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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Event Calendar

Feb
27
Thu
Music of Steven Luksan @ Tagney Jones Hall
Feb 27 @ 11:30 am – 12:30 pm

Music of Steven Luksan

I call to the Earth and Sea
1. You Sea!
3. Night
4. Immortality

Clarice Alfonso, soprano and Steven Luksan, piano

Trance, from Sacred Suite

Melicent Whinston, cello and Steven Luksan, piano

Night Songs:
The House Should be Full of Roses
Summer stars
July Midnight

Dhanushi Wijeyakulasuriya, soprano and Steven Luksan, piano

Resistance
1. Work
3. Communion
5. Re-visioning

Emily Riesser, soprano and Steven Luksan, piano

II. Lento, from Sonata

Brittany Harrington, bassoon and Steven Luksan, piano

Smoke and Steel:
Monotone
Valley Song
Prayers of Steel

Susan Payne O’Brien, soprano and Steven Luksan, piano

Artist bios
Program PDF

Mar
9
Sun
LMC Opera: “Mythology, Folklore, and Legend” @ West Seattle Library
Mar 9 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

LMC Opera Presents “Mythology, Folklore, and Legend”

“Fear no Danger to ensue” from Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell (c. 1659–1695)
“When I am laid in Earth” from Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell
“Einsam in trüben Tagen” (Lonely, in troubled days) from Lohengrin by Richard Wagner (1813-1883)

“Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen” (“In men who know the feeling of love”) from Die Zauberflöte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
“Lel’s Third Song” (Says the Rain Cloud to the Thunder One Day) from The Snow Maiden by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908)
“Lieben, Hassen” (Love, Hate) from Ariadne Auf Naxos by Richard Strauss (1864–1949)

“Se come voi piccina io” (If I was little like you) from Le Villi by Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924)
“Là ci darem la mano” (There we will give each other our hands) from Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Flute Fantasy based on Don Giovanni by Jules Herman (1830–1911)
“Batti, batti o bel Masetto” (Strike me o dear Masetto) from Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
“Schelm, halt fest”(Rascal, stay put!) from Der Freischütz by Carl Maria von Weber (1786–1826)

Katie Hochman, Dhanushi Wijeyakulasuriya, Lin Chen, and Regina Thomas, sopranos
Colin Ward, baritone
Stasia Kulsa, flute
John Burkhardt (guest artist), piano

 

 

Mar
12
Wed
“Living Room” Concert – Woodwind Celebration @ Seattle Public Library - Central Library
Mar 12 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

This month’s concert will take place in the Living Room on Level 3 of the Central Branch.

Woodwind Celebration

Duo for Oboe and Bass Clarinet (originally Bassoon) 2000 by Allan Stephenson (1949–2021)
I. Moderato – Allegro
II. Le Tombeau de J.S. Bach
III. Toccata

Gail Perstein, oboe
Julie Shankland, bass clarinet

Suite de trois morceaux (Suite of three pieces), Op.116 by Benjamin Godard (1849–1895)
1. Allegretto
2. Idylle
3. Valse

Emily Lee, flute

Trio for Oboe, English Horn and Clarinet by Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877–1933)
Introduction
Doppelfuge
Sarabande
Rigaudon et Musette

Bernard Shapiro, oboe
Gail Perstein, English horn
Julie Shankland, clarinet

 

Mar
15
Sat
Songs for Soprano | Works for Bassoon @ Mirabella Seattle
Mar 15 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Songs for Soprano

Zeffiretti lusingheieri, from Idomeneo by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)

5 Lieder, Op.48, TrV 202 by Richard Strauss (1864–1949)
Text: No. 1 by Otto Julius Bierbaum (1864–1929), Nos. 2-4 by Karl Henckell (1865–1910)
1. Freundliche Vision (A pleasant vision)
2. Ich schwebe (I float)
3. Kling! (Resound!)
4. Winterweihe (Winter dedication)

Emily Riesser, soprano
Joan Lundquist, piano

Works for Bassoon

Bassoon Concerto in B-flat major, K.191/186e by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
1. Allegro
2. Andante ma Adagio

Duo Sonata by Aerin Switzer (b. 1986)
1. Steady and Plaintive

Dirge by Aerin Switzer

Macunaíma from 16 Unaccompanied Waltzes by Francisco Mignone (1897–1986)

Brittany Harrington, bassoon
Sophia Chou, piano

 

Mar
18
Tue
Songs by Fauré & Brahms | Music for Violin & Piano by Satoh, Pärt, & Prokofiev @ Crossroads Community Center
Mar 18 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Songs by Fauré and Brahms

Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924)
Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)

Bliss
Notre Amour
Wir Wandelten

Lost
Au cimetière
O wüßt ich doch den Weg zurück

Yearning
Après un rêve
Kommt dir manchmal in den Sinn

Cradle
Les Berceuse
Wiegenlied

Nocturnal
Clair De Lune
Ständchen

Dhanushi Wijeyakulasuriya, soprano
Rob Toren, piano

Music for Violin and Piano by Satoh, Pärt, and Prokofiev

Bifu by Somei Satoh (b. 1947)

Fratres by Arvo Pärt (b. 1935)

5 Melodies, Op.35 by Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953)
1. Andante
2. Lento, ma non troppo
3. Animato, ma non allegro
4. Andantino, un poco scherzando
5. Andante non troppo

Angie Kam, violin
Nicole Truesdell, piano

 

Apr
9
Wed
Vocal Music by Local Composers | Piano Works by Brahms & Mazzoli @ Seattle Public Library - Central Library
Apr 9 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Vocal Music by Local Composers
Pieces by LMC composer Eldon Leuning, and local composers Kam Morrill and Janet Anderson

Composer Kam Morrill:
Icarus Flies Economy (Bob Weber)
Overhead Bin

Composer Janet Anderson:
Binsey Poplars (poem by Gerard Manley Hopkins)

Composer Eldon Leuning:
How Do I Love You (poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning)
Have You Got A Brook? (poem by Emily Dickinson)
My River Runs to Thee (poem by Emily Dickinson)
Not in Lone Splendour (poem by Emily Dickinson & John Keats)

Katie Hochman, soprano
Karin McCullough, piano

Piano Works by Brahms and Mazzoli

Fantasies, Op. 116 by Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
1. Capriccio in D minor. Presto energico
2. Intermezzo in A minor. Andante
6. Intermezzo in E Major. Andantino teneramente
7. Capriccio in D minor. Allegro agitato

Bolts of Loving Thunder by Missy Mazzoli (b. 1980)

Michelle Huang, piano

 

Apr
12
Sat
Works for Voice, Viola, & Piano | Piano Works by Beethoven & Liszt @ Mirabella Seattle
Apr 12 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Works for Voice, Viola, and Piano

Zwei Gesaenge, Op. 91 for mezzo soprano, piano & viola by Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
1. Gestillte Sehnsucht (Appeased Desire)
2. Geistliches Wiegenlied (Sacred Lullaby)

Kathryn Vinson, mezzo-soprano
Carolyn Wyman, viola
Joan Catoni Conlon, piano

Vocalise, Op. 34 for viola and piano by Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943)

Carolyn Wyman, viola
Joan Catoni Conlon, piano

From 4 Lieder, Op. 43 for mezzo soprano & piano by Johannes Brahms
II. Die Mainacht

Frage for mezzo soprano and piano by Fanny Mendelssohn (1805–1847)

Kathryn Vinson, mezzo-soprano
Joan Catoni Conlon, piano

Piano Works by Beethoven & Liszt

Piano Sonata No. 26 in E♭ major, Op. 81a, “Les Adieux” by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
1. Das Lebewohl. Adagio – Allegro (E♭ major)
2. Abwesenheit. Andante espressivo (C minor) (attacca)
3. Das Wiedersehen. Vivacissimamente (im Lebhastesten Zeitmasse) (E♭ major)

Concert Paraphrase on ‘Rigoletto,’ S.434 by Franz Liszt (1811–1886)

Allen Chang, piano

 

Apr
14
Mon
LMC Composers Concert @ University House Wallingford
Apr 14 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

LMC Composers’ Concert

This program features the compositions of LMC member composers.

Limerick by Steve White

Steve White, piano

Sonatina for String Quartet by Patrick O’Keefe
I. Allegro
II. Nocturne (Tranquillo)
III. Dance (Allegretto)

Kathryn Zufall, violin
Ann Rackl, violin
Janice Gockel, viola
Erika Pierson, cello

String Quartet No. 1 by Colleen Fraser
Movement I
Movement II
Movement III

Kathryn Zufall, violin
Ann Rackl, violin
Janice Gockel, viola
Erika Pierson, cello

 

 

May
2
Fri
Elgar’s Sea Pictures | Piano Trios by Haydn and Higdon @ Music Center of the Northwest
May 2 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Elgar’s Sea Pictures

Sea Pictures, Op. 37 by Sir Edward Elgar (1857–1934)
“Sea Slumber Song,” poem by Roden Noel
“In Haven,” poem by Caroline Alice Elgar, the composer’s wife
“Sabbath Morning at Sea,” poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
“Where Corals Lie,” poem by Richard Garnett
“The Swimmer,” poem by Adam Lindsay Gordon

Kathryn Vinson, mezzo-soprano
Joan Lundquist, piano

Piano Trios by Haydn and Higdon

Piano Trio in A-flat Major, Hob XV No 14 by Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)
I. Allegro Moderato
II. Adagio
III. Rondo (Vivace)

Piano Trio by Jennifer Higdon (b. 1962)
I. Pale Yellow
II. Fiery Red

Caitlin Kelley, violin
Emily Hu, cello
Thomas Lee, piano

 

May
11
Sun
The Flute in Nature | French Art Songs @ West Seattle Library
May 11 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

The Flute in Nature

Deep Blue by Ian Clarke

Iroquois Suite by Herman Beeftink
I. Earth
II. Eagle Cry
III. Morning Dance
V. Tree of Peace
VI. Mohawk Valley

Trillium by Elizabeth Brown

Stasia Kulsa, flute

French Art Songs

Lin Chen, soprano
TBA, piano