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 and the Music Center of the Northwest in North Seattle.
These intimate, one-hour, music programs are free and open to the public. 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.
Six Pastiches by Cecilia McDowall (b. 1951)
Hornpipe
Romantic Song
Menuet
Comic Song
Waltz
Music Hall
Arioso for Oboe and Piano by Graham Waterhouse (b. 1992)
Pieces for oboe and piano by Rutland Boughton (1878-1960)
Sumerset Pastoral
The Passing of the Faery
American Folk Songs for English horn and piano by Arthur Frackenpohl (1924-2019)
He’s Gone Away
John Henry
Go ‘way from my Window
Mama Don’t ‘low
Gail Perstein, oboe and English horn; Nobuko Hasegawa, piano
An American in Paris—Gershwin and the French
Four songs by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin (1898-1937)
1. Love is here to stay (from Goldwyn Follies)
2. Slap that bass (from Shall We Dance)
3. I got rhythm (from Girl Crazy)
4. By Strauss (from The Show is on and in the 1951 movie An American in Paris)
An American in Paris
(Composed by George Gershwin, here in piano transcription by William Daly)
Pièce en Forme de Habanera by Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
C’est ainsi que tu es (It is thus that you are) by Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Bess, You is my Woman (duet from Porgy and Bess) by George Gershwin (1898-1937)
With guest artist Mike Dodaro, baritone
Diane Althaus, soprano
Mike Dodaro (guest artist), baritone
Abigail Habegger, piano
On the Road to Christmas, song cycle by Jake Heggie
Gwen Trussler, mezzo-soprano
Trios for oboe, bassoon and clarinet. Program TBA
Gail Perstein, oboe
Eric Shankland (guest artist), bassoon
Julie Shankland, clarinet
Dreamscape, Oboe and Piano version by Alyssa Morris (1984-)
-Falling Asleep and Chase
-What?
-Innuendo
-Nightmare and Awakening
Gail Perstein, oboe and Asta Vaicekonis, Piano
Song recital: “From the Sublime to the Ridiculous”
5 Mexican Love Songs, arr. by Edward Kilenyi (1884-1968)
Le Bestiaire by Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
- Le Dromadaire
- La Chèvre du Thibet
- La Sauterelle
- Le Dauphin
- L’Ecrevisse
- La Carpe
Songs from “Miss Manners on Music” by Dominick Argento (1927-2019)
- Prologue
- Manners at a Concert
- Manners at the ballet
- Manners for Contemporary Music
- Manners at the opera
- Envoi
Malya Muth, soprano
Joan Lundquist, piano
Divertissment for oboe and orchestra, Op 58 by Johann Kalliwoda
3 piece suite for oboe and piano by Madeleine Dring (1923-1977)
Sharon Jung, oboe
Abigail Habegger, piano
Song of Myself, 3 movement cycle on texts by Walt Whitman by Karen P. Thomas (b. 1957)
1.These are really the thoughts of all
2. Smile O voluptuous cool-breath’d earth
3. Song of Myself
Songs by Ricky Ian Gordan TBA
Regina Thomas, soprano and John Burkhardt (guest artist), piano
Celtic folk song with harp
Program TBA
Claudia Kester, mezzo-soprano
Trio Sonata by Georg Philipp Telemann (1681 – 1767)
London trio by Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Madeline Beery, flute
Rosemary Bell, oboe
Peter Klein (guest artist), bassoon
A celebration of the Birth month of JS Bach featuring arias, ensembles and instrumental selections from his most beloved sacred cantatas. To be performed with voices and chamber ensemble.
Including work from The Wedding Cantata, The Hunting Cantata and The Coffee Cantata. Exact program and performers TBA
Arias and scenes by Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868) TBA
Arias and scenes by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) TBA
Diane Althaus, soprano
Mike Dodaro, baritone
Asta Vaicekonis, piano
Program of trios for oboe, bassoon and piano TBA
Gail Perstein, oboe
Eric Shankland, bassoon
Nobuko Hasegawa, piano
Recital for oboe or English horn, program TBA
Gail Perstein, oboe/English horn
SPRING: NYMPHS AND GODS
Deità Silvane (Woodland Deities) by Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936)
I. I Fauni (The fauns)
II. Musica in horto (Garden music)
III. Egle (Aegle*)
IV. Acqua (Water)
V. Crepuscolo (Twilight)
*From Greek mythology: Daughter of the Sun
Trois chansons de Bilitis (Three songs of Bilitis) by Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
I. La flûte de Pan (Pan’s flute)
II. La Chevelure (Hair)
III. Le Tombeau des naïades (The tomb of the Water Nymphs)
Lesley Chapin Wyckoff, soprano and Carol Hartoon, piano