Public Concerts and Other LMC Events
Free Public Concert Series
LMC’s most visible face is its Public Concert Series that offers 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, Seattle Public Library – Central and West Seattle Branches, University House Wallingford, Mirabella Seattle, Tagney Jones Hall, Bellevue’s Crossroads Community Center Theater, 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. A selection of these are now available online through our Facebook page and YouTube channel. No advance tickets are required.
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The 2024 Frances Walton Competition Outreach Tours are supported in part by the Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF) and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Event Calendar
Piano Music by Bach & Rachmaninoff
Partita No. 5 in G Major, BWV 829 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Preludes, Op. 23 by Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943)
3. Tempo di minuetto (D minor)
6. Andante (E-flat major)
7. Allegro (C minor)
8. Allegro vivace (A-flat major)
Silas Berlin, piano
Selections from Arensky Piano Trio No. 1
Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 32 by Anton Arensky (1861–1906)
1. Allegro Moderato
3. Elegia Adagio
Kathryn Zufall, violin
Erika Fiebig, cello
Sophia Chou, piano
Music for Soprano, Flute, and Piano
Flammende Rose (Flaming Rose) by Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)
Der Hirt auf dem Felsen (Shepherd on the Rock) by Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Le Portrait (The Portrait) by Cecile Chaminade (1857-1944)
Susan Strick, soprano
Jan Bleakney, flute
Sharon Wong, piano
Twelve Months of Music
January: At the Fireside from The Seasons, Op. 37b, No. 1 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)
February: Carnivalse by Chilly Gonzales (b. 1972)
March: Frühling, S. 480/2 by Franz Liszt (1811–1886)
April: Snowdrop from The Seasons, Op. 37b, No. 4 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
May: May Night, Op. 27, No. 4 by Selim Palmgren (1878–1951)
June: Sommervise, Op. 45, No. 3 by Agathe Backer-Grøndahl (1847–1907)
July: Song of the Reaper from The Seasons, Op. 37b, No. 1 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
August: Mysterious Summer’s Night by Larysa Kuzmenko (b. 1956)
September: In Autumn from Woodland Sketches, Op. 51, No. 4 by Edward MacDowell (1860–1908)
October: Autumn Song from The Seasons, Op. 37b, No. 1 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
November: Thanksgiving by George Winston (1949–2023)
December: Postludium from Winterreigen, Op. 13, No. 10 by Ernö Dohnányi (1877–1960)
Karin McCullough, piano
Music for the Holidays
The Holy Family
From Spanisches Liederbuch: Geistliche Lieder by Hugo Wolf (1860–1903)
Nun wandre Maria
Die ihr schwebet
Ach, des knaben augen
From Mörike Lieder
Auf ein altes Bild
Schlafendes Jesuskind
Dhanushi Wijeyakulasuriya, soprano
Rob Toren, piano
O Gloriosa Domina by Michael Head (1900-1976); words by Nancy Bush
Watchman, tell us of the night by Alan Hovhaness (1911–2000); words by John Bowring
Emily Riesser, soprano
Karin McCullough, piano
Thanksgiving from Winter by George Winston (1949–2023)
Baumkuchen from Confections, A Piano Sweet, by Akira Yuyama (b. 1932)
Fantasia on Greensleeves, adapted from the opera Sir John in Love by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958), arr. for solo piano by the composer
December: Christmas from The Seasons, Op. 37b, No. 12 by Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)
Auld Lang Syne (traditional), arranged for solo piano by Jeffrey Biegel (b. 1961)
Postludium from Winterreigen, Op. 13, No. 10 by Ernö Dohnányi (1877–1960)
Karin McCullough, piano
LMC Opera Presents: The Golden Age of Italian Opera
“Una donna a quindici anni” (A woman of fifteen years) from Cosi fan Tutte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Emily Riesser as Despina
“Non si da follia maggiore” (There is no greater foolishness) from Il Turco in Italia by Gioachino Rossini (1792–1868)
Tiina Ritalahti as Fiorilla
“Mira, O Norma” (See, o Norma) from Norma by Vincenzo Bellini (1801–1835)
Laurel Sprigg as Norma and Victoria Chaussee as Adalgisa
“Una Furtiva Lagrima” (A furtive tear) from L’elisir d’amore by Gaetano Donizetti (1797–1848)
Korland Simmons as Nemorino
Melet Whinston, cello
“Saria Possibile?” (Can it be possible) from L’elisir d’amore by Gaetano Donizetti
Tiina Ritalahti as Gianetta
Melet Whinston, cello
“Intermezzo” from Cavalleria Rusticana by Pietro Mascagni (1863–1945)
Melet Whinston, cello
“Vissi, d’arte” (I have lived for art) from Tosca by Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924)
Laurel Sprigg as Tosca
“Acerba Voluttà” (Bitter Pleasure) from Adrianna Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea (1866–1950)
Victoria Chaussee as the Princesse de Bouillon
Melet Whinston, cello
“Io son l’umile ancella” (I am the humble servant) from Adrianna Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea
Laurel Sprigg as Adrianna Lecouvreur
“Parigi, o Cara” (Paris, my darling) from La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi
Emily Riesser as Violetta and Korland Simmons as Alfredo
“Libiamo” (Let us drink) from La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi
Emily Riesser as Violetta and Korland Simmons as Alfredo
Melet Whinston, cello
Sophia Chou, piano
Regina Thomas, Direction and Commentary
Schubert Piano Trio
Piano Trio No. 2, Op. 100 by Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
Allegro
Andante
Ann Rackl, violin
Lawrence Chu, cello
Selina Chu, piano
American Art Song and Barber’s Knoxville
“Shenandoah” Shanty Song, coll., arr. Richard R. Terry (1865–1938)
“He’s Gone Away” Traditional American Folk Song, arr. Ruth Elaine Schram (b. 1956)
“Dink’s Song” from American Ballads and Folk Songs, arr. Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)
Knoxville, Summer of 1915, Op. 24 by Samuel Barber (1910–1981)
Text based on a short prose piece by James Agee. It is a snapshot of life from the perspective of a small boy.
Clarice Alfonso, soprano
Joan Lundquist, piano
Music for Woodwind Ensemble
Quartet in D Minor by Karl Goepfart (1859–1942)
The Bass with the Delicate Air by Otto Luening (1900–1996)
Woodwind Quartet by Bill Douglas (b. 1944)
Jan Bleakney and Stasia Kulsa, flutes
Julie Shankland, clarinet
Gail Perstein, oboe
Eric Shankland, bassoon
Vocal Works by Mahler
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, Song cycle by Gustav Mahler (1860–1911)
Adagietto from Symphony No. 5, by Gustav Mahler with lyrics adapted by Karin McCullough
Colin Ward, baritone
Karin McCullough, piano
Schubert Piano Trio
Piano Trio No. 2, Op. 100 by Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
1. Allegro
2. Andante
Ann Rackl, violin
Lawrence Chu, cello
Selina Chu, piano
Piano Works by Debussy & Ravel
Estampes (Prints), L. 100 by Claude Debussy (1862–1918)
1. Pagodes (Pagodas)
2. La soirée dans Grenade (Evening in Granada)
3. Jardins sous la pluie (Gardens in the Rain)
Sonatine by Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)
1. Modéré (moderate)
2. Mouvement de menuet (Minuet tempo)
3. Animé (animated)
Diana Gao, piano
Beethoven Clarinet Trio
Clarinet Trio in B-flat Major, Op 11 by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Katie Beisel Hollenbach, clarinet
Erika Pierson, cello
Joan Lundquist, piano
Franz Schubert Selected Piano Works for Four Hands
Military March #1 Op. 51 by Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
Fantasia in F Minor, Op. 103
Tatiana Moore and Maria Khavin, piano
Art Songs
Program TBA
Beth Ann Bonnecroy, soprano
Joan Lundquist, piano
Piano Music by Italian Composers
Sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757)
K. 213 in d minor
K. 380 in E Major
K. 27 in b minor
Melody by Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714–1787), arr. Giovanni Sgambati
Notturno by Ottorino Respighi (1879–1936)
Karin McCullough, piano
Works for Woodwind Ensemble
Program TBA
Sharon Jung
Bernard Shapiro
Gail Perstein
Julie Shankland
Eric Shankland
Piano Works by Rachmaninoff, Liszt, and Others
Prelude in B Minor Op. 32, No. 10 by Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943)
Prelude in D Major Op. 23, No.4 by Sergei Rachmaninoff
Notturno by Ottorino Respighi (1879–1936)
Sonetto 123 del Petrarca by Franz Liszt (1811–1886)
“The Maiden’s Wish” from Chants Polonaise Op. 74 by Chopin/Liszt
Joyce Gibb, piano