Public Concerts
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.
Songs by Renaldo Hahn, Miguel Sandoval, Johannes Brahms, Cole Porter
Catherine Treadgold, mezzo-soprano
Karin McCullough, piano
Trios for three oboes and two oboes, one English horn
Sharon Jung and Bernard Shapiro (guest artist), oboes
Gail Perstein, oboe and English horn
Recital program TBA
Gail Perstein, oboe
An American in Paris: Piano solos and vocal music by George Gershwin and French composers
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
oboe or French horn recital, program tba
Gail Perstein, oboe/French horn
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
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
Violin sonata by Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
Ann Rackl, violin
Selina Chu, 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
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