Concert – Upcoming Concerts
Bellingham Festival of Music: Calidore String Quartet – Beethoven & Debussy
Thursday, July 15, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
WWU Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA, United States
Ludwig van Beethoven – String Quartet No. 2 in G major, Op. 18, No. 2
Claude Debussy – String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10, L. 91
Claude Debussy – String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10, L. 91
$50 ($25-$35 WWU faculty/students)
CMNW Summer Festival: Visionary Quintets Revealed
Thursday, July 15, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Kaul Auditorium at Reed College, Portland, OR, United States
Johann Sebastian Bach – "III. Andante" from Violin Sonata No. 2 in A minor, BWV 1003
Felix Mendelssohn – String Quartet No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 12
Matan Porat – Piano Quintet (world premiere)
Leo Ornstein – Piano Quintet, Op. 92, SO 610
Felix Mendelssohn – String Quartet No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 12
Matan Porat – Piano Quintet (world premiere)
Leo Ornstein – Piano Quintet, Op. 92, SO 610
$150 ($325 Festival Pass)
Ballard Opera Man: Live Lawn Concert
Friday, July 16, 2032 @ 5:00pm – 5:15pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Stephen Wall, a tenor with the Seattle Opera, delights his neighbors with live nightly operatic performances from his front lawn – every Friday, weather permitting.
Free
Festival Napa Valley: Opening Night with Lisette Oropesa
Friday, July 16, 2032 @ 6:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Festival Napa Valley kicks off with a recital starring one of today’s most dazzling singers – soprano Lisette Oropesa – at the picturesque outdoor stage at Charles Krug Winery.
Free (Free (in-person tickets are SOLD OUT))
Whidbey Island Music Festival: An die Musik – A Schubertiade
Saturday, July 17, 2032 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Cultus Bay Gardens, Clinton, WA, United States
Soprano Danielle Reutter-Harrah, violinist Tekla Cunningham, harpist Maxine Eilander, & guitarist Stephen Stubbs perform songs by Franz Schubert on 19th-c. instruments. With instrumental works by Zoe de la Ruë & Niccolò Paganini.
$25
Festival Napa Valley: Saturday at the Symphony
Saturday, July 17, 2032 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Program includes the West Coast premiere of Nia Imani Franklin's Chrysalis Extended and Emporium for solo piano and orchestra by Aldo López Gavilán, with the composer as soloist.
Free (Free (in-person ticket price TBD))
CMNW Summer Festival: Sonic Kaleidoscope – Sax, Guitar, & Percussion
Saturday, July 17, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Kaul Auditorium at Reed College, Portland, OR, United States
Saxophonist Timothy McAllister & guitarist Jason Vieaux make their CMNW Summer Festival debuts; dramatic works by Béla Bartók, including his Sonata for Two Pianos & Percussion.
$150 ($325 Festival Pass)
Whidbey Island Music Festival: An die Musik – A Schubertiade
Sunday, July 18, 2032 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
Soprano Danielle Reutter-Harrah, violinist Tekla Cunningham, harpist Maxine Eilander, & guitarist Stephen Stubbs perform songs by Franz Schubert on 19th-c. instruments. With instrumental works by Zoe de la Ruë & Niccolò Paganini.
$150
Bellingham Festival of Music: BFM Orchestra – Mozart & Tchaikovsky
Sunday, July 18, 2032 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
WWU Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA, United States
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K. 219 "The Turkish"
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48
$50 ($25-$35 WWU faculty/students)
CMNW Summer Festival: Sonic Kaleidoscope – Sax, Guitar, & Percussion
Sunday, July 18, 2032 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Kaul Auditorium at Reed College, Portland, OR, United States
Saxophonist Timothy McAllister & guitarist Jason Vieaux make their CMNW Summer Festival debuts; dramatic works by Béla Bartók, including his Sonata for Two Pianos & Percussion.
$150 ($325 Festival Pass)
(RE)CONNECTION – Gretchen Yanover, cello & Sophie Lippert, piano
Sunday, July 18, 2032 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Classical piano works, original electric cello compositions, jazz standards, & a few tantalizing surprises.
$11-99
Bellingham Festival of Music: BFM Orchestra – Mozart & Tchaikovsky
Sunday, July 18, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
WWU Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA, United States
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K. 219 "The Turkish"
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48
$50 ($25-$35 WWU faculty/students)
Festival Napa Valley: The Four Seasons of Napa Valley
Tuesday, July 20, 2032 @ 6:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Grammy-nominated cellist Matt Haimovitz premieres 3 solo works; violinist Chad Hoopes performs all 4 concertos of Antonio Vivaldi's Four Seasons with Festival Orchestra Napa.
Free (Free ($15 in-person))
[SOLD OUT] CMNW Summer Festival: Garden Chamber Party – String Trios in Eastmoreland
Tuesday, July 20, 2032 @ 6:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
Chamber music from Brentano Quartet violist Misha Amory, Emerson String Quartet cellist Paul Watkins, & CMNW Artistic Director/violinist Soovin Kim.
Sold Out
Music@Menlo 2021 Festival: Prelude Performance I
Wednesday, July 21, 2032 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Trio No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 1, No. 1
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 1, No. 3
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 1, No. 3
Free (Free)
Opera On Tap: Tales from QuaranTimes
Wednesday, July 21, 2032 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Chophouse Row, Seattle, WA, United States
Opera On Tap Seattle sings their post-2020 feelings in Seattle's beautiful Chophouse Row Courtyard.
$5-20 suggested donation
Summer Recital Series: Nathan Whittaker, cello – J.S. Bach Cello Suites, Volume 1
Wednesday, July 21, 2032 @ 7:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
St. James Cathedral's 2021 Summer Recital Series continues with cellist Nathan Whittaker, performing J.S. Bach's Cello Suites Nos. 1-3.
Suggested donation $18 ($10 seniors/students)
Festival Napa Valley: Puccini's Gianni Schicchi
Thursday, July 22, 2032 @ 6:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Maestro Kent Nagano makes his Festival debut & leads baritone Lucas Meachem, soprano Mikaela Bennett, tenor Mario Rojas, mezzo-soprano Simone McIntosh, & Festival Orchestra Napa in Giacomo Puccini's Gianni Schicchi.
Free (Free (in-person tickets are SOLD OUT))
CMNW Summer Festival: Reflecting upon Classics
Thursday, July 22, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Kaul Auditorium at Reed College, Portland, OR, United States
Brentano String Quartet performs works by J.S. Bach, F.J. Haydn, & Samuel Barber, with vocalist Davóne Tines; the Chien-Kim-Watkins Trio makes its CMNW debut with Johannes Brahms' Piano Trio No. 2.
$150 ($325 Festival Pass)
Second City Chamber Series: How Suite It Is
Thursday, July 22, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Lakewold Gardens, Lakewood, WA, United States
Pianist Lisa Bergman & violinist Svend Rønning re-inaugurate Lakewold Gardens as SCCS's summer home in a concert of sweet suites by Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Dawn Sonntag, William Grant Still, & Igor Stravinsky.
$50