String quartet – Past Concerts
Seattle Chamber Music Society: FRANCE: Debussy, Ravel, Bizet, & Saint-Saëns
Friday, July 14, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Debussy – Petite Suite for Piano, Four Hands
Ravel – String Quartet in F major
Bizet – Jeux d'enfants for Piano, Four Hands, Op. 22
Saint-Saëns – Carnival of the Animals
Ravel – String Quartet in F major
Bizet – Jeux d'enfants for Piano, Four Hands, Op. 22
Saint-Saëns – Carnival of the Animals
from $52 ($16 students or 30 & under)
Seattle Chamber Music Society presents RUSSIA: Prokofiev, Shostakovich, & Tchaikovsky
Wednesday, July 5, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Prokofiev – Overture on Hebrew Themes for Clarinet, Piano and String Quartet in C minor, Op. 34
Shostakovich – Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 134
Tchaikovsky – Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano in A minor, Op. 50
Shostakovich – Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 134
Tchaikovsky – Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano in A minor, Op. 50
From $52 ($16 students or 30 & under)
Bellingham Festival of Music: Calidore String Quartet – Mozart, Janáček, Dvořák
Sunday, July 2, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Western Washington University Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA, United States
Mozart – String Quartet No. 15 in D minor
Janáček – String Quartet No. 1, "Kreutzer Sonata"
Dvořák – Quartet in F major, Op 96, "American"
Janáček – String Quartet No. 1, "Kreutzer Sonata"
Dvořák – Quartet in F major, Op 96, "American"
$12-$49
Bellingham Festival of Music: Harlin, Rachmaninoff, Taylor, Stravinsky
Saturday, July 1, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Western Washington University Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA, United States
Patrick Harlin – Rapture
Rachmaninoff – Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Ben Taylor – Aurum Tetra, concerto for string quartet (world premiere)
Stravinsky – Firebird Suite (1919 version)
Rachmaninoff – Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Ben Taylor – Aurum Tetra, concerto for string quartet (world premiere)
Stravinsky – Firebird Suite (1919 version)
$12-$49
Icicle Creek Chamber Music Festival: Schubert, Dutilleux, Schumann
Friday, June 30, 2017 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Canyon Wren Recital Hall at Icicle Creek, Leavenworth, WA, United States
Schubert – Rondo in A Major for Piano Four Hands, D. 951
Dutilleux – Ainsi le nuit for String Quartet
Schumann – Sonata for Piano and Violin in D Minor, Op. 121
$12-$24 (age 12 & under free)
Grieg Gala Jubilee Extravaganza
Sunday, June 18, 2017 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Ballard First Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
A special Father's Day extravaganza celebrating the 174th birthday of Edvard Hagerup Grieg, Bergen and Norway's most beloved composer.
Free (Free)
Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra: SMCO Season Finale
Friday, June 16, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Shostakovich – Chamber Symphony Op. 110a (arr. Barshai)
Schubert – String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D. 810 "Death and the Maiden" (arr. Mahler)
Baermann – Adagio for clarinet and strings
Schubert – String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D. 810 "Death and the Maiden" (arr. Mahler)
Baermann – Adagio for clarinet and strings
$20/$15
Hummingbird Suzuki Academy Benefit Family Concert: The Little Engine That Could featuring Skyros Quartet
Saturday, May 13, 2017 @ 10:00am – 11:00am (PDT)
Trinity Lutheran Church, Lynnwood, WA, United States
A musical narration of the beloved classic The Little Engine That Could including favorites by Dvorak, Beethoven, and Schubert, and an arrangement of Brubeck's Take 5.
Free
Seattle Philharmonic Strings: Tchaikovsky & Takemitsu
Sunday, April 23, 2017 @ 4:00pm – 6:20pm (PDT)
Seattle Central Library Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Tchaikovsky's moving and lyrical Serenade for Strings, plus works by Baroque masters Henry Purcell and Antonio Caldara, and two contrasting 20th-century masterpieces by Paul Hindemith and Toru Takemitsu.
Free (Free)
Meany Center presents the Emerson String Quartet with Craig Sheppard
Friday, April 21, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, Seattle, WA, United States
Shostakovich – String Quartet No. 4 in D major, Op. 83
Turnage – Shroud (2016)
Dvorák – Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major, Op. 81
Turnage – Shroud (2016)
Dvorák – Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major, Op. 81
$43-$48
Emerald City Music: Without Words
Saturday, April 15, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Washington Center for the Performing Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Mozart – Kegelstatt Trio for Clarinet, Viola, and Piano
Wagner – Isolde's Liebestod for Solo Piano
Verdi – String Quartet
Grainger – Fantasy on Gershwin's Porgy and Bess
Schiff – Divertimento from Gimpel the Fool
Wagner – Isolde's Liebestod for Solo Piano
Verdi – String Quartet
Grainger – Fantasy on Gershwin's Porgy and Bess
Schiff – Divertimento from Gimpel the Fool
$10-$43
Emerald City Music: Without Words
Friday, April 14, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
MadArt Gallery, Seattle, WA, United States
Mozart – Kegelstatt Trio for Clarinet, Viola, and Piano
Wagner – Isolde's Liebestod for Solo Piano
Verdi – String Quartet
Grainger – Fantasy on Gershwin's Porgy and Bess
Schiff – Divertimento from Gimpel the Fool
Wagner – Isolde's Liebestod for Solo Piano
Verdi – String Quartet
Grainger – Fantasy on Gershwin's Porgy and Bess
Schiff – Divertimento from Gimpel the Fool
$45 (includes one drink)
Two Teenagers and a Thirty-Something: Intergenerational Classics
Saturday, April 1, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
Mozart – String Quartet in F major K. 168
Hovhaness – Selected works
Brahms – Piano Quintet in F minor Op. 34
Hovhaness – Selected works
Brahms – Piano Quintet in F minor Op. 34
$20
City Opera Ballet presents 'Firebird'
Sunday, March 26, 2017 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Meydenbauer Center Theatre, Bellevue, WA, United States
Tyranny, subjugation, addiction and ultimately hope are some of the themes explored by Jennifer L. Porter's contemporary take on this (neo) classical ballet dating back to the era of Diaghilevs Ballet Russes.
$27-$45
City Opera Ballet presents 'Firebird'
Saturday, March 25, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Meydenbauer Center Theatre, Bellevue, WA, United States
Tyranny, subjugation, addiction and ultimately hope are some of the themes explored by Jennifer L. Porter's contemporary take on this (neo) classical ballet dating back to the era of Diaghilevs Ballet Russes.
$27-$45
City Opera Ballet presents 'Firebird'
Friday, March 24, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Meydenbauer Center Theatre, Bellevue, WA, United States
Tyranny, subjugation, addiction and ultimately hope are some of the themes explored by Jennifer L. Porter's contemporary take on this (neo) classical ballet dating back to the era of Diaghilevs Ballet Russes.
$27-$45
Emerald City Music: Artist Spotlight, Bridget Kibbey
Saturday, March 18, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA, United States
Collaborating with The Sebastians, a renowned early music ensemble, Bridget Kibbey curates a special evening of music by Johann Sebastian Bach, reinvented for the harp.
$10-$43
Ladies Musical Club: Scenes from Mozart’s 'La Clemenza di Tito'
Saturday, March 18, 2017 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Music Center of the Northwest, Seattle, WA, United States
Beethoven – An die ferne Geliebte (To the distant beloved)
Beethoven – Sonata No. 17 in D minor Op. 31, No. 2 “Tempest”
Mozart – Scenes from La Clemenza di Tito (The Clemency of Titus)
Beethoven – Sonata No. 17 in D minor Op. 31, No. 2 “Tempest”
Mozart – Scenes from La Clemenza di Tito (The Clemency of Titus)
Free
Bach in the Subways: Crown Hill String Quartet
Saturday, March 18, 2017 @ 3:00pm – 3:30pm (PDT)
Caffe Appassionato, Seattle, WA, United States
A fine selection of Bach compositions arranged for string quartet.
Free
Bach in the Subways at Caffe Appassionato in Fishermen's Terminal
Saturday, March 18, 2017 @ 12:10pm – 3:30pm (PDT)
Caffe Appassionato, Seattle, WA, United States
Local musicians perform the music of Bach in celebration of his 332nd birthday.
Free