Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra – Past Concerts
SMCO Season Finale: Songs & Dances of Peace
Sunday, April 15, 2018 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PDT)
Rainier Arts Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Golijov – Last Round
Barber – Canzonetta for Oboe and Strings
Bernstein – Halil – Nocturne for Flute and Orchestra
Tchaikovsky – Serenade for Strings
Barber – Canzonetta for Oboe and Strings
Bernstein – Halil – Nocturne for Flute and Orchestra
Tchaikovsky – Serenade for Strings
$15-$25
SMCO Season Finale: Songs & Dances of Peace
Saturday, April 14, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Golijov – Last Round
Barber – Canzonetta for Oboe and Strings
Bernstein – Halil – Nocturne for Flute and Orchestra
Tchaikovsky – Serenade for Strings
Barber – Canzonetta for Oboe and Strings
Bernstein – Halil – Nocturne for Flute and Orchestra
Tchaikovsky – Serenade for Strings
$15-$25
SMCO & Choral Arts NW: Journeys of Discovery & Hope
Saturday, January 20, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Plymouth Congregational Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Gabriela Lena Frank – Leyendas, an Andean Walkabout
Joseph Haydn – Mass for Troubled Times, Hob. XXII/11 “Nelson Mass”
Joseph Haydn – Mass for Troubled Times, Hob. XXII/11 “Nelson Mass”
$15-$25
Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra: Voices of Courage
Sunday, October 15, 2017 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute, Seattle, WA, United States
Jessie Montgomery – Banner
Silvestre Revueltas – Homenaje a Federico Garcia Lorca
George Walker – Lyric for Strings
Aaron Copland – Music for the Theatre
Silvestre Revueltas – Homenaje a Federico Garcia Lorca
George Walker – Lyric for Strings
Aaron Copland – Music for the Theatre
$25 ($15 students/seniors)
Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra: Voices of Courage
Wednesday, October 11, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Fremont Abbey Arts Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Jessie Montgomery – Banner
Silvestre Revueltas – Homenaje a Federico Garcia Lorca
George Walker – Lyric for Strings
Aaron Copland – Music for the Theatre
Silvestre Revueltas – Homenaje a Federico Garcia Lorca
George Walker – Lyric for Strings
Aaron Copland – Music for the Theatre
$25 ($15 students/seniors)
Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra: SMCO Season Finale
Friday, June 16, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Shostakovich – Chamber Symphony Op. 110a (arr. Barshai)
Schubert – String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D. 810 "Death and the Maiden" (arr. Mahler)
Baermann – Adagio for clarinet and strings
Schubert – String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D. 810 "Death and the Maiden" (arr. Mahler)
Baermann – Adagio for clarinet and strings
$20/$15
Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra: SPARK.1
Saturday, May 20, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 11:00pm (PDT)
Fred Wildlife Refuge, Seattle, WA, United States
SMCO partners with local DJs, producers, and visual artists for SPARK, a new performance series that takes the classical music genre far outside the realm of the expected.
$25
Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra: Four Horns
Friday, May 19, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Vivaldi – Concerto for Strings in D minor, RV 127
Beethoven – Romance No. 2 in F major, Op. 50
Mozart – Symphony No. 25 in G minor, K. 183
Piazzolla – Oblivion, Libertango (arr. Larson)
World Premiere TBA – Horn Quartet and Orchestra
Horn Quartet feature TBA
Beethoven – Romance No. 2 in F major, Op. 50
Mozart – Symphony No. 25 in G minor, K. 183
Piazzolla – Oblivion, Libertango (arr. Larson)
World Premiere TBA – Horn Quartet and Orchestra
Horn Quartet feature TBA
$20/$15
Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra: Hearing Nature
Friday, March 17, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Schoenberg – Chamber Symphony No. 1, Op. 9
Fauré – Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80
Takemitsu – Garden Rain
Vivaldi – Violin Concerto in F minor RV 297, "Winter" from The Four Seasons
Fauré – Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80
Takemitsu – Garden Rain
Vivaldi – Violin Concerto in F minor RV 297, "Winter" from The Four Seasons
$20/$15
Seeing Nature: Chamber Music at Seattle Art Museum
Thursday, March 16, 2017 @ 7:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Seattle Art Museum (Downtown), Seattle, WA, United States
Music of composers living in the same period as the artists featured in the SAM Seeing Nature exhibition, highlighting connections between visual and musical art inspired by natural landscapes.
Free with SAM admission to Seeing Nature
Secret Chamber Music: Beethoven, Reger, and Paintings of Sarah McRae Morton
Friday, December 16, 2016 @ 6:30pm – 8:00pm (PST)
Pioneer Square, Seattle, WA, United States
Beethoven – String Trio in C minor, Op. 9 No. 3
Reger – String Trio in A minor, Op. 77b
Reger – String Trio in A minor, Op. 77b
$25 (includes one free drink)
SMCO Season Opener: Mendelssohn, Strauss, Beethoven
Saturday, October 1, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Mendelssohn – Hebrides Overture, Op. 26 "Fingal's Cave"
Strauss – Metamorphosen for 23 Solo Strings
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15
Strauss – Metamorphosen for 23 Solo Strings
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15
$15-$20
Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra: Season Finale
Saturday, May 21, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Mozart – Overture to The Abduction from the Seraglio
Carter – Two Controversies and a Conversation
Ligeti – Mysteries of the Macabre
Haydn – Symphony No. 100 “Military"
Carter – Two Controversies and a Conversation
Ligeti – Mysteries of the Macabre
Haydn – Symphony No. 100 “Military"
$20 ($15 student/senior)
Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra: World Sounds
Saturday, February 27, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Milhaud – Le boeuf sur le toit
Kodály – Hungarian Rondo
Grieg – Two Elegiac Melodies
World Premiere – International Composition Competition
World Premiere – Local Composers Competition
Piazzolla – Oblivion
Piazzolla – Libertango
Kodály – Hungarian Rondo
Grieg – Two Elegiac Melodies
World Premiere – International Composition Competition
World Premiere – Local Composers Competition
Piazzolla – Oblivion
Piazzolla – Libertango
$20 ($15 student/senior)
Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra: Inspirations
Saturday, December 12, 2015 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Glass – Suite from The Hours
Arensky – Variations on a Theme of Tchaikovsky
Respighi – Three Botticelli Pictures
Arensky – Variations on a Theme of Tchaikovsky
Respighi – Three Botticelli Pictures
$20 ($15 student/senior)
Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra: Epic Stories
Saturday, September 19, 2015 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Beethoven – Coriolan Overture
Stravinsky – Orpheus
Saint-Saëns – L'Assassinat du duc de Guise
Dvořák – Selections from Legends, Op. 59
Stravinsky – Orpheus
Saint-Saëns – L'Assassinat du duc de Guise
Dvořák – Selections from Legends, Op. 59
$20 ($15 student/senior)
SMCO Season Finale: Britten, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Schubert
Friday, May 29, 2015 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Britten – Simple Symphony
Mozart – Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major
Mendelssohn – Overture in C major for Wind Instruments “Nocturno”
Schubert – Symphony No. 3 in D major
Mozart – Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major
Mendelssohn – Overture in C major for Wind Instruments “Nocturno”
Schubert – Symphony No. 3 in D major
$15 ($10 student/senior)
SMCO presents: Larsson, Bruch, Rachmaninoff
Saturday, February 14, 2015 @ 8:00pm – 8:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Lars-Erik Larsson – Pastoral Suite
Max Bruch – Romanze for Viola and Orchestra
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Vocalise (arr. for Viola and Orchestra)
Antonin Dvořák – Serenade for Strings in E major
Max Bruch – Romanze for Viola and Orchestra
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Vocalise (arr. for Viola and Orchestra)
Antonin Dvořák – Serenade for Strings in E major
$15 ($10 student/senior)
SMCO presents: Bach, Elgar, Poteat, Mozart
Friday, November 14, 2014 @ 8:00pm – 8:00pm (PST)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Bach – Orchestral Suite No. 1
Elgar – Sospiri for organ, harp and strings
Poteat – Diurnal Tides
Mozart – Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
Elgar – Sospiri for organ, harp and strings
Poteat – Diurnal Tides
Mozart – Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
$15 ($10 student/senior; age 16 and under free)
SMCO 2014-2015 Season Opener
Friday, September 19, 2014 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
IVES – The Unanswered Question
HONEGGER – Symphony No. 2
STRAVINSKY – 8 Instrumental Miniatures
RESPIGHI – Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 3
HONEGGER – Symphony No. 2
STRAVINSKY – 8 Instrumental Miniatures
RESPIGHI – Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 3
$10-$15