Lecture-concert – Past Concerts
Faculty Lecture-Recital: “Beethoven sonatas”
Tuesday, January 10, 2017 @ 7:00pm – 10:15pm (PST)
SPU Nickerson Studios, Seattle, WA, United States
SPU faculty lecture-recital.
Free (Free)
Intersections: Music, Words, and Pictures
Sunday, December 4, 2016 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Lori Laitman – Four Dickinson Songs
Sibelius – The Swan of Tuonela
Schumann – From Fantasy Pieces, Op. 12
Ravel – Mother Goose Suite, piano, four hands
Nikita Koshkin – Usher Waltz
Franz Liszt – Sposalizio
Sibelius – The Swan of Tuonela
Schumann – From Fantasy Pieces, Op. 12
Ravel – Mother Goose Suite, piano, four hands
Nikita Koshkin – Usher Waltz
Franz Liszt – Sposalizio
Free
Lecture-Recital: San-Ky Kim, Lithuanian art songs
Wednesday, November 23, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
A lecture-recital of Lithuanian art songs performed by Fulbright scholar Dr. San-Ky Kim, Associate Professor of Voice at Texas Christian University.
Free
John Cage Musicircus
Saturday, November 19, 2016 @ 6:30pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Musical works and lectures written and influenced by John Cage. Dance inspired by Cage and Cunningham. Live art inspired by the I Ching and chance operations.
$5-$15 donation (youth free)
Film Screening: 'The Boys of Terezín' + chamber music
Saturday, October 22, 2016 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Seattle Art Museum, Plestcheef Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
This film takes you inside the Terezín concentration camp as seen through the eyes of teenage boys imprisoned there, and then to the improbable reunion of four survivors 65 years later. The free program includes live musical performance of chamber music composed in Terezín.
Free (Free)
A Literary/Musical Salute to 'Moss' – A New NW Journal
Monday, October 17, 2016 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum, Seattle, WA, United States
Eric Wagner on the profound connection between his experiences growing up on the Oregon Coast and the passion, depth, and power of Beethoven's Appassionata, followed by a performance of the sonata by distinguished pianist Mark Salman.
$5-$10
Under the Hood: Understanding Beethoven's Appassionata Sonata
Saturday, October 15, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
Beethoven’s fiery “Appassionata” Sonata, plus favorite selections by Liszt and Bach.
$20
Jeffrey Siegel's 'The Sumptuous Sounds of Steinway'
Friday, September 23, 2016 @ 6:30pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Steinway Piano Gallery of Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
A brilliantly polished concert-with-commentary format in which captivating remarks precede virtuoso performances of piano masterpieces.
Free (Free)
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival: An Evening with Heifetz
Tuesday, August 16, 2016 @ 2:30pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Orcas Center, Eastsound, WA, United States
OICMF celebrates the legacy of violinist Jascha Heifetz with music from pianist/violinist Ayke Agus and violinist Chee-Yun, illuminated with stories about Heifetz and excerpts from the documentary God’s Fiddler.
$10-$33
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival: An Evening with Heifetz
Monday, August 15, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Orcas Center, Eastsound, WA, United States
Sold out
Bellingham Festival of Music: Mozart Requiem and Piano Concerto No. 24
Sunday, July 17, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Western Washington University Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA, United States
Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491
Mozart – Requiem Mass in D minor, K. 626
$12-$45
Bellingham Festival of Music: Mussorgsky, Mendelssohn, Mahler
Wednesday, July 13, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Western Washington University Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA, United States
Mussorgsky – Dawn on the River Moskva (prelude to Khovanshchina)
Mendelssohn – Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25
Mahler – Symphony No. 4 in G major
$12-$45
Epiphany Seattle: Solo Lecture Recital
Sunday, July 10, 2016 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Epiphany Parish of Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Pianist Peter Mack offers a recital on the 1901 Hamburg Steinway piano, lecturing and teaching between pieces.
Free (Free)
Bellingham Festival of Music: Rossini, Juan Ramírez, Schumann
Saturday, July 9, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Western Washington University Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA, United States
Rossini – Overture to William Tell
Juan Ramírez – Suite Latina (2002) World Premiere
Schumann – Symphony No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 38 "Spring"
$12-$45
Aaron Grad: Chamber Music Festival Primer
Thursday, July 7, 2016 @ 5:30pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum, Seattle, WA, United States
Composer and guitarist Aaron Grad provides a preview of concerts at the Seattle Chamber Music Festival, talking about how composers draw from friends, family, patrons, rivals, and themselves in finding material for their works. He’ll illustrate with musical excerpts.
Free
Bellingham Festival of Music: Verdi, Mozart, Mendelssohn
Tuesday, July 5, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Western Washington University Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA, United States
Verdi – Prelude to La Traviata
Mozart – Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, K. 218
Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56, "Scottish" Symphony
$12-$45
Bellingham Festival of Music: Haydn, Schumann, Beethoven
Friday, July 1, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Western Washington University Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA, United States
Haydn – Overture to L'Infedeltà delusa, Hob. 28:5
Schumann – Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129
Beethoven – Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93
$12-$45
Musical Experiences Farewell Concert: Music of Mendelssohn & Schumann
Saturday, June 4, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Green Lake United Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Local pianist Fred Kronacher and guest cellist Jennifer Culp (formerly of Kronos String Quartet and the Philadelphia String Quartet) perform music by Mendelssohn and Schumann.
$12-$25
Jonathan Shames Piano Recital
Thursday, May 19, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Debussy – Prélude, “La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune”
Debussy – Étude, “Pour les arpèges composés”
Berio – Sonata (Seattle premiere)
J.-F. Durand – Enfance (world premiere)
Y. Kolat – Halki/Heybeliada (world premiere)
Debussy – Étude, “Pour les arpèges composés”
Berio – Sonata (Seattle premiere)
J.-F. Durand – Enfance (world premiere)
Y. Kolat – Halki/Heybeliada (world premiere)
$5-$15 suggested donation
Simple Measures All-Natural Concert: Music Inspired by Nature
Thursday, May 19, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Haydn – Divertimento
Kodaly – Duo for violin and cello
Liszt – Vallee D’Obermann
Gilbert Vinter – Hunter’s Moon
Brahms – Trio for Horn, Violin and Piano
Kodaly – Duo for violin and cello
Liszt – Vallee D’Obermann
Gilbert Vinter – Hunter’s Moon
Brahms – Trio for Horn, Violin and Piano
Free