Romantic period (1800-1910) – Upcoming Concerts
Third Fridays at Noon: Samuel Libra, organist
Friday, August 16, 2030 @ 12:10pm – 1:00pm (PDT)
Christ Episcopal Church Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, United States
Samuel Libra plays music by Johannes Brahms, Jean-François Dandrieu, Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn, and Ethel Smyth on the renowned Brombaugh pipe organ.
Donation
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival: World Premiere Finale
Friday, August 16, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Orcas Center, Eastsound, WA, United States
Hugo Wolf – Italian Serenade
TBA – Selected works for guitar and violin
Kevin Puts – New work for string quartet (world premiere)
Kevin Puts – Air for violin and piano
Ernest Chausson – Concerto in D major, Op. 21 for violin, piano, and string quartet
TBA – Selected works for guitar and violin
Kevin Puts – New work for string quartet (world premiere)
Kevin Puts – Air for violin and piano
Ernest Chausson – Concerto in D major, Op. 21 for violin, piano, and string quartet
$35 ($10 ages 18 & under)
Music at St. James Cathedral Summer Organ Concerts w/ Gregory Peterson
Friday, August 16, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
A recital from the classic organ repertoire with music by Johann Sebastian Bach, César Franck, Herbert Howells, Johann Gottfried Walther, Claude Debussy, Gerald Near, and Craig Phillips.
$18
Olympic Music Festival: Passion in Paris
Saturday, August 17, 2030 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Wheeler Theater at Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA, United States
Claude Debussy – Petite Suite, L. 65 for piano four hands
César Franck – Piano Quintet in F minor
Gabriel Fauré – Piano Quartet No. 2 in G minor, Op. 45
César Franck – Piano Quintet in F minor
Gabriel Fauré – Piano Quartet No. 2 in G minor, Op. 45
$20-$40 (age 7-12 free)
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival: World Premiere Finale
Saturday, August 17, 2030 @ 5:30pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Orcas Center, Eastsound, WA, United States
Hugo Wolf – Italian Serenade
TBA – Selected works for guitar and violin
Kevin Puts – New work for string quartet (world premiere)
Kevin Puts – Air for violin and piano
Ernest Chausson – Concerto in D major, Op. 21 for violin, piano, and string quartet
TBA – Selected works for guitar and violin
Kevin Puts – New work for string quartet (world premiere)
Kevin Puts – Air for violin and piano
Ernest Chausson – Concerto in D major, Op. 21 for violin, piano, and string quartet
$40 ($10 ages 18 & under)
Helios Symphony Orchestra: The First Dance
Saturday, August 17, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Plymouth Congregational Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Antonín Dvořák – Carnival Overture
Astor Piazzolla – Four Seasons of Buenos Aires (arr. Leonid Desyatnikov)
Arturo Márquez – Danzon No. 2
Johannes Brahms – Symphony No. 3
Astor Piazzolla – Four Seasons of Buenos Aires (arr. Leonid Desyatnikov)
Arturo Márquez – Danzon No. 2
Johannes Brahms – Symphony No. 3
$15 / $12.50 / $10 (youth free in adv.)
Seattle Opera: Verdi's 'Rigoletto'
Saturday, August 17, 2030 @ 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
Olympic Music Festival: New Worlds
Sunday, August 18, 2030 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Wheeler Theater at Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA, United States
Georges Enescu – Konzertstück for viola and piano
William Walton – Piano Quartet in D minor
Frederic Chopin – Introduction and Polonaise brillante in C major, Op. 3 for cello and piano
Antonín Dvořák – String Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 97 "American"
William Walton – Piano Quartet in D minor
Frederic Chopin – Introduction and Polonaise brillante in C major, Op. 3 for cello and piano
Antonín Dvořák – String Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 97 "American"
$20-$40 (age 7-12 free)
Seattle Opera: Verdi's 'Rigoletto'
Sunday, August 18, 2030 @ 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
Listen Live at Lunch: Duo Soprello
Wednesday, August 21, 2030 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PDT)
First Lutheran Church Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, United States
A program of original music and transcriptions including arias by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Gaetano Donizetti, selections from cello sonatas by Gabriel Fauré and Dmitri Shostakovich, and more.
Free (Free)
Seattle Opera: Verdi's 'Rigoletto'
Friday, August 23, 2030 @ 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
Saltwater Music Series: Winds of Summer
Saturday, August 24, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Des Moines United Methodist Church (WA), Des Moines, WA, United States
Steven Luksan – Ceremony
Steven Luksan – Prayer
Steven Luksan – Suite for flute and piano
Steven Luksan – Four Pieces
Steven Luksan – Sonata
Benjamin Godard – "Waltz" from Suite de trois morceaux, Op. 116
Steven Luksan – Prayer
Steven Luksan – Suite for flute and piano
Steven Luksan – Four Pieces
Steven Luksan – Sonata
Benjamin Godard – "Waltz" from Suite de trois morceaux, Op. 116
Free
Seattle Opera: Verdi's 'Rigoletto'
Saturday, August 24, 2030 @ 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
Seattle Opera: Verdi's 'Rigoletto'
Sunday, August 25, 2030 @ 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
Port Townsend Summer Band 2019 Season Finale
Sunday, August 25, 2030 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Chetzemoka Park, Port Townsend, WA, United States
Ernesto Cavallini's Adagio and Tarantella for solo clarinet and band, music by Cole Porter, Richard Rodgers/Oscar Hammerstein, and more!
Free
Listen Live at Lunch: Virtuoso Works for Violin & Piano
Wednesday, August 28, 2030 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PDT)
First Lutheran Church Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, United States
Maurice Ravel – Tzigane
Ludwig van Beethoven – Violin Sonata No. 9 in A major, Op. 47 "Kreutzer"
Pablo de Sarasate – Navarra, Op. 33
Ludwig van Beethoven – Violin Sonata No. 9 in A major, Op. 47 "Kreutzer"
Pablo de Sarasate – Navarra, Op. 33
Free
Seattle Opera: Verdi's 'Rigoletto'
Wednesday, August 28, 2030 @ 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
Olympic Music Festival: Russian Tributes
Saturday, August 31, 2030 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Wheeler Theater at Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA, United States
Nikolai Medtner – Sonata Reminiscenza in A minor, Op. 38 No. 1
Sergei Prokofiev – Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 80
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50
Sergei Prokofiev – Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 80
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50
$20-$40 (age 7-12 free)
Olympic Music Festival: Secret Love
Sunday, September 1, 2030 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Wheeler Theater at Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA, United States
Johannes Brahms – Clarinet (Viola) Trio in A minor, Op. 114
Clara Schumann – Mazurka in G major from Soirées musicales, Op. 6 No. 5
Robert Schumann – Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6
Johannes Brahms – Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60
Clara Schumann – Mazurka in G major from Soirées musicales, Op. 6 No. 5
Robert Schumann – Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6
Johannes Brahms – Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60
$20-$40 (age 7-12 free)
BMC presents Ballance Duo
Wednesday, September 4, 2030 @ 10:30am – 11:30am (PDT)
Trinity Lutheran Church (Bellingham), Bellingham, WA, United States
Jared and Ruth Marie Ballance present a program of exquisite music for cello, violin, and piano by Mozart, Sibelius, Clarke, Kodály, Mark O'Connor, and more.
Free (Free)