String quartet – Past Concerts
Kairos String Quartet: Brooding Baltic Breezes
Sunday, February 21, 2016 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Nordic Heritage Museum (venue closed), Seattle, WA, United States
Sibelius – String Quartet 'Voces Intimae'
Walton – String Quartet in A minor
Walton – String Quartet in A minor
$25-$60
Lunar New Year Celebration: Chinese Folk Music for Strings
Sunday, February 21, 2016 @ 3:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
Seattle Central Library Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
He Zhanhao / Chen Gang – Butterfly Lovers' Concerto
Zhou Long – Chinese Folk Songs for string quartet
Zhou Long – Chinese Folk Songs for string quartet
Free (Free)
Simple Measures + Spectrum Dance: Rambunctions 2.0
Sunday, February 21, 2016 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PST)
Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Engaging, evocative works by African-American composers Pamela Z, Wynton Marsalis, and T. J. Anderson.
$20-$40
Kronos Quartet: Beyond Zero
Saturday, February 20, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Moore Theatre, Seattle, WA, United States
Kronos Quartet combines a spirit of fearless exploration with a commitment to continually re-imagining the string quartet experience.
$20-$75
Simple Measures + Spectrum Dance: Rambunctions 2.0
Saturday, February 20, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Engaging, evocative works by African-American composers Pamela Z, Wynton Marsalis, and T. J. Anderson.
$20-$40
Simple Measures + Spectrum Dance: Rambunctions 2.0
Friday, February 19, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Engaging, evocative works by African-American composers Pamela Z, Wynton Marsalis, and T. J. Anderson.
$20-$40
Simple Measures + Spectrum Dance: Rambunctions 2.0
Thursday, February 18, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Engaging, evocative works by African-American composers Pamela Z, Wynton Marsalis, and T. J. Anderson.
$20-$40
Gabriel Kahane & Brooklyn Rider
Monday, February 1, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Tractor Tavern, Seattle, WA, United States
Hailed by Rolling Stone as "one of the year's very best albums", singer-songwriter Gabriel Kahane teams up with string quartet Brooklyn Rider to celebrate their new collaborative album, The Fiction Issue.
$15
Seattle Chamber Music Society: Family Concert
Saturday, January 30, 2016 @ 11:00am – 12:00pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Step back in time and imagine what a concert by the young Mozart might have been like with pieces he wrote as a child. Ideally suited for children ages 5-10.
$12
The Daphnes + Hotel Vignette at the Royal Room
Tuesday, January 26, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:45pm (PST)
The Royal Room, Seattle, WA, United States
Mesmerizing modern chamber pop compositions followed by the ramblings and bumbles of Nils Petersen.
Free (Free)
Seattle Chamber Music Society: Copland, Beethoven, Barber & Debussy
Saturday, January 23, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Copland – Duo for Flute and Piano
Beethoven – Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano in E-flat major, Op. 70 No. 2
Barber – Canzone
Debussy – String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10
Beethoven – Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano in E-flat major, Op. 70 No. 2
Barber – Canzone
Debussy – String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10
$16-$50
Seattle Chamber Music Society: Open Rehearsal
Saturday, January 23, 2016 @ 1:15pm – 3:15pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
The SCMS will rehearse Debussy's String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10. Open to the public!
Free
University of Puget Sound Jacobsen Series: Strings Attached
Friday, January 22, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Schneebeck Concert Hall at the University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA, United States
Performances by Maria Sampen, Brittney Boulding, Timothy Christie, and Alistair MacRae. Works by Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, and Mendelssohn.
$15 ($10 youth/senior)
Earle Brown Retrospective
Tuesday, January 19, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Celebrating the life and works of American composer Earle Brown with a concert featuring works from each decade of his career.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Musical Excursions: Chamber Music by Händel, Fauré & Schumann
Sunday, January 10, 2016 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PST)
Haller Lake United Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Handel – Sonata in A major, Op. 1, No. 14 for violin and piano
Fauré – Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 15
Schumann – Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44
Fauré – Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 15
Schumann – Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44
$5-$20 suggested donation
Groupmuse House Concert: Serendipity String Quartet
Saturday, January 9, 2016 @ 6:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Private Home in Capitol Hill, Seattle, WA, United States
Haydn – Quartet in B-flat major, Op. 76, No. 4 "Sunrise"
Shostakovich – String Quartet No. 3
Shostakovich – String Quartet No. 3
$10 donation, RSVP for location
LMC: Classical Music for the Holidays
Saturday, December 12, 2015 @ 2:00pm – 3:00pm (PST)
Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA, United States
Wolf – Serenade in G major ("Italian Serenade")
J.S. Bach – "Quia Respexit" from Magnificat
J.S. Bach – “Ich ende behende mein irdisches Leben” from Cantata No. 57
J.S. Bach – Jesu, der du meine Seele BWV 78
Franz Schubert – Shepherd on the Rock
Tchaikovsky – The Seasons Op. 37b (October, November, December)
Tchaikovsky – Nutcracker Suite (Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, Trepak)
J.S. Bach – "Quia Respexit" from Magnificat
J.S. Bach – “Ich ende behende mein irdisches Leben” from Cantata No. 57
J.S. Bach – Jesu, der du meine Seele BWV 78
Franz Schubert – Shepherd on the Rock
Tchaikovsky – The Seasons Op. 37b (October, November, December)
Tchaikovsky – Nutcracker Suite (Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, Trepak)
Free (Free)
Schubertiade
Sunday, December 6, 2015 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Schubert – Suleika Songs
Schubert – Quartetsatz
Schubert – Dances and Marches, for piano with four hands
Schubert – Introduction and Variations, Op. 160, for flute and piano
Schubert – Quartetsatz
Schubert – Dances and Marches, for piano with four hands
Schubert – Introduction and Variations, Op. 160, for flute and piano
Free (Free)
Russian Music Festival & Competition
Saturday, December 5, 2015 @ 5:00am – 4:59am (PST)
Mercer Island Presbyterian Church, Mercer Island, WA, United States
An all-day event featuring more than 120 performances from some of the most talented students in our area and from around the country.
Free
Daana Quartet: Schubert, Brahms & Still
Wednesday, December 2, 2015 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Schubert – String Quartet No. 12 in C minor, D. 703 "Quartettsatz"
Brahms – String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 51 No. 2
William Grant Still – Danzas de Panama
Brahms – String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 51 No. 2
William Grant Still – Danzas de Panama
Free (Free)