Classical
Simple Measures Messiaen’s powerful Quartet for the End of Time, plus music by Franck, Schulhoff, and Muczynski. Chapel Performance Space, 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N., 7:30 p.m. Fri., Feb. 13; Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave., 2 p.m. Sun., Feb. 15. Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave., Seattle, WA 98101 $15-$30 Sunday, February 15, 2015, 2pm
Thalia Symphony Music by Alfven, Tchaikovsky, and Wieniawski. Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave., Seattle, WA 98101 $15-$20 Sunday, February 15, 2015, 2pm
Auburn Symphony Light favorites for Valentine’s weekend. Theatre at Auburn Mountainview, 28900 124th Ave. S.E., Auburn $10-$34 Sunday, February 15, 2015, 2:30pm
Philharmonia Northwest Smoochy bonbons (like Mascagni’s Intermezzo from Cavalleria rusticana), plus the premiere of a violin concerto by Andrew Waggoner. St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 4805 N.E. 45th St. $15-$20 Sunday, February 15, 2015, 2:30pm
Duo Romantique Beethoven, Chopin, and more from cellist Page Smith and Tamara Friedman on fortepiano. 7:30 p.m. Sat., Feb. 14, 3 p.m. Sun., Feb. 15. Queen Anne Christian Church, 1316 Third Ave. W., Seattle, WA 98119 $15-$30 Sunday, February 15, 2015, 3pm
Seattle Pro Musica Music by 10 area composers, including director Karen P. Thomas, in “New Sounds Northwest.” Church of the Redeemer, 6211 N.E. 182nd St., Kenmore $5-$15 Sunday, February 15, 2015, 3pm
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, February 15, 2015, 9:30pm
The Met: Live in HD Opera from NYC at a moviehouse near you. This week, a double bill of Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta and Bartok’s Bluebeard’s Castle. See fathomevents.com for participating theaters. 9:30 a.m. Sat., Feb. 14, encored 6:30 p.m. Wed., Feb. 18. Various locations, $24 Wednesday, February 18, 2015, 6:30pm
UW Jazz Innovations Standards and originals from student ensembles. Brechemin Auditorium, Music Building (1st floor), University of Washington,
West Stevens Way NE & Skagit Lane, Seattle $5 Wednesday, February 18, 2015, 7:30pm
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Jerusalem Quartet Haydn, Bartok (his ever-unsettling Fourth Quartet), and Schubert. Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, UW Campus, Seattle, WA 98105 $40-$45 Thursday, February 19, 2015, 7:30pm
UW Chamber Orchestra In HUB Lyceum, music by Atterberg, Sibelius, and others; violinist Quinton Morris is the soloist. University of Washington Campus, 15th Ave. N.E. and N.E. 41st St., Seattle, WA 98105 Free Thursday, February 19, 2015, 7:30pm
UW Jazz Innovations Standards and originals from student ensembles. Brechemin Auditorium, Music Building (1st floor), University of Washington,
West Stevens Way NE & Skagit Lane, Seattle $5 Thursday, February 19, 2015, 7:30pm
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Bull Roarchestra Stuart Dempster’s bass drum/hand bullroarer/didgeridoo ensemble performs in response to the installation Ann Hamilton: the common S E N S E. Henry Art Gallery, 4100 15th Ave. N.E., Seattle, WA 98195 Free with admission Friday, February 20, 2015, 7pm
Mark Steinbach Organ works TBA. Saint Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral, 1245 10th Ave. E. $15 Friday, February 20, 2015, 7:30pm
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Northwest Sinfonietta Christophe Chagnard’s final performance as music director (the ensemble’s transitioning out of the single-leadership model) is devoted to Mozart overtures and arias. Benaroya Recital Hall, 200 University St., Seattle, WA 98101 $20-$55 Friday, February 20, 2015, 7:30pm
UW Orchestra Haydn and Mozart with soprano Cyndia Sieden. Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, UW Campus, Seattle, WA 98105 $10-$15 Friday, February 20, 2015, 7:30pm
Seattle Symphony Bach’s four orchestral suites. Benaroya Hall, 200 University St., Seattle, WA 98101 $20-$122 Friday, February 20, 2015, 8pm
Marc Seales Music from ths UW faculty jazz pianist and friends. Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, UW Campus, Seattle, WA 98105 $12-$20 Saturday, February 21, 2015, 7:30pm
Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra With special guest clarinetist Anat Cohen. Benaroya Recital Hall, 200 University St., Seattle, WA 98101 $15-$47 Saturday, February 21, 2015, 7:30pm
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Tudor Choir A new setting, by Gabriel Jackson, of The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Blessed Sacrament Church, 5041 Ninth Ave. N.E. $20-$30 Saturday, February 21, 2015, 7:30pm
Seattle Symphony Bach’s four orchestral suites. Benaroya Hall, 200 University St., Seattle, WA 98101 $20-$122 Saturday, February 21, 2015, 8pm
Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra With special guest clarinetist Anat Cohen. Kirkland Performance Center, 350 Kirkland Ave., Kirkland, WA 98033 $15-$47 Sunday, February 22, 2015, 2pm
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Fortune’s Bones Subtitled “The Manumission Requiem,” Ysaye M. Barnwell’s choral/orchestral cantata sets Marilyn Nelson’s poem about an 18th-century Connecticut slave. The Paramount, 911 Pine St, Seattle, WA 98101 Free Sunday, February 22, 2015, 4pm
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Russian Chamber Music Foundation of Seattle Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring for piano four-hands, and more. Benaroya Recital Hall, 200 University St., Seattle, WA 98101 $10-$30 Sunday, February 22, 2015, 5pm
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, February 22, 2015, 9:30pm
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Music of Today Fearless pianist Cristina Valdes plays Lachenmann and Scelsi. Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, UW Campus, Seattle, WA 98105 $12-$20 Tuesday, February 24, 2015, 7:30pm
UW Baroque Ensemble Bach, Handel and Telemann. Brechemin Auditorium, Music Building (1st floor), University of Washington,
West Stevens Way NE & Skagit Lane, Seattle $5 Tuesday, February 24, 2015, 7:30pm
UW Percussion Ensemble Thomas Collier conducts. Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, UW Campus, Seattle, WA 98105 $10-$15 Wednesday, February 25, 2015, 7:30pm
Tom Varner & Friends An evening of “Meditations and Improvisations for Brass Ensemble, Percussion, and Field Recordings” promises sonic surprises. Chapel Performance Space (Good Shepherd Center), 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N. $5-$15 Wednesday, February 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, March 1, 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, March 8, 2015, 9:30pm
