Strings – Past Concerts
Groupmuse House Concert: Rossini, Bartók, Popper, & Vivaldi in the Admiral District
Sunday, August 11, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Private home in West Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Gioacchino Rossini – Duet for Cello and Double Bass in D major: mvt. I & II
Béla Bartók – Romanian Folk Dances, Sz.56
David Popper – Suite for 2 Cellos, Op. 16: mvt: I & III
Antonio Vivaldi – Concerto for 2 Cellos in G minor, RV 531: mvt. I & II
David Popper – Hungarian Rhapsody, Op. 68
Béla Bartók – Romanian Folk Dances, Sz.56
David Popper – Suite for 2 Cellos, Op. 16: mvt: I & III
Antonio Vivaldi – Concerto for 2 Cellos in G minor, RV 531: mvt. I & II
David Popper – Hungarian Rhapsody, Op. 68
$10+ donation, RSVP required
Music Northwest: Masterpieces for Strings & Piano
Sunday, August 11, 2019 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
First Lutheran Church of West Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, K. 478
Ernő Dohnányi – Serenade in C major, Op. 10 for string trio
Ernő Dohnányi – Serenade in C major, Op. 10 for string trio
$18 (seniors $16)
Olympic Music Festival: Musical Forefathers
Sunday, August 11, 2019 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Wheeler Theater at Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA, United States
Johann Sebastian Bach – Keyboard Concerto No. 3 in D major, BWV 1054
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – String Quintet No. 3 in C major, K. 515
Ludwig van Beethoven – 7 Variations on The Magic Flute, WoO 46 for cello and piano
Felix Mendelssohn – Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – String Quintet No. 3 in C major, K. 515
Ludwig van Beethoven – 7 Variations on The Magic Flute, WoO 46 for cello and piano
Felix Mendelssohn – Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66
$20-$40 (age 7-12 free)
Olympic Music Festival: Transcendence
Saturday, August 10, 2019 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Wheeler Theater at Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA, United States
Johannes Brahms – Viola Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 120 No. 2
Dmitri Shostakovich – Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67
Franz Schubert – String Quintet in C major, D. 956
Dmitri Shostakovich – Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67
Franz Schubert – String Quintet in C major, D. 956
$20-$40 (age 7-12 free)
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival: Violin Variations
Wednesday, August 7, 2019 @ 5:30pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Orcas Center, Eastsound, WA, United States
Friedrich Hermann – Burlesque in G major, Op. 9 for three violins
Ludwig van Beethoven – String Trio in G major, Op. 9 No. 1
Gerard Schwarz – Duo for violin and cello
Camille Saint-Saëns (arr. Franz Liszt/Vladimir Horowitz) – Danse macabre for solo piano
Robert Schumann – Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44
Ludwig van Beethoven – String Trio in G major, Op. 9 No. 1
Gerard Schwarz – Duo for violin and cello
Camille Saint-Saëns (arr. Franz Liszt/Vladimir Horowitz) – Danse macabre for solo piano
Robert Schumann – Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44
$35 ($10 ages 18 & under)
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival: Violin Variations
Tuesday, August 6, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Orcas Center, Eastsound, WA, United States
Friedrich Hermann – Burlesque in G major, Op. 9 for three violins
Ludwig van Beethoven – String Trio in G major, Op. 9 No. 1
Gerard Schwarz – Duo for violin and cello
Camille Saint-Saëns (arr. Franz Liszt/Vladimir Horowitz) – Danse macabre for solo piano
Robert Schumann – Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44
Ludwig van Beethoven – String Trio in G major, Op. 9 No. 1
Gerard Schwarz – Duo for violin and cello
Camille Saint-Saëns (arr. Franz Liszt/Vladimir Horowitz) – Danse macabre for solo piano
Robert Schumann – Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44
$35 ($10 ages 18 & under)
Northwest Film Forum Puget Soundtrack: Postcard from the Badlands present 'Naer Vaer'
Sunday, August 4, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Northwest Film Forum, Seattle, WA, United States
Music that explores the intersection of Americana, modern chamber music, and instrumental rock, alongside footage representing themes of creation, community, conquest, migration, labor and play.
$16 ($13 NWFF members)
Whidbey Island Music Festival: Handel's Roman Holiday
Sunday, August 4, 2019 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
St. Augustine's in-the-Woods Episcopal Church, Freeland, WA, United States
A program of dramatic, passionate, and virtuosic music written while George Frideric Handel was a young man in Rome.
$22 / $10 / FREE for children
Whidbey Island Music Festival: Handel's Roman Holiday
Friday, August 2, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
St. Augustine's in-the-Woods Episcopal Church, Freeland, WA, United States
A program of dramatic, passionate, and virtuosic music written while George Frideric Handel was a young man in Rome.
$22 / $10 / FREE for children
A Musical Banquet: The Delights of the Viola da Gamba!
Wednesday, July 31, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Christ Episcopal Church Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
A stunning program of consort music featuring music by John Jenkins, Matthew Locke, Girolamo Frescobaldi, Diego Ortiz, Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger, and Claudio Monteverdi.
$20 suggested donation
Whidbey Island Music Festival: A Night at the Opera
Sunday, July 28, 2019 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
St. Augustine's in-the-Woods Episcopal Church, Freeland, WA, United States
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Overture and arias from Don Giovanni, K. 527
Franz Joseph Haydn – String Quartet in F minor, Op. 20 No. 5
Franz Joseph Haydn – Scena di Beatrice, Hob. XXIVa:10
Franz Joseph Haydn – String Quartet in D major, Op. 76 No. 5
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Exsultate, jubilate, K. 165
Franz Joseph Haydn – String Quartet in F minor, Op. 20 No. 5
Franz Joseph Haydn – Scena di Beatrice, Hob. XXIVa:10
Franz Joseph Haydn – String Quartet in D major, Op. 76 No. 5
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Exsultate, jubilate, K. 165
$22 / $10 / FREE for children
Whidbey Island Music Festival: Schubert's Swan Song
Saturday, July 27, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
St. Augustine's in-the-Woods Episcopal Church, Freeland, WA, United States
Experience the sublime beauty of Franz Schubert’s String Quintet in C major, which was completed only months before his death and is considered one of the masterpieces of the chamber music repertoire.
$22 / $10 / FREE for children
Seattle Chamber Music Society Summer Festival: Schubert, Poulenc, & Brahms
Friday, July 26, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Franz Schubert – String Trio in B-flat major, D. 581
Francis Poulenc – Trio for Oboe, Bassoon, and Piano, FP 43
Johannes Brahms – Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34
Francis Poulenc – Trio for Oboe, Bassoon, and Piano, FP 43
Johannes Brahms – Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34
$55 ($20 students/30 & under)
Seattle Chamber Music Society: Music Under the Stars – Schubert, Poulenc, & Brahms
Friday, July 26, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Freeway Park, Seattle, WA, United States
Bring a picnic, stretch out on the lawn, and enjoy live chamber music performed by outstanding local students, followed by a live audio broadcast of the SCMS Summer Festival performance direct from Benaroya Hall.
Free
Seattle Chamber Music Society: Music Under the Stars – Schubert, Poulenc, & Brahms
Friday, July 26, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Columbia Park, Seattle, WA, United States
Bring a picnic, stretch out on the lawn, and enjoy live chamber music performed by outstanding local students, followed by a live audio broadcast of the SCMS Summer Festival performance direct from Benaroya Hall.
Free
Whidbey Island Music Festival: A Night at the Opera
Friday, July 26, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
St. Augustine's in-the-Woods Episcopal Church, Freeland, WA, United States
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Overture and arias from Don Giovanni, K. 527
Franz Joseph Haydn – String Quartet in F minor, Op. 20 No. 5
Franz Joseph Haydn – Scena di Beatrice, Hob. XXIVa:10
Franz Joseph Haydn – String Quartet in D major, Op. 76 No. 5
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Exsultate, jubilate, K. 165
Franz Joseph Haydn – String Quartet in F minor, Op. 20 No. 5
Franz Joseph Haydn – Scena di Beatrice, Hob. XXIVa:10
Franz Joseph Haydn – String Quartet in D major, Op. 76 No. 5
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Exsultate, jubilate, K. 165
$22 / $10 / FREE for children
Seattle Chamber Music Society Free Recital: Ehnes Quartet plays Haydn
Friday, July 26, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A 30-minute recital featuring Franz Joseph Haydn's String Quartet in G major, Op. 76 No. 1.
Free
Seattle Chamber Music Society Open Rehearsal: Strauss’ Piano Quartet
Wednesday, July 24, 2019 @ 1:15pm – 2:45pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Get an inside look at how musicians prepare for a chamber music concert at this working rehearsal for Richard Strauss' Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 13.
Free
First Lutheran Church of Tacoma: Listen Live at Lunch – Classical Guitar
Wednesday, July 24, 2019 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PDT)
First Lutheran Church Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, United States
Music by Princess Elisabeth of Hesse, John Dowland, Gaspar Sanz, Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, and more.
Free
Icicle Creek Chamber Music Festival: Bach, Adams, & Tchaikovsky
Saturday, July 20, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Icicle Creek Center for the Arts – Snowy Owl Theater, Leavenworth, WA, United States
Johann Sebastian Bach – Concerto for Two Keyboards in C minor, BWV 1062
John Adams – Hallelujah Junction
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – String Sextet in D minor, Op. 70 "Souvenir de Florence"
John Adams – Hallelujah Junction
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – String Sextet in D minor, Op. 70 "Souvenir de Florence"
$22 / $12 / FREE age 12 & under