Saturday, December 2 at 8:00 pm: Boston Camerata & Medieval Women’s Choir – Hodie Christus natus est
St. James Cathedral, 804 9th Ave, Seattle
Virtual tickets available
The Medieval Women’s Choir and the Boston Camerata come together for a glimpse of Christmas spirituality from Medieval France, Italy, England, Provence, including music of the church and songs of private devotion around the joyous theme of the Nativity. Included are songs to the Virgin Mary, processionals from Saint Martial of Limoges, hymns, lyrics, and miracle ballads, sung in Latin, Old French, Old Provencal, Saxon, interlaced with Medieval English texts. Details Here
Friday, December 15 at 8:00 pm: Seattle Symphony and Chorale – Handel’s Messiah
Benaroya Hall, 200 University St, Seattle, Taper Auditorium
A triumph of music and text, Handel’s Messiah is a matchless December tradition. The exquisite choral writing and the exultant “Hallelujah” chorus — featuring the Seattle Symphony, Chorale and a strong cast of soloists — honor Handel’s greatest work. Details Here
Saturday, December 16 at 7:30 pm: Many Messiahs
Meany Hall, 4100 15th Ave NE, Seattle
What happens when artists/activists from wildly different backgrounds and musical worlds unite around the fight for racial justice? And what if they link their original songs together by sampling and quoting a piece of classical music that’s almost 300 years old? Riffing on Handel’s masterpiece, Messiah, these musicians transform an ancient tale of a savior into an urgent call to action. The way they frame it, we are all the Many Messiahs who can build a better world together, starting now. Details Here
Saturday, December 16 at 7:30 pm: Pacific MusicWorks presents Navidad! The Mystery of Mary
Town Hall, 1119 8th Ave, Seattle
Experience the blending of African, Indigenous, and European traditions which created
a uniquely American music, celebrating the mystery, wonder, and joy of the Christmas
story. Mezzo-soprano Cecilia Duarte and percussionist Antonio Gomez join Pacific
MusicWorks in a captivating program of baroque music dedicated to the Virgin Mary
from Mexico, Guatemala, and Peru, along with a taste of the wealth of folk music it
inspired. Details Here
Saturday, December 16 at 8:00 pm: Seattle Symphony and Chorale – Handel’s Messiah
Same as December 15. Details Here
Sunday, December 17 at 2:00 pm: Seattle Symphony and Chorale – Handel’s Messiah
Same as December 15. Details Here
Sunday, December 17 at 3:00 pm: Pacific MusicWorks presents Navidad! The Mystery of Mary
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 4805 NE 45th St, Seattle
Same as December 16, except at St. Stephen’s.
Thursday, December 28 at 7:00 pm: Byron and Friends – Splendor of the Baroque
Benaroya Hall, 200 University St, Seattle, Nordstrom Recital Hall
Festive music by Joseph Bologne, Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, Marin Marais, and Georg Philipp Telemann. Joining harpsichordist Byron Schenkman will be flutist Joshua Romatowski, and violinist Anna Okada, with Caroline Nicolas on viol and Kevin Payne on theorbo. Details Here
Saturday, January 13 at 7:30 pm: Gallery Concerts – Implementation
The Chapel at Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnyside Ave N, Seattle
What if something simplistic is applied so exceptionally, with such impossible precision, that is becomes anything but simple? Brazilian violinist Edson Scheid harnesses the fire and fury of the impossible in artistic creations of Corelli, Locatelli, and Paganini. Edson Scheid, violin, Nathan Whittaker, cello. Details Here
Sunday, January 14 at 3:00 pm: Gallery Concerts – Implementation
Blessed Sacrament Church, 5041 9th Ave NE, Seattle
Same as January 13, except at Blessed Sacrament.
Friday, January 26 at 7:30 pm: Seattle Baroque Orchestra – Party Bohemienne
Bastyr University Chapel, 14500 Juanita Dr NE, Kenmore
Virtual tickets available
The Kingdom of Bohemia doesn’t get much airtime in the history of Baroque music. But far from being a musical backwater, 18th century Prague boasted a dazzling array of musical talents. Czech musicians worked in many of the great courts of Europe, and Count Wenzel von Morzin (the dedicatee of the beloved Four Seasons) maintained an orchestra in Prague that Vivaldi himself described as “virtuosissima”. Directed by Nate Helgeson, the SBO will bring you back in time exploring some of the finest Czech composers of the age. Details Here
Saturday, January 27 @ 7:30 pm: Seattle Baroque Orchestra – Party Bohemienne
Town Hall, 1119 8th Ave, Seattle
Virtual tickets available
Same as January 26, except at Town Hall. Details Here
Saturday, February 3 at 7:30 pm: Byrd Ensemble – Hail: Cornysh, Isaac, Pärt
Holy Rosary Church, 4139 42nd Ave SW, Seattle
Virtual tickets available
Two settings of the Marian text Salve regina by English composers William Cornysh and Gabriel Jackson are featured on this program of Renaissance and modern motets. It also features music by Estonian composer Arvo Pärt, Flemish composer Heinrich Isaac, and Portuguese composer Filipe de Magalhães. Details Here
Sunday, February 11 at 7:00 pm: Byron and Friends – Sweeter than Roses
Benaroya Hall, 200 University St, Seattle, Nordstrom Recital Hall
English Baroque love songs for voice, oboe, viol, and harpsichord, featuring soprano Grace Srinivasan and oboist Pablo O’Connell, with Adaiha MacAdam-Somer on viol and Byron Schenkman on harpsichord. Music by Henry Purcell, George Frideric Handel, Elisabetta de Gambarini, and Ignatius Sancho. Details Here
Sunday, February 18 at 2:00 pm: La Nef – Red Sky at Night
Town Hall, 1119 8th Ave, Seattle
Virtual tickets available
Capstand shanties, halyard shanties, laments, forecastle songs, short haul shanties, songs and music to accompany work and play. Inspired by this tradition of maritime music, Seán Dagher has arranged these songs and tunes to display all the warmth and depth they deserve. Music from England, Scotland, Ireland, the Americas, and the Caribbean sung by a chorus of seven male voices. All aboard! Details Here
Sunday, March 3 at 3:00 pm: Seattle Bach Choir – Bach in Winter
Trinity Parish Church, 609 8th Ave, Seattle
Sunday, March 3 at 3:00 pm: Gallery Concerts – Permutation
Blessed Sacrament Church, 5041 9th Ave NE, Seattle
Bach’s Goldberg Variations were, according to legend, written to help a noble man fall asleep. However, they failed, as this titanic work boldly wakes the creative spirit in any who are audacious enough to truly listen. Dr. Wyatt Smith, harpsichord. Details Here
Thursday, March 7 at 7:30 pm: Seattle Symphony – J.S. Bach’s St. John Passion
Benaroya Hall, 200 University St, Seattle, Taper Auditorium
Seattle Symphony celebrates the 300th anniversary of Bach’s profound St. John Passion with its premiere performance of the dramatic masterpiece. Bernard Labadie, an internationally recognized expert of Baroque music, leads an all-star cast of vocalists through the trial and execution of Jesus in what is ultimately a message of hope and redemption. Details Here
Saturday, March 9 at 7:30 pm: Pianist Hélène Grimaud
Meany Hall, 4100 15th Ave NE, Seattle
Pianist Hélène Grimaud is a deeply passionate and committed musical artist whose pianistic accomplishments play a central role in her life. She is a Renaissance woman with multiple talents that extend beyond the instrument she plays with such poetic expression and peerless technical control. A committed wildlife conservationist, compassionate human rights activist and writer, it is through her thoughtful pianism that Grimaud most deeply touches the emotions of audiences. For this recital, she performs a moving program of Bach, Beethoven and Brahms. Details Here
Saturday, March 9 at 7:30 pm: Mahan Esfahani
Town Hall, 1119 8th Ave, Seattle
Virtual tickets available
Mahan Esfahani has made his life’s mission to return the harpsichord to the mainstream of concert instruments, and to that end his creative programming and commissioning of new works have drawn the attention of critics and audiences across Europe, Asia, and North America. He will play an intriguing program of music spanning five centuries. Included are dances of Thomas Tompkins, J.S. Bach’s Italian Concerto, sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti, and harpsichord and electronics music of Anahita Abbasi. Details Here
Saturday, March 9 at 8:00 pm: Seattle Symphony – J.S. Bach’s St. John Passion
Same as March 7. Details Here
Monday, March 25 at 5:00 pm: Playing Sessions and Concert with Sarah Jeffery (Team Recorder)
NE Seattle location TBA
Sarah Jeffery (Team Recorder) has had an incredible online presence for years and is a sought-after resource for recorder players around the globe!
She will be in Seattle for one day only, offering two separate playing sessions (one for youth and one for adults) in addition to performing a short solo concert.
This is truly an opportunity not to be missed, so mark your calendars now and don’t let anything else take precedence! 😉
Kids/Youth playing session 5 – 6 pm
Short solo concert from 6:30 – 7:15
Adults playing session 7:30 – 9:00 pm
Suggested fee:
$20 for adults
$10 for kids 18 and under
Saturday, March 30 at 7:30 pm: Rachell Ellen Wong & David Belkovski – Europe’s Grand Tour
Benaroya Hall, 200 University St, Seattle, Nordstrom Recital Hall
Virtual tickets available
Follow violinist Rachell Ellen Wong and harpsichordist David Belkovski as they take you on a winding trip around Baroque Europe to showcase the undisputed champion of the instruments — the violin – in one of its most fertile artistic periods. The music is full of invention; on the program are both Tartini’s virtuosic and aptly named “Devil’s Trill” and Leclair’s memorable “Tambourin”. You’ll hear this and more on our Grand Tour — please enjoy the ride! Details Here
Saturday, April 6 at 7:30 pm: Gallery Concerts – Invention
The Chapel at Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnyside Ave N, Seattle
It all starts with a single idea in a precise instant – the art of invention. But molded (and remolded) in the hands of masters, like Telemann and Bach, that magical moment becomes effervescent and timeless. Ingrid Matthews, violin, Janet See, flute, Adaiha MacAdam-Somer, viola da gamba, Jillon Stoppels Dupree, harpsichord. Details Here
Sunday, April 7 at 3:00 pm: Gallery Concerts – Invention
Blessed Sacrament Church, 5041 9th Ave NE, Seattle
Same as April 6, except at Blessed Sacrament.
Saturday, April 20 at 7:30 pm: Randal Bays & Ceóltoirí Cascadia – Irish Baroque II
The Chapel at Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnyside Ave N, Seattle
Virtual tickets available
After the big success of Irish Baroque I, Olympia-based Irish fiddler Randal Bays brings us Irish Baroque II! In the intimate venue the Good Shepherd Center, Randall and friends will present toe-tapping jigs, reels, and strathspeys suitable for the pub or the concert hall. This concert is presented in partnership with Irish Network Seattle. Details Here
Saturday, April 27 at 7:30 pm: Byrd Ensemble – Allegri Miserere
Holy Rosary Church, 4139 42nd Ave SW, Seattle
Virtual tickets available
The centerpiece of this program of Renaissance and modern music is Allegri’s Miserere. The work was exclusively sung by the Sistine Chapel Choir, though legend says that a 14-year old Mozart visited Rome and wrote out the piece perfectly from memory after just one hearing, sending the Vatican’s guarded secret into the world. The psalm setting is famously known for a high C, sung by a soprano soloist. The program also features two elaborate psalm settings by English Renaissance composers Robert White and John Sheppard and motets by modern composers John Tavener, Eric Whitacre, and Arvo Pärt. Details Here
Sunday, April 28 at 3:00 pm: Byrd Ensemble – Allegri Miserere
Trinity Parish Church, 609 8th Ave, Seattle
Virtual tickets available
Same as April 27, except at Trinity Parish.
Friday, May 3 at 7:30 pm: Seattle Symphony – Noah Geller’s Playlist
Benaroya Hall, 200 University St, Seattle, Taper Auditorium
Our own Concertmaster’s playlist is a celebration of music for strings, starting with his beloved Bach and culminating in Mozart’s Fifth Violin Concerto. In between, Noah has chosen a mesmerizing piece by Samuel Adams. Movements (for Us and Them) is a modern-day response to the Baroque concerto grosso. Details Here
Saturday, May 4 at 7:30 pm: Seattle Symphony – Noah Geller’s Playlist
Same as May 3.
Saturday, May 4 at 7:30 pm: Seattle Baroque Orchestra & The Byrd Ensemble – Vivaldi’s Venice
Bastyr University Chapel, 14500 Juanita Dr NE, Kenmore
Virtual tickets available
In this season’s finale collaboration with Seattle’s own Byrd Ensemble, co-directed by Kris Kwapis and Markdavin Obenza, we travel to Venice to celebrate virtuosic music written by the Red Priest. In addition to his beloved Gloria written for the famed Ospedale della Pietà orphanage in Venice, the program includes his Concerto for Trumpet and Oboe, and his dazzling Bassoon Concerto in B-flat major, “La Notte” RV 501. Details Here
Sunday, May 5 at 2:00 pm: Seattle Symphony presents Pianist Víkingur Ólafsson
Benaroya Hall, 200 University St, Seattle, Taper Auditorium
Hailed as the “new superstar of classical piano” by The Daily Telegraph, Víkingur Ólafsson is an artist of true insight and sensitivity whose multiple awards include Gramophone magazine’s 2019 Artist of the Year. He brings his captivating skill to Bach’s intriguing Goldberg Variations. Details Here
Sunday, May 5 at 2:00 pm: Seattle Baroque Orchestra & The Byrd Ensemble – Vivaldi’s Venice
Trinity Parish Church, 609 8th Ave, Seattle
Virtual tickets available
Same as May 4, except at Trinity Parish. Details Here
Saturday, May 11 at 7:30 pm: Pacific MusicWorks presents The Maid’s Revenge – Pergolesi, Mozart, and Pinottini
Town Hall, 1119 8th Ave, Seattle
Pacific MusicWorks presents a contemporary perspective on the 1733 one-act opera La serva padrona, considered to be the first example of opera buffa. In this upstairs/downstairs musical comedy rooted in the Italian tradition of commedia dell’arte, a wealthy bachelor realizes he has been outwitted by his servant. Paired with Pergolesi’s masterpiece are Mozart’s Musical Joke and a sparkling harpsichord concerto by Milanese composer Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini. Amanda Forsythe, Douglas Williams, and John Patrick Lowrie star with Todd Williams on horn and Henry Lebedinsky on harpsichord. Details Here
Sunday, May 12 at 3:00 pm: Pacific MusicWorks presents The Maid’s Revenge – Pergolesi, Mozart, and Pinottini
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 4805 NE 45th St, Seattle
Same as May 11, except at St. Stephen’s.
Saturday, May 18 at 7:30 pm: Gallery Concerts – Maturation
The Chapel at Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnyside Ave N, Seattle
It was a simple idea, four equal voices – but it developed into the extraordinary. Works for string quartet by Purcell, Bach, and Haydn, culminating in Beethoven’s epic Op. 132. Aisslinn Nosky, violin, Maureen Murchie, violin, Adam Lamotte, viola, Nathan Whittaker, cello. Details Here
Sunday, May 19 at 3:00 pm: Gallery Concerts – Maturation
Blessed Sacrament Church, 5041 9th Ave NE, Seattle
Same as May 18, except at Blessed Sacrament.
Sunday, June 2 at 3:00 pm: Seattle Bach Choir – Bach in Spring
Trinity Parish Church, 609 8th Ave, Seattle