Baroque period – Upcoming Concerts
Salish Sea Early Music Festival: Early 17th-Century Canzonas
Monday, June 10, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Christ Episcopal Church Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Transitional late renaissance/early baroque (mostly Italian) repertoire from the early 17th century, by Giovanni Battista Buonamente (1595-1642), Giovanni Paolo Cima (1570-1622), Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643), and others.
$15-$25 suggested donation (18 & under FREE)
Town Music Series: Bach to Bates
Friday, June 21, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
An ambitious convergence of musical canon and cutting-edge modern repertoire, from the hallowed works of J.S. Bach to the electronic masterpieces of Mason Bates.
$20 ($15 Town Hall members)
Music Northwest: J.S. Bach – Genius of the Keyboard
Sunday, June 23, 2030 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
First Lutheran Church of West Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Johann Sebastian Bach – Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 870
Johann Sebastian Bach – Invention and Sinfonia in G major, BWV 796
Johann Sebastian Bach – Invention and Sinfonia in G minor, BWV 797
Johann Sebastian Bach – "Dances" from Overture in the French Style, BWV 831
Johann Sebastian Bach – Two Chorale Preludes from Clavierubung III
Johann Sebastian Bach – Partita on Sei gegrüßet, Jesu gütig, BWV 768
Johann Sebastian Bach – Fantasia in G major, BWV 572
Johann Sebastian Bach – Invention and Sinfonia in G major, BWV 796
Johann Sebastian Bach – Invention and Sinfonia in G minor, BWV 797
Johann Sebastian Bach – "Dances" from Overture in the French Style, BWV 831
Johann Sebastian Bach – Two Chorale Preludes from Clavierubung III
Johann Sebastian Bach – Partita on Sei gegrüßet, Jesu gütig, BWV 768
Johann Sebastian Bach – Fantasia in G major, BWV 572
$18 / $16 / students FREE
Listen Live at Lunch Concert Series: Paul Tegels, organ
Wednesday, June 26, 2030 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PDT)
First Lutheran Church Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, United States
PLU University Organist Paul Tegels plays a concert on the historic Möller organ at First Lutheran Church.
Free
Violin Duets w/ Seattle Baroque Orchestra Violinists Linda Melsted & Courtney Kuroda
Sunday, June 30, 2030 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Renton Library, Renton, WA, United States
Exploring violin duet repertoire from the Baroque to the 20th century with music by Johann Sebastian Bach, Georg Philipp Telemann, Leclair, Michel Corrette, and Béla Bartók.
Free
Seattle Chamber Music Society Free Recital: Lorna McGhee plays Bach & Marais
Monday, July 1, 2030 @ 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 Flute in A minor, BWV 1013 and Marin Marais' Les Folies d'Espagne.
Free
Seattle Chamber Music Society Free Recital: Kristóf Baráti plays Bach
Wednesday, July 3, 2030 @ 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
Bellingham Festival of Music: Chamber Music by the Bay – Leclair, Debussy, & Beethoven
Sunday, July 7, 2030 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Bellingham Cruise Terminal, Bellingham, WA, United States
Jean-Marie Leclair – Duo Sonata, Op. 3 No. 5
Claude Debussy – Sonata for Flute, Viola, and Harp
Ludwig van Beethoven – Septet in E-flat major, Op. 20
Claude Debussy – Sonata for Flute, Viola, and Harp
Ludwig van Beethoven – Septet in E-flat major, Op. 20
$60
Blessed Sacrament Church Choral Mass: Croce’s Missa Prima Sexti Toni
Sunday, July 7, 2030 @ 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: Music Under the Stars – Haydn, Blow, Purcell, Ravel, Brahms
Wednesday, July 10, 2030 @ 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
Seattle Chamber Music Society Summer Festival: Haydn, Blow, Purcell, Ravel, & Brahms
Wednesday, July 10, 2030 @ 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)
Listen Live at Lunch: Piano Four-Hands
Wednesday, July 17, 2030 @ 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
Christ Episcopal Church presents: Mark Brombaugh, organ
Friday, July 19, 2030 @ 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
Icicle Creek Chamber Music Festival: Bach, Adams, & Tchaikovsky
Saturday, July 20, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Icicle Creek Center for the Arts – Snowy Owl Theater, Leavenworth, WA, United States
Johann Sebastian Bach – Concerto for Two Keyboards in C minor, BWV 1062
John Adams – Hallelujah Junction
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – String Sextet in D minor, Op. 70 "Souvenir de Florence"
John Adams – Hallelujah Junction
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – String Sextet in D minor, Op. 70 "Souvenir de Florence"
$22 / $12 / FREE age 12 & under
Opera On Tap: Baroque N' Hearts
Monday, July 22, 2030 @ 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
First Lutheran Church of Tacoma: Listen Live at Lunch – Classical Guitar
Wednesday, July 24, 2030 @ 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
Summer Organ Concerts at St. James Cathedral w/Paul Stubbings
Friday, July 26, 2030 @ 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
Eastside Sings: Bach Mass in B minor
Monday, July 29, 2030 @ 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)
A Musical Banquet: The Delights of the Viola da Gamba!
Wednesday, July 31, 2030 @ 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
Whidbey Island Music Festival: Handel's Roman Holiday
Friday, August 2, 2030 @ 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