Baroque period – Past Concerts
Seattle Symphony: Lang Lang in Recital
Tuesday, March 22, 2022 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Lang Lang returns to Benaroya Hall for a 1-night-only solo recital, performing J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations.
Ticket price TBD
Harmonia Orchestra & Chorus: Resurrection
Sunday, March 13, 2022 @ 3:00pm – 6:30pm (PDT)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Online and in-person
Harmonia Orchestra & Chorus presents J.S. Bach's masterpiece St. Matthew Passion, "a drama of superhuman scale wrought in music of profound intimacy."
$25 ($0-$25 in-person)
Seattle Symphony: From Vivaldi to Corelli
Saturday, March 12, 2022 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
The SSO string section takes the lead as Principal Viola Susan Gulkis Assadi steps into the spotlight alongside guest violinist & conductor Elisa Citterio for works by J.S. Bach, Antonio Vivaldi, Pietro Locatelli, & more.
Ticket price TBD
Seattle Symphony: From Vivaldi to Corelli
Friday, March 11, 2022 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
The SSO string section takes the lead as Principal Viola Susan Gulkis Assadi steps into the spotlight alongside guest violinist & conductor Elisa Citterio for works by J.S. Bach, Antonio Vivaldi, Pietro Locatelli, & more.
Ticket price TBD
Byron Schenkman & Friends: Women of the Baroque
Sunday, March 6, 2022 @ 7:00pm – 8:00pm (PST)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
Francesca Caccini, Barbara Strozzi, Isabella Leonarda, & Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre are featured in this concert of some of the best vocal & instrumental chamber music of the Baroque era.
Free (Free)
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society: Mahan Esfahani, harpsichord
Wednesday, February 23, 2022 @ 4:30pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani approaches one of the greatest masterpieces of the Baroque repertoire, J.S. Bach's Goldberg Variations, in this performance for PCMS.
Free (Free ($20 in-person))
Epiphany Seattle: Organ Vespers | Feast of Martin Luther (trans.)
Sunday, February 20, 2022 @ 5:30pm – 7:00pm (PST)
Epiphany Parish Chapel, Seattle, WA, United States
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Service featuring music based on Martin Luther's chorale Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott by Dietrich Buxtehude, Karl Osterland, & Barbara Harbarch, as well as a Magnificat cycle by Samuel Scheidt.
Free (Free)
Saint Mark’s Music Series: Organ Plus in Thomsen Chapel
Sunday, February 20, 2022 @ 4:30pm – 5:30pm (PST)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
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Una Hwang, organ, & Svend Rønning, violin, perform a continental mix of Italian, French, & German music. Works by Tomaso Vitali, C.W. Gluck, Nicolaus Bruhns, J.S. Bach, & Jeanne Demessieux, as well as “Winter” from Antonio Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons.
$20 ($15 senior)
CMNW: Jeremy Denk – Bach’s Journey of Wonder
Thursday, February 10, 2022 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Old Church Concert Hall, Portland, OR, United States
MacArthur Foundation ‘Genius Grant’ fellow Jeremy Denk takes on J.S. Bach’s mesmerizing The Well-Tempered Clavier – one of his most beautiful & difficult works.
$32.50-$62.50 ($20 ages 30 & under)
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society: Nevermind
Friday, February 4, 2022 @ 4:30pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Baroque quartet Nevermind (Anna Besson, flute; Louis Creac’h, violin; Robin Pharo, viola da gamba; & Jean Rondeau, harpsichord) rewrites the rules of period-instrument concerts with this performance of works by J.S. & C.P.E. Bach.
Free (Free ($25 in-person))
University of Puget Sound: Organ at Noon Series – The 31st Annual Bethel Schneebeck Organ Recital
Sunday, January 30, 2022 @ 2:00pm – 3:00pm (PST)
Kilworth Memorial Chapel, Tacoma, WA, United States
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UPS Faculty organist Wyatt Smith presents the 31st Annual Bethel Schneebeck Organ Recital. Featuring works by Felix Mendelssohn, Louis-Nicolas Clérambault, Stephen Paulus, & Margaret Vardell Sandresky.
Free (Free)
Meany Center: Simone Dinnerstein
Thursday, January 27, 2022 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Joseph C. Phillips Jr. – Never Has Been Yet
Richard Danielpour – An American Mosaic
Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Richard Danielpour – Three Bach Transcriptions
Richard Danielpour – An American Mosaic
Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Richard Danielpour – Three Bach Transcriptions
$65 (subscriptions available)
I'm Testing A Release, Hi!
Wednesday, January 26, 2022 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (EST)
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, United States
Online and in-person
$50
A Prelude to Evensong: Naomi Shiga, organ
Sunday, January 23, 2022 @ 5:00pm – 5:30pm (PST)
Epiphany Parish of Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
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Come early to Choral Evensong to enjoy a 30-minute organ recital on the Noack organ featuring Naomi Shiga from St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Tacoma.
Free (Free)
I'm Testing A Release, Hi!
Thursday, January 20, 2022 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall – Samuel & Althea Stroum Grand Lobby, Seattle, WA, United States
$12
Seattle Symphony: Avi Avital – The Four Seasons
Sunday, January 16, 2022 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Mandolinist/conductor Avi Avital takes us down the canals of Venice with traditional gondolier songs, & into the court with a fresh interpretation of Antonio Vivaldi’s beloved concerto cycle "The Four Seasons".
Ticket price TBD
Seattle Symphony: Avi Avital – The Four Seasons
Saturday, January 15, 2022 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Mandolinist/conductor Avi Avital takes us down the canals of Venice with traditional gondolier songs, & into the court with a fresh interpretation of Antonio Vivaldi’s beloved concerto cycle "The Four Seasons".
Ticket price TBD
Saint Mark’s Music Series: Flentrop Organ Concert
Friday, January 14, 2022 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Online and in-person
Program of organ compositions inspired by the Magnificat & the Te Deum laudamus. Works by Dieterich Buxtehude, Nicolas de Grigny, Rachel Laurin, & David Hurd, plus a world premiere from Rebecca Groom Te Velde.
$20 ($15 senior)
Seattle Symphony: Avi Avital – The Four Seasons Free
Thursday, January 13, 2022 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Mandolinist/conductor Avi Avital takes us down the canals of Venice with traditional gondolier songs, & into the court with a fresh interpretation of Antonio Vivaldi’s beloved concerto cycle "The Four Seasons".
Ticket price TBD
Epiphany Seattle: Organ Vespers | Baptism of Our Lord
Sunday, January 9, 2022 @ 5:30pm – 6:30pm (PST)
Epiphany Parish Chapel, Seattle, WA, United States
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Service featuring music based on the chorale Christ, unser Herr, zum Jordan kam by J. S. Bach & Johann Pachelbel; a Magnificat cycle by Samuel Scheidt; & Felix Mendelssohn's Allegro, Chorale, & Fugue in D minor.
Free