Early Music Seattle – Upcoming Concerts
East of the River: Sultana – Musica of the Sephardic Diaspora
Sunday, March 17, 2030 @ 2:30pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute, Seattle, WA, United States
Infectious Eastern rhythms played by woodwind virtuosos – a performance steeped in the art of improvisation.
$20-$45
East of the River: Sultana – Musica of the Sephardic Diaspora
Sunday, March 17, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Temple Beth Am, Seattle, WA, United States
Infectious Eastern rhythms played by woodwind virtuosos – a performance steeped in the art of improvisation.
$20-$45
Folio: The Art of Improvisation – Alexander Weimann
Friday, March 22, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Folio: Seattle Athenaeum at Pike Market, Seattle, WA, United States
Weimann the worlds of composition and improvisation by starting with works by George Frideric Handel, Antonio Caldara, and others, then departing into free improvisation inspired by the great composers.
$30 ($25 Folio members)
Piffaro the Renaissance Band & Ensemble Eos: Ce moys de May
Saturday, May 18, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Bastyr University Chapel, Kenmore, WA, United States
Clément Janequin – Ce moys de May
Thomas Morley – "It was a Lover and his Lass" from As You Like It
Cipriano de Rore – Reiouyssons nous
Orazio Vecchi – Amor Vittorioso
Guillaume Dufay – Ce moys de May
Thomas Morley – "It was a Lover and his Lass" from As You Like It
Cipriano de Rore – Reiouyssons nous
Orazio Vecchi – Amor Vittorioso
Guillaume Dufay – Ce moys de May
$20-$45
Piffaro the Renaissance Band & Ensemble Eos: Ce moys de May
Sunday, May 19, 2030 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Trinity Parish Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Clément Janequin – Ce moys de May
Thomas Morley – "It was a Lover and his Lass" from As You Like It
Cipriano de Rore – Reiouyssons nous
Orazio Vecchi – Amor Vittorioso
Guillaume Dufay – Ce moys de May
Thomas Morley – "It was a Lover and his Lass" from As You Like It
Cipriano de Rore – Reiouyssons nous
Orazio Vecchi – Amor Vittorioso
Guillaume Dufay – Ce moys de May
$20-$45
Violin Duets w/ Seattle Baroque Orchestra Violinists Linda Melsted & Courtney Kuroda
Sunday, June 30, 2030 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Renton Library, Renton, WA, United States
Exploring violin duet repertoire from the Baroque to the 20th century with music by Johann Sebastian Bach, Georg Philipp Telemann, Leclair, Michel Corrette, and Béla Bartók.
Free
Early Music Seattle: Bach – Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 2 & 4
Sunday, September 29, 2030 @ 2:30pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Johann Sebastian Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major, BWV 1047
Johann Sebastian Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049
Georg Philipp Telemann – Triple concerto
Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello – Double concerto
Florian Leopold Gassmann – Concerto grosso
Johann Sebastian Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049
Georg Philipp Telemann – Triple concerto
Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello – Double concerto
Florian Leopold Gassmann – Concerto grosso
$45 ($30 student/under 35)
Early Music Seattle: La Nef – Sea Songs & Chanties
Sunday, November 24, 2030 @ 2:30pm – 4:30pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Early Music Seattle presents vocal ensemble La Nef as they perform capstand shanties, halyard shanties, laments, forecastle songs, short haul shanties, songs, and music to accompany work and play.
$45 ($30 students/under 35)
Early Music Seattle: Festive Cantatas – Christmas in Gabrieli’s Venice
Friday, December 20, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Bastyr University Chapel, Kenmore, WA, United States
Music that would have echoed from the mosaic-covered vaults of Saint Mark’s Basilica: motets, dazzling sonatas and canzonas, and festive music worthy of the pomp and brilliance of the Venetian State.
$20-$45
Early Music Seattle: Festive Cantatas – Christmas in Gabrieli’s Venice
Saturday, December 21, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Music that would have echoed from the mosaic-covered vaults of Saint Mark’s Basilica: motets, dazzling sonatas and canzonas, and festive music worthy of the pomp and brilliance of the Venetian State.
$20-$45
Early Music Seattle: Boston Camerata – 'Play of Daniel'
Saturday, January 18, 2031 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Themes of justice and of truth spoken to power are front and center as the captive Daniel confronts the tyrannical Belshazzar in the magnificent musical Play of Daniel, composed eight centuries ago in Beauvais, France and powerfully staged for modern audiences by Anne Azéma.
$20-$45
Early Music Seattle: Ensemble Caprice – Vivaldi’s 'Motezuma'
Sunday, February 9, 2031 @ 2:30pm – 4:30pm (PST)
Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Forces for this semi-staged production of Antonio Vivaldi's Motezuma include a vocal cast of seven from North America and Europe alongside a full baroque orchestra of winds, brass, and strings.
$20-$45
Early Music Seattle: Baroque House Concert – Miyo Aoki, recorder & Jonathan Oddie, harpsichord
Wednesday, August 13, 2031 @ 1:00pm – 2:30pm (PDT)
Online event
Arcangelo Corelli – Violin Sonata in F major, Op. 5 No. 10
Georg Philipp Telemann – Fantasia No. 6 in D minor for Solo Flute, TWV 33:2
George Frideric Handel – Recorder Sonata in C major, HWV 365
Georg Philipp Telemann – Fantasia No. 6 in D minor for Solo Flute, TWV 33:2
George Frideric Handel – Recorder Sonata in C major, HWV 365
Free (Free)
Early Music Seattle: A Summer Afternoon Of Mozart, Beethoven Merriment with Rachell Ellen Wong, violin
Friday, August 29, 2031 @ 1:00pm – 2:30pm (PDT)
UW Arboretum – Wisteria Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Incoming Seattle Baroque Orchestra concertmaster Rachell Ellen Wong performs works by W.A. Mozart & L.v. Beethoven, with SBO Music Director Alexander Weimann on fortepiano. Prosecco & a sweet treat provided.
$30
Early Music Seattle: American Traditions – Rachel Barton Pine, violin
Saturday, September 13, 2031 @ 6:00pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Online event
Johann Sebastian Bach – Violin Partita No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006
Scottish traditional – Air-March-Strathspey-Reel
Noel da Costa – "No. 3, Little Diamond – Bird on the Wing Jigs" & "No. 4, New Orleans Clog" from A Set of Dance Tunes
Mark O’Connor – Caprice No. 1
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, arr. Maud Powell – Deep River, Op. 59, No. 10
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson – Louisiana Blues Strut: A Cakewalk
Daniel Bernard Roumain – "Dance I" from Hip-Hop Dances and Prayers
Henri Vieuxtemps – Souvenir d'Amérique, Op. 17
Rachel Barton Pine – A Day at the Ballpark
Scottish traditional – Air-March-Strathspey-Reel
Noel da Costa – "No. 3, Little Diamond – Bird on the Wing Jigs" & "No. 4, New Orleans Clog" from A Set of Dance Tunes
Mark O’Connor – Caprice No. 1
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, arr. Maud Powell – Deep River, Op. 59, No. 10
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson – Louisiana Blues Strut: A Cakewalk
Daniel Bernard Roumain – "Dance I" from Hip-Hop Dances and Prayers
Henri Vieuxtemps – Souvenir d'Amérique, Op. 17
Rachel Barton Pine – A Day at the Ballpark
$20
Early Music Seattle: Coming Together – Music from Moravia
Friday, October 17, 2031 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Online event
Concert/documentary on the rehearsal process & recording of rarely-heard 17th-century music from the Moravian/Bohemian regions of the Czech Republic. Works by Gottfried Finger, Heinrich Biber, & more.
Free (Free)
Early Music Seattle: The Irish Baroque
Friday, November 7, 2031 @ 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)
Early Music Seattle: Handel's Messiah
Friday, December 19, 2031 @ 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)
Seattle Baroque Orchestra & Byrd Ensemble: Handel's Messiah
Friday, December 19, 2031 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Online event
Originally performed in Saint Mark’s Cathedral in March 2019.
Free (Free)
Early Music Seattle: If Music Be
Saturday, January 10, 2032 @ 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)