Byron Schenkman & Friends – Upcoming Concerts
Robert & Clara Schumann
Sunday, March 8, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Clara Schumann – Romances for Violin and Piano
Clara Schumann – Piano Trio in G Minor
Robert Schumann – Six Songs and a Requiem, op. 90
Clara Schumann – Piano Trio in G Minor
Robert Schumann – Six Songs and a Requiem, op. 90
$42 ($38 seniors, $10 youth under 25)
Handel & Telemann – Musical Friends
Sunday, April 19, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Debra Nagy, oboe
Ingrid Matthews, violin
Nathan Whittaker, cello
Byron Schenkman, harpsichord
Ingrid Matthews, violin
Nathan Whittaker, cello
Byron Schenkman, harpsichord
$42 ($38 seniors, $10 youth under 25)
Byron Schenkman & Friends: Handel & Haydn Harpsichord Concertos
Sunday, September 27, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
The festive season opener of Byron Schenkman & Friends showcases the virtuosity of Byron Schenkman, one of America's greatest harpsichordists, with an ensemble of brilliant Baroque string players.
$42 ($38 senior; $10 student)
Byron Schenkman & Friends: Telemann Paris Quartets
Sunday, November 1, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Telemann – Paris Quartets in E minor and D major
Michel Blavet – Flute Sonata in G major, Op. 2, No. 1
Jean-Pierre Guignon – Violin Sonata in G minor, Op. 1, No. 12
Antoine & Jean-Baptiste Forqueray – Chaconne "La Buisson"
Michel Blavet – Flute Sonata in G major, Op. 2, No. 1
Jean-Pierre Guignon – Violin Sonata in G minor, Op. 1, No. 12
Antoine & Jean-Baptiste Forqueray – Chaconne "La Buisson"
$10-$42
Cornish Baroque Ensemble
Wednesday, December 2, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PST)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A cornucopia of early delights from the 17th and 18th centuries, with a sprinkling of music composed especially for Advent and Christmas.
Free
Anna Magdalena Bach Notebook
Sunday, December 27, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
J.S. Bach – Cello Suite in C major, BWV 1009
Christian Petzold – Minuets in G major and G minor
François Couperin – Rondeau Les Bergeries
J.S. Bach – Recitative "Ich Habe Genug and Aria Schlummmert ein"
Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel – Aria "Bist du bei mir"
J.S. Bach – Harpsichord Suite in G major, BWV 816 ("French Suite No. 5")
Christian Petzold – Minuets in G major and G minor
François Couperin – Rondeau Les Bergeries
J.S. Bach – Recitative "Ich Habe Genug and Aria Schlummmert ein"
Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel – Aria "Bist du bei mir"
J.S. Bach – Harpsichord Suite in G major, BWV 816 ("French Suite No. 5")
$10-$42
Byron Schenkman & Friends: Mozart Piano Quartets
Saturday, March 6, 2027 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Mozart – Piano Quartet in E-flat major (K. 493)
Mozart – Piano Quartet in G minor (K. 478)
Hélène Liebmann née Riese – Cello Sonata in B-flat major, Op. 11 (with variations on La ci darem la mano from Don Giovanni)
Mozart – Piano Quartet in G minor (K. 478)
Hélène Liebmann née Riese – Cello Sonata in B-flat major, Op. 11 (with variations on La ci darem la mano from Don Giovanni)
$10-$42
Byron Schenkman & Friends: Beethoven & Schubert
Saturday, May 15, 2027 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Beethoven – Violin Sonata in F major, Op. 24 "Spring"
Beethoven – An die ferne Geliebte ("To the distant beloved")
Schubert – Trio in E-flat, Op. 100
Beethoven – An die ferne Geliebte ("To the distant beloved")
Schubert – Trio in E-flat, Op. 100
$10-$42
Byron Schenkman & Friends: Bach & the Mendelssohns
Saturday, September 18, 2027 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
J.S. Bach – Keyboard Concerto in F minor
J.S. Bach – "Gamba Sonata” in G major
Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel – Fantasy for cello and piano
Felix Mendelssohn – Piano Trio in C minor
J.S. Bach – "Gamba Sonata” in G major
Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel – Fantasy for cello and piano
Felix Mendelssohn – Piano Trio in C minor
$10-$42
Byron Schenkman & Friends: Music for the Sun King
Saturday, October 30, 2027 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Glorious music of the French Baroque, including works by Couperin, Jacquet de la Guerre, Lully, Marais, and Rebel (“Le Tombeau de Lully”), featuring two of North America’s greatest baroque violinists with opulent continuo accompaniment.
$10-$42
Byron Schenkman & Friends: Bach & Corelli
Wednesday, December 29, 2027 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Ingrid Matthews and Byron Schenkman lead us through some of the most brilliant sonatas for violin and harpsichord by Johann Sebastian Bach and Arcangelo Corelli.
$10-$42
Byron Schenkman & Friends: Russians & Jews
Saturday, February 12, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Music of Glinka (Sonata for viola and piano), Prokofiev (“Overture on Hebrew Themes”), and composers associated with the Russian Society for Jewish Folk Music.
$10-$42
Byron Schenkman & Friends: Bach’s Goldberg Variations
Sunday, March 5, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A rare opportunity to hear one of the greatest musical masterpieces of all time.
$10-$42
Byron Schenkman & Friends: Mozart & the Bachs
Sunday, April 30, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Baroque meets Classical as we juxtapose great chamber music by Carl Philip Emanuel Bach, Johann Christian Bach, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, including Mozart’s Flute Quartet in D and transcriptions of fugues by Johann Sebastian Bach.
$10-$42
Byron Schenkman & Friends: Bach Double Harpsichord Concertos
Sunday, October 15, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Two of Bach’s brilliant and rarely-performed double concertos, plus works by Telemann, Frescobaldi, and Rusca.
$10-$42
Byron Schenkman & Friends: Schumann – The Poet Speaks
Sunday, November 12, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Schumann's Kinderszenen, Träumerei (“Dreams”) and Der Dichter Spricht (“The poet speaks”), and Dichterliebe (“Poet’s Love”).
$10-$42
Byron Schenkman & Friends: Viennese Classical Evening
Thursday, December 28, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Prepare for the new year with fabulous chamber music by the four masters of Viennese Classicism: Beethoven, Haydn, Mozart, and Schubert.
$10-$42
Byron Schenkman & Friends – Handel: From the War of Love
Sunday, February 18, 2029 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Chamber cantatas for bass voice full of youthful passion, gorgeous melodies, and even a bit of humor.
$10-$42
Byron Schenkman & Friends: Beethoven – The Kreuzer & Pathetique Sonatas
Sunday, March 18, 2029 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Mikhail Shmidt and Byron Schenkman join together for the first time for two of Beethoven’s most celebrated sonatas and the ebullient Sonata in G major, Op. 30, No. 3.
$42 / $10
Byron Schenkman & Friends: Vivaldi & the High Baroque
Sunday, April 22, 2029 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of virtuoso sonatas and concertos by Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, Anna Bon, George Frideric Handel, and Vivaldi.
$10-$42
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