Classical, Etc.
Marrowstone Music Festival One more weekend of chamber and orchestral music (7:30 p.m. Thurs. & Sat., 3 p.m. Sun.), sponsored by the Seattle Youth Symphony. Aug. 1 Eric Banks’ opera trilogy Our Earth.
Aug. 3 Faculty chamber music: Borodin and Durufle. Aug. 4 Orchestral faves by Berlioz, Grieg, and more. Western Washington University, Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, 360-650-6146, marrowstone.org, tickets.wwu.edu.
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Methow Valley Chamber Music Festival Some unusual programming here: lots of Mozart, but also lots of Taneyev, and excerpts from Hindemith’s weirdly satirical Minimax suite. See methowmusicfestival.org for full details. Signal Hill Ranch, 115 Signal Hill Road, Twisp. $25. 7:30 p.m. Thurs., Aug. 1 & Sat., Aug. 3.
Whidbey Island Music Festival Music by Bach and his baroque colleagues. Aug. 2 & 4 Handel arias as interludes among a handful of concerti grossi. Aug. 3 Bach cantatas and other festive music. (Fri.–Sat. at St. Augustine’s in the Woods, 5217 S. Honeymoon Bay Rd.; Sun. at Greenbank Farm, 765 Wonn Rd.) whidbeyislandmusicfestival.org. $20–$25. 7:30 p.m. Fri., Aug. 2–Sat., Aug. 3, 3 p.m. Sun., Aug. 4.
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Seattle Opera: “Make Some Noise!” SEE THE WIRE, PAGE TK.
Olympic Music Festival Chamber music in a rustic repurposed barn, each Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m. through Sept. 1. Aug. 3-4 Bartok’s savory Romanian Folk Dances, plus Brahms, Enescu, and Haydn. Olympic Music Festival, Center Road, Quilcene, 360-732-4800, olympicmusicfestival.org. $18–$33.
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Seattle Opera Their quadrennial production of Wagner’s Ring is one of the opera world’s most acclaimed, drawing pilgrims from all over the world. Cycle 1, Aug. 4–9; Cycle 2, Aug. 12–17; Cycle 3, Aug. 20–25. Also see seattleopera.org for a zillion auxiliary events, from scholarly talks to Pacific Science Center’s “Laser Ring” on Aug. 11. McCaw Hall, Seattle Center, 389-7676. $300–$1,460 per cycle.
