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:
Event Calendar
Songs of Comfort and Hope for Cello & Piano
“Ave Maria” (Prelude in C Major, BWV 846) by Charles Gounod (1818–1893) / Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Melodie (Elegy from The Erynnies), Op. 10, No. 5 by Jules Massenet (1842–1912)
Notturno Op. 43, No. 3 by Georg Goltermann (1824–1898)
Notturno Op. 59, No. 1 by Georg Goltermann (1824–1898)
IV. Standchen (Serenade), from Schwanengesang, D. 957 by Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
La Cinquantaine by Jean Gabriel-Marie (1852–1928)
Les Larmes de Jacqueline, Op. 76 No. 2 by Jacques Offenbach (1819–1880)
“Summertime” by George Gershwin (1898–1937)
Ave Maria, D. 839 by Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
Salut d’amour, Op. 12 by Edward Elgar (1857–1934)
Melicent Whinston, cello
Michael Housley, piano
In Perfect Harmony: A Tribute to Gabriel Fauré on the 100th Anniversary of His Death
“A l’hôtel de Transylvanie” from Manon by Jules Massenet (1842–1912)
“Le papillon et la fleur,” Op. 1, No. 1 by Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924)
“Dans le ruines d’une abbaye,” Op. 2 by Gabriel Fauré
“Salut au Chevalier Printemps,” Op. 151, No. 2 by Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921)
“Après un Rêve,” Op. 7, No. 1 by Gabriel Fauré
“Puisqu’ici‑bas toute âme,” Op. 10, No. 2 by Gabriel Fauré
“Rêve d’amour,” Op. 5, No. 2 by Gabriel Fauré
“Les trois belles demoiselles” by Pauline Viardot (1821–1910)
“Chanson d’amour” by Gabriel Fauré
“Aurore,” Op. 39, No. 1 by Gabriel Fauré
“Prelude” from Le Poème des Fleurs by Jules Massenet
“Clair de lune,” Op. 46, No. 2 by Gabriel Fauré
“En sourdine,” Op. 58, No. 2 by Gabriel Fauré
“Joie!” Op. 2, No. 5 by Jules Massenet
“Prison,” Op. 83, No. 1 by Gabriel Fauré
“O mort, poussière d’étoiles” No. 10 from La chanson d’Ève, Op. 95 by Gabriel Fauré
“La messagère,” No. 3 from Le Jardin clos, Op. 106 by Gabriel Fauré
“Tantum Ergo,” Op. 65, No. 2 by Gabriel Fauré
“Tout gai!” by Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)
Katie Hochman and Regina Thomas, sopranos
Catherine Treadgold, mezzo-soprano
Joan Lundquist, piano
Schubert Quintet
Quintet in C Major, Op. 163 by Franz Schubert (1797–1828); Originally for string quintet, arranged for reed quintet by Gail Perstein
I. Allegro ma non troppo
Sharon Jung and Bernard Shapiro, oboes
Gail Perstein, English horn
Eric Shankland, bassoon
Julie Shankland, bass clarinet
Songs of Finland
Suvilaula by Yrjö Kilpinen (1892–1959)
Rakastunut
Purjein kuutamolla by Toivo Kuula (1883–1918)
Sinipiika
Kaiutar by Jean Sibelius (1865–1957)
Paimenet by Toivo Kuula (1883–1918)
Pai, pai, paitaressu by Oskar Merikanto (1868–1924)
Ma elän
Tiina Ritalahti, soprano
Joan Lundquist, piano
Music for Violin, Voice, and Piano
Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 100 by Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
Allegro amabile
Andante Tranquillo – Vivace
Allegretto grazioso (quasi andante)
Angie Kam, violin
Mia HyeYeon Kim, piano
No. 3 ‘Mouvement’ from Images Book I, L. 110 by Claude Debussy (1862–1918)
Mia HyeYeon Kim, piano
Four Last Songs by Richard Strauss (1864–1949)
Frühling
September
Beim Schlafengehen
Im Abendrot
Laurel Sprigg, soprano
Angie Kam, violin
Mia HyeYeon Kim, piano
Piano Music by Bach & Rachmaninoff
Partita No. 5 in G Major, BWV 829 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Preludes, Op. 23 by Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943)
3. Tempo di minuetto (D minor)
6. Andante (E-flat major)
7. Allegro (C minor)
8. Allegro vivace (A-flat major)
Silas Berlin, piano
Selections from Arensky Piano Trio No. 1
Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 32 by Anton Arensky (1861–1906)
1. Allegro Moderato
3. Elegia Adagio
Kathryn Zufall, violin
Erika Fiebig, cello
Sophia Chou, piano
Music for Soprano, Flute, and Piano
Flammende Rose (Flaming Rose) by Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)
Le Portrait (The Portrait) by Cecile Chaminade (1857-1944)
Der Hirt auf dem Felsen (Shepherd on the Rock) by Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Susan Strick, soprano
Jan Bleakney, flute
Sharon Wong, piano
Twelve Months of Music
January: At the Fireside from The Seasons, Op. 37b, No. 1 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)
February: Carnivalse by Chilly Gonzales (b. 1972)
March: Frühling, S. 480/2 by Franz Liszt (1811–1886)
April: Snowdrop from The Seasons, Op. 37b, No. 4 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
May: May Night, Op. 27, No. 4 by Selim Palmgren (1878–1951)
June: Sommervise, Op. 45, No. 3 by Agathe Backer-Grøndahl (1847–1907)
July: The Reapers’ Song, Op. 68, No. 18 by Robert Schumann (1797–1828)
August: Mysterious Summer’s Night by Larysa Kuzmenko (b. 1956)
September: In Autumn from Woodland Sketches, Op. 51, No. 4 by Edward MacDowell (1860–1908)
October: El fantasma from Cuentos de la juventud, Op. 1, No. 8 by Enrique Granados (1867–1916)
November: Thanksgiving by George Winston (1949–2023)
December: Postludium from Winterreigen, Op. 13, No. 10 by Ernö Dohnányi (1877–1960)
Karin McCullough, piano
Schubert Piano Trio
Piano Trio No. 2, Op. 100 by Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
Allegro
Andante
Ann Rackl, violin
Lawrence Chu, cello
Selina Chu, piano
Voice Recital TBA
Program TBA
Clarice Alfonso, soprano
Joan Lundquist, piano
Music for Woodwind Ensemble
Quartet in D Minor by Karl Goepfart (1859–1942)
The Bass with the Delicate Air by Otto Luening (1900–1996)
Woodwind Quartet by Bill Douglas (b. 1944)
Jan Bleakney and Stasia Kulsa, flutes
Julie Shankland, clarinet
Gail Perstein, oboe
Eric Shankland, bassoon
Vocal Works by Mahler
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, Song cycle by Gustav Mahler (1860–1911)
Adagietto from Symphony No. 5, by Gustav Mahler with lyrics adapted by Karin McCullough
Colin Ward, baritone
Karin McCullough, piano
Schubert Piano Trio
Selection from Piano Trio No. 2, Op. 100 by Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
Ann Rackl, violin
Lawrence Chu, cello
Selina Chu, piano
Piano Music by Schumann
Carnival Jest from Vienna, Op. 26 by Robert Schumann
Diana Gao, piano
Beethoven Clarinet Trio
Clarinet Trio in B-flat Major, Op 11 by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Katie Beisel Hollenbach, clarinet
Erika Pierson, cello
Joan Lundquist, piano
Franz Schubert Selected Piano Works for Four Hands
Military March #1 Op. 51 by Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
Fantasia in F Minor, Op. 103
Tatiana Moore and Maria Khavin, piano