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.
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Event Calendar
Woodwind Trios
Divertimento No. 1, KV 439b by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
1. Allegro
2. Menuetto Allegretto
3. Adagio
4. Menuetto
5. Rondo Allegro
Trio for Flute, Clarinet and Bassoon by Kaspar Kummer (1795–1870); Scored by Thomas Goss
1. Allegro
2. Andante Gracioso
3. Rondo Allegretto
Sopravente:
Madeline Beery, flute
Jane Buckner, clarinet
Peter Klein, bassoon
Cello Concerti and Sonata
Cello Concerto No. 1, Op. 33 by Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921)
1. Allegro non troppo – Animato – Allegro molto – Tempo I
3. Molto allegro
Cello Concerto No. 1 by Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975)
I. Allegretto
Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 19 by Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943)
3. Andante
Sean-Wyn Ng, cello
Sophia Chou, piano
Cello Suite No. 1 by Johann Sebastian Bach
3. Courante
Sean-Wyn Ng, cello
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
Finnish Songs
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
Works for Oboe and Piano
Sonatina for Oboe and Piano (1951) by Malcolm Arnold (1921–2006)
I. Leggiero
II. Andante con moto
III. Vivace
Gail Perstein, oboe
Silas Berlin, piano
Sonata VI in C Major for Alto Recorder and Piano (TWV 41: C 5) by Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767)
Adagio-Allegro-Adagio-Allegro
Larghetto
Vivace
Gail Perstein, Alto recorder
Silas Berlin, piano
Chanconeta Tedesca by Anonymous 14th Century Italian
Gail Perstein, garklein recorder
Blues for D.D. by Jeffrey Agrell (b. 1948)
Gail Perstein, oboe
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 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
Works for Woodwind Ensemble
Program TBA
Sharon Jung
Bernard Shapiro
Gail Perstein
Julie Shankland
Eric Shankland
Piano Works by Rachmaninoff, Liszt, and Others
Prelude in B Minor Op. 32, No. 10 by Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943)
Prelude in D Major Op. 23, No.4 by Sergei Rachmaninoff
Notturno by Ottorino Respighi (1879–1936)
Sonetto 123 del Petrarca by Franz Liszt (1811–1886)
“The Maiden’s Wish” from Chants Polonaise Op. 74 by Chopin/Liszt
Joyce Gibb, piano
Works for Oboe and Piano
Three Piece Suite for oboe and piano by Madeleine Dring (1923–1977)
1. Showcase
2. Romance
3. Finale
Partita #6 by Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767)
1. Affettuoso
2. Aria #3, Tempo di Ciaconna’
3. Aria #4 Allegro
4. Aria #5 Tempo di Minuetto
Sharon Jung, oboe
Joan Lundquist, piano
Piano Works by Beethoven and Chopin
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109 by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Barcarolle in F-sharp Major, Op. 60 by Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849)
Emiko Hori, 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