Strings – Past Concerts
Not Even the Wind... by Emerald City Music
Friday, September 15, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 11:00pm (PDT)
415 Westlake, Seattle, WA, United States
Bernstein – America!, for Violin and Piano
Norman – Light Screens
Adams – there is no one, not even the wind...
Reich – Nagoya Marimbas, for two marimbas
Dvořák – Piano Quartet in E-flat major
Norman – Light Screens
Adams – there is no one, not even the wind...
Reich – Nagoya Marimbas, for two marimbas
Dvořák – Piano Quartet in E-flat major
$45 includes open bar; $10 students
Olympic Music Festival: Hungarian Fantasies
Sunday, August 13, 2017 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Wheeler Theater at Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA, United States
Dohnányi – Serenade in C major for String Trio, Op. 10 (1904)
Brahms – Selections from Hungarian Dances for Piano Four Hands, WoO1
Bartók – Contrasts for Clarinet, Violin, and Piano (1928)
Brahms – Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34
Brahms – Selections from Hungarian Dances for Piano Four Hands, WoO1
Bartók – Contrasts for Clarinet, Violin, and Piano (1928)
Brahms – Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34
$33-$40 (youth under 12 free)
Whidbey Island Music Festival: Music of Missions & Mysteries: Latin American Baroque
Sunday, August 6, 2017 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
St. Augustine's in-the-Woods Episcopal Church, Freeland, WA, United States
Music by Esteban Salas, Manuel José de Quiroz, Manuel de Zumaya, and others.
$20 ($10 students/military)
Whidbey Island Music Festival presents Stylus Fantasticus: The free & fantastic style
Saturday, August 5, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
St. Augustine's in-the-Woods Episcopal Church, Freeland, WA, United States
The musicians’ instrumental and improvisational agility is on display in this program of music from Italy and Austria.
$20 ($10 students/military)
Gretchen Yanover, Electric Cello: Bridge Across Sound album release show
Friday, August 4, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
String layers create a nuanced landscape, with melodies that map the heart.
$5-$15 sliding scale
Whidbey Island Music Festival: Music of Missions & Mysteries: Latin American Baroque
Friday, August 4, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
St. Augustine's in-the-Woods Episcopal Church, Freeland, WA, United States
Music by Esteban Salas, Manuel José de Quiroz, Manuel de Zumaya, and others.
$20 ($10 students/military)
Sunsets at Mary Olson Farm: American Gems
Thursday, August 3, 2017 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Mary Olson Farm, Auburn, WA, United States
A quartet concert for all ages filled with standards from American classical pop culture, including works by Philip Glass, Gershwin, ragtime, and more.
$20 ($10 students)
Whidbey Island Music Festival: String quartets by Mozart & Mendelssohn
Sunday, July 30, 2017 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
St. Augustine's in-the-Woods Episcopal Church, Freeland, WA, United States
Pleyel – Grand Duo for violin and viola, Op. 69
Mozart – String quintet in C major, K. 515
Mendelssohn – String quintet No. 2, Op. 87
Mozart – String quintet in C major, K. 515
Mendelssohn – String quintet No. 2, Op. 87
$20 ($10 students/military)
Whidbey Island Music Festival: Mozart in Brazil
Saturday, July 29, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
St. Augustine's in-the-Woods Episcopal Church, Freeland, WA, United States
Mozart – Church Sonatas for 2 violins and organ
Mozart – Laudate Dominum from Vesperae Solennes de Confessore, K. 339
Garcia – Te Christe Solum Novimus
Mozart – Divertimento F major K. 138
Garcia – Conditor Alme Siderum
Mozart – Ave Verum Corpus
Mozart – Laudate Dominum from Vesperae Solennes de Confessore, K. 339
Garcia – Te Christe Solum Novimus
Mozart – Divertimento F major K. 138
Garcia – Conditor Alme Siderum
Mozart – Ave Verum Corpus
$20 ($10 students/military)
Seattle Chamber Music Society: Chamber Music in the Park
Saturday, July 29, 2017 @ 7:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Volunteer Park Amphitheater, Seattle, WA, United States
Borodin – Quintet for Strings in F minor
Beethoven – Septet for Strings and Winds in E-flat major, Op. 20
Beethoven – Septet for Strings and Winds in E-flat major, Op. 20
Free
Seattle Chamber Music Society presents Vienna: Schubert, Brahms, & Schoenberg
Friday, July 28, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Schubert – Sonatina for Violin and Piano in G minor, Op. 137, No. 3 (D. 408)
Brahms – Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano in A minor, Op. 114
Schoenberg – Verklarte Nacht for String Sextet, Op. 4
Brahms – Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano in A minor, Op. 114
Schoenberg – Verklarte Nacht for String Sextet, Op. 4
$52/$16
Whidbey Island Music Festival: String quartets by Mozart & Mendelssohn
Friday, July 28, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
St. Augustine's in-the-Woods Episcopal Church, Freeland, WA, United States
Pleyel – Grand Duo for violin and viola, Op. 69
Mozart – String quintet in C major, K. 515
Mendelssohn – String quintet No. 2, Op. 87
Mozart – String quintet in C major, K. 515
Mendelssohn – String quintet No. 2, Op. 87
$20 ($10 students/military)
Marrowstone Faculty Chamber Music: Schubert, Quantz, Stravinsky
Thursday, July 27, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Western Washington University Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA, United States
Franz Schubert – Quintet for Piano and Strings (“The Trout”)
Johann Quantz – Trio Sonata in C minor
Igor Stravinsky – L’Histoire du Soldat
Johann Quantz – Trio Sonata in C minor
Igor Stravinsky – L’Histoire du Soldat
$10-$17
Seattle Chamber Music Society: Kernis, Saint-Saëns, & Dvořák
Wednesday, July 26, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Aaron Jay Kernis – Trio in Red
Saint-Saëns – Sonata No. 1 for Violin and Piano in D minor, Op. 75
Dvořák – Sextet for Strings in A major, Op. 48
Saint-Saëns – Sonata No. 1 for Violin and Piano in D minor, Op. 75
Dvořák – Sextet for Strings in A major, Op. 48
from $52 ($16 students or 30 & under)
Seattle Chamber Music Society: Rachmaninoff, Mozart, & Messiaen
Monday, July 24, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Rachmaninoff – Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor, Op. 19
Mozart – String Quintet in D major, K. 593
Olivier Messiaen – Quartet for the End of Time for Clarinet, Violin, Cello, and Piano
Mozart – String Quintet in D major, K. 593
Olivier Messiaen – Quartet for the End of Time for Clarinet, Violin, Cello, and Piano
from $52 ($16 students or 30 & under)
An afternoon of chamber music w/ Seattle pianist Li-Tan Hsu & the Fair Trade Trio (NYC)
Sunday, July 23, 2017 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
Beethoven – String trio Op. 9, No. 3
Emily Doolittle – Field Guide (US premiere)
Brahms – Piano quartet No. 1
Emily Doolittle – Field Guide (US premiere)
Brahms – Piano quartet No. 1
$10-$20 (under age 12 free)
Seattle Chamber Music Society: BOHEMIA: Janáček, Smetana, & Dvořák
Friday, July 21, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Janáček – Concertino for Piano and Chamber Ensemble
Smetana – String Quartet No. 1 in E minor, "From My Life"
Dvořák – Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano in B-flat major, Op. 21
Smetana – String Quartet No. 1 in E minor, "From My Life"
Dvořák – Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano in B-flat major, Op. 21
from $52 ($16 students or 30 & under)
Seattle Chamber Music Society Open Rehearsal: Smetana’s String Quartet No. 1
Friday, July 21, 2017 @ 1:15pm – 2:15pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
An open rehearsal with SCMS artists Erin Keefe, Tessa Lark, Jonathan Vinocour, and Astrid Schween.
Free
Seattle Chamber Music Society: Bridge, Beethoven, & Grieg
Wednesday, July 19, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Frank Bridge – Phantasy for Piano Quartet in F-sharp minor
Beethoven – Sonata No. 9 for Violin and Piano in A major, Op. 47, "Kreutzer"
Grieg – String Quartet in G minor, Op. 27
Beethoven – Sonata No. 9 for Violin and Piano in A major, Op. 47, "Kreutzer"
Grieg – String Quartet in G minor, Op. 27
from $52 ($16 students or 30 & under)
Seattle Chamber Music Society: Prokofiev, Dvořák, & Chausson
Monday, July 17, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Prokofiev – Sonata for Cello and Piano in C major, Op. 119
Dvořák – Miniatures for Two Violins and Viola
Chausson – Quartet for Piano and Strings in A major, Op. 30
Dvořák – Miniatures for Two Violins and Viola
Chausson – Quartet for Piano and Strings in A major, Op. 30
from $52 ($16 students or 30 & under)