Public Concerts and Other LMC Events
Free Public Concert Series
LMC’s most visible face is its Public Concert Series that offers over 50 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, Frye Art Museum, Seattle Public Library, Central and West Seattle Branches, University House Wallingford, Mirabella, Bellevue’s Crossroads Community Center Theater, Congregational Church on Mercer Island, 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. Many of these are now available online through our Facebook page and YouTube channel. No advance tickets are required. On the day of the performance at the Frye Museum, attendees are asked to obtain a free ticket at the front desk to monitor auditorium seating.
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Event Calendar
Gottschalk Birthday Celebration
The Dying Poet, meditation for piano, D. 45
The Last Hope, Op. 16
Suis Moi Caprice
Diana Gao, piano
The Banjo, Op. 15
Steven Damouni (guest artist), piano
Le Bananiere, arr. for four hands
Steven Damouni (guest artist) and Diana Gao, piano
The Mountaineer’s Song
Colin Ward, baritone and Karin McCullough, piano
I Don’t See It, Mama
Dora Barnes, soprano and Karin McCullough, piano
O Loving Heart
Dora Barnes, soprano, Lin Chen, violin, Katie Hollenbach, clarinet, and Karin McCullough, piano
Viens, o ma belle
Colin Ward, baritone and Karin McCullough, piano
Ave Maria
Dora Barnes, soprano and Karin McCullough, piano
O, ma charmante, épargnez moi! (O my charmer, spare me)
Karin McCullough, piano
Souvenir de Puerto Rico
Lin Chen, violin, Katie Hollenbach clarinet, and Karin McCullough, piano
LMC Opera – Queen for a Day: Operatic Depictions of Nobility
“Piangero la sorte mio” from Giulio Cesare by George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)
Emily Riesser as Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt
“Nasce il sole” from Rodrigo by George Frideric Handel
Lin Chen as Esilena, Last Visigothic Queen of Spain
“Thy Hand, Belinda… When I am laid in Earth” from Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell (1659–1695)
Katie Hochman as Dido, Queen of Carthage
“Ah, lo veggo” – Recit and Trio from Paride ed Elena by Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714–1787)
Susan Payne O’Brien as Elena (Helen), Queen of Sparta
Emily Riesser as Paride (Paris), son of King Priam of Troy
Lin Chen as Amore (Cupid)
“Tu che le vanita” from Don Carlo by Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901)
Laurel Sprigg as Élisabeth de Valois, Queen of Spain
“Morró, ma prima in grazia” from Un Ballo in Maschera by Giuseppe Verdi
Susan Payne O’Brien as Amelia
“Nous sommes assaillis” from Cendrillon by Pauline Viardot (1821–1910)
Laurel Sprigg as Cendrillon (Cinderella)
Katie Hochman as Maguelonne, her sister
Regina Thomas as Armelinde, her sister
Joan Lundquist, piano
Regina Thomas, stage direction and commentary
Songs for Mother’s Day
Ave Maria, Op. 52, No. 6 by Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
Frauenliebe und -leben, Op. 42 by Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
6. Süsser Freund, du blickest mich verwundert an
7. An meinem Herzen, an meiner Brust
Christmas Lullaby from Songs for a New World by Jason Robert Brown (b. 1970)
La courte paille, FP 178 by Francis Poulenc (1899–1963)
1. Le sommeil
2. Quelle aventure!
6. Le carafon
Songs my Mother taught me, Op. 55, No. 4 by Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904)
Julia Bezems, soprano
TBA, piano
French Art Songs
“C” from Deux Poèmes de Louis Aragon by Francis Poulenc (1899–1963)
Nuit d’etoiles (“Starry Night”) by Claude Debussy (1862–1918)
Nell, Op. 18, No. 1 by Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924)
Clair de Lune, Op. 46, No. 2 by Gabriel Fauré
Après un rêve (“After a dream”), Op. 7, No. 1 by Gabriel Fauré
Extase (“Rapture”) by Henri Duparc (1848—1933)
Lin Chen, soprano
TBA, piano
LMC Opera – Queen for a Day: Operatic Depictions of Nobility
“Piangero la sorte mio” from Giulio Cesare by George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)
Emily Riesser as Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt
Ellyn Liu, violin
“Nasce il sole” from Rodrigo by George Frideric Handel
Lin Chen as Esilena, Last Visigothic Queen of Spain
Ellyn Liu, violin
“Thy Hand, Belinda… When I am laid in Earth” from Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell (1659–1695)
Katie Hochman as Dido, Queen of Carthage
“Ah, lo veggo” – Recit and Trio from Paride ed Elena by Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714–1787)
Susan Payne O’Brien as Elena (Helen), Queen of Sparta
Emily Riesser as Paride (Paris), son of King Priam of Troy
Lin Chen as Amore (Cupid)
Ellyn Liu, violin
“Tu che le vanita” from Don Carlo by Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901)
Laurel Sprigg as Élisabeth de Valois, Queen of Spain
Ellyn Liu, violin
“Morró, ma prima in grazia” from Un Ballo in Maschera by Giuseppe Verdi
Susan Payne O’Brien as Amelia
“Nous sommes assaillis” from Cendrillon by Pauline Viardot (1821–1910)
Laurel Sprigg as Cendrillon (Cinderella)
Katie Hochman as Maguelonne, her sister
Regina Thomas as Armelinde, her sister
Joan Lundquist, piano
Regina Thomas, stage direction and commentary