Wednesday, July 10, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Volunteer Park Amphitheater, Seattle, WA, United States

7:30pm – Student recitals
8:00pm – Live audio broadcast from Benaroya Hall

Every Seattle Chamber Music Society Summer Festival concert is broadcast into Seattle Parks where audiences enjoy chamber music in a casual, comfortable environment. The Music Under the Stars series is the perfect event to pack a picnic and bring your friends to the park and listen to these audio-only broadcasts. Before the broadcast and during intermission, talented, local student musicians perform live. Last year, over 2,600 people enjoyed these SCMS broadcasts.

The student recitals begin at 7:30 and the live audio broadcast gets under way at 8pm, with another short student performance during the intermission at Benaroya. This evening, the following live program will be broadcast from Benaroya Hall to the park:

Franz Joseph Haydn – String Quartet in B-flat major, Op. 76 No. 4 “Sunrise”
Alexander Kerr, violin / Benjamin Bowman, violin / Beth Guterman Chu, viola / Ani Aznavoorian, cello

John Blow – “O Turn Not Those Fine Eyes Away”
John Blow – “Of All the Torments”
Henry Purcell – “Sweeter than Roses”
Henry Purcell – “She Loves and She Confesses”
Henry Purcell – “Evening Hymn”
Nicholas Phan, tenor / Stephen Stubbs, lute / Julie Albers, cello / Alexander Kerr, violin / Benjamin Bowman, violin

Maurice Ravel – Ma mère l’Oye (“Mother Goose”) Suite for Piano Four Hands
Inon Barnatan, piano / Angela Drăghicescu, piano

Johannes Brahms – Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 101
James Ehnes, violin / Paul Watkins, cello / Alessio Bax, piano

This year, SCMS is expanding from four to five parks! They will continue to offer Music Under the Stars at Columbia Park (Columbia City), Freeway Park (Downtown), Volunteer Park (Capitol Hill), and they are moving to a new West Seattle location – the Seattle Chinese Garden in the Delridge Neighborhood. The fifth and newest addition to this list is Yesler Terrace Park in the First Hill Neighborhood! Please note the Music Under the Stars schedule:

Monday Night Performances
Seattle Chinese Garden (West Seattle)
Yesler Terrace Park (First Hill)

Wednesday Night Performances
Volunteer Park (Capitol Hill)

Friday Night Performances
Columbia Park (Columbia City)
Freeway Park (Downtown)