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
7
Fri
Spanish & American Folk Songs | Piano Music by Italian Composers @ Music Center of the Northwest
Feb 7 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Spanish and American Folk Songs

Siete Canciones populares Españolas (“Seven Spanish Folksongs”) by Manuel de Falla (1876–1946)
El Paño Moruno
Seguidilla Murciana
Asturiana
Jota
Nana
Canción
Polo

The Old Things by Steven Mark Kohn (b. 1957)

Beth Ann Bonnecroy, soprano
Joan Lundquist, piano

Piano Music by Italian Composers

Sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757)
K. 380 in E Major
K. 27 in b minor
K. 213 in d minor
K. 347 in g minor

Melody from Orpheus by Christoph Willibald von Gluck (1714–1787), in a piano transcription by Giovanni Sgambati (1841–1914)

Valse Caressante and Notturno from Six Pieces for Solo Piano by Ottorino Respighi (1879–1936)

Eighteenth Variation from Rapsodie on a Theme of Paganini by Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943), adapted for piano solo by Hermene W. Eichhorn

Karin McCullough, piano

Feb
12
Wed
Brahms Lieder | Piano Works by Liszt, Debussy, & Chopin @ Seattle Public Library - Central Library
Feb 12 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Brahms Lieder

Lieder by Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
Wir wandelten
Meine Liebe ist grün
O wüßt ich doch den Weg zurück
Ständchen
Wie Melodien
Kommt dir manchmal in den Sinn
Wiegenlied
Von ewiger Liebe
Wißt ihr, wann mein Kindchen

Dhanushi Wijeyakulasuriya, soprano
Rob Toren, piano

Piano Works by Liszt, Debussy, and Chopin

Concert Étude S. 144, No. 2, “La leggierezza” by Franz Liszt (1811–1886)

Concert Étude S. 144, No. 3, “Un Sospiro” by Franz Liszt

Barcarolle in F-sharp Major, Op. 60 by Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849)

Reflets dans l’eau (Reflections in the water) from Images Book 1 by Claude Debussy (1862–1918)

Emiko Hori, piano

 

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
15
Sat
Songs for Soprano | Piano Music by Chopin @ 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

Piano Music by Chopin

Program TBA

Valentina Rodov, 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 and 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

Katie Hochman, soprano
TBA, piano

Piano Works by Brahms and Mazzoli

Fantasies, Op. 116 (selections) Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
Bolts of Loving Thunder by Missy Mazzoli (b. 1980)

Michelle Huang, 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

 

May
20
Tue
Piano Trio | Beyond the Pyrenees: Music of France and Spain @ Crossroads Community Center
May 20 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Piano Trio

Program TBA

Adrianna Hulscher, violin
Erika Pierson, cello
Sophia Chou, piano

Beyond the Pyrenees: Music of France and Spain

Program TBA

Diane Althaus, soprano
Joan Lundquist, piano

 

May
22
Thu
French Songs for Solo Voice and Duos with Piano @ Tagney Jones Hall
May 22 @ 11:30 am – 12:30 pm

French Songs for Solo Voice and Duos with Piano

2 Duets, Op.10 (1873), for two voices & piano by Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Other vocal chamber music for two sopranos, TBA

Clarice Alfonso and Susan Payne O’Brien, sopranos
Rhonda Kline, piano