Public Concerts and 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.
Supported by generous funding from:
Event Calendar
Trios for Wind Instruments
Suite pour Trio d’Anches by Alexandre Tansman (1897–1986)
I. Dialogue
II. Scherzino
III. Aria
IV. Finale
Cinq Pièces en Trio by Jacques Ibert (1890–1962)
1 .Allegro vivo
2. Andantino
3. Allegro assai
4. Andante
5. Allegro quasi marziale
Gail Perstein, oboe
Julie Shankland, clarinet
Eric Shankland, bassoon
Songs by French and Russian Composers
La mésange by Pauline Viardot (1821–1910)
Le papillon et la fleur by Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924)
Désespoir by Pauline Viardot
Havanaise by Pauline Viardot
V’molchani nochi by Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943)
Serenade “O Ditya” by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)
Ne poy krasavitsa pri mne by Sergei Rachmaninoff
Susan Strick, soprano
Sharon Wong (guest artist), piano
Woodwind Celebration
Cinc Pièces en Trio by Jacques Ibert (1890–1962)
1. Allegro vivo
2. Andantino
3. Allegro assai
4. Andante
5. Allegro quasi marziale
Gail Perstein, oboe
Julie Shankland, clarinet
Eric Shankland, bassoon
From Six Metamorphoses after Ovid, Op. 49 by Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)
I. Pan
IV. Bacchus
Sharon Jung, oboe
Three Dialogues by Øistein Sommerfeldt (1919–1994)
I. Strolling Dialogue
II. Thoughtful Dialogue
III. Jovial Dialogue
Julie Shankland, clarinet
Eric Shankland, bassoon
Variations on a theme of J. Haydn by Johann Wenth (1745–1801)
Theme
Eight Variations
The Teddy Bears’ Picnic John Walter Bratton (1867–1945)
arr. by James Horan
Sharon Jung and Bernard Shapiro, oboes
Gail Perstein, English horn
Quintet in C Major, Op. 163 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