Cello – Past Concerts
Music of Remembrance: Stormy Seas
Sunday, March 13, 2022 @ 5:30pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
MOR reprises Sahba Aminikia’s Stormy Seas, premiered virtually in 2020, for a live audience in this program also featuring Sid Robinovitch's Rodas Recordada, songs based on Judeo-Spanish poems, & more.
Ticket price TBA
Saint Mark’s Music Series: Northwest Art Song, “Sacred & Profane”
Friday, March 11, 2022 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Online and in-person
Portland-based Northwest Art Song presents 3 pieces about love, religion, & spirituality for voice, piano, & strings: Emerson Eads' The Gleaners, William C. White’s Stabat Mater, & Samuel Barber’s beloved Hermit Songs.
$20 ($15 senior)
Meany Center: Wu Han, Philip Setzer, & David Finckel
Wednesday, February 16, 2022 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Trio in D major, Op. 70, No. 1 "Ghost"
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – 4 African Dances for violin & piano, Op. 58
Antonín Dvořák – Piano Trio No. 3 in F minor, Op. 65, B. 130
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – 4 African Dances for violin & piano, Op. 58
Antonín Dvořák – Piano Trio No. 3 in F minor, Op. 65, B. 130
$65 (subscriptions available)
Cascade Symphony Orchestra: Children’s Concert – Mother Goose
Saturday, February 5, 2022 @ 3:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
Edmonds Center for the Arts, Edmonds, WA, United States
Franz Joseph Haydn – Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major, Hob. VIIb:1
Maurice Ravel – Ma Mère l’Oye (“Mother Goose”) Suite
Maurice Ravel – Ma Mère l’Oye (“Mother Goose”) Suite
$10 ($5 student with ID, $3 ages 12 & under)
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society: Kenney-Lu-Herbert Trio
Wednesday, February 2, 2022 @ 4:30pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Franz Joseph Haydn – Piano Trio in E-flat major, Hob. XV:22
Robert Schumann (arr.) – Selections from 6 Studien in kanonischer Form ("Canonic Etudes"), Op. 56
Franz Schubert – Piano Trio No. 2 in E-flat major, D. 929
Robert Schumann (arr.) – Selections from 6 Studien in kanonischer Form ("Canonic Etudes"), Op. 56
Franz Schubert – Piano Trio No. 2 in E-flat major, D. 929
Free (Free ($25 in-person))
Seattle Symphony: Tied Together
Friday, January 28, 2022 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Octave 9 at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Boston-based group Hub New Music collaborates with renowned Silkroad Ensemble shakuhachi artist Kojiro Umezaki in a program of new music by composers from the Asia/America New Music Institute.
Ticket price TBD
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society: Demarre McGill, Anthony McGill, & Aizuri Quartet
Wednesday, January 19, 2022 @ 4:30pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Amy Beach – Theme and Variations for Flute & String Quartet, Op. 80
David Ludwig – Organistrum (world premiere)
Lembit Beecher – Song in Mistranslation
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – Clarinet Quintet in F-sharp minor, Op. 10
David Ludwig – Organistrum (world premiere)
Lembit Beecher – Song in Mistranslation
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – Clarinet Quintet in F-sharp minor, Op. 10
Free (Free ($20 in-person))
Cascade Symphony Orchestra: From the New World
Monday, January 10, 2022 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Edmonds Center for the Arts, Edmonds, WA, United States
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov – Suite from The Tale of Tsar Saltan, Op. 57
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33
Antonín Dvořák – Symphony No. 9 in E minor "From the New World", Op. 95, B. 178
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33
Antonín Dvořák – Symphony No. 9 in E minor "From the New World", Op. 95, B. 178
$27 ($22 senior, $15 student, $10 ages 12 & under)
Pacific MusicWorks: Fiesta de Navidad
Sunday, December 12, 2021 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PST)
Epiphany Parish of Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
PMW continues its traditional December exploration of music from the missions & cathedrals of Latin America. Featuring an expanded instrumental ensemble & a cast of favorite PMW musicians.
$25-$49 (students free with ID)
Pacific MusicWorks: Fiesta de Navidad
Saturday, December 11, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
PMW continues its traditional December exploration of music from the missions & cathedrals of Latin America. Featuring an expanded instrumental ensemble & a cast of favorite PMW musicians.
$30-$55
UW Modern Music Ensemble
Monday, December 6, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Louis Andriessen – Dubbelspoor for piano, harpsichord, celesta, & vibraphone/glockenspiel
Sylvano Bussotti – Selections from Sette Fogli: una collezione occulta
Pauline Oliveros – Elemental Gallop for flute, piano, cello, & voice
Frederic Rzewski – Spots for 4 instruments
Julius Eastman – Joy Boy
Sylvano Bussotti – Selections from Sette Fogli: una collezione occulta
Pauline Oliveros – Elemental Gallop for flute, piano, cello, & voice
Frederic Rzewski – Spots for 4 instruments
Julius Eastman – Joy Boy
Free
WWU: Senior Recital, Cello – Benjamin Workman Smith
Sunday, December 5, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PST)
WWU Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA, United States
Cello recital featuring WWU student Benjamin Workman Smith.
Free
Test Event On Staging
Monday, November 29, 2021 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (EST)
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, United States
Online and in-person
Johann Sebastian Bach
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Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F major BWV 1046
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Adagio in B minor K. 540
Frederic Rzewski / Stephen Sondheim — I'm Still Here
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Adagio in B minor K. 540
Frederic Rzewski / Stephen Sondheim — I'm Still Here
Free ($12)
Test Event On Staging
Monday, November 29, 2021 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (EST)
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, United States
Johann Sebastian Bach
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Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F major BWV 1046
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Adagio in B minor K. 540
Frederic Rzewski / Stephen Sondheim — I'm Still Here
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Adagio in B minor K. 540
Frederic Rzewski / Stephen Sondheim — I'm Still Here
Free ($12)
[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))
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
[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
Sirens & Lights: Opera Arias with Projection Art
Saturday, November 20, 2021 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PST)
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Soprano Sarah Fletcher welcomes guests soprano Ksenia Popova, cellist Bradley Hawkins, & pianist David McDade for an evening of operatic arias & projection art. Works by W.A. Mozart, G. Puccini, R. Strauss, & more.
$20 suggeted donation