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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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