Early Music Seattle – Past Concerts
Early Music Seattle: Infusion Baroque – Entr’acte
Saturday, December 18, 2021 @ 7:00pm – 7:45pm (PST)
Online event
Chamber quartet Infusion Baroque shares their achievements under the challenging circumstances of the pandemic in this 45-minute video.
Free (Free)
Early Music Seattle: Cecilia
Saturday, November 20, 2021 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Online event
Traditional dance music with a contemporary ear from Belgian trio Cecilia. (Jan Leeflang, bagpipes; Greet Wuyts, accordion; & Thomas Hoste, hurdy-gurdy)
Free (Free ($20 suggested donation))
Early Music Seattle: 'L'incoronazione di Poppea'
Saturday, October 16, 2021 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Online event
EMS presents this newly enhanced & supertitled video performance of their 2007 production at Seattle's Intiman Playhouse – never before released to the public.
Free (Free ($20 suggested donation))
Deep Roots, New Branches – Journey of the Oud, Birth of the Lute
Wednesday, September 8, 2021 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Online event
Musiciologist/oudist Dr. Adem Merter Birson & EMS director/lutist Gus Denhard explore the development of the oud, its path to Europe via war & cultural exchange, & the subsequent emergence of the lute.
Free (Free)
Rachel Barton Pine String Masterclass
Wednesday, July 14, 2021 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Renton High School, Renton, WA, United States
Masterclass with celebrated violinist Rachel Barton Pine.
Free (Free (RSVP required))
Chanticleer – She Said/He Said
Saturday, June 26, 2021 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Online event
Chanticleer explores the battle of the sexes through song. Works by Hildegard von Bingen, Claudio Monteverdi, Fanny Mendelssohn, Eric Whitacre, Joni Mitchell, & more.
Free (Free)
Sine Nomine: WHAT’S IN A NAME? Celebrating Josquin des Prez & the ‘Missa Sine Nomine’
Sunday, June 6, 2021 @ 3:00pm – 3:40pm (PDT)
Online event
Pre-recorded performance featuring Josquin des Prez's Missa Sine nomine ("Mass without a name"), with selected movements from other composers' "Missa Sine nomines".
Free (Donations accepted)
Early Music Seattle: Lamentum
Saturday, May 15, 2021 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Online event
Renaissance & Baroque works for voices & ensemble by composers intimately familiar with epidemics & calamities: Francisco Correa de Arauxo, Matthias Weckmann, Heinrich Schütz, Dietrich Buxtehude, & more.
Free (Free)
Madrigal Comedy: L’Amfiparnaso
Saturday, April 17, 2021 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Online event
Orazio Vecchi's 1597 musical romp combines ribald commedia dell’arte street theater with refined Italian madrigals.
Free (Free)
Creative Conversations: Theordore Deacon & Arne Zaslove
Thursday, April 15, 2021 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Online event
Conversation between the directors of EMS's upcoming production, L’Amfiparnaso. Includes stories, a look at masks used in the production, & musical examples. Q&A to follow.
Free (Free)
Sine Nomine: The Lonely City – Lamentations from Renaissance Spain
Sunday, March 14, 2021 @ 3:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Online event
Concert broadcast featuring Sine Nomine: Renaissance Choir & participants in their "The Lonely City – Lamentations from Renaissance Spain" course.
Free (Donations accepted)
Early Music Seattle: Mother & Son – Lamentation & Joy in Irish traditional Song & Poetry
Sunday, March 14, 2021 @ 2:00pm – 2:00pm (PDT)
Online event
Irish traditional & sacred song, Gregorian chant, and poetry performed by the internationally renowned mother & son duo, Mícheál Moley Ó’Súilleabháin & Rev. Nóirín Ní Riain, PhD.
Free (Free)
Early Music Seattle: Opera – A Night in Hell – Ballo delle ingrate
Saturday, March 13, 2021 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Online event
Claudio Monteverdi's twisted Baroque opera about "female ingrates" comes roaring back to life in a 1940s mob-controlled nightclub. Footage from EMS's 2011 production, filmed in Seattle’s historic Moore Theatre.
Free (Free)
Accademia del Piacere Presents: Rediscovering Spain
Saturday, February 27, 2021 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Online event
European Renaissance polyphony combines with traditional Moorish music in this video program exploring the musical contributions of Spain in the 17th century. Featuring gambist Fahmi Alqhai & dancer Patricia Guerrero.
Free (Free)
Early Music Seattle: In Concert – The Artistry of John Lenti
Sunday, February 14, 2021 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PST)
Online event
World-renowned lutist John Lenti presents an evening of music on several lute family instruments, including works by John Dowland, Francesco da Milano, Giulio Caccini, & others.
Free (Free)
Early Music Seattle: Stabat Mater
Saturday, January 30, 2021 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Online event
Enhanced archival video of SBO's February 2019 performance of G.B. Pergolesi's Stabat Mater, featuring a performance by dance company Whim W’Him.
Free (Free)
Early Music Seattle: If Music Be
Sunday, January 10, 2021 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PST)
Online event
Soprano Linda Tsatsanis, cellist Nathan Whittaker, & poet Nikolijne Troubetzkoy curate a reflection on emotional turbulence via music by Purcell, de Bailly, Dall'Abaco, J.S. Bach, & more.
Free (Free)
Seattle Baroque Orchestra & Byrd Ensemble: Handel's Messiah
Saturday, December 19, 2020 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Online event
Originally performed in Saint Mark’s Cathedral in March 2019.
Free (Free)
Early Music Seattle: Handel's Messiah
Saturday, December 19, 2020 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Online event
Broadcast of G.F. Handel's Messiah, recorded at Seattle's Saint Mark’s Cathedral in March 2019. Donations collected at this performance will benefit both EMS & the Byrd Ensemble.
Free (Donations accepted)
Early Music Seattle: The Irish Baroque
Saturday, November 7, 2020 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Online event
Randal Bays (Irish fiddle) & Clint Dye (guitar) showcase Irish fiddle music from the Baroque era, developed alongside violin repertoire of the British courts. Recorded live in the courtyard of Seattle’s Trinity Parish Church.
Free (Free)
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