Romantic period (1800-1910) – Past Concerts
Seattle Opera: Verdi's 'Rigoletto'
Sunday, August 11, 2019 @ 2:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Verdi’s tense and brutal tale of a megalomaniac’s bitter minion caught in a web of lechery, betrayal, and revenge.
$35 & up
Seattle Opera: Verdi's 'Rigoletto'
Saturday, August 10, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Verdi’s tense and brutal tale of a megalomaniac’s bitter minion caught in a web of lechery, betrayal, and revenge.
$35 & up
Cascadia Art Museum: Musical Portraits
Saturday, August 10, 2019 @ 6:00pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Cascadia Art Museum, Edmonds, WA, United States
George Gershwin, Claude Debussy, Felix Mendelssohn, Robert Schumann, Sergei Rachmaninoff, and Frederic Chopin are featured on this program with renowned pianist Annie Chang-Center.
$18 ($12 museum members)
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival: Orcas~trations – Music, Magic, & Movies
Saturday, August 10, 2019 @ 5:30pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Orcas Center, Eastsound, WA, United States
Ástor Piazzolla – Histoire Du Tango ("History of the Tango") for violin and guitar
Antonín Dvořák – Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major, Op. 81
Antonín Dvořák – Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major, Op. 81
$40 ($10 ages 18 & under)
Olympic Music Festival: Transcendence
Saturday, August 10, 2019 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Wheeler Theater at Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA, United States
Johannes Brahms – Viola Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 120 No. 2
Dmitri Shostakovich – Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67
Franz Schubert – String Quintet in C major, D. 956
Dmitri Shostakovich – Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67
Franz Schubert – String Quintet in C major, D. 956
$20-$40 (age 7-12 free)
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival: Orcas~trations – Music, Magic, & Movies
Friday, August 9, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Orcas Center, Eastsound, WA, United States
Ástor Piazzolla – Histoire Du Tango ("History of the Tango") for violin and guitar
Antonín Dvořák – Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major, Op. 81
Antonín Dvořák – Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major, Op. 81
$40 ($10 ages 18 & under)
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival: Violin Variations
Wednesday, August 7, 2019 @ 5:30pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Orcas Center, Eastsound, WA, United States
Friedrich Hermann – Burlesque in G major, Op. 9 for three violins
Ludwig van Beethoven – String Trio in G major, Op. 9 No. 1
Gerard Schwarz – Duo for violin and cello
Camille Saint-Saëns (arr. Franz Liszt/Vladimir Horowitz) – Danse macabre for solo piano
Robert Schumann – Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44
Ludwig van Beethoven – String Trio in G major, Op. 9 No. 1
Gerard Schwarz – Duo for violin and cello
Camille Saint-Saëns (arr. Franz Liszt/Vladimir Horowitz) – Danse macabre for solo piano
Robert Schumann – Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44
$35 ($10 ages 18 & under)
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival: Violin Variations
Tuesday, August 6, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Orcas Center, Eastsound, WA, United States
Friedrich Hermann – Burlesque in G major, Op. 9 for three violins
Ludwig van Beethoven – String Trio in G major, Op. 9 No. 1
Gerard Schwarz – Duo for violin and cello
Camille Saint-Saëns (arr. Franz Liszt/Vladimir Horowitz) – Danse macabre for solo piano
Robert Schumann – Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44
Ludwig van Beethoven – String Trio in G major, Op. 9 No. 1
Gerard Schwarz – Duo for violin and cello
Camille Saint-Saëns (arr. Franz Liszt/Vladimir Horowitz) – Danse macabre for solo piano
Robert Schumann – Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44
$35 ($10 ages 18 & under)
Marrowstone Festival Orchestras: Revueltas, Rimsky-Korsakov, Britten, & Debussy
Sunday, August 4, 2019 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
WWU Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA, United States
Silvestre Revueltas – Sensemayá
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov – Scheherazade, Op. 35
Benjamin Britten – "Four Sea Interludes" from Peter Grimes, Op. 33a
Claude Debussy – La mer, L. 109
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov – Scheherazade, Op. 35
Benjamin Britten – "Four Sea Interludes" from Peter Grimes, Op. 33a
Claude Debussy – La mer, L. 109
$37-$45 (students $15)
Vashon Center for the Arts: Salman Family Concert
Saturday, August 3, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Vashon Center for the Arts, Vashon, WA, United States
Ludwig van Beethoven – Cello Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 5 No. 2
Franz Schubert – Duo Lebensstürme in A minor, D. 947
Franz Liszt – Concerto pathétique
Claude Debussy – Cello Sonata
Franz Schubert – Duo Lebensstürme in A minor, D. 947
Franz Liszt – Concerto pathétique
Claude Debussy – Cello Sonata
$20 ($18 students/seniors)
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival: An Evening w/ Susan Graham
Saturday, August 3, 2019 @ 5:30pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Orcas Center, Eastsound, WA, United States
Hector Berlioz – Roman Carnival Overture, H. 95 for piano four-hands
Hector Berlioz – Les Nuits d’été ("Summer Nights")
Reynaldo Hahn – Piano Quintet
Gustav Mahler – Piano Quartet in A minor
Gustav Mahler – Rückert-Lieder
Hector Berlioz – Les Nuits d’été ("Summer Nights")
Reynaldo Hahn – Piano Quintet
Gustav Mahler – Piano Quartet in A minor
Gustav Mahler – Rückert-Lieder
$40 ($10 ages 18 & under)
Pacific Northwest Conducting Institute Finale Concert
Saturday, August 3, 2019 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, Langley, WA, United States
Gioachino Rossini – Overture to L'italiana in Algeri
Maurice Ravel – Le Tombeau de Couperin
Camille Saint-Saëns – Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33
Stacy Garrop – "Penelope Waits" from Mythology Symphony
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
Maurice Ravel – Le Tombeau de Couperin
Camille Saint-Saëns – Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33
Stacy Garrop – "Penelope Waits" from Mythology Symphony
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
$25 ($20 senior/military)
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival: An Evening w/ Susan Graham
Friday, August 2, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Orcas Center, Eastsound, WA, United States
Hector Berlioz – Roman Carnival Overture, H. 95 for piano four-hands
Hector Berlioz – Les Nuits d’été ("Summer Nights")
Reynaldo Hahn – Piano Quintet
Gustav Mahler – Piano Quartet in A minor
Gustav Mahler – Rückert-Lieder
Hector Berlioz – Les Nuits d’été ("Summer Nights")
Reynaldo Hahn – Piano Quintet
Gustav Mahler – Piano Quartet in A minor
Gustav Mahler – Rückert-Lieder
$40 ($10 ages 18 & under)
Marrowstone Music Festival Faculty Chamber Concert: Kodály, Prokofiev, Debussy, & Brahms
Thursday, August 1, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
WWU Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA, United States
Zoltán Kodály – Duo for Violin and Cello, Op. 7
Sergei Prokofiev – Quintet in G minor, Op. 39
Claude Debussy – Sonata for Flute, Viola, and Harp
Johannes Brahms – Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25
Sergei Prokofiev – Quintet in G minor, Op. 39
Claude Debussy – Sonata for Flute, Viola, and Harp
Johannes Brahms – Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25
$22-$27
Groupmuse House Concert: A Young Person's Guide to the Opera
Sunday, July 28, 2019 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Private home in Woodinville, Woodinville, WA, United States
A house concert of art songs for kids and parents alike, featuring music by Leonard Bernstein, Amy Beach, Steven Luksan, and more.
$10+ donation, RSVP required
Whidbey Island Music Festival: Schubert's Swan Song
Saturday, July 27, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
St. Augustine's in-the-Woods Episcopal Church, Freeland, WA, United States
Experience the sublime beauty of Franz Schubert’s String Quintet in C major, which was completed only months before his death and is considered one of the masterpieces of the chamber music repertoire.
$22 / $10 / FREE for children
Seattle Chamber Music Society Summer Festival: Schubert, Poulenc, & Brahms
Friday, July 26, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Franz Schubert – String Trio in B-flat major, D. 581
Francis Poulenc – Trio for Oboe, Bassoon, and Piano, FP 43
Johannes Brahms – Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34
Francis Poulenc – Trio for Oboe, Bassoon, and Piano, FP 43
Johannes Brahms – Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34
$55 ($20 students/30 & under)
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
Seattle Chamber Music Society: Music Under the Stars – Schubert, Poulenc, & Brahms
Friday, July 26, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Columbia Park, 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: Music Under the Stars – Schubert, Poulenc, & Brahms
Friday, July 26, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Freeway Park, 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