Past Concerts
Explore our past seasons including Seattle Baroque Orchestra programs, international touring artists, and more!
2022-23
Music of the Ages
- Six Dresden Concertos – Seattle Baroque Orchestra
- The World of Joseph Bologne – Seattle Baroque Orchestra
- A New Springtime Of The World – Diabolus in Musica
- Silenced Voices – Seattle Baroque Orchestra
global connections
- Pas de Deux – Seattle Baroque Orchestra and Whim W’Him Contemporary Dance
- Gulumbá Gulumbé – Ars Longa De La Habana
SPECIAL EVENTS
- Music and Mystery, A Unique Concert Experience – Gerald Elias
- The Fiddle & The Voice: Traditional Fiddling and Songs from 18th Century Ireland – Randal Bays and Clint Dye
2021-22
Music of the Ages
- Tous les Matins du Monde – Jordi Savall
- Convent and Cloister: Hidden Genius – Seattle Baroque Orchestra
and Byrd Ensemble - Carte Blanche – Reginald Mobley and Seattle Baroque Orchestra
- The Six Brandenburg Concertos- Seattle Baroque Orchestra
Global Connections
- For All Our Sisters – Seattle Baroque Orchestra
Special Concerts
- Diverse Bizzarrie: Rachell Ellen Wong and David Belkovski
- A Summer Afternoon Of Mozart, Beethoven, and Merriment:
Alexander Weimann and Rachell Ellen Wong - All-Bach with Organist Alexander Weimann
Deep Roots, New Branches: Host Antonio Gómez
- In the Spirit of Reginald Mobley: Reginald Mobley
- Ziryab: Andalusian Journeys: Ronnie Malley & Carlo Basile
- Music Across Time and Place: Ke Guo
- Journey of the Oud, Birth of the Lute: Gus Denhard & Adem Merter
Birson
The Virtual Concert Hall
- Entr’acte: Infusion Baroque
- Cecilia: Jan Leeflang, Greet Wuyts & Thomas Hoste
- Baroque Opera: Coronation of Poppea: Stephen Stubbs & Fred
Hauptman, co-music directors
Creative Conversations
- Host Gus Denhard with Rachell Ellen Wong and David Belkovski
2020-21 – A Virtual Season
Seattle Baroque Orchestra
- Stabat Mater
- Handel’s Messiah
- Coming Together: Music from Moravia
Chanticleer
- She Said/He Said
Accademia del Piacere
- Lamentum
Arne Zaslove and Theodore Deacon
- Madrigal Comedy: L’Amfiparnaso
Mícheál Moley Ó’Súilleabháin and Rev. Nóirín Ní Riain, PhD
- Mother and Son: Lamentation and Joy in Irish traditional Song
and Poetry
Stephen Stubbs, Linda Tsatsanis & Donald Byrd
- Opera: A Night in Hell: Ballo delle ingrate
Fahmi Alqhai and Patricia Guerrero
- Accademia del Piacere Presents: Rediscovering Spain
John Lenti
- In Concert: The Artistry of John Lenti
Randal Bays and Clint Dye
- The Irish Baroque
Rachel Barton Pine
- American Traditions
2019-20
Seattle Baroque Orchestra
- Bach: Brandenburg Concertos 2 and 4
International Series
- Ensemble Caprice: Vivaldi’s Montezuma (1733)
- La Nef: Sea Songs and Chanties
- NW Baroque Masterworks: Festive Cantatas: Christmas in
Gabrieli’s Venice - The Boston Camerata: The Play of Daniel
2018-19
International Series
- Vivaldi, Handel, Bach
- Monteverdi’s Christmas Vespers
- Sultana: Music of the Sephardic Diaspora
- Ce moys de May: Springs Take on Life, Love, and Longing
Seattle Baroque Orchestra
- Byron Schenkman’s Favorites
- Music and Medicine
- Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater
- Handel’s Messiah
Special Concert
- Jordi Savall and Hespèrion XXI – Routes of Slavery
2017-18
International Series
- Diabolus in Musica
- Northwest Baroque Masterworks Project
- Rachel Barton Pine
- The King’s Singers
- Jordi Savall and Carlos Nunez
Seattle Baroque Orchestra
- Forces of Nature
- Winter with the Mozarts
- The Fairy Queen
- The Splendor of Dresden
Early Music Discovery
- The Life and Times of Queen Christina of Sweden
2016–2017
International Series
- Chanticleer
- Sequentia
- Northwest Baroque Masterworks Project
- Musica Pacifica
- The Baltimore Consort
Seattle Baroque Orchestra
- Tafelmusik
- Le Mozart Noir
- Bach Brandenburg Celebration
- Ode to the Orchestra
Early Music Discovery
- Handel’s Serse
Special Concerts
- Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra (In partnership with Meany Center
for the Performing Arts) - 40th Anniversary Celebration Concert
“It’s always a treat to come to Seattle – It is such a great
organization and the audiences are wonderful.”
2015–2016
International Series
- Bach Collegium Japan: Vivaldi, Handel, Bach
- Northwest Baroque Masterworks: Praetorius Christmas Vespers
- Hesperion XXI: Man and Nature | In the Celtic, Irish, Scottish,
and American Music Traditions - Stile Antico: The Touches of Sweet Harmony | The Musical World
of William Shakespeare - Piffaro, The Renaissance Band | Back Before Bach
Seattle Baroque Orchestra
- Ebb and Flow – Water Music
- Night Music: Mozart, Boccherini, and Friends
- Monica Huggett and Alexander Weimann: Bach Intimacies
- Multiple Bach: Concertos on Caffeine
Early Music Discovery
- The Starry Messenger: The Life and Times of Galileo Galilei
Special Concerts
- Anonymous 4: Anthology 25, Farewell Tour, Meany Hall (In
partnership with UW World Series) - Jordi Savall: Spirit of the Viol, Nordstrom Recital Hall
“[Monica Huggett and Alexander Weimann] have found immediate
connection in their approach to Bach. Very much on the same page,
they played as two halves of a whole…” -The SunBreak
2014–2015
International Series
- Constantinople: Metamorfosi Musicali
- Pallade Musica: A Mio Modo
- Northwest Baroque Masterworks: Handel’s Theodora
- Musica Ficta: Traveling Music – Three Cultures
- Chanticleer: Mystery
Seattle Baroque Orchestra
- The American Dream (Guest Director Matthias Maute)
- European Christmas Potpourri (Guest Director Eric Milnes)
- A Twelfth Night Celebration (Guest Director Julie Andrijeski)
- The Four Seasons (Guest Director Carrie Krause)
Early Music Discovery
- Mini-Masterworks: Tales from the Middle Ages
Special Concerts
- Carlos Núñez: A Celtic Musical Pilgrimage to Santiago, Town Hall
Seattle - Branford Marsalis and the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia:
Well Tempered, Meany Hall (In partnership with UW World Series) - Ebola Relief Concert: A Musica Response, Town Hall Seattle
“Seattle’s Early Music Guild, formed in 1977, was profound…not only
presents concerts by the finest international practitioners of
historically informed music, but also has served as the ‘mother
ship’ nurturing a wide space of groups…” -Melinda Bargreen,
Classical Seattle
2013–2014
International Series
- Ensemble Lucidarium: Una Festa Ebraica—Celebrating Life, Town
Hall Seattle - Blue Heron: Advent and Christmas in Medieval England, St. James
Cathedral - The King’s Singers: In Memoriam Josquin des Prez, Town Hall
Seattle - Hesperion XXI: Folias Antiguas y Criollas, Town Hall Seattle
- Ensemble Caprice: Salsa Baroque, Town Hall Seattle
Seattle Baroque Orchestra
- Musica Transalpina (Guest Director Elizabeth Blumenstock)
- Dresden Concertos (Guest Director Rachel Barton Pine)
- Bach Cantatas for Lent and Easter (Guest Director Kevin Mallon)
- Delirio Amoroso—Handel’s Italian Years (Guest Director Alexander
Weimann)
Early Music Discovery
- Ensemble Lucidarium: Un Bel Matin d’Amor—Discovering the Music
of Medieval Italy - Early Music for All: An Intergenerational Sing-Along
- Seattle Historical Arts for Kids: Handel’s Alcina
“Seattle is no stranger to top quality baroque instrument playing…”
-The SunBreak
2012–2013
International Series
- Musica Ficta: Hispaniarum Rex Catholicus, St. James Cathedral
- Hesperion XXI: Teares of the Muses, Trinity Parish Church
- Hesperion XXI: The Golden Age of Consort Viol Music, Town Hall
Seattle - The Baltimore Consort: Wassail! Wassail!, Town Hall Seattle
- The King’s Singers: Renaissance Conquests in Love and War, Town
Hall Seattle - Benjamin Bagby: Beowulf, Town Hall Seattle
Seattle Baroque Orchestra
- Bach Violin Concertos, Town Hall Seattle
- Baroque Celebration!, Town Hall Seattle
- Bach Cantatas, Town Hall Seattle
- Haydn Sonatas and Trios on the 1799 Kirckman fortepiano, Town
Hall Seattle - Nights at the Opera, Town Hall Seattle
Early Music Discovery
- The Baltimore Consort (Plus Kids!), Sand Point Community United
Methodist Church Jump at My Cousin: Early Ballads & Dance Tunes - Dmitri Carter and Friends, Downstairs at Town Hall French
Baroque Tales in Music and Puppetry - Seattle Historical Arts for Kids, Downstairs at Town Hall
Mini-Masterworks: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
2011–2012
International Series
- Toronto Consort: The Da Vinci Codex
- Stile Antico: Puer natus est
- Daniel Taylor and The Theatre of Early Music: Henry Purcell’s
Dido and Aeneas - La Morra: Lacrime di Leo, Tears of a Lion
- Boston Camerata: Alexander the Great – Hero, Warrior, Lover
Seattle Baroque Orchestra
- La Paix du Parnasse: The Italian French Connection
- Music from the City of Light: Paris at the Age of Enlightenment
(Seattle Baroque Soloists) - A Toast to Brandenburg
- Common Ground (Matthews and Schenkman duo)
- Vivaldi Gloria with The Tudor Choir
Early Music Discovery
- Boppin’ with Bach
- A Medieval Christmas
- The Noble Child
2010–2011
International Series
- Tanya Tomkins
- Monteverdi: Vespers
- Paolo Pandolfo
- Portland Baroque Orchestra: St. John Passion
- Anonymous 4
Seattle Baroque Orchestra
- Pergolesi: Stabat Mater
- Bach and Friends
- Vivaldi Folia
- Handel’s Grand Concertos
- Sound the Trumpet
Baroque Opera
- A Day on the Town, A Night in Hell: Vecchi: L’Amfiparnaso &
Monteverdi: Il ballo delle ingrate
Early Music Discovery
- Baroque Cello Master Class
- Seattle Historical Arts for Kids: Merry It Is
- Commedia
Special Event
- Plaine & Easie
2009–2010
International Series
- Tudor Choir
- Musica ad Rhenum
- Sequentia with Ben Bagby
- Hesperion XXI with Jordi Savall
- Portland Baroque with Rinaldo Alessandrini
Special Event
- Matthews and Schenkman Duo Recital
Early Music Discovery
- Margriet Tindemans
- Ulv
- Recorders in Consort
2008–2009
International Series
- Ensemble La Rota
- Jaap ter Linden
- Piffaro
- Tallis Scholars
- Ensemble Caprice
Baroque Opera
- La Venexiana: Monteverdi: L’Orfeo
Early Music Discovery
- Ensemble La Rota Family Concert
- Orpheus’ Lyre
- Ingrid Matthews
2007–2008
International Series
- Ensemble Clement Janequin
- Trio Medieval
- The Academy of Ancient Music
- Il Fondamento Baroque
- Lucidarium
Early Music Discovery
- Wood’N’Flutes
- Barock and Roll!
- Lucidarium Family Concert
2006-2007
International Series
- Les Boreades de Montreal
- Tallis Scholars: Renaissance Masters
- Tallis Scholars: Music of the Sistine Chapel
- Ciaramella
- Netherlands Bach Society
- Jordi Savall
Baroque Opera
- Monteverdi: L’incoronazione di Poppea
Early Music Discovery
- Tortoise and the Hare
- Baroque Opera Preview
- Ciaramella Family Concert
2005–2006
International Series
- Europa Galante
- Baltimore Consort
- Pomerium
- Richard Egarr
- Trio Mediaeval
Early Music Discovery
- Venere Lute Quartet
- Baltimore Consort
- Capriole’s Caper
2004-2005
International Series
- Fretwork
- English Concert
- Liber unUsualis
- Red Priest
- Piffaro
Early Music Discovery
- The Evolution of the Duo Sonata
- La Guitarra
- Piffaro Family Concert
2003-2004
International Series
- La Venexiana
- Ensemble REBEL
- Anonymous 4
- Netherlands Bach Society
- Hesperion XXI
Early Music Discovery
- The Dancer and the Baroque Cello
- The Winds of Time
- Pleyn Delite
2002–2003
International Series
- Musica ad Rhenum
- Andreas Staier
- Baltimore Consort
- Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet
- Academy of Ancient Music
Recital Series
- John Holloway
- Orlando Consort
- Tanya Tomkins
Baroque Opera
- Monteverdi Chamber Operas: Il ballo delle ingrate and
Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda
2001–2002
International Series
- Musica Pacifica
- La Venexiana
- Chanticleer
- Fortune’s Wheel
- Emma Kirkby with the Freiburger Barockorchester
Recital Series
- Andrew Manze and Richard Egarr
- Yukimi Kambe Viola da Gamba Consort
- Pieter Wispelwey
Special Concert
- Bimbetta
2000–2001
International Series
- Sequentia
- Piffaro
- Belladonna
- Hesperion XXI
- Charivary
Recital Series
- Hopkinson Smith
- Margriet Tindemans and Jillon Stoppels Dupree
- Randall Wong and Byron Schenkman
1999–2000
International Series
- Musica Antiqua Koln
- El Mundo
- Anonymous 4
- Concerto Palatino
- Zephyrus
- Recital Series
- Les Voix Humaines
- Andrew Manze
- Theatre of Voices
1998–1999
International Series
- Musica Antiqua Koln
- El Mundo
- Anonymous 4
- Concerto Palatino
- Zephyrus
- Recital Series
- Les Voix Humaines
- Andrew Manze
- Theatre of Voices
1998–1999
International Series
- Capriccio Stravagante
- Tallis Scholars
- Newberry Consort
- Il Giardino Armonico
- Malcom Bilson
Recital Series
- Julianna Baird and Jillon Stoppels Dupree
- Ronn McFarlane
- Wilbert Hazelzet and Jacques Ogg
1997–1998
International Series
- Gabrieli Consort
- Boston Camerata
- Bimbetta
- Piffaro
- King’s Noyse
Recital Series
- John Fleagle and Shira Kammen
- Dan Laurin and Jakob Lindberg
- Kim Heindel
1996–1997
International Series
- Capriccio Stravagante
- Palladian Ensemble
- Anonymous 4
- Baltimore Consort
- Harp Consort
- 20th Anniversary Celebration: Handel’s Carmelite Vespers
Recital Series
- Stephen Stubbs
- Duo Geminiani
- Janet See with Margriet Tindemans and Byron Schenkman
1995–1996
International Series
- Ensemble Alcatraz
- Tallis Scholars
- Ensemble REBEL
- Verbruggen Ensemble
- Malcolm Bilson
Recital Series
- Colin Tilney
- Derek Lee Ragin
- Andrew Lawrence-King