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

Oct
12
Thu
Art Songs, Woodwind Solos, and Piano Pieces @ Seattle Public Library - Central Library
Oct 12 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

This concert will take place on Thursday, October 12.

Art Songs

Ombra di Nube by Licinio Refice (1883–1954)
C’est ainsi que tu es from Métamorphoses by Francis Poulenc (1899–1963)
Las locas por amor, Op. 19, No. 5 by Joaquín Turina (1882–1949)
The lake isle of Innisfree by Ben Moore (b. 1960)
Die Mainacht, Op. 43, No. 2 by Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)

Laurel Sprigg, soprano
HyeYeon Kim, piano

English Horn, Recorder, and Oboe Solos

Snake for Solo Cor Anglais (dedicated to Nicholas Daniel) by Michael Berkeley (b. 1948)

Fantasy No. 3 (originally in B Minor for Solo Flute) in D Minor for Solo Alto Recorder by Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)

Salterello and Trotto for Solo Soprano Recorder by Anonymous
From Dances of the Jongleurs of Mediaeval Italy prior to 1400

Blues for D.D. for Solo Oboe (written for Diana Doherty) by Jeffrey Agrell (b. 1948)

Gail Perstein, English horn, recorder, and oboe

Brahms Piano Pieces

Four Pieces for Piano, Op. 119 by Johannes Brahms
1. Intermezzo in B minor
2. Intermezzo in E minor
3. Intermezzo in C Major
4. Rhapsody in E flat Major

HyeYeon Kim, piano

Artist bios
Program PDF TBA

Oct
13
Fri
German Lieder | Piano Solos by Chopin & Debussy @ Music Center of the Northwest
Oct 13 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm

German Lieder

Das Veilchen by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Abendempfindung by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Frage by Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847)

O laß dich halten, goldne Stunde by Adolf Jensen (1837–1879)

Traum durch die Dämmerung by Richard Strauss (1864–1949)

Die Mainacht Op. 43, No. 2 (1866) by Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
Nachtigall by Johannes Brahms
Botschaft by Johannes Brahms
Sapphische Ode Op. 94, No. 4 (1884) by Johannes Brahms
Von ewiger Liebe by Johannes Brahms

Kathryn Vinson, soprano
Joan Lundquist, piano

Piano Solos by Chopin and Debussy

Mazurkas Op. 67 by Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849)
1. Vivace
2. Cantabile
3. Allegretto
4. Moderato animato

Ballade No. 2 in F Major, Op. 38 by Frédéric Chopin

Estampes L. 100 by Claude Debussy (1862–1918)
1. Pagodes
2. La soirée dans Grenade
3. Jardins sous la pluie

Diana Gao, piano

Artist bios
Program PDF TBA

Oct
16
Mon
Four Seasons in Three Voices and 104 Years of Harmony @ University House Wallingford
Oct 16 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Four Seasons in Three Voices

“A l‘Hôtel de Transylvanie” from Manon by Jules Massenet (1842–1912)

Trio

Chanson de Neige by Cécile Chaminade (1857–1944)

Bonne Humeur by Cécile Chaminade

Regina Thomas

Echoing Green by John Ireland (1914–1992)

Katie Hochman & Catherine Treadgold

The Daisies by Samuel Barber (1910–1981)

Catherine Treadgold

Two Eastern Pictures by Gustav Holst (1874–1934)
1. Spring
2. Summer

Trio

The Trellis by John Ireland

Katie Hochman

Weathers by John Ireland

Catherine Treadgold

O Swallow, Swallow by Gustav Holst

Trio

Tout Gai by Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)

Trio

Katie Hochman, soprano
Regina Thomas, soprano
Catherine Treadgold, mezzo-soprano
Joan Lundquist, piano

Now and Then: Reflecting on 104 Years of Harmony

Sonata No. 4 in F-sharp Major by Alexander Scriabin (1872–1915)
1. Andante
2. Prestissimo volando

Sonata No. 11 in B-flat Major by Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770–1827)
1. Allegro con brio
2. Adagio con molto espressione
3. Menuetto
4. Rondo: Allegretto

Silas Berlin, piano

Artist bios
Program PDF TBA

Oct
21
Sat
Oboe and Piano Music @ Mirabella Seattle
Oct 21 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Oboe and Piano Music

Etudes for Oboe by Gilles Silvestrini (b. 1961)
1. Hotel des Roches noires a Trouville
4. Sentier dans les bois
6. Le ballet espagnol

Sharon Jung, oboe

Prelude in G-sharp Minor, Op.32, No.12 by Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943)

Reflets dans l’eau from Images Book 1, L.110 by Claude Debussy (1862–1918)

Jeux d’eau by Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)

Fantasy in F Minor, Op. 49 by Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849)

Diana Gao, piano

Morceau de Salon Op. 228 for oboe and piano by Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda (1801–1866)

Sharon Jung, oboe
Joan Lundquist, piano

Artist bios
Program PDF TBA

Nov
8
Wed
Music Through the Centuries, from Bach to the Beatles and Beyond @ Seattle Public Library - Central Library
Nov 8 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Music Through the Centuries, from Bach to the Beatles and Beyond

Largo from Xerxes by George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)

“Ave Maria” (Prelude in C Major, BWV 846) by Charles Gounod (1818–1893) / Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)

Three Romances Op. 22, for Cello and Piano – 2. Allegretto by Clara Schumann (1819–1896)

“Song without Words” Op. 2, No. 3 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)

Cello Sonata No.1, Op.38 – 1. Allegro non troppo by Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)

Élégie, Op. 24 by Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924)

Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 – 1. Adagio; Moderato by Edward Elgar (1857–1934)

“Someone to Watch Over Me” by George Gershwin (1898–1937)

“Eleanor Rigby” by Paul McCartney (b. 1942) and John Lennon (1940–1980)

“Expression” by Helen Jane Long (b. 1974)

Theme from Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin (1898–1937)

Melicent Whinston, cello
Michael Housley, piano

 

Nov
12
Sun
Piano Sonatas and Woodwind Duets @ West Seattle Library
Nov 12 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Piano Sonatas by Beethoven and Scriabin

Silas Berlin, piano

Woodwind Duets

Julie Shankland, clarinet
Eric Shankland, bassoon

 

Nov
14
Tue
Brahms Cello Sonata @ Crossroads Community Center
Nov 14 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Brahms E Minor Cello Sonata

Brahms E minor cello sonata No. 1, Op. 38

Mary Riles, cello
Jeanne Drumm (guest artist), piano

Program TBA

Performer TBA

 

Dec
13
Wed
Art of the Piano: Colors | Piano Music by Mozart, Chopin, & Busoni @ Seattle Public Library - Central Library
Dec 13 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Art of the Piano: Colors

Bunte Blätter Op. 99 by Robert Schumann

Jennifer Li, piano

Seven Sketches in Color by Robert Starer
Deep Purple by Peter de Rose

Karin McCullough, piano

Piano Solos by Mozart, Chopin, & Busoni

Emiko Hori