Sunday, March 5 at 3:00 pm: By Request – 15 Years with Sine Nomine
Trinity Parish Church, 609 8th Ave, Seattle
Welcome to Sine Nomine’s final concert of the season, By Request: 15 Years with Sine Nomine! Join us as we explore some of the Renaissance era’s most popular topics—Love, Death, Loss, and Joy—in this grab-bag of singer favorites from over our illustrious fifteen-year history with Early Music Seattle at Seattle’s historic Trinity Parish Church. We are excited to share our anniversary celebration with you! Details Here
Thursday, March 9 at 7:30 pm: Salish Sea Festival – Musica Alta Ripa (1695-1740)
Faith Lutheran Church, 8208 18th Ave NE, Seattle
With Bernward Lohr (harpsichord, Hannover, Germany), Anna Röhrig (violin, Hannover, Germany) and Jeffrey Cohan (baroque flute).
Friday, March 10 at 8:00 pm: Seattle Symphony – Richard Egarr Plays and Conducts
Benaroya Hall, 200 University St, Seattle
Richard Egarr returns to Benaroya Hall, bringing a joyful sense of adventure to the dual role of playing and conducting. Egarr is equally at home giving solo recitals at Carnegie Hall and digging into historical performance studies as a Juilliard professor and former music director at the Academy of Ancient Music. The program includes J.S. Bach, Purcell, J.C. Bach, Haydn, and Mozart. Details Here
Saturday, March 11 at 8:00 pm: Seattle Symphony – Richard Egarr Plays and Conducts
Same March 10.
Sunday, March 12 at 1:30 pm: Ars Longa de la Habana – Gulumbá Gulumbé
Town Hall, 1119 8th Ave, Seattle
The group, made up of entirely Cuban musicians, presents a creative fusion of colonial baroque and indigenous traditions, drawing on repertoire from the archives of the Havana Cathedral. Ars Longa was founded by Teresa Paz and Aland López in 1994 and is dedicated to the interpretation, study and research of different periods and styles, from the Medieval period to the Baroque. Details Here
Sunday, March 12 at 7:30 pm: Seattle Bach Choir – Motets II
Our Redeemer’s Lutheran Church, 2400 NW 85th St, Seattle
We are excited to bring to you this innovative collaboration with the shadow-puppet troupe Paper Puppet Opera. Their imaginative, narrative performances will be accompanied by Bach’s Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf, BWV 226, Komm, Jesu, komm, BWV 229, and Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden. Modern, Baroque-influenced works by Bryars, Nystedt, Sixten, and others will also be featured. Details Here
Tuesday, March 21 at 7:30 pm: Seattle Symphony presents The Complete Goldberg Variations
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya, 200 University St, Seattle
Damien Geter’s brand new work for harpsichord and strings pays tribute to Baroque techniques with a funky twist. The musicians of the Seattle Symphony pair it with J.S. Bach’s famous Goldberg Variations — intricate, ingenious and forming a great imaginative arc. Details Here
Wednesday, March 22 at 7:30 pm: Angela Hewitt
Meany Hall, 4100 15th Ave NE, Seattle
Pre-eminent Bach pianist performs Scarlatti, Brahms and Bach’s final “English” Suite. Details Here
Saturday, March 25 at 4:00 pm: Medieval Women’s Choir – Revelry!
Woodlawn Sanctuary, 7400 Woodlawn Ave NE, Seattle
Celebrate the beginning of spring with delightful medieval music regarding love, nature, frolicking, food & drink, with a handful of opportunities for the audience to take part in song and dance. The greening world, flowering plants, and return of good weather have been cause for celebration in all cultures, and the medieval English & European world are rich with beautiful music expressive of the season. We’ll present secular music from the 12th-15th centuries, both of the court and the country, as well as a few settings of folk ballads that fit with the theme. Details Here
Saturday, March 25 at 7:30 pm: Pacific MusicWorks – Murder and Mayhem
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 4805 NE 45th St, Seattle
The years leading up to the English Civil War in 1642 were full of riotous discord, reflected in the popular Broadside Ballads. At the same moment, William Lawes, (1602-1645) the greatest English musical genius between Dowland and Purcell was producing vocal and instrumental music of unparalleled beauty. His life was cut short in battle, but his legacy of musical jewels, including the unique Harp Consorts, remains for our discovery today. Details Here
Sunday, March 26 at 2:00 pm: Pacific MusicWorks – Murder and Mayhem
Epiphany Episcopal Parish, 1805 38th Ave, Seattle
Same as March 25.
Sunday, March 26 at 7:00 pm: Byron Schenkman and Friends – J.S. Bach Meets Caroline Shaw
Benaroya Hall, 200 University St, Seattle
Harpsichord concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach and the world premiere of a new piece for harpsichord and strings by Pulitzer Prize winner Caroline Shaw. With a string ensemble led by Rachell Ellen Wong, we also offer pieces from Henry Purcell & Damien Geter. Details Here
Thursday, March 30 at 7:30 pm: Salish Sea Festival – Obbligato Harpsichord and Flute (1720-1760)
Faith Lutheran Church, 8208 18th Ave NE, Seattle
With David Schrader (harpsichord, Chicago) and Jeffrey Cohan (baroque flute).
Sunday, April 2 at 5:00 pm: Seattle Bach Choir – Bach Birthday Fest
Mt. Baker Community Club (Seattle’s Central District), 2811 Mount Rainier Drive, Seattle
Seattle Bach Choir’s annual fundraising gala held in honor of Bach’s birthday! Enjoy a German-themed buffet dinner, a mini-concert by the Choir, and a whole evening of fun festivities! Details Here
Wednesday, April 12 at 7:30 pm: Seattle Symphony present In Recital: Midori
Benaroya Hall, 200 University St, Seattle
World renowned violinist Midori marks her 40th anniversary as a performer with a celebrated return to Benaroya Hall. A 2021 Kennedy Center Honoree, Midori remains in constant demand by orchestras around the world. No matter what she’s playing, Midori brings new life and vision to each performance. The program is mostly J.S. Bach, interspersed with works by Thierry Escaich and John Zorn. Details Here
Saturday, April 15 at 7:30 pm: Pacific MusicWorks – L’Orfeo
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 4805 NE 45th St, Seattle
The greatest musical myth of all is the story of Orpheus. Monteverdi’s setting was the first unqualified operatic masterpiece, full of dramatic word painting, narrative urgency, rich orchestration, and exquisite writing for vocal ensemble. L’Orfeo feels as fresh and full of relevance as it must have at its premiere in 1607. Monteverdi specialist and GRAMMY® winner Stephen Stubbs leads Pacific MusicWorks and the Dark Horse Consort in a concert version featuring Colin Balzer in the title role.
Details Here
Sunday, April 16 at 2:00 pm: Pacific MusicWorks – L’Orfeo
Bastyr University Chapel, 14500 Juanita Dr NE, Kenmore
Same as April 15.
Saturday, April 22 from 10 am to 5 pm: Moss Bay Meet!
Sand Point Community UMC’s Perry Hall, 4710 NE 70th Street, Seattle
The Moss Bay Meet is back this year! We are so excited to see friends old and new for a recorder-filled day on Saturday, April 22 from 10am to 5pm. We’ll have three playing sessions led by local recorder enthusiasts Larry Stark, Sally Mitchell, and Laura Townsend beginning at 10:00, 1:00, and 3:15 respectively. Music will range from the very early to the very recent. The Meet will be held in Perry Hall, a bright and airy space located on the top of Seattle’s View Ridge. We welcome advanced beginner and up players of recorders and related instruments.
One change to our traditional structure is that we will have a brown bag lunch or participants may go out in the neighborhood for a quick lunch nearby. Pre-registration is strongly encouraged for planning purposes, though payment is not due until the day of the Meet. Covid/health protocols will be observed. Contact Music Director Laura Townsend at beginbaroque@gmail.com to RSVP, for more information, or to request the music ahead of time.
Sunday, April 23 at 1:30 pm: Constantinople & Marco Beasley – Il Ponte di Leonardo
Town Hall, 1119 8th Ave, Seattle
In 1502, Leonardo da Vinci drafted the plans for what would have been the largest bridge in the world, in Istanbul. However, the project never saw the light of day. Five centuries after Da Vinci’s death, this concert gives musical expression to his unfinished architectural project and builds the bridge he envisioned between East and West. Musical works drawn from 16th- and 17th-century manuscripts found in the national libraries of Istanbul and Florence will be revisited by the solo musicians of the Constantinople ensemble and the sublime Italian singer Marco Beasley. These works represent Persia and the Ottoman Empire on the one hand, and Renaissance Italy on the other. This concert continues our journey tracing the footsteps of the great visionaries and is also a celebration of the imagination and greatness of an artist who left a profound mark on the history of humankind. Details Here