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
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
This month’s concert will take place in the Living Room on Level 3 of the Central Branch.
Woodwind Celebration
Duo for Oboe and Bass Clarinet (originally Bassoon) 2000 by Allan Stephenson (1949–2021)
I. Moderato – Allegro
II. Le Tombeau de J.S. Bach
III. Toccata
Gail Perstein, oboe
Julie Shankland, bass clarinet
Trio for Oboe, English Horn and Clarinet by Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877–1933)
Introduction
Doppelfuge
Sarabande
Rigaudon et Musette
Bernard Shapiro, oboe
Gail Perstein, English horn
Julie Shankland, clarinet
Program TBA
Emily Lee, flute
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
Music for Stringed Instruments and Piano
Romance for Violin and Piano, Op. 23 by Amy Beach (1867–1944)
Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op 40, selected mvts. by Dimitri Shostakovich (1906–1975)
Ann Rackl, violin
Lawrence Chu, cello
Selina Chu, piano
Music for Woodwind Ensemble
Libertango by Astor Piazzolla (1921–1992)
La cheminee du roi rene by Darius Milhaud (1892–1974)
Jan Bleakney and Stasia Kulsa, flutes
Julie Shankland, clarinet
Gail Perstein, oboe
Eric Shankland, bassoon
Mariane Hermanson (guest artist), French horn