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.
With generous support and partnership from:
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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
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
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
Music for Stringed Instruments and Piano
Romance for Violin and Piano, Op. 23 by Amy Beach (1867–1944)
Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op 40, selected mvts. by Dimitri Shostakovich (1906–1975)
Ann Rackl, violin
Lawrence Chu, cello
Selina Chu, piano
Music for Woodwind Ensemble
Libertango by Astor Piazzolla (1921–1992)
La cheminee du roi rene by Darius Milhaud (1892–1974)
Jan Bleakney and Stasia Kulsa, flutes
Julie Shankland, clarinet
Gail Perstein, oboe
Eric Shankland, bassoon
Mariane Hermanson (guest artist), French horn