Classical •  Music of Remembrance Actor Paul Wegener was nearly 40 when

March 31, 2015 12:34 am

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Music of Remembrance Actor Paul Wegener was nearly 40 when he made his first film in 1915: an eerie Romantic fantasy of sorcery, love, and death called The Student of Prague. While on location there, he heard an obscure legend about a medieval rabbi who made a monster of clay to defend the city’s Jews from an emperor’s persecution. The story came to obsess Wegener, who made three versions of it. The last-The Golem: How He Came into the World (1920)-was a huge success, soon recognized as one of the masterpieces of silent cinema. With his broad, flat face and narrow, slanted eyes, Wegener specialized in spooky roles. His man of clay, stiff as a child’s crude modeling attempt, begins as an almost comic figure, but rapidly develops a tragic dimension as the lurid events around him unravel. Wegener’s performance is amplified by the bizarrely Expressionist settings of architect Hans Poelzig, who created a stony vision of medieval Prague as an enormous termite mound of muddy spires and crepuscular alleys. A freshly restored print of Wegener’s film forms the climax of this Music of Remembrance concert devoted to music inspired by Jewish folklore. Betty Olivero has composed a new klezmer-flavored score for The Golem, to be performed by a string quartet and Laura DeLuca on clarinet, under the baton of Guenter Buchwald. ROGER DOWNEY Benaroya Recital Hall, 200 University St., Seattle, WA 98101 $30-$40 Monday, March 30, 2015, 7:30pm

London Symphony On his 70th-birthday tour of the West Coast, Michael Tilson Thomas conducts favorites by Britten, Gershwin, and Sibelius. Benaroya Hall, 200 University St., Seattle, WA 98101 Call for ticket prices. Wednesday, April 1, 2015, 7:30pm

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Inverted Space UW’s new-music ensemble, presents a “Long Piece Fest”-works that might be a bit unwieldy for a regular concert, like, tonight, Sciarrino’s 75-minute L’Opera per Flauto, played by Daria Binkowski. Chapel Performance Space (Good Shepherd Center), 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N. $5-$15 Thursday, April 2, 2015, 7:30pm

Vernae What is it? Better to ask what isn’t it: “Equal parts live performance, sculptural/sound installation, and film screening,” it’s inspired by The Rite of Spring. 7 p.m. Fri., April 3-Sat., April 4. Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Ave., Seattle, WA 98122 $12-$15 Friday, April 3, 2015, 7pm

Marc Seales The UW faculty jazz pianist performs originals and standards. Brechemin Auditorium, Music Building (1st floor), University of Washington,

West Stevens Way NE & Skagit Lane, Seattle $15 Friday, April 3, 2015, 7:30pm

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Robin Holcomb & Peggy Lee New music in various styles for piano and cello. West Seattle Library, 2306 42nd Ave. S.W.Seattle, WA 98116 Free Sunday, April 5, 2015, 3pm

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Club Shostakovich Inching near the finish line of their exploration of all 15 of Dmitri Shostakovich’s string quartets, Trio Pardalote plays the 13th (a single-movement work that showcases the viola), plus other Russian chamber works. The Royal Room, 5000 Rainier Ave. S. Donation Sunday, April 5, 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, April 5, 2015, 9:30pm

Seattle Baroque Orchestra Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” plus flute concertos. Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave., Seattle, WA 98101 See website for details. Saturday, April 11, 2015

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Seattle Modern Orchestra Violinist Graeme Jennings plays virtuosity-stretching solo works. Chapel Performance Space (Good Shepherd Center), 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N. See website for details. Saturday, April 11, 2015

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 12, 2015, 9:30pm

Seattle Symphony Shostakovich’s massive Seventh (1942) is a requiem for Leningrad-as destroyed by Stalin or by Hitler, take your pick-and became a wartime cause celebre for the Allies. Benaroya Hall, 200 University St., Seattle, WA 98101 $35 and up Thursday, April 16, 2015, 7:30pm

Seattle Symphony Shostakovich’s massive Seventh (1942) is a requiem for Leningrad-as destroyed by Stalin or by Hitler, take your pick-and became a wartime cause celebre for the Allies. Benaroya Hall, 200 University St., Seattle, WA 98101 $20 and up Friday, April 17, 2015, 12pm

Simple Measures Classical meets jazz with the Turtle Island String Quartet. simplemeasures.org Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave., Seattle, WA 98101 $15 and up Friday, April 17, 2015, 7:30pm

Seattle Symphony Shostakovich’s massive Seventh (1942) is a requiem for Leningrad-as destroyed by Stalin or by Hitler, take your pick-and became a wartime cause celebre for the Allies. Benaroya Hall, 200 University St., Seattle, WA 98101 $35 and up Saturday, April 18, 2015, 8pm

Simple Measures Classical meets jazz with the Turtle Island String Quartet. simplemeasures.org Mt. Baker Community Club, 2811 Mt. Rainier Dr. S. $15 and up Sunday, April 19, 2015, 2pm

Thalia Symphony Beethoven’s Third, plus Tchaikovsky, Verdi, and Weber. thaliasymphony.org Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave., Seattle, WA 98101 $20 Sunday, April 19, 2015, 2pm

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 19, 2015, 9:30pm

Emerson Quartet The greatest of them all, playing Beethoven, Shostakovich, and a new work by Lowell Liebermann. uwworldseries.org Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, UW Campus, Seattle, WA 98105 $40 and up Tuesday, April 21, 2015, 7:30pm

Seoul Symphony Bringing Beethoven and Brahms across the Pacific. Benaroya Hall, 200 University St., Seattle, WA 98101 $27 and up Tuesday, April 21, 2015, 7:30pm