred Lokken (conductor of Bellevue Chamber Chorus) and Glenn Gregg (conductor of Kirkland Choral Society) present J.S. Bach’s Mass in B minor.
$10 (high-school students 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
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
Opera On Tap: Baroque N' Hearts
Monday, July 22, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Solo Bar & Eatery, Seattle, WA, United States
Seattle’s original opera in a bar – local, grassroots, and very fun.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Christ Episcopal Church presents: Mark Brombaugh, organ
Friday, July 19, 2019 @ 12:10pm – 1:00pm (PDT)
Christ Episcopal Church Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, United States
Dieterich Buxtehude – Praeludium in E major, BuxWV 141
Orlando Gibbons – Italian Ground
Felix Mendelssohn – 6 Organ Sonatas, Op. 65 No. 6
Josef Rheinberger – Three Trios from 10 Organ Trios, Op. 49
Henry Smart – Postlude in D major
Orlando Gibbons – Italian Ground
Felix Mendelssohn – 6 Organ Sonatas, Op. 65 No. 6
Josef Rheinberger – Three Trios from 10 Organ Trios, Op. 49
Henry Smart – Postlude in D major
Admission by donation
Listen Live at Lunch: Piano Four-Hands
Wednesday, July 17, 2019 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PDT)
First Lutheran Church Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, United States
Music for piano four-hands by Bach, Schubert, Montsalvatge, Guastavino, and others.
Free
Seattle Chamber Music Society Summer Festival: Haydn, Blow, Purcell, Ravel, & Brahms
Wednesday, July 10, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Franz Joseph Haydn – String Quartet in B-flat major, Op. 76 No. 4 "Sunrise"
John Blow & Henry Purcell – English folk songs
Maurice Ravel – Ma mère l'Oye ("Mother Goose") Suite for Piano Four Hands
Johannes Brahms – Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 101
John Blow & Henry Purcell – English folk songs
Maurice Ravel – Ma mère l'Oye ("Mother Goose") Suite for Piano Four Hands
Johannes Brahms – Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 101
$55 ($20 students/30 & under)
Seattle Chamber Music Society: Music Under the Stars – Haydn, Blow, Purcell, Ravel, Brahms
Wednesday, July 10, 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
Blessed Sacrament Church Choral Mass: Croce’s Missa Prima Sexti Toni
Sunday, July 7, 2019 @ 5:45pm – 7:45pm (PDT)
Blessed Sacrament Church, Seattle, WA, United States
The Blessed Sacrament’s Schola Cantorum and Sackbut Ensemble perform Croce’s Missa Prima Sexti Toni, and motets by Croce, Lassus and Palestrina.
Free (Free)
Seattle Chamber Music Society Free Recital: Kristóf Baráti plays Bach
Wednesday, July 3, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A 30-minute recital featuring Johann Sebastian Bach's Partita for Violin in D minor, BWV 1004.
Free