Strings – Past Concerts
[SOLD OUT] Gallery Concerts: We're Bach!
Sunday, November 21, 2021 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PST)
Queen Anne Christian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
3 J.S. Bach works from the year 1720 – Cello Suites Nos. 4 & 5, plus the Violin Partita No. 2 & its famous Chaconne – performed by violinist Ingrid Matthews & cellist Nathan Whittaker.
Sold Out
Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra Fall Series
Sunday, November 21, 2021 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Performances by SYSO's Debut Symphony Orchestra & Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra, as well as the revival of a SYSO relic: the Youth Chamber Orchestra.
$10
University of Puget Sound: Chamber Music II
Sunday, November 21, 2021 @ 2:00pm – 3:00pm (PST)
Schneebeck Concert Hall at the University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA, United States
Online and in-person
Small ensemble works for strings, performed by Puget Sound’s Chamber Music group II in their first in-person concert of the year.
Free (Free (registration required))
Thalia Symphony Returns to Town Hall
Sunday, November 21, 2021 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PST)
Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
George Walker – Lyric for Strings
Franz Joseph Haydn – Symphony No. 85 in B-flat major, Hob. I:85 "La Reine" ("The Queen")
Charles Ives – Symphony No. 2
Franz Joseph Haydn – Symphony No. 85 in B-flat major, Hob. I:85 "La Reine" ("The Queen")
Charles Ives – Symphony No. 2
$25 (General Admission) $20 (Students/Seniors)
Bellevue Youth Symphony Orchestra: Fall Overture Concert
Sunday, November 21, 2021 @ 2:00pm – 3:00pm (PST)
Meydenbauer Center Theatre, Bellevue, WA, United States
Performance featuring BYSO's Cadet String Orchestra & Debut String Orchestra.
$25 ($15 senior/alumni/youth)
UW Baroque Ensemble
Sunday, November 21, 2021 @ 1:30pm – 3:30pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Giovanni Battista Fontana – Sonata No. 16 in C major for 3 violins
Biagio Marini – Sonata in ecco con tre violini, Op. 8, No. 44
Biagio Marini – Passacaglia, Op. 22, No. 25
Henry Purcell – Fantasia in Three Parts Upon a Ground, Z. 731
Johann Heinrich Schmelzer – Lamento sopra la morte di Ferdinand III
Johann Pachelbel – Canon & Gigue in D major, P. 37
Biagio Marini – Sonata in ecco con tre violini, Op. 8, No. 44
Biagio Marini – Passacaglia, Op. 22, No. 25
Henry Purcell – Fantasia in Three Parts Upon a Ground, Z. 731
Johann Heinrich Schmelzer – Lamento sopra la morte di Ferdinand III
Johann Pachelbel – Canon & Gigue in D major, P. 37
Free
Portland Baroque Orchestra: Byron, Bon, & Brandenburg 5
Saturday, November 20, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Kaul Auditorium at Reed College, Portland, OR, United States
Byron Schenkman reprises their digital production with a twist! Featuring harpsichord concerti by J.S. Bach & Wilhelmine von Bayreuth, a flute sonata by Anna Bon, & Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 5.
$48-$66
Bellingham Symphony Orchestra: The BSO is Bach
Saturday, November 20, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Mount Baker Theatre, Bellingham, WA, United States
An evening of Baroque & Baroque-inspired concertos. Soloists include: oboist Alex Klein; Director Yaniv Attar & Michael Partington on guitar; & BSO's 4 principal violinists.
$15-$49
[SOLD OUT] Gallery Concerts: We're Bach!
Saturday, November 20, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Queen Anne Christian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
3 J.S. Bach works from the year 1720 – Cello Suites Nos. 4 & 5, plus the Violin Partita No. 2 & its famous Chaconne – performed by violinist Ingrid Matthews & cellist Nathan Whittaker.
Sold Out
Classical Uncorked: Rum & Rebellion (Whidbey Island)
Saturday, November 20, 2021 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PST)
Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, Langley, WA, United States
Baritone Jean Bernard Cerin joins violinist Tekla Cunningham & pianist Henry Lebedinsky for works by Ignatius Sancho, José Mauricio Nuñes Garcia, Joseph Boulogne, & 19th- and 20th-c. Créole composers.
$30
University of Puget Sound: Chamber Music I
Saturday, November 20, 2021 @ 2:00pm – 3:00pm (PST)
Schneebeck Concert Hall at the University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA, United States
Online and in-person
Small ensemble works for strings, brass, & piano, performed by Puget Sound’s Chamber Music group I in their first in-person concert of the year.
Free (Free (registration required))
WWU String Sinfonia: Bologne, Hindemith, Grieg
Western Washington University String Sinfonia and
Western Washington University (WWU) Department of Music
Friday, November 19, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
WWU Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA, United States
Online and in-person
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges – String Quartet No. 3 in G major, Op. 1, No. 3
Paul Hindemith – Five Pieces for String Orchestra, Op. 44
Edvard Grieg– Two Elegiac Melodies, Op. 34
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525
Paul Hindemith – Five Pieces for String Orchestra, Op. 44
Edvard Grieg– Two Elegiac Melodies, Op. 34
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525
Free
ROCO Connections: A Dust in Time
Friday, November 19, 2021 @ 5:30pm – 6:30pm (PST)
Online and in-person
The ROCO String Quartet presents Huang Ruo’s A Dust in Time: Passacaglia for Strings, a 60-minute uninterrupted musical meditation inspired by the Tibetan sand mandala.
Free (Online: Free | In person: $35)
Roulette: Jessica Pavone – 'Lull' for String Octet & Soloists
Friday, November 19, 2021 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Composer/violist Jessica Pavone presents Lull, a new chamber work reflecting a multifaceted experience of ‘stasis’ – quietude & introspection sustained amidst the tension & instability of the pandemic.
Free (Free ($20-$25 in person))
Ravenna Strings Reading Session
Thursday, November 18, 2021 @ 7:00pm – 9:10pm (PST)
Phinney Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Sight read string music with Ravenna Strings in these weekly sessions at Phinney Center, Thursdays through November 18. Beginner/intermediate & intermediate/advanced sessions available; come for 1 or both.
Free (Free (registration required))
Candlelight: Favorite Anime Themes
Wednesday, November 17, 2021 @ 9:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The 101, Seattle, WA, United States
Songs from iconic anime series like Sailor Moon, Dragon Ball, Naruto, & more, performed by string quartet in a romantic candlelit setting.
$45
WWU: Composers of Western (C.O.W.)
Wednesday, November 17, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
WWU Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA, United States
Online and in-person
Brand-new works for strings, woodwinds, trumpet, voice, piano, & percussion, including 2 premieres by this year's COW Ensemble.
Free
Candlelight: Favorite Anime Themes
Wednesday, November 17, 2021 @ 6:30pm – 7:30pm (PST)
The 101, Seattle, WA, United States
Songs from iconic anime series like Sailor Moon, Dragon Ball, Naruto, & more, performed by string quartet in a romantic candlelit setting.
$45
Roulette: Bob Bellerue – 'Radioactive Desire'
Wednesday, November 17, 2021 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Experience a multidimensional sound world in this public premiere of Bob Bellerue's Radioactive Desire, a work for 6 improvising chamber musicians whose sounds are fed into a menagerie of unusual speaker systems.
Free (Free ($20-$25 in person))
Ball State Faculty Artist Series: Yu-Fang Chen & Peter Opie
Wednesday, November 17, 2021 @ 2:30pm – 4:00pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Recital featuring Yu-Fang Chen, assistant professor of music (violin), & Peter Opie, associate professor of cello.
Free (Free)