Classical

Seattle Symphony A premiere by Sebastian Currier, plus Grieg and Schumann. Benaroya Hall, 200 University St., Seattle, WA 98101 $20 and up Thursday, April 23, 2015, 7:30pm

Simone Dinnerstein Seattle last heard her playing Purcell and Leonard Cohen with Tift Merritt; here she offers Debussy, Poulenc, and Schubert.  Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, UW Campus, Seattle, WA 98105 $40 and up Thursday, April 23, 2015, 7:30pm

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Inverted Space UW’s new-music ensemble plays works gathered from a call for scores organized by the Washington Composers Forum. Brechemin Auditorium, Music Building (1st floor), University of Washington,

West Stevens Way NE & Skagit Lane, Seattle Free Friday, April 24, 2015, 7:30pm

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Craig Sheppard In the through-the-looking-glass world of the Soviet Union under Stalin, Dmitri Shostakovich’s 24 Preludes and Fugues for piano were politically incendiary because they were politically noncommittal. What offended the Soviets so? The cycle’s seeming abstractness. This set of 24 fugues (works that present and develop musical themes via the layering of in[ter]dependent melodic lines), each in a different major or minor key and each prefaced by a free-form prelude, was condemned as “formalist.” But what perceptive listeners noticed in 1951, and what has engrossed pianists and audiences ever since, is the extraordinary wealth of expression Shostakovich evoked within structures of such dazzling complexity and craftsmanship-namely, “the irony, the sarcasm, the tragedy,” as UW pianist Sheppard describes it. Tonight he’ll play the entire set of 24-two and a half hours of music-which he unhesitatingly calls “the greatest solo piano pieces of the 20th century.” GAVIN BORCHERT Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, UW Campus, Seattle, WA 98105 $12-$20 Saturday, April 25, 2015, 7:30pm

Seattle Symphony A premiere by Sebastian Currier, plus Grieg and Schumann. Benaroya Hall, 200 University St., Seattle, WA 98101 $20 and up Saturday, April 25, 2015, 8pm

Compline Services A half-hour meditation each week with the eight-voice Renaissance Singers. Saint Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral, 1245 10th Ave. E. Free Sunday, April 26, 2015, 9:30pm

Seattle Symphony All-Beethoven: the Piano Concerto no. 4 and the Symphony no. 7. Benaroya Hall, 200 University St., Seattle, WA 98101 $35-$120 Thursday, April 30, 2015, 7:30pm

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IMPFEST VII That’s IMP- as in -rovisation, with three shows from UW jazz faculty, students, and friends, including Bill Frisell on friday. UW Ethnic Cultural Center, 3931 Brooklyn Ave. N.E., Seattle, WA 98105 $12-$20 Friday, May 1, 2015, 7:30pm

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IMPFEST VII That’s IMP- as in -rovisation, with three shows from UW jazz faculty, students, and friends, including Bill Frisell on friday. UW Ethnic Cultural Center, 3931 Brooklyn Ave. N.E., Seattle, WA 98105 $12-$20 Saturday, May 2, 2015, 7:30pm

Tudor Choir Devotional music, including several Psalm settings, by director Doug Fullington and others. Blessed Sacrament Church, 5041 Ninth Ave. N.E. $20-$30 Saturday, May 2, 2015, 7:30pm

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Giacomo Fiore Music by Eve Beglarian and others from this experimental guitarist, who’s joined by pianist Cristina Valdes and composer Rocco di Pietro. Chapel Performance Space (Good Shepherd Center), 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N. $5-$15 Saturday, May 2, 2015, 8pm

Seattle Symphony All-Beethoven: the Piano Concerto no. 4 and the Symphony no. 7. Benaroya Hall, 200 University St., Seattle, WA 98101 $35-$120 Saturday, May 2, 2015, 8pm

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Seattle Symphony Suites by Ravel and Stravinsky, and Yo-Yo Ma plays Schumann’s Cello Concerto. Benaroya Hall, 200 University St., Seattle, WA 98101 $35-$120 Sunday, May 3, 2015, 2pm

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Mostly Nordic Music + smorgasbord: Norwegian music for violin, piano, and accordion, plus a little Piazzolla. Nordic Heritage Museum, 3014 N.W. 67th St., Seattle, WA 98117 $47-$55 (concert only $22-$27) Sunday, May 3, 2015, 4pm

Music From the War to End All Wars Ives, Prokofiev, and much more, curated by UW pianist Robin McCabe. Brechemin Auditorium, Music Building (1st floor), University of Washington,

West Stevens Way NE & Skagit Lane, Seattle $10 Sunday, May 3, 2015, 4pm

Northwest Girlchoir Recognizing the group’s graduating seniors. Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church, 7500 Greenwood Ave. N. Free Sunday, May 3, 2015, 6pm

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IMPFEST VII That’s IMP- as in -rovisation, with three shows from UW jazz faculty, students, and friends, including Bill Frisell on friday. UW Ethnic Cultural Center, 3931 Brooklyn Ave. N.E., Seattle, WA 98105 $12-$20 Sunday, May 3, 2015, 7:30pm

Compline Services A half-hour meditation each week with the eight-voice Renaissance Singers. Saint Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral, 1245 10th Ave. E. Free Sunday, May 3, 2015, 9:30pm

Compline Services A half-hour meditation each week with the eight-voice Renaissance Singers. Saint Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral, 1245 10th Ave. E. Free Sunday, May 10, 2015, 9:30pm

Compline Services A half-hour meditation each week with the eight-voice Renaissance Singers. Saint Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral, 1245 10th Ave. E. Free Sunday, May 17, 2015, 9:30pm