Ladies Musical Club: Mahler, Genzmer, Handel

Sunday, May 22, 2016 @ 2:00pm – 3:00pm (PDT)
Music Center of the Northwest, Seattle, WA, United States
Mahler – Kindertotenlieder ("Songs on the deaths of children")
Harald Genzmer – Zweite Sonate
Händel – Recorder sonata in F major, Op. 1 No. 11

Free (Free)

Pacific MusicWorks presents Gluck Orphée

Sunday, May 22, 2016 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Orpheus' impassioned singing secures the release of his beloved, but he is then put to a test at which he, with his impetuous feelings, cannot succeed.

$10-$65 (age 5-17 free)

Pacific MusicWorks presents Gluck Orphée

Saturday, May 21, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Orpheus' impassioned singing secures the release of his beloved, but he is then put to a test at which he, with his impetuous feelings, cannot succeed.

$10-$65 (age 5-17 free)

Early Music Underground: Tasting Notes – All Who Wander…

Saturday, May 21, 2016 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Northwest Cellars, Kirkland, WA, United States
Taste five of Northwest Cellars' exceptional wines paired with music from Scotland, Sweden, France, and Mexico.

$20 (includes wine tasting)

Ladies Musical Club: Bach & Fuchs

Friday, May 20, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Crossroads Community Center, Bellevue, WA, United States
Bach – Partita for Unaccompanied Violin No. 1 in B minor
Robert Fuchs – 12 Duets for Violin and Viola

Free (Free)

Salish Sea Early Music Festival: Versailles

Tuesday, May 17, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Mason United Methodist Church, Tacoma, WA, United States
Featuring music and instruments from the early 18th-century court of Louis XIV.

$15-$25 suggested donation

Salish Sea Early Music Festival: Versailles

Monday, May 16, 2016 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
St. Augustine's in-the-Woods Episcopal Church, Freeland, WA, United States
Featuring music and instruments from the early 18th-century court of Louis XIV.

$15-$25 suggested donation

Byron Schenkman & Friends: Beethoven & Schubert

Sunday, May 15, 2016 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Beethoven – Violin Sonata in F major, Op. 24 "Spring"
Beethoven – An die ferne Geliebte ("To the distant beloved")
Schubert – Trio in E-flat, Op. 100

$10-$42

Seattle Pro Musica: Bach's Mass in B Minor

Saturday, May 14, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Seattle Pro Musica presents J.S. Bach’s monumental Mass in B minor with the renowned period-instrument orchestra Pacific MusicWorks.

$15-$45

Salish Sea Early Music Festival: Versailles

Saturday, May 14, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Christ Episcopal Church Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Featuring music and instruments from the early 18th-century court of Louis XIV.

$15-$25 suggested donation

Seattle Classic Guitar Society presents Jason Vieaux

Saturday, May 14, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Grammy award winner Jason Vieaux is described by NPR as “perhaps the most precise and soulful classical guitarist of his generation."

$28-$38

Seattle Pro Musica: Bach's Mass in B Minor [open dress rehearsal]

Friday, May 13, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Seattle Pro Musica presents an open dress rehearsal of J.S. Bach’s monumental Mass in B minor with the renowned period-instrument orchestra Pacific MusicWorks.

$12-$30

Salish Sea Early Music Festival: Versailles

Monday, May 9, 2016 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Bethel Church, Vashon, WA, United States
Featuring music and instruments from the early 18th-century court of Louis XIV.

$15-$25 suggested donation

Seattle Bach Choir: Bach Cantatas 9 & 164

Sunday, May 8, 2016 @ 6:00pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Trinity Episcopal Church - Parish Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
J.S. Bach – Es ist das heil uns kommen Herr, BWV 9
J.S. Bach – Ihr, die ihr euch von Christo nennet, BWV 164

Free (Free will offering)

Early Music Underground: Baroque Brittania and Mother's Day Tea

Sunday, May 8, 2016 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
St. John's Episcopal Church Kirkland, Kirkland, WA, United States
Celebrate Mother's Day in classic English style with instrumental works by English composers Purcell, Handel, Blow, Boyce, Arne, and Overend – and an elegant afternoon tea.

$15-$20

Seattle Symphony: Handel & Vivaldi

Saturday, May 7, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 10:20pm (PDT)
Vivaldi – Violin Concerto in C major, No. 2
Corelli – Concerto grosso in B-flat major, Op. 6, No. 11
Albinoni – “Pianta bella” from Il Nascimento dell Aurora
Handel – “Furibondo” from Partenope in D minor
Locatelli – Concerto grosso in E-flat major, No. 6, “Il pianto d'Arianna”
Handel – “But who may abide the day of his coming” from Messiah
Vivaldi – Violin Concerto in D minor, No. 7

$20-$76

Seattle Symphony: Handel & Vivaldi

Friday, May 6, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 10:20pm (PDT)
Vivaldi – Violin Concerto in C major, No. 2
Corelli – Concerto grosso in B-flat major, Op. 6, No. 11
Albinoni – “Pianta bella” from Il Nascimento dell Aurora
Handel – “Furibondo” from Partenope in D minor
Locatelli – Concerto grosso in E-flat major, No. 6, “Il pianto d'Arianna”
Handel – “But who may abide the day of his coming” from Messiah
Vivaldi – Violin Concerto in D minor, No. 7

$20-$76

All-Bach Concert on the Flentrop organ

Friday, May 6, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Saint Mark’s offers unparalleled musical performances in unusually enchanting spaces.

$12-$18 suggested donation

The Violin with the Dragon Tattoo: Baroque Music from Scandanavia

Wednesday, May 4, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Christ Episcopal Church Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
A program of works by Johan Helmich Roman, Johan Henrik Freithoff, and Johann Gottfried Palschau.

$15-$20 (under 18 free)

The Violin with the Dragon Tattoo: Baroque Music from Scandanavia

Tuesday, May 3, 2016 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Naked City Brewery and Taphouse, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of music from 18th century Sweden, Norway, and Finland, including works by Johan Helmich Roman – called the Father of Swedish Music – and West Coast premieres of music by Johan Henrick Freithoff and Thomas Byström.

$20 (includes a complimentary house beer or glass of wine)