Classical

Ensign Symphony & Chorus An all-American program with guest vocalist Alex Boye. Benaroya Hall, 200 University St., Seattle, WA 98101 $16-$36 Saturday, July 5, 2014, 1:30pm

Olympic Music Festival Chamber-music favorites in a repurposed barn, 2 p.m. each Sat. & Sun. through Sept. 7. On July 5 & 6, ”Arias & Arguments: From Love to Loss in Four Acts” is what they’re calling their lavish buffet of vocal bonbons from Monteverdi forward. Olympic Music Festival, 7360 Center Rd., Quilcene, WA 98376 $18-$33 Saturday, July 5, 2014, 2pm

Ensign Symphony & Chorus An all-American program with guest vocalist Alex Boye. Benaroya Hall, 200 University St., Seattle, WA 98101 $16-$36 Saturday, July 5, 2014, 7:30pm

Olympic Music Festival Chamber-music favorites in a repurposed barn, 2 p.m. each Sat. & Sun. through Sept. 7. On July 5 & 6, “Arias & Arguments: From Love to Loss in Four Acts” is what they’re calling their lavish buffet of vocal bonbons from Monteverdi forward. Olympic Music Festival, 7360 Center Rd., Quilcene, WA 98376 $18-$33 Sunday, July 6, 2014, 2pm

Compline Services A half-hour meditation each week with the eight-voice Renaissance Singers. St. Clement of Rome Episcopal Church, 1501 32nd Ave. S., Seattle Free Sunday, July 6, 2014, 7:30 – 8pm

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Seattle Chamber Music Society The pleasant surprise for the SCMS’s 33rd summer festival is a strong focus on vocal music: songs and song cycles by Schumann, Brahms, Vaughan-Williams, and others. (The voice recital, once a cornerstone of America’s concert life, has all but vanished outside academia.) The format is the usual: performances on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, July 7-Aug. 2 (except for the closing week), with a informal solo recital at 7 followed by a full-length concert at 8. The recitals are where musicians get to step off the beaten path and share their personal enthusiasms-like the Mystery Sonatas for solo violin by quintessentially Downtowny composer David Lang (July 7, played by Augustin Hadelich, who premiered them in April) and a selection of Bartok’s gnomic violin duos (July 11, with James Ehnes and Amy Schwartz Moretti). Concert highlights include Stravinsky’s mini-opera The Soldier’s Tale for narrator and septet (July 11); Shostakovich’s Seven Romances on Poems by Alexander Blok (July 18); Haydn’s “Emperor” Quartet, with its heartstopping slow-movement variations (July 21); and this season’s premiere, a piano trio by Derek Bermel intriguingly titled Death with Interruptions (July 14).GAVIN BORCHERT Benaroya Recital Hall, 200 University St., Seattle, WA 98101 Single tickets $48, packages $180-$540 Monday, July 7, 2014

Seattle Chamber Music Society The pleasant surprise for the SCMS’s 33rd summer festival is a strong focus on vocal music: songs and song cycles by Schumann, Brahms, Vaughan-Williams, and others. (The voice recital, once a cornerstone of America’s concert life, has all but vanished outside academia.) The format is the usual: performances on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, July 7-Aug. 2 (except for the closing week), with a informal solo recital at 7 followed by a full-length concert at 8. See website for full schedule. Benaroya Recital Hall, 200 University St., Seattle, WA 98101 Single tickets $48, packages $180-$540 Monday, July 7, 2014, 7pm

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Seattle Chamber Music Society The pleasant surprise for the SCMS’s 33rd summer festival is a strong focus on vocal music: songs and song cycles by Schumann, Brahms, Vaughan-Williams, and others. (The voice recital, once a cornerstone of America’s concert life, has all but vanished outside academia.) The format is the usual: performances on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, July 7-Aug. 2 (except for the closing week), with a informal solo recital at 7 followed by a full-length concert at 8. The recitals are where musicians get to step off the beaten path and share their personal enthusiasms-like the Mystery Sonatas for solo violin by quintessentially Downtowny composer David Lang (July 7, played by Augustin Hadelich, who premiered them in April) and a selection of Bartok’s gnomic violin duos (July 11, with James Ehnes and Amy Schwartz Moretti). Concert highlights include Stravinsky’s mini-opera The Soldier’s Tale for narrator and septet (July 11); Shostakovich’s Seven Romances on Poems by Alexander Blok (July 18); Haydn’s “Emperor” Quartet, with its heartstopping slow-movement variations (July 21); and this season’s premiere, a piano trio by Derek Bermel intriguingly titled Death with Interruptions (July 14).GAVIN BORCHERT Benaroya Recital Hall, 200 University St., Seattle, WA 98101 Single tickets $48, packages $180-$540 Tuesday, July 8, 2014

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Seattle Chamber Music Society The pleasant surprise for the SCMS’s 33rd summer festival is a strong focus on vocal music: songs and song cycles by Schumann, Brahms, Vaughan-Williams, and others. (The voice recital, once a cornerstone of America’s concert life, has all but vanished outside academia.) The format is the usual: performances on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, July 7-Aug. 2 (except for the closing week), with a informal solo recital at 7 followed by a full-length concert at 8. The recitals are where musicians get to step off the beaten path and share their personal enthusiasms-like the Mystery Sonatas for solo violin by quintessentially Downtowny composer David Lang (July 7, played by Augustin Hadelich, who premiered them in April) and a selection of Bartok’s gnomic violin duos (July 11, with James Ehnes and Amy Schwartz Moretti). Concert highlights include Stravinsky’s mini-opera The Soldier’s Tale for narrator and septet (July 11); Shostakovich’s Seven Romances on Poems by Alexander Blok (July 18); Haydn’s “Emperor” Quartet, with its heartstopping slow-movement variations (July 21); and this season’s premiere, a piano trio by Derek Bermel intriguingly titled Death with Interruptions (July 14).GAVIN BORCHERT Benaroya Recital Hall, 200 University St., Seattle, WA 98101 Single tickets $48, packages $180-$540 Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Seattle Chamber Music Society The pleasant surprise for the SCMS’s 33rd summer festival is a strong focus on vocal music: songs and song cycles by Schumann, Brahms, Vaughan-Williams, and others. (The voice recital, once a cornerstone of America’s concert life, has all but vanished outside academia.) The format is the usual: performances on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, July 7-Aug. 2 (except for the closing week), with a informal solo recital at 7 followed by a full-length concert at 8. See website for full schedule. Benaroya Recital Hall, 200 University St., Seattle, WA 98101 Single tickets $48, packages $180-$540 Wednesday, July 9, 2014, 7pm

The Met Summer Encores On the big screen, favorite “Live in HD” broadcasts from past seasons, 

Verdi’s taut and searing Otello, Wed., July 9. The fanciful baroque pastiche The Enchanted Island, Wed., July 17.

All screenings 7 p.m. See metopera.org for participating theaters. Various locations, See metopera.org Wednesday, July 9, 2014, 7pm

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Seattle Chamber Music Society The pleasant surprise for the SCMS’s 33rd summer festival is a strong focus on vocal music: songs and song cycles by Schumann, Brahms, Vaughan-Williams, and others. (The voice recital, once a cornerstone of America’s concert life, has all but vanished outside academia.) The format is the usual: performances on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, July 7-Aug. 2 (except for the closing week), with a informal solo recital at 7 followed by a full-length concert at 8. The recitals are where musicians get to step off the beaten path and share their personal enthusiasms-like the Mystery Sonatas for solo violin by quintessentially Downtowny composer David Lang (July 7, played by Augustin Hadelich, who premiered them in April) and a selection of Bartok’s gnomic violin duos (July 11, with James Ehnes and Amy Schwartz Moretti). Concert highlights include Stravinsky’s mini-opera The Soldier’s Tale for narrator and septet (July 11); Shostakovich’s Seven Romances on Poems by Alexander Blok (July 18); Haydn’s “Emperor” Quartet, with its heartstopping slow-movement variations (July 21); and this season’s premiere, a piano trio by Derek Bermel intriguingly titled Death with Interruptions (July 14).GAVIN BORCHERT Benaroya Recital Hall, 200 University St., Seattle, WA 98101 Single tickets $48, packages $180-$540 Thursday, July 10, 2014

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Seattle Chamber Music Society The pleasant surprise for the SCMS’s 33rd summer festival is a strong focus on vocal music: songs and song cycles by Schumann, Brahms, Vaughan-Williams, and others. (The voice recital, once a cornerstone of America’s concert life, has all but vanished outside academia.) The format is the usual: performances on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, July 7-Aug. 2 (except for the closing week), with a informal solo recital at 7 followed by a full-length concert at 8. The recitals are where musicians get to step off the beaten path and share their personal enthusiasms-like the Mystery Sonatas for solo violin by quintessentially Downtowny composer David Lang (July 7, played by Augustin Hadelich, who premiered them in April) and a selection of Bartok’s gnomic violin duos (July 11, with James Ehnes and Amy Schwartz Moretti). Concert highlights include Stravinsky’s mini-opera The Soldier’s Tale for narrator and septet (July 11); Shostakovich’s Seven Romances on Poems by Alexander Blok (July 18); Haydn’s “Emperor” Quartet, with its heartstopping slow-movement variations (July 21); and this season’s premiere, a piano trio by Derek Bermel intriguingly titled Death with Interruptions (July 14).GAVIN BORCHERT Benaroya Recital Hall, 200 University St., Seattle, WA 98101 Single tickets $48, packages $180-$540 Friday, July 11, 2014

Seattle Chamber Music Society The pleasant surprise for the SCMS’s 33rd summer festival is a strong focus on vocal music: songs and song cycles by Schumann, Brahms, Vaughan-Williams, and others. (The voice recital, once a cornerstone of America’s concert life, has all but vanished outside academia.) The format is the usual: performances on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, July 7-Aug. 2 (except for the closing week), with a informal solo recital at 7 followed by a full-length concert at 8. See website for full schedule. Benaroya Recital Hall, 200 University St., Seattle, WA 98101 Single tickets $48, packages $180-$540 Friday, July 11, 2014, 7pm

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Seattle Chamber Music Society The pleasant surprise for the SCMS’s 33rd summer festival is a strong focus on vocal music: songs and song cycles by Schumann, Brahms, Vaughan-Williams, and others. (The voice recital, once a cornerstone of America’s concert life, has all but vanished outside academia.) The format is the usual: performances on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, July 7-Aug. 2 (except for the closing week), with a informal solo recital at 7 followed by a full-length concert at 8. The recitals are where musicians get to step off the beaten path and share their personal enthusiasms-like the Mystery Sonatas for solo violin by quintessentially Downtowny composer David Lang (July 7, played by Augustin Hadelich, who premiered them in April) and a selection of Bartok’s gnomic violin duos (July 11, with James Ehnes and Amy Schwartz Moretti). Concert highlights include Stravinsky’s mini-opera The Soldier’s Tale for narrator and septet (July 11); Shostakovich’s Seven Romances on Poems by Alexander Blok (July 18); Haydn’s “Emperor” Quartet, with its heartstopping slow-movement variations (July 21); and this season’s premiere, a piano trio by Derek Bermel intriguingly titled Death with Interruptions (July 14).GAVIN BORCHERT Benaroya Recital Hall, 200 University St., Seattle, WA 98101 Single tickets $48, packages $180-$540 Saturday, July 12, 2014

Olympic Music Festival Chamber-music favorites in a repurposed barn, 2 p.m. each Sat. & Sun. through Sept. 7. Olympic Music Festival, 7360 Center Rd., Quilcene, WA 98376 $18-$33 Saturday, July 12, 2014, 2pm

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Seattle Chamber Music Society The pleasant surprise for the SCMS’s 33rd summer festival is a strong focus on vocal music: songs and song cycles by Schumann, Brahms, Vaughan-Williams, and others. (The voice recital, once a cornerstone of America’s concert life, has all but vanished outside academia.) The format is the usual: performances on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, July 7-Aug. 2 (except for the closing week), with a informal solo recital at 7 followed by a full-length concert at 8. The recitals are where musicians get to step off the beaten path and share their personal enthusiasms-like the Mystery Sonatas for solo violin by quintessentially Downtowny composer David Lang (July 7, played by Augustin Hadelich, who premiered them in April) and a selection of Bartok’s gnomic violin duos (July 11, with James Ehnes and Amy Schwartz Moretti). Concert highlights include Stravinsky’s mini-opera The Soldier’s Tale for narrator and septet (July 11); Shostakovich’s Seven Romances on Poems by Alexander Blok (July 18); Haydn’s “Emperor” Quartet, with its heartstopping slow-movement variations (July 21); and this season’s premiere, a piano trio by Derek Bermel intriguingly titled Death with Interruptions (July 14).GAVIN BORCHERT Benaroya Recital Hall, 200 University St., Seattle, WA 98101 Single tickets $48, packages $180-$540 Sunday, July 13, 2014

Olympic Music Festival Chamber-music favorites in a repurposed barn, 2 p.m. each Sat. & Sun. through Sept. 7. Olympic Music Festival, 7360 Center Rd., Quilcene, WA 98376 $18-$33 Sunday, July 13, 2014, 2pm

Compline Services A half-hour meditation each week with the eight-voice Renaissance Singers. St. Clement of Rome Episcopal Church, 1501 32nd Ave. S., Seattle Free Sunday, July 13, 2014, 7:30 – 8pm

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Seattle Chamber Music Society The pleasant surprise for the SCMS’s 33rd summer festival is a strong focus on vocal music: songs and song cycles by Schumann, Brahms, Vaughan-Williams, and others. (The voice recital, once a cornerstone of America’s concert life, has all but vanished outside academia.) The format is the usual: performances on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, July 7-Aug. 2 (except for the closing week), with a informal solo recital at 7 followed by a full-length concert at 8. The recitals are where musicians get to step off the beaten path and share their personal enthusiasms-like the Mystery Sonatas for solo violin by quintessentially Downtowny composer David Lang (July 7, played by Augustin Hadelich, who premiered them in April) and a selection of Bartok’s gnomic violin duos (July 11, with James Ehnes and Amy Schwartz Moretti). Concert highlights include Stravinsky’s mini-opera The Soldier’s Tale for narrator and septet (July 11); Shostakovich’s Seven Romances on Poems by Alexander Blok (July 18); Haydn’s “Emperor” Quartet, with its heartstopping slow-movement variations (July 21); and this season’s premiere, a piano trio by Derek Bermel intriguingly titled Death with Interruptions (July 14).GAVIN BORCHERT Benaroya Recital Hall, 200 University St., Seattle, WA 98101 Single tickets $48, packages $180-$540 Monday, July 14, 2014

Seattle Chamber Music Society The pleasant surprise for the SCMS’s 33rd summer festival is a strong focus on vocal music: songs and song cycles by Schumann, Brahms, Vaughan-Williams, and others. (The voice recital, once a cornerstone of America’s concert life, has all but vanished outside academia.) The format is the usual: performances on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, July 7-Aug. 2 (except for the closing week), with a informal solo recital at 7 followed by a full-length concert at 8. See website for full schedule. Benaroya Recital Hall, 200 University St., Seattle, WA 98101 Single tickets $48, packages $180-$540 Monday, July 14, 2014, 7pm

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Seattle Chamber Music Society The pleasant surprise for the SCMS’s 33rd summer festival is a strong focus on vocal music: songs and song cycles by Schumann, Brahms, Vaughan-Williams, and others. (The voice recital, once a cornerstone of America’s concert life, has all but vanished outside academia.) The format is the usual: performances on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, July 7-Aug. 2 (except for the closing week), with a informal solo recital at 7 followed by a full-length concert at 8. The recitals are where musicians get to step off the beaten path and share their personal enthusiasms-like the Mystery Sonatas for solo violin by quintessentially Downtowny composer David Lang (July 7, played by Augustin Hadelich, who premiered them in April) and a selection of Bartok’s gnomic violin duos (July 11, with James Ehnes and Amy Schwartz Moretti). Concert highlights include Stravinsky’s mini-opera The Soldier’s Tale for narrator and septet (July 11); Shostakovich’s Seven Romances on Poems by Alexander Blok (July 18); Haydn’s “Emperor” Quartet, with its heartstopping slow-movement variations (July 21); and this season’s premiere, a piano trio by Derek Bermel intriguingly titled Death with Interruptions (July 14).GAVIN BORCHERT Benaroya Recital Hall, 200 University St., Seattle, WA 98101 Single tickets $48, packages $180-$540 Tuesday, July 15, 2014

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Seattle Chamber Music Society The pleasant surprise for the SCMS’s 33rd summer festival is a strong focus on vocal music: songs and song cycles by Schumann, Brahms, Vaughan-Williams, and others. (The voice recital, once a cornerstone of America’s concert life, has all but vanished outside academia.) The format is the usual: performances on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, July 7-Aug. 2 (except for the closing week), with a informal solo recital at 7 followed by a full-length concert at 8. The recitals are where musicians get to step off the beaten path and share their personal enthusiasms-like the Mystery Sonatas for solo violin by quintessentially Downtowny composer David Lang (July 7, played by Augustin Hadelich, who premiered them in April) and a selection of Bartok’s gnomic violin duos (July 11, with James Ehnes and Amy Schwartz Moretti). Concert highlights include Stravinsky’s mini-opera The Soldier’s Tale for narrator and septet (July 11); Shostakovich’s Seven Romances on Poems by Alexander Blok (July 18); Haydn’s “Emperor” Quartet, with its heartstopping slow-movement variations (July 21); and this season’s premiere, a piano trio by Derek Bermel intriguingly titled Death with Interruptions (July 14).GAVIN BORCHERT Benaroya Recital Hall, 200 University St., Seattle, WA 98101 Single tickets $48, packages $180-$540 Wednesday, July 16, 2014

Seattle Chamber Music Society The pleasant surprise for the SCMS’s 33rd summer festival is a strong focus on vocal music: songs and song cycles by Schumann, Brahms, Vaughan-Williams, and others. (The voice recital, once a cornerstone of America’s concert life, has all but vanished outside academia.) The format is the usual: performances on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, July 7-Aug. 2 (except for the closing week), with a informal solo recital at 7 followed by a full-length concert at 8. See website for full schedule. Benaroya Recital Hall, 200 University St., Seattle, WA 98101 Single tickets $48, packages $180-$540 Wednesday, July 16, 2014, 7pm

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Seattle Chamber Music Society The pleasant surprise for the SCMS’s 33rd summer festival is a strong focus on vocal music: songs and song cycles by Schumann, Brahms, Vaughan-Williams, and others. (The voice recital, once a cornerstone of America’s concert life, has all but vanished outside academia.) The format is the usual: performances on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, July 7-Aug. 2 (except for the closing week), with a informal solo recital at 7 followed by a full-length concert at 8. The recitals are where musicians get to step off the beaten path and share their personal enthusiasms-like the Mystery Sonatas for solo violin by quintessentially Downtowny composer David Lang (July 7, played by Augustin Hadelich, who premiered them in April) and a selection of Bartok’s gnomic violin duos (July 11, with James Ehnes and Amy Schwartz Moretti). Concert highlights include Stravinsky’s mini-opera The Soldier’s Tale for narrator and septet (July 11); Shostakovich’s Seven Romances on Poems by Alexander Blok (July 18); Haydn’s “Emperor” Quartet, with its heartstopping slow-movement variations (July 21); and this season’s premiere, a piano trio by Derek Bermel intriguingly titled Death with Interruptions (July 14).GAVIN BORCHERT Benaroya Recital Hall, 200 University St., Seattle, WA 98101 Single tickets $48, packages $180-$540 Thursday, July 17, 2014

The Met Summer Encores On the big screen, favorite “Live in HD” broadcasts from past seasons, ending with the fanciful baroque pastiche The Enchanted Island, Wed., July 17. All screenings 7 p.m. See metopera.org for participating theaters. Various locations, See metopera.org Thursday, July 17, 2014, 7pm

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Seattle Chamber Music Society The pleasant surprise for the SCMS’s 33rd summer festival is a strong focus on vocal music: songs and song cycles by Schumann, Brahms, Vaughan-Williams, and others. (The voice recital, once a cornerstone of America’s concert life, has all but vanished outside academia.) The format is the usual: performances on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, July 7-Aug. 2 (except for the closing week), with a informal solo recital at 7 followed by a full-length concert at 8. The recitals are where musicians get to step off the beaten path and share their personal enthusiasms-like the Mystery Sonatas for solo violin by quintessentially Downtowny composer David Lang (July 7, played by Augustin Hadelich, who premiered them in April) and a selection of Bartok’s gnomic violin duos (July 11, with James Ehnes and Amy Schwartz Moretti). Concert highlights include Stravinsky’s mini-opera The Soldier’s Tale for narrator and septet (July 11); Shostakovich’s Seven Romances on Poems by Alexander Blok (July 18); Haydn’s “Emperor” Quartet, with its heartstopping slow-movement variations (July 21); and this season’s premiere, a piano trio by Derek Bermel intriguingly titled Death with Interruptions (July 14).GAVIN BORCHERT Benaroya Recital Hall, 200 University St., Seattle, WA 98101 Single tickets $48, packages $180-$540 Friday, July 18, 2014

Seattle Chamber Music Society The pleasant surprise for the SCMS’s 33rd summer festival is a strong focus on vocal music: songs and song cycles by Schumann, Brahms, Vaughan-Williams, and others. (The voice recital, once a cornerstone of America’s concert life, has all but vanished outside academia.) The format is the usual: performances on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, July 7-Aug. 2 (except for the closing week), with a informal solo recital at 7 followed by a full-length concert at 8. See website for full schedule. Benaroya Recital Hall, 200 University St., Seattle, WA 98101 Single tickets $48, packages $180-$540 Friday, July 18, 2014, 7pm

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Seattle Chamber Music Society The pleasant surprise for the SCMS’s 33rd summer festival is a strong focus on vocal music: songs and song cycles by Schumann, Brahms, Vaughan-Williams, and others. (The voice recital, once a cornerstone of America’s concert life, has all but vanished outside academia.) The format is the usual: performances on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, July 7-Aug. 2 (except for the closing week), with a informal solo recital at 7 followed by a full-length concert at 8. The recitals are where musicians get to step off the beaten path and share their personal enthusiasms-like the Mystery Sonatas for solo violin by quintessentially Downtowny composer David Lang (July 7, played by Augustin Hadelich, who premiered them in April) and a selection of Bartok’s gnomic violin duos (July 11, with James Ehnes and Amy Schwartz Moretti). Concert highlights include Stravinsky’s mini-opera The Soldier’s Tale for narrator and septet (July 11); Shostakovich’s Seven Romances on Poems by Alexander Blok (July 18); Haydn’s “Emperor” Quartet, with its heartstopping slow-movement variations (July 21); and this season’s premiere, a piano trio by Derek Bermel intriguingly titled Death with Interruptions (July 14).GAVIN BORCHERT Benaroya Recital Hall, 200 University St., Seattle, WA 98101 Single tickets $48, packages $180-$540 Saturday, July 19, 2014

Olympic Music Festival Chamber-music favorites in a repurposed barn, 2 p.m. each Sat. & Sun. through Sept. 7. Olympic Music Festival, 7360 Center Rd., Quilcene, WA 98376 $18-$33 Saturday, July 19, 2014, 2pm

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Seattle Chamber Music Society The pleasant surprise for the SCMS’s 33rd summer festival is a strong focus on vocal music: songs and song cycles by Schumann, Brahms, Vaughan-Williams, and others. (The voice recital, once a cornerstone of America’s concert life, has all but vanished outside academia.) The format is the usual: performances on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, July 7-Aug. 2 (except for the closing week), with a informal solo recital at 7 followed by a full-length concert at 8. The recitals are where musicians get to step off the beaten path and share their personal enthusiasms-like the Mystery Sonatas for solo violin by quintessentially Downtowny composer David Lang (July 7, played by Augustin Hadelich, who premiered them in April) and a selection of Bartok’s gnomic violin duos (July 11, with James Ehnes and Amy Schwartz Moretti). Concert highlights include Stravinsky’s mini-opera The Soldier’s Tale for narrator and septet (July 11); Shostakovich’s Seven Romances on Poems by Alexander Blok (July 18); Haydn’s “Emperor” Quartet, with its heartstopping slow-movement variations (July 21); and this season’s premiere, a piano trio by Derek Bermel intriguingly titled Death with Interruptions (July 14).GAVIN BORCHERT Benaroya Recital Hall, 200 University St., Seattle, WA 98101 Single tickets $48, packages $180-$540 Sunday, July 20, 2014

Olympic Music Festival Chamber-music favorites in a repurposed barn, 2 p.m. each Sat. & Sun. through Sept. 7. Olympic Music Festival, 7360 Center Rd., Quilcene, WA 98376 $18-$33 Sunday, July 20, 2014, 2pm

Compline Services A half-hour meditation each week with the eight-voice Renaissance Singers. St. Clement of Rome Episcopal Church, 1501 32nd Ave. S., Seattle Free Sunday, July 20, 2014, 7:30 – 8pm

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Seattle Chamber Music Society The pleasant surprise for the SCMS’s 33rd summer festival is a strong focus on vocal music: songs and song cycles by Schumann, Brahms, Vaughan-Williams, and others. (The voice recital, once a cornerstone of America’s concert life, has all but vanished outside academia.) The format is the usual: performances on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, July 7-Aug. 2 (except for the closing week), with a informal solo recital at 7 followed by a full-length concert at 8. The recitals are where musicians get to step off the beaten path and share their personal enthusiasms-like the Mystery Sonatas for solo violin by quintessentially Downtowny composer David Lang (July 7, played by Augustin Hadelich, who premiered them in April) and a selection of Bartok’s gnomic violin duos (July 11, with James Ehnes and Amy Schwartz Moretti). Concert highlights include Stravinsky’s mini-opera The Soldier’s Tale for narrator and septet (July 11); Shostakovich’s Seven Romances on Poems by Alexander Blok (July 18); Haydn’s “Emperor” Quartet, with its heartstopping slow-movement variations (July 21); and this season’s premiere, a piano trio by Derek Bermel intriguingly titled Death with Interruptions (July 14).GAVIN BORCHERT Benaroya Recital Hall, 200 University St., Seattle, WA 98101 Single tickets $48, packages $180-$540 Monday, July 21, 2014

Seattle Chamber Music Society The pleasant surprise for the SCMS’s 33rd summer festival is a strong focus on vocal music: songs and song cycles by Schumann, Brahms, Vaughan-Williams, and others. (The voice recital, once a cornerstone of America’s concert life, has all but vanished outside academia.) The format is the usual: performances on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, July 7-Aug. 2 (except for the closing week), with a informal solo recital at 7 followed by a full-length concert at 8. See website for full schedule. Benaroya Recital Hall, 200 University St., Seattle, WA 98101 Single tickets $48, packages $180-$540 Monday, July 21, 2014, 7pm