Public Concerts and Other LMC Events
Free Public Concert Series
LMC’s most visible face is its Public Concert Series that offers over 50 free classical music concerts from October through May by LMC member-musicians and guests. The classical music series is presented at a variety of venues throughout the Seattle metro area, including Seattle Art Museum, Frye Art Museum, Seattle Public Library, Central and West Seattle Branches, University House Wallingford, Mirabella, Bellevue’s Crossroads Community Center Theater, Congregational Church on Mercer Island, and the Music Center of the Northwest in North Seattle.
These intimate, one-half-hour to one-hour, music programs are free and open to the public. Many of these are now available online through our Facebook page and YouTube channel. No advance tickets are required. On the day of the performance at the Frye Museum, attendees are asked to obtain a free ticket at the front desk to monitor auditorium seating.
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Event Calendar
Celebrate Women’s History Month with the LMC by tuning in to our “Women’s Wednesdays” virtual concert series during the month of March. Featuring LMC performers, this concert series celebrates the works and stories of women in classical music. Join us on YouTube each Wednesday in March at 5:30 PM!
New Voices
Everyone Sang by Natasha Senanayake
I. “Everyone suddenly burst out singing”
II. “…and the song was wordless”
III. “…and the singing will never be done”
Dhanushi Wijeyakulasuriya, soprano
Rachel Moore (guest artist), soprano
Silas Berlin, piano
Another Hand – text by Marie S. Cates, music by Janet Anderson
I. Lost Child
II. Another Hand
III. Wanderlust
Katie Hochman, soprano
Sharon Wong, piano
Marie Sanders Cates (1912–1985) is the grandmother of Katie Hochman. Marie, the youngest of five, lost her father at the age of four. Her mother was unable to keep her family together and Marie was taken in by other family members. It was in that house that her love of poetry began. She expressed the joy and sadness of her life’s events in her poems. The first two songs are about her separation from and eventual return to her mother and siblings. The third song is about her life after her husband died and her faith that she would see him again.
Celebrate Women’s History Month with the LMC by tuning in to our “Women’s Wednesdays” virtual concert series during the month of March. Featuring LMC performers, this concert series celebrates the works and stories of women in classical music. Join us on YouTube each Wednesday in March at 5:30 PM!
Sounds from France, Norway, and England
Au Crépuscule by Mélanie Bonis (1858–1937)
Mazurka by Mélanie Bonis
5 Fantasistykker (5 Fantasy Pieces), Op. 45 by Agathe Backer Grøndahl (1847–1907)
I. Ungdomssang (Song of Youth)
II. Sommervise (Summer Song)
Karin McCullough, piano
Viola Sonata by Rebecca Clarke (1886–1979)
II . Vivace
III. Adagio
Mia HyeYeon Kim, piano
Flora Cummings (guest artist), viola
Celebrate Women’s History Month with “Saturday Schumann,” a bonus concert for our “Women’s Wednesdays” virtual concert series during the month of March. Featuring LMC performers, this concert series celebrates the works and stories of women in classical music. Join us on YouTube at 5:30 PM each Wednesday in March, as well as Saturday, March 30!
Piano Sonata in G minor by Clara Schumann (1819–1896)
Diana Gao, piano
LMC Opera – Queen for a Day: Operatic Depictions of Nobility
“Ah, lo veggo” – Recit and Trio from Paride ed Elena by Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714–1787)
Susan Payne O’Brien as Elena (Helen), Queen of Sparta
Emily Riesser as Paride (Paris), son of King Priam of Troy
Lin Chen as Amore (Cupid)
Ellyn Liu, violin
“Thy Hand, Belinda… When I am laid in Earth” from Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell (1659–1695)
Katie Hochman as Dido, Queen of Carthage
“Piangero la sorte mio” from Giulio Cesare by George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)
Emily Riesser as Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt
Ellyn Liu, violin
“Nasce il sole” from Rodrigo by George Frideric Handel
Lin Chen as Esilena, Last Visigothic Queen of Spain
Ellyn Liu, violin
“Tu che le vanita” from Don Carlo by Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901)
Laurel Sprigg as Élisabeth de Valois, Queen of Spain
Ellyn Liu, violin
“Morró, ma prima in grazia” from Un Ballo in Maschera by Giuseppe Verdi
Susan Payne O’Brien as Amelia
“Nous sommes assaillis” from Cendrillon by Pauline Viardot (1821–1910)
Laurel Sprigg as Cendrillon (Cinderella)
Katie Hochman as Maguelonne, her sister
Regina Thomas as Armelinde, her sister
Joan Lundquist, piano
Regina Thomas, stage direction and commentary
Piano Works by Chopin
Nocturne Op. 15, No. 2 by Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849)
Nocturne Op. 27, No. 1
Nocturne Op. 27, No. 2
Ballade Op. 52, No. 4
Valentina Rodov, piano
Songs by Schubert, Brahms, and More
Frühlingsglaube by Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
Nacht und Träume
Bei dir sind meine Gedanken by Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
Wir wandelten
Ging heut Morgen über‘s Feld by Gustav Mahler (1860–1911)
Le papillon et la fleur by Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924)
Phidylé by Henri Duparc (1848–1933)
Susan Strick, soprano
Asta Vaičekonis, piano
Piano Solos by Mozart and Bach-Busoni
Sonata K. 310 in A minor by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
– Allegro maestoso
Chaconne from Violin Partita in D minor by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750),
arr. for piano by Ferrucio Busoni (1866–1924)
Emiko Hori, piano
Spanish Love Songs
Marinela, Marinela by José Serrano (1873–1941)
Elegia eterna by Enrique Granados (1867–1916)
Del cabello más sutil by F. J. Obradors (1897–1945)
Nana by Manuel de Falla (1876–1946)
Cançó de Grumet by Eduard Toldrà (1895–1962)
¿Con qué la lavaré? by Joaquín Rodrigo (1901–1999)
Jo et pressentia com la mar by Federico Mompou (1893–1987)
Paño murciano by Joaquin Nin (1879–1949)
La rosa y el sauce by Carlos Guastavino (1912–2000)
Las locas por amor by Joaquín Turina (1882–1949)
Diane Althaus, soprano
Joan Lundquist, piano
Scandinavian Songs
Songs of Finland
Rakastunut by Yrjö Kilpinen (1892–1959)
Suvilaula
Nymphs and Fairies
Purjein kuutamolla by Toivo Kuula (1883–1918)
Sinipiika
Kaiutar by Jean Sibelius (1865–1957)
Paimenet by Toivo Kuula
Kun Paivä Paistaa by Oskar Merikanto (1868–1924)
Pai, pai, paitaressu
Ma elän
Tiina Ritalahti, soprano
Joan Lundquist, piano
Works for Oboe and Piano
Concerto for Oboe (with Piano reduction), Op7 by Marie Félicie Clémence de Reiset, Vicomtesse de Grandval (1828–1907)
(A Monsier Georges Gillet, 1st Hautbois-Solo de la Sociéte des Concerts du Conservatoire de Paris et de l’Opéra Italien)
I. Allegro Moderato
II. Andantino con moto
III. Final (Moderato maestoso)
French Suite for Oboe and Piano by Alan Richardson (1904–1978)
(To Léon Goossens)
1. Rendezvous
2. Les Peupliers
3. Passepied
4. Causerie
5. Les Moulins
Gail Perstein, oboe
Asta Vaicekonis, piano
Gottschalk Birthday
The Last Hope, opus 16
Le Mancenillier opus 11
Grand Scherzo opus 57
Diana Gao, piano
The Mountaineers Song
The Canadian Song
Colin Ward, baritone
Karin McCullough, piano
My Only Love, Goodbye!
My Charmer
I Don’t See It, Mama
Dora Barnes, soprano
Karin McCullough, piano
O Loving Heart
Dora Barnes, soprano
Lin Chen, violin
Katie Hollenbach, clarinet
Karin McCullough, piano
Viens, o ma belle
La fior que ella envie
Colin Ward, baritone
Karin McCullough, piano
Ave Maria
Pensez à moi
Serenade (Oh, Listen to the Music Swelling)
Dora Barnes, soprano
Karin McCullough, piano
Souvenir de Puerto Rico
Lin Chen, violin
Katie Hollenbach clarinet
Karin McCullough, piano
The Trouble with Two Sopranos – Duets and Duels
Duets by Faure, Mozart, Bellini, Rossini, and Bach
Program TBA
Susan Payne O’Brien, soprano
Clarice Alfonso, soprano
Program TBA
Julia Bezems, soprano
TBA, piano
Art Songs
Lin Chen, soprano
TBA, piano