Commission/Premiere – Past Concerts near Seattle, WA
Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra: Heaven & Earth
Friday, May 31, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Lili Boulanger – Psalm XXIV "La terre appartient à l'Éternel"
Igor Stravinsky – Symphony of Psalms
Gabriel Prokofiev – Terra Incognita Suite (world premiere)
Ludwig van Beethoven (arr. Geoffrey Larson) – "Heiliger Dankgesang" from String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – "Credo" from Mass in C major, K. 317 "Coronation Mass"
Igor Stravinsky – Symphony of Psalms
Gabriel Prokofiev – Terra Incognita Suite (world premiere)
Ludwig van Beethoven (arr. Geoffrey Larson) – "Heiliger Dankgesang" from String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – "Credo" from Mass in C major, K. 317 "Coronation Mass"
$25 / $20 / $15
TORCH: Passages – A Fable in Six Cycles
Wednesday, May 22, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Triple Door, Seattle, WA, United States
A multimedia event commenting on contemporary anxieties about security and immigration through six circular loops of imagery and sound, with a heavy emphasis on slapstick humor and absurdity.
$25
Seattle Pro Musica: Passion & Resurrection
Sunday, May 19, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Karen P. Thomas – Panta rhei (world premiere)
Frank Martin – Mass for Double Choir
Ēriks Ešenvalds – Passion and Resurrection
Frank Martin – Mass for Double Choir
Ēriks Ešenvalds – Passion and Resurrection
$38 / $28 / $21 / $12
Music of Remembrance: Tom Cipullo's 'The Parting'
Sunday, May 19, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A daring opera focusing on an intimate exploration of the life and work of Miklós Radnóti, widely considered one of the most important poetic witnesses to the Holocaust.
$55
Seattle Pro Musica: Passion & Resurrection
Saturday, May 18, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Karen P. Thomas – Panta rhei (world premiere)
Frank Martin – Mass for Double Choir
Ēriks Ešenvalds – Passion and Resurrection
Frank Martin – Mass for Double Choir
Ēriks Ešenvalds – Passion and Resurrection
$38 / $28 / $21 / $12
Northwest Chorale: A Very Choral Springtime feat. John Rutter's 'Requiem'
Saturday, May 18, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Edmonds United Methodist Church, Edmonds, WA, United States
Johann Sebastian Bach – Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden, BWV 230
Anton Bruckner – "Graduale" from Locus iste
Johannes Brahms – Schaffe in mir, Gott, ein rein Herz, Op 29 No. 2
S.T. Joshi – Sunset (world premiere)
Brian Butz – Absalom (world premiere)
John Rutter – Requiem
Anton Bruckner – "Graduale" from Locus iste
Johannes Brahms – Schaffe in mir, Gott, ein rein Herz, Op 29 No. 2
S.T. Joshi – Sunset (world premiere)
Brian Butz – Absalom (world premiere)
John Rutter – Requiem
Free
Seattle Art Song Society: Voices of Mental Health
Friday, May 17, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 10:30pm (PDT)
Ballard First Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Exploring mental health and substance use through song, showcasing a more realistic view of mental health and substance use.
Free
Choral Arts Northwest: The Big Blue Marble – Music, Nature, & the Environment
Sunday, May 12, 2019 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Trinity Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Antonin Dvořák – Songs of Nature, Op. 63
Jake Runestad – Settings of the poetry of Henry David Thoreau and John Muir
John David Earnest – World premiere
Rick Asher – World premiere
Jake Runestad – Settings of the poetry of Henry David Thoreau and John Muir
John David Earnest – World premiere
Rick Asher – World premiere
$28 ($24 senior/military, FREE students)
Choral Arts Northwest: The Big Blue Marble – Music, Nature, & the Environment
Saturday, May 11, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Plymouth Congregational Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Antonin Dvořák – Songs of Nature, Op. 63
Jake Runestad – Settings of the poetry of Henry David Thoreau and John Muir
John David Earnest – World premiere
Rick Asher – World premiere
Jake Runestad – Settings of the poetry of Henry David Thoreau and John Muir
John David Earnest – World premiere
Rick Asher – World premiere
$28 ($24 senior/military, FREE students)
Resonance Masters Series presents: Philip Glass' 'Annunciation' Premiere feat. Paul Barnes & Skyros Quartet
Saturday, May 11, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
Christoph Willibald Glück (arr. Alexander Siloti) – "Ballet" from Orfeo ed Euridice
Philip Glass (arr. Paul Barnes) – Selections from Orphée, Suite for piano
arr. Seraphim Dedes – Today is Suspended
Victoria Bond – Simeron Kremate
Traditional – Hristos anesti ("Christ is Risen")
N. Takis (from John Sakellarides) – Communion Hymn of the Annunciation
Philip Glass – Annunciation (Washington premiere)
Philip Glass (arr. Paul Barnes) – Selections from Orphée, Suite for piano
arr. Seraphim Dedes – Today is Suspended
Victoria Bond – Simeron Kremate
Traditional – Hristos anesti ("Christ is Risen")
N. Takis (from John Sakellarides) – Communion Hymn of the Annunciation
Philip Glass – Annunciation (Washington premiere)
$30 (students $15)
Northwest Chorale: A Very Choral Springtime feat. John Rutter's 'Requiem'
Saturday, May 11, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Johann Sebastian Bach – Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden, BWV 230
Anton Bruckner – "Graduale" from Locus iste
Johannes Brahms – Schaffe in mir, Gott, ein rein Herz, Op 29 No. 2
S.T. Joshi – Sunset (world premiere)
Brian Butz – Absalom (world premiere)
John Rutter – Requiem
Anton Bruckner – "Graduale" from Locus iste
Johannes Brahms – Schaffe in mir, Gott, ein rein Herz, Op 29 No. 2
S.T. Joshi – Sunset (world premiere)
Brian Butz – Absalom (world premiere)
John Rutter – Requiem
Free
Symphony Tacoma: Ode to Joy
Saturday, May 11, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Pantages Theater, Tacoma, WA, United States
World Premiere TBA
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral'
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral'
$24-$78
Pacific Sound Woodwind Quintet: Alyssa Morris' 'Melting Pot'
Sunday, May 5, 2019 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PDT)
Juanita Community Club, Kirkland, WA, United States
Alyssa Morris – Melting Pot (world premiere)
Peter Schickele – A Year in the Catskills
Astor Piazzolla – Tango Suite
Erik Satie – Sonatine bureaucratique
Peter Schickele – A Year in the Catskills
Astor Piazzolla – Tango Suite
Erik Satie – Sonatine bureaucratique
$10
Thalia Symphony Orchestra Season Finale: Still, Rossini, Szőnyi, Vaughan Williams
Saturday, May 4, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
William Grant Still – Summerland
Gioachino Rossini – William Tell Overture
Erzsébet Szőnyi – Organ Concerto (Northwest premiere)
Ralph Vaughan Williams – A London Symphony
Gioachino Rossini – William Tell Overture
Erzsébet Szőnyi – Organ Concerto (Northwest premiere)
Ralph Vaughan Williams – A London Symphony
$24 ($18 students/seniors)
UW School of Music & DXARTS: Music of Today w/ Bonnie Whiting & Cristina Valdés
Wednesday, May 1, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Meany Studio Theater at Meany Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Joël-François Durand – La mesure des choses mvt. IV "La mesure du temps" (world premiere)
Huck Hodge – Fracture (world premiere)
Sofia Gubaidulina – Rumore e Silenzio
Huck Hodge – Fracture (world premiere)
Sofia Gubaidulina – Rumore e Silenzio
$15 ($10 student/senior)
Landscape With Birds: Paul Taub, flute
Tuesday, April 30, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Folio: Seattle Athenaeum at Pike Market, Seattle, WA, United States
20th-century music from three continents, for bass flute, alto flute, and piccolo.
$25 ($20 Folio members)
North Corner Chamber Orchestra: Creation
Sunday, April 28, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Triple Door, Seattle, WA, United States
Franz Joseph Haydn – Overture to The Creation
Darius Milhaud – La Création du monde, Op. 81a
Wayne Horvitz – New work (world premiere)
Darius Milhaud – La Création du monde, Op. 81a
Wayne Horvitz – New work (world premiere)
$30 / $20 / $10
Seattle Symphony Chamber Concert: American Horizons
Sunday, April 28, 2019 @ 6:00pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Octave 9 at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Edgard Varèse – Poème Électronique
Steve Reich – Vermont Counterpoint
Nina C. Young – Spero Lucem
Kaley Lane Eaton – New work (world premiere)
Mary Kouyoumdjian – Sedna, Beneath the Sea
Mason Bates – White Lies for Lomax
Derek Bermel – Nine Revolutions (world premiere)
Steve Reich – Vermont Counterpoint
Nina C. Young – Spero Lucem
Kaley Lane Eaton – New work (world premiere)
Mary Kouyoumdjian – Sedna, Beneath the Sea
Mason Bates – White Lies for Lomax
Derek Bermel – Nine Revolutions (world premiere)
$35
UW Vocal Theatre Works: Philip Glass' 'Hydrogen Jukebox'
Saturday, April 27, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Meany Studio Theater at Meany Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A modern classic examining both the potential and failings of the American Experience and to explore ever-relevant themes of war and peace, social equity, and environmental and economic sustainability.
$10
North Corner Chamber Orchestra: Creation
Saturday, April 27, 2019 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
The Royal Room, Seattle, WA, United States
Franz Joseph Haydn – Overture to The Creation
Darius Milhaud – La Création du monde, Op. 81a
Wayne Horvitz – New work (world premiere)
Darius Milhaud – La Création du monde, Op. 81a
Wayne Horvitz – New work (world premiere)
$30 / $20 / $10