New music – Past Concerts
Ancora: In Her Own Words – A Legacy of Hope
Saturday, June 15, 2019 @ 4:00pm – 5:30pm (PDT)
Green Lake Church of Seventh-day Adventists, Seattle, WA, United States
The world-premiere performance of commissioned work by Justin Hansen, entitled The Myth, inspired by the poetry of Emily Dickinson and accompanied by string quartet.
$20 ($5 students, kids age 6-10 free)
Lake Union Civic Orchestra: Nicolai, Jones, Shostakovich
Friday, June 14, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Otto Nicolai – Overture to The Merry Wives of Windsor
Samuel Jones – Cello Concerto
Dmitri Shostakovich – Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93
Samuel Jones – Cello Concerto
Dmitri Shostakovich – Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93
$20 ($15 student/senior)
Wayward Music Series: Feder / Gilleran / Han = Recess
Thursday, June 13, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Guitarist Janet Feder (Denver), drummer Jen Gilleran, and pianist James Han reunite for an evening of compositions and improvisations based on structure, film, weather patterns, and politics. Maybe.
$5-$15 at the door
Seattle Symphony: In the Spotlight – Bolcom, Jolley, Poteat & Hausmann
Tuesday, June 11, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Octave 9 at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
William Bolcom – Afternoon Cakewalk
Jérémy Jolley – (contro-)clessidra I & IV
Angelique Poteat – Ripples of Possibilities
Ben Hausmann – Sonnet for Eternal Loveliness and To Angelic Friendship Here and Now
Jérémy Jolley – (contro-)clessidra I & IV
Angelique Poteat – Ripples of Possibilities
Ben Hausmann – Sonnet for Eternal Loveliness and To Angelic Friendship Here and Now
$20
Seattle Symphony: In the Spotlight – Hannah Kendall
Monday, June 10, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Octave 9 at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Join London-born composer Hannah Kendall for an evening of conversation and chamber music following the US premiere of her intricate and beautifully crafted orchestral work, The Spark Catchers.
$25
Racer Sessions: Amelia Coulter
Sunday, June 9, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
Mostly Nordic: Sweden – Songs of the Heart
Sunday, June 9, 2019 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
Soprano Anna Hersey and pianist David McDade promise to woo you into beautiful, rapturous, art song repertoire. Music by Swedish composers Gunnar de Frumerie, Wilhelm Stenhammer, Ture Rangström, and Erik Nyström.
$30 ($25 museum members)
Sanctuary Space Arts & Lectures Series: 'Street Requiem'
Sunday, June 9, 2019 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
First Congregational Church UCC, Bellevue, WA, United States
Kathleen McGuire, Andy Payne, Jonathon Welch – Street Requiem
Johannes Brahms – "How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place" from A German Requiem, Op. 45
Johannes Brahms – "How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place" from A German Requiem, Op. 45
Free
Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra: Symphony Spectacular – Music for All
Sunday, June 9, 2019 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Bainbridge Performing Arts, Bainbridge Island, WA, United States
James Newton Howard – Overture from Red Sparrow
Leonard Bernstein – Selections from West Side Story (arr. Jack Mason)
John Williams – Tango (Por Una Cabeza)
Mahito Yokota/Koji Kondo – Super Mario Suite (arr. Andreas Hedlund)
Paul Hart – Cartoon
Arturo Marquez – Danzón No. 2
Leonard Bernstein – Selections from West Side Story (arr. Jack Mason)
John Williams – Tango (Por Una Cabeza)
Mahito Yokota/Koji Kondo – Super Mario Suite (arr. Andreas Hedlund)
Paul Hart – Cartoon
Arturo Marquez – Danzón No. 2
$21 / $18 / Free 18 & under
Seattle Symphony: Holst 'The Planets'
Sunday, June 9, 2019 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Hannah Kendall – The Spark Catchers (US premiere)
Joseph Haydn – Symphony No. 98
Gustav Holst – The Planets
Joseph Haydn – Symphony No. 98
Gustav Holst – The Planets
$22-$122 (youth 8-18 free)
Northwest Chamber Chorus: Lux Aeterna
Sunday, June 9, 2019 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PDT)
University Congregational United Church of Christ, Seattle, WA, United States
Ola Gjeilo – Northern Lights
Olaf Christiansen – Light Everlasting
Kate Rusby (arr. Jim Clements) – Underneath the Stars
Morten Lauridsen – Lux Aeterna
Olaf Christiansen – Light Everlasting
Kate Rusby (arr. Jim Clements) – Underneath the Stars
Morten Lauridsen – Lux Aeterna
$25 ($20 seniors & singers, FREE students)
Pacific Northwest Ballet: Themes & Variations
Sunday, June 9, 2019 @ 1:00pm – 3:00pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A mixed bill of intriguing variety, from Balanchine’s resplendent Theme & Variations to a masterpiece by Jose Limon in which riveting characterizations cast a powerful spell.
$37-$189
Bellevue Presbyterian Sanctuary Chorus & Festival Orchestra: Dan Forrest's 'Jubilate Deo'
Sunday, June 9, 2019 @ 11:00am – 12:30pm (PDT)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
Dan Forrest's Jubilate Deo brings to life the global aspect of Psalm 100 “Sing joyfully to God all ye lands” by drawing from a wide spectrum of global musical influences and setting it in seven different languages.
Free
Bellevue Presbyterian Sanctuary Chorus & Festival Orchestra: Dan Forrest's 'Jubilate Deo'
Sunday, June 9, 2019 @ 9:00am – 10:30am (PDT)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
Dan Forrest's Jubilate Deo brings to life the global aspect of Psalm 100 “Sing joyfully to God all ye lands” by drawing from a wide spectrum of global musical influences and setting it in seven different languages.
Free
Seattle Symphony: Holst 'The Planets'
Saturday, June 8, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Hannah Kendall – The Spark Catchers (US premiere)
Joseph Haydn – Symphony No. 98
Gustav Holst – The Planets
Joseph Haydn – Symphony No. 98
Gustav Holst – The Planets
$22-$122 (youth 8-18 free)
Northwest Chamber Chorus: Lux Aeterna
Saturday, June 8, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
University Congregational United Church of Christ, Seattle, WA, United States
Ola Gjeilo – Northern Lights
Olaf Christiansen – Light Everlasting
Kate Rusby (arr. Jim Clements) – Underneath the Stars
Morten Lauridsen – Lux Aeterna
Olaf Christiansen – Light Everlasting
Kate Rusby (arr. Jim Clements) – Underneath the Stars
Morten Lauridsen – Lux Aeterna
$25 ($20 seniors & singers, FREE students)
Pacific Northwest Ballet: Themes & Variations
Saturday, June 8, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A mixed bill of intriguing variety, from Balanchine’s resplendent Theme & Variations to a masterpiece by Jose Limon in which riveting characterizations cast a powerful spell.
$37-$189
Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra: Symphony Spectacular – Music for All
Saturday, June 8, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Bainbridge Performing Arts, Bainbridge Island, WA, United States
James Newton Howard – Overture from Red Sparrow
Leonard Bernstein – Selections from West Side Story (arr. Jack Mason)
John Williams – Tango (Por Una Cabeza)
Mahito Yokota/Koji Kondo – Super Mario Suite (arr. Andreas Hedlund)
Paul Hart – Cartoon
Arturo Marquez – Danzón No. 2
Leonard Bernstein – Selections from West Side Story (arr. Jack Mason)
John Williams – Tango (Por Una Cabeza)
Mahito Yokota/Koji Kondo – Super Mario Suite (arr. Andreas Hedlund)
Paul Hart – Cartoon
Arturo Marquez – Danzón No. 2
$21 / $18 / Free 18 & under
Seattle Symphony: [untitled] 3
Friday, June 7, 2019 @ 10:00pm – 11:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall – Samuel & Althea Stroum Grand Lobby, Seattle, WA, United States
Dutch composer Reinbert de Leeuw reimagines the songs of Schubert and Schumann, infusing them with rawness and danger – a vulnerable, idiosyncratic, and ultimately beautiful cycle.
$16
Wayward Music Series: Lori Goldston – Rivulet
Friday, June 7, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Seattle cellist and composer Lori Goldston, joined by a broadly skilled ensemble of local collaborators, premiers Rivulet, a new piece created especially for this concert about collective strength and imagination.
$5-$15 donation