Romantic period (1800-1910) – Past Concerts
Second City Chamber Series: Town & Country
Thursday, July 18, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Lakewold Gardens, Lakewood, WA, United States
Bedřich Smetana – From the Homeland for violin and piano
Erich Zeisl – Violin Sonata, “Brandeis”
Astor Piazzolla – The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires
Erich Zeisl – Violin Sonata, “Brandeis”
Astor Piazzolla – The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires
$30 / $27 / $10 (age 21 & under free)
Seattle Chamber Music Society Summer Festival: Debussy, Beach, Shostakovich, & Suk
Wednesday, July 17, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Claude Debussy – Sonata for Cello and Piano in D minor
Amy Beach – Quartet for Strings, Op. 89
Dmitri Shostakovich – Two Pieces for String Quartet
Josef Suk – Meditation on an Old Czech Chorale “St. Wenceslas," Op. 35a
Josef Suk – Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 8
Amy Beach – Quartet for Strings, Op. 89
Dmitri Shostakovich – Two Pieces for String Quartet
Josef Suk – Meditation on an Old Czech Chorale “St. Wenceslas," Op. 35a
Josef Suk – Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 8
$55 ($20 students/30 & under)
Seattle Chamber Music Society: Music Under the Stars – Debussy, Beach, Shostakovich, Suk
Wednesday, July 17, 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
Seattle Chamber Music Society Free Recital: Bion Tsang & Jon Kimura Parker play Brahms
Wednesday, July 17, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A 30-minute recital featuring Johannes Brahms' Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major, Op. 99.
Free
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: Mendelssohn, Currier, & Dvořák
Monday, July 15, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Fanny Mendelssohn – String Quartet in E-flat major
Sebastian Currier – Voyage Out (world premiere)
Antonín Dvořák – Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 87
Sebastian Currier – Voyage Out (world premiere)
Antonín Dvořák – Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 87
$55 ($20 students/30 & under)
Seattle Chamber Music Society: Music Under the Stars – Mendelssohn, Currier, & Dvořák
Monday, July 15, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Seattle Chinese Garden, 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 – Mendelssohn, Currier, & Dvořák
Monday, July 15, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Yesler Terrace 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
Bellingham Festival of Music: Brahms Piano Concerti w/ Marc-André Hamelin, piano
Sunday, July 14, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Western Washington University Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA, United States
Johannes Brahms – Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15
Johannes Brahms – Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 83
Johannes Brahms – Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 83
$45-$55 (students $12)
Olympic Music Festival: Art of the Violin I w/ Sarah Chang & Julio Elizalde
Sunday, July 14, 2019 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Chapel at Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA, United States
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight"
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 “Appassionata”
Béla Bartók (arr. Zoltan Székely) – Six Romanian Dances, Sz. 56
Antonin Dvořák – Romance in F minor, Op. 11
Antonio Bazzini – La Ronde des Lutins, Op. 25 ("The Round of the Goblins")
Edward Elgar – Salut d’amour, Op. 12
Maurice Ravel – Tzigane
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 “Appassionata”
Béla Bartók (arr. Zoltan Székely) – Six Romanian Dances, Sz. 56
Antonin Dvořák – Romance in F minor, Op. 11
Antonio Bazzini – La Ronde des Lutins, Op. 25 ("The Round of the Goblins")
Edward Elgar – Salut d’amour, Op. 12
Maurice Ravel – Tzigane
$100 (ages 7-12 free)
Icicle Creek Chamber Music Festival: Crumb, Rachmaninoff, & Brahms
Saturday, July 13, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Icicle Creek Center for the Arts – Snowy Owl Theater, Leavenworth, WA, United States
George Crumb – Vox Balaenae for electric flute, cello, and amplified piano
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Suite No. 2, Op. 17 for two pianos
Johanns Brahms – String Quintet No. 2 in G major, Op. 111
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Suite No. 2, Op. 17 for two pianos
Johanns Brahms – String Quintet No. 2 in G major, Op. 111
$22 / $12 / FREE age 12 & under
Olympic Music Festival: Art of the Violin I w/ Sarah Chang & Julio Elizalde
Saturday, July 13, 2019 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Chapel at Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA, United States
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight"
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 “Appassionata”
Béla Bartók (arr. Zoltan Székely) – Six Romanian Dances, Sz. 56
Antonin Dvořák – Romance in F minor, Op. 11
Antonio Bazzini – La Ronde des Lutins, Op. 25 ("The Round of the Goblins")
Edward Elgar – Salut d’amour, Op. 12
Maurice Ravel – Tzigane
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 “Appassionata”
Béla Bartók (arr. Zoltan Székely) – Six Romanian Dances, Sz. 56
Antonin Dvořák – Romance in F minor, Op. 11
Antonio Bazzini – La Ronde des Lutins, Op. 25 ("The Round of the Goblins")
Edward Elgar – Salut d’amour, Op. 12
Maurice Ravel – Tzigane
$100 (ages 7-12 free)
Bellingham Festival of Music: Calidore String Quartet w/ Marc-André Hamelin, piano
Friday, July 12, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Western Washington University Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA, United States
The dazzling Calidore String Quartet, Bellingham Festival of Music's ensemble in residence, performs their annual recital highlighted by Johannes Brahms' Piano Quintet in F minor with pianist Marc-Andre Hamelin, among other works.
$45-$55 (students $12)
Icicle Creek Chamber Music Festival: Dvořák, Harbison, & Schubert
Friday, July 12, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Canyon Wren Recital Hall at Icicle Creek, Leavenworth, WA, United States
Antonín Dvořák – Bagatelles, Op. 47
John Harbison – November 19, 1828 for piano quartet
Franz Schubert – Piano Trio No. 1 in B-flat major, D. 898
John Harbison – November 19, 1828 for piano quartet
Franz Schubert – Piano Trio No. 1 in B-flat major, D. 898
$22 / $12 / FREE age 12 & under
Seattle Chamber Music Society Free Recital: Nicholas Phan & Inon Barnatan play Schubert
Friday, July 12, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A 30-minute recital featuring selections from Franz Schubert's Schwanengesang, D. 957.
Free
Emerald Ensemble: Songs of Nature
Thursday, July 11, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Antonín Dvořák’s V Přírodě, Op. 63 is the anchor for an evening of music celebrating the natural world around us.
$30
Northwest Edvard Grieg Society: The Complete Songs of Edvard Grieg – The Mountain Maid
Thursday, July 11, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
Haugtussa, Op. 67 will be the centerpiece of this program and will include songs not originally published with the song cycle, but that give even greater insight into the story, poet, and composer.
$25
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
Bellingham Festival of Music: Arend, Rodrigo, & Brahms
Wednesday, July 10, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Western Washington University Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA, United States
David Arend – Zebra Brainwave Quorum (world premiere)
Joaquín Rodrigo – Concierto de Aranjuez
Johannes Brahms – Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73
Joaquín Rodrigo – Concierto de Aranjuez
Johannes Brahms – Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73
$45-$55 (students $12)