Folk – Upcoming Concerts

Program includes works by Bedřich Smetana, Z. Randall Stroope, Adolphus Hailstork, César Franck, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Douglas E. Wagner, Liu Chia-chang, Friedrich-Wilhelm Möller, Eric Whitacre, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Traditional, Ruth Morris Gray, Li Jinguang, Giovanni Battista Martini, Johannes Brahms, Johann Adolph Hasse, Franz Joseph Haydn, and Aaron Copland.

On July 3rd, Gayane Grigoryan and Joe Williams will be performing a program of traditional and electrifying contemporary Armenian music.&nb…

Frédéric Chopin — Scherzo No. 1 in B minor, Op. 20
Frédéric Chopin — Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 31
Frédéric Chopin — Scherzo No. 3 in C-sharp minor, Op. 39
Frédéric Chopin — Scherzo No. 4 in E major, Op. 54
Carl Czerny — Fantasie brillante sur 'Le nozze di Figaro', Op. 493
George Gershwin — Rhapsody in Blue
Traditional — Selected works (arrangements of Taiwanese folk songs)

Free 30-minute Pre-Concert Recital begins at 6:30pm in the Nordstrom Recital Hall.

Ticketed in-person SCMS concert will follow at 7:30pm.

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György Ligeti — Six Bagatelles (arr. for saxophone quartet)
Kristin Kuster — Red Pine
John Mackey — Unquiet Spirits
Mark O'Connor — Appalachia Waltz (arr. Dan Graser)
Chris Rogerson — Meditation for Violin and Saxophone Quartet (world premiere)
George Gershwin — Rhapsody in Blue (arr. Alistair Coleman for piano & saxophone quartet)

György Ligeti — Six Bagatelles (arr. for saxophone quartet)
Kristin Kuster — Red Pine
John Mackey — Unquiet Spirits
Mark O'Connor — Appalachia Waltz (arr. Dan Graser)
Chris Rogerson — Meditation for Violin and Saxophone Quartet (world premiere)
George Gershwin — Rhapsody in Blue (arr. Alistair Coleman for piano & saxophone quartet)

Old fiddle tunes which are steeped in centuries of tradition have always been granted a special power and meaning, but how old are they? Th…

There is no doubt that the majority of traditional Acadian songs come from France, their origins can even be traced back to certain regions…

Program includes works by Georg Muffat, Francesco Geminiani, Robert 'Red Rob' Mackintosh, and Henry Purcell.

Johann Sebastian Bach — Selected works
Traditional — Selected works