New music – Past Concerts near Seattle, WA
Seattle Chamber Music Society Free Recital: Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir plays Cornish, Saariaho, & Jónsdóttir
Sunday, January 26, 2020 @ 2:00pm – 2:30pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Jane Antonia Cornish – Portrait
Kaija Saariaho – Sept Papillons
Thuridur Jónsdóttir – 48 Images of the Moon
Kaija Saariaho – Sept Papillons
Thuridur Jónsdóttir – 48 Images of the Moon
Free (Free)
LUCO: Carnivale
Saturday, January 25, 2020 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Hector Berlioz – Roman Carnival Overture, H. 95
Michael Daugherty – Fire and Blood
Richard Wagner – Prelude to Parsifal, WWV 111
Ottorino Respighi – Roman Festivals
Michael Daugherty – Fire and Blood
Richard Wagner – Prelude to Parsifal, WWV 111
Ottorino Respighi – Roman Festivals
$20 ($15 senior/student)
Saratoga Orchestra: Crowning Achievements Choral Collaboration with Oak Harbor HS Choirs
Saturday, January 25, 2020 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, Langley, WA, United States
Celebrate the power of music and the triumph of the human spirit through song.
$25 / $20 / FREE for youth
Haller Lake Music Series presents: Play On! in ‘Tipping Point’
Saturday, January 25, 2020 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Haller Lake United Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
With music, song, and poetry, Tipping Point performed by Play On! explores the struggles of the human condition and the strength of the human spirit.
$20 suggested donation ($5 students/children)
Washington Wind Symphony Presents ‘Connections’
Saturday, January 25, 2020 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Redmond Performing Arts Center, Redmond, WA, United States
Kit Mills – Beyond the Desert Sands
Kevin M. Walczyk – Eloi, Eloi
Frank Ticheli – Blue Shades
John Barnes Chance – Variations on a Korean Folk Song
Derek M. Jenkins – We Seven
Donald Grantham – Southern Harmony
Kevin M. Walczyk – Eloi, Eloi
Frank Ticheli – Blue Shades
John Barnes Chance – Variations on a Korean Folk Song
Derek M. Jenkins – We Seven
Donald Grantham – Southern Harmony
$15 ($10 seniors, students FREE)
Saltwater Music Series: An Evening of Song
Saturday, January 25, 2020 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Des Moines United Methodist Church (WA), Des Moines, WA, United States
Baritone Darrell J. Jordan and pianist/composer Steven Luksan present an evening of English and American Art song from the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries.
Free (Free)
Seattle Modern Orchestra: Inside Out
Friday, January 24, 2020 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Folio: Seattle Athenaeum at Pike Market, Seattle, WA, United States
Thomas Adès – "Court Studies" from The Tempest
Anthony Cheung – Elective Memory
Ivan Fedele – Arcipelago Möbius
Tristan Murail – Stalag VIIIA
Alfred Schnittke – Hymn No. 2
Anthony Cheung – Elective Memory
Ivan Fedele – Arcipelago Möbius
Tristan Murail – Stalag VIIIA
Alfred Schnittke – Hymn No. 2
$25 ($20 Folio members)
Three Centuries
Sunday, January 12, 2020 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Faith Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Intimate chamber music from three centuries including the world premiere of Seattle composer Huntley Beyer's Where I'm Coming From.
$15-$25 suggested donation (age 18 & under free)
Seattle Symphony: Beethoven Emperor Concerto
Saturday, January 11, 2020 @ 8:00pm – 9:45pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Elena Langer – Figaro Gets a Divorce Suite (world premiere)
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 5, “Emperor”
Felix Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 4, "Italian"
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 5, “Emperor”
Felix Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 4, "Italian"
$24-$134 (age 8-18 free)
Romanian American Chamber Concerts & Arts: Enescu, Holmboe, & Berg at Benaroya Hall
Saturday, January 11, 2020 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
George Enescu – String Quartet No. 2, Op. 2, No. 2 in G major
Vagn Holmboe – Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 16
Antonin Dvořák – Zigeunerlieder (Gypsy Songs), Op. 55
Alban Berg – Sieben frühe Lieder (Seven Early Songs)
Forrest Pierce – What Keeps Us Still
Vagn Holmboe – Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 16
Antonin Dvořák – Zigeunerlieder (Gypsy Songs), Op. 55
Alban Berg – Sieben frühe Lieder (Seven Early Songs)
Forrest Pierce – What Keeps Us Still
$25
Cornell University Chorus & Glee Club: Pacific Northwest Tour
Friday, January 10, 2020 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Cornell's choirs return to the Pacific Northwest with a program including Renaissance motets, folk songs, gospel music, west coast premieres of new works, and much more.
$20 (students $10)
Seattle Symphony: Beethoven Emperor Concerto
Friday, January 10, 2020 @ 12:00pm – 1:45pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Elena Langer – Figaro Gets a Divorce Suite (world premiere)
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 5, “Emperor”
Felix Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 4, "Italian"
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 5, “Emperor”
Felix Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 4, "Italian"
$24-$134 (age 8-18 free)
Seattle Symphony: Beethoven Emperor Concerto
Thursday, January 9, 2020 @ 7:30pm – 9:15pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Elena Langer – Figaro Gets a Divorce Suite (world premiere)
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 5, “Emperor”
Felix Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 4, "Italian"
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 5, “Emperor”
Felix Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 4, "Italian"
$24-$134 (age 8-18 free)
Wayward Music Series: Young Scientist + Marc Barreca solo
Saturday, January 4, 2020 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of immersive modular and computer based electronic music ambience with Young Scientist – Seattle’s original electronic music group – and veteran electronic composer Marc Barreca.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Yiruma Live in Seattle 2019: Nocturne
Thursday, December 26, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
A Korean contemporary classical musician who combines melodious Korean compositions with inspiration and emotion returns to Seattle after 3 years.
$78-$138
Hope in a Pan-American Christmas: North Meets South
Saturday, December 21, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
First Congregational Church, Bellevue, WA, United States
American composers offer songs of hospitality, light, love, and unity.
$20 / $15 / $10
Longest Night: Solstice Ceremony
Saturday, December 21, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 1:00am (PST)
Northwest Film Forum, Seattle, WA, United States
Experience "total spiritual recalibration" through ambient modular synth chill-outs, techno wig-outs, virtuosic guitar loops, guided movement activities, and participatory rituals culled from dream states.
$15
Jack Straw Winter Showcase
Saturday, December 21, 2019 @ 2:00pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Jack Straw Cultural Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Jack Straw Cultural Center celebrates the solstice with performances from a wide range of artists from the Artist Support Program, including clarinetist/composer James Falzone, Seattle Art Song Society, Okinawan sanshin player and singer Mako Willett, and others.
$10-$20 suggested donation
Ladies Musical Club: Dreamscape Oboe/Piano Suite; Songs ‘From the Sublime to the Ridiculous’
Friday, December 20, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Music Center of the Northwest, Seattle, WA, United States
Edward Kilenyi – 5 Mexican Love Songs
Francis Poulenc – Le Bestiaire, FP 15
Dominick Argento – Songs from Miss Manners on Music
Francis Poulenc – Le Bestiaire, FP 15
Dominick Argento – Songs from Miss Manners on Music
Free (Free)
Saint Mark's Music Series: Pageant of the Nativity
Tuesday, December 17, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
A grand re-telling of the Nativity for all ages – featuring exquisite costumes; visual art; an army of choristers and instrumentalists; and even a world premiere.
Donations welcome