Classical

Seattle Symphony A free community concert of Mendelssohn and Prokofiev. Roosevelt High School, 1410 N.E. 66th St. Free Tuesday, October 28, 2014, 7pm

Heatwarmer This indie group performs, the guest of UW’s Center for Digital Arts and Experimental Media. Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, UW Campus, Seattle, WA 98105 $12-$20 Tuesday, October 28, 2014, 7:30pm

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Jonathan Powell Born in England of Parsi descent, composer Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (1892-1988), fed up with the cool reception his dumbfoundingly ambitious music got in conservative Britain, became something of a musical hermit. As he put it, “No performance at all is vastly preferable to an obscene travesty,” and it wasn’t until the 1970s and ‘80s that he at last met pianists with the technique, devotion, and stamina required to bring to life his immense and complex music. There’s the hothouse lushness of Scriabin, but with a greater sinewy severity; the chaotic ecstasy of Messiaen, but with blurrier outlines; the formidably complex rhythms and saturated textures of Ives’ “Concord” Sonata-all mixed with rigorous contrapuntal structures that pile on further difficulties. Jonathan Powell has been one of the composer’s chief proselytizers, and brings two recitals’ worth to Seattle: shorter works on Tues., Oct. 28 as an appetizer, and on Saturday, Nov. 1, Sorabji’s 1949 Sequentia cyclica super Dies irae-377 pages long, seven hours of music in all, deployed in bouts of roughly three, two, and two hours with two intermissions. You’ve heard nothing like it in this city, I promise you. GAVIN BORCHERT [See Gavin’s <a href=”http://www.seattleweekly.com/home/954565-129/fall-arts-jonathan-powells-seven-hour-solution” target=”_blank”>preview article</a>.] PONCHO Concert Hall (Cornish College), 710 E. Roy St., Seattle WA 98102 $10-$22 Tuesday, October 28, 2014, 8pm

60×60 In the New Media Gallery, a collage of an hour’s worth of one-minute electroacoustic pieces.  Jack Straw Studios, 4261 Roosevelt Way N.E. Free Wednesday, October 29, 2014, 7pm

Seattle Opera: Don Giovanni You’ve seen the bus ads; you’ve seen the TV spots, all abs and motorcycles; so you know Seattle Opera is going for the boom-chick-a-mow-mow in this revival of director Chris Alexander’s coolly decadent 2007 production of Mozart’s dramedy. Nicolas Cavallier and Mark Walters share the title role, and Lawrence Brownlee, one of today’s busiest and most acclaimed bel canto tenors, returns as the cuckolded Don Ottavio. In Italian with English supertitles. (Seven performances through Nov. 1.) [See Gavin Borchert’s <a href=”http://www.seattleweekly.com/arts/955003-129/seattle-operas-new-don-giovanni-aims” target=”_blank”>review</a>.] McCaw Hall (Seattle Center), 321 Mercer St., Seattle, WA 98109 $25-$223 Wednesday, October 29, 2014, 7:30pm

Seattle Symphony Strauss’ Metamorphosen and Mozart’s Requiem. 7:30 p.m. Thurs., Oct. 30; 8 p.m. Sat., Nov, 1; 2 p.m. Sun., Nov. 2. Benaroya Hall, 200 University St., Seattle, WA 98101 $25 and up Thursday, October 30, 2014, 7:30pm

UW Symphony Strauss’ jaunty Horn Concerto no. 1 (with the Seattle Symphony’s Jeff Fair) plus Dvorak and Mendelssohn. Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, UW Campus, Seattle, WA 98105 $10-$15 Thursday, October 30, 2014, 7:30pm

Halloween Organ Concert An annual tradition from students of Carole Terry. University of Washington, Kane Hall 220, $15 Friday, October 31, 2014, 7:30pm

Seattle Opera: Don Giovanni You’ve seen the bus ads; you’ve seen the TV spots, all abs and motorcycles; so you know Seattle Opera is going for the boom-chick-a-mow-mow in this revival of director Chris Alexander’s coolly decadent 2007 production of Mozart’s dramedy. Nicolas Cavallier and Mark Walters share the title role, and Lawrence Brownlee, one of today’s busiest and most acclaimed bel canto tenors, returns as the cuckolded Don Ottavio. In Italian with English supertitles. (Seven performances through Nov. 1.) [See Gavin Borchert’s <a href=”http://www.seattleweekly.com/arts/955003-129/seattle-operas-new-don-giovanni-aims” target=”_blank”>review</a>.] McCaw Hall (Seattle Center), 321 Mercer St., Seattle, WA 98109 $25-$223 Friday, October 31, 2014, 7:30pm

The Met: Live in HD Opera from NYC at a moviehouse near you. This week, Bizet’s Carmen: a bit long, but otherwise perfect for opera newbies (you can already whistle a few of the tunes). See fathomevents.com for participating theaters. 10 a.m. Sat., Nov. 1; encored 6:30 p.m. Wed., Nov. 5. Various locations, $18 Saturday, November 1, 2014, 10am

Jonathan Powell Born in England of Parsi descent, composer Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (1892-1988), fed up with the cool reception his dumbfoundingly ambitious music got in conservative Britain, became something of a musical hermit. As he put it, “No performance at all is vastly preferable to an obscene travesty,” and it wasn’t until the 1970s and ‘80s that he at last met pianists with the technique, devotion, and stamina required to bring to life his immense and complex music. There’s the hothouse lushness of Scriabin, but with a greater sinewy severity; the chaotic ecstasy of Messiaen, but with blurrier outlines; the formidably complex rhythms and saturated textures of Ives’ “Concord” Sonata-all mixed with rigorous contrapuntal structures that pile on further difficulties. Jonathan Powell has been one of the composer’s chief proselytizers, and brings two recitals’ worth to Seattle: shorter works on Tues., Oct. 28 as an appetizer, and on Saturday, Nov. 1, Sorabji’s 1949 Sequentia cyclica super Dies irae-377 pages long, seven hours of music in all, deployed in bouts of roughly three, two, and two hours with two intermissions. You’ve heard nothing like it in this city, I promise you. GAVIN BORCHERT [See Gavin’s <a href=”http://www.seattleweekly.com/home/954565-129/fall-arts-jonathan-powells-seven-hour-solution” target=”_blank”>preview article</a>.] PONCHO Concert Hall (Cornish College), 710 E. Roy St., Seattle WA 98102 $10-$22 Saturday, November 1, 2014, 2pm

Seattle Baroque Music from colonial Boston, from theater to church. Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave., Seattle, WA 98101 $20-$45 Saturday, November 1, 2014, 5pm

Seattle Opera: Don Giovanni You’ve seen the bus ads; you’ve seen the TV spots, all abs and motorcycles; so you know Seattle Opera is going for the boom-chick-a-mow-mow in this revival of director Chris Alexander’s coolly decadent 2007 production of Mozart’s dramedy. Nicolas Cavallier and Mark Walters share the title role, and Lawrence Brownlee, one of today’s busiest and most acclaimed bel canto tenors, returns as the cuckolded Don Ottavio. In Italian with English supertitles. (Seven performances through Nov. 1.) [See Gavin Borchert’s <a href=”http://www.seattleweekly.com/arts/955003-129/seattle-operas-new-don-giovanni-aims” target=”_blank”>review</a>.] McCaw Hall (Seattle Center), 321 Mercer St., Seattle, WA 98109 $25-$223 Saturday, November 1, 2014, 7:30pm

Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra “Quincy and Ray on Jackson Street” salutes 1940s jazz on the Seattle street where Jones and Charles got their starts. Benaroya Recital Hall, Third Ave. & Union St., 7:30 p.m. Sat., Nov. 1; Kirkland Performance Center, 350 Kirkland Ave., Kirkland, 2 p.m. Sun., Nov. 2.  Benaroya Recital Hall, 200 University St., Seattle, WA 98101 $15-$47 Saturday, November 1, 2014, 7:30pm

Seattle Symphony Strauss’ Metamorphosen and Mozart’s Requiem. 7:30 p.m. Thurs., Oct. 30; 8 p.m. Sat., Nov, 1; 2 p.m. Sun., Nov. 2. Benaroya Hall, 200 University St., Seattle, WA 98101 $25 and up Saturday, November 1, 2014, 8pm

Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra “Quincy and Ray on Jackson Street” salutes 1940s jazz on the Seattle street where Jones and Charles got their starts. Benaroya Recital Hall, Third Ave. & Union St., 7:30 p.m. Sat., Nov. 1; Kirkland Performance Center, 350 Kirkland Ave., Kirkland, 2 p.m. Sun., Nov. 2.  Kirkland Performance Center, 350 Kirkland Ave., Kirkland, WA 98033 $15-$47 Sunday, November 2, 2014, 2pm

Seattle Symphony Strauss’ Metamorphosen and Mozart’s Requiem. 7:30 p.m. Thurs., Oct. 30; 8 p.m. Sat., Nov, 1; 2 p.m. Sun., Nov. 2. Benaroya Hall, 200 University St., Seattle, WA 98101 $25 and up Sunday, November 2, 2014, 2pm

Lake Washington Symphony Michael Miropolsky conducts The Planets, Dvorak, and Mendelssohn. Westminster Chapel, 13646 NE 24th StreetBellevue, WA 98005 $15-$30 Sunday, November 2, 2014, 3pm

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, November 2, 2014, 9:30pm

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Tomo Nakayama With his three month-long residency at Town Hall a wrap and a new recording completed, singer-songwriter Tomo Nakayama wanted to do something different to celebrate the release of his album, Fog on the Lens.

The 34-year-old solo artist, collaborator, and recent actor-who can be seen alongside Ellen Page in Lynn Shelton’s 2013 Touchy Feely-came up with an idea for a marathon-an album release marathon. The one-day event will comprise 14 mini-shows at non-traditional venues from a yoga studio to a grocery co-op to a hair salon. If all goes according to plan, that is. “I have the drives all figured out,” he says. “We’re trying to travel light and still make it a show.”

He’ll attempt the feat-which sometimes in the span of 30 minutes will involve setting up, playing the show, packing up, and moving to the next spot-with a small crew including Yuuki Matthews of the Shins, who helped produce the new record. Despite the logistical challenges of navigating Seattle traffic these days, Nakayama is excited about what the unconventional format might bring about. “I think it’s interesting to people,” he explains. While some of his fans and friends can head out for a late night show, he says, others have to work in the morning, or are moms with young children. “I wanted to do something a little more smaller and more intimate, at places that weren’t normally [venues] you’d hear music in the background and random live music during the day.” Though he took to Facebook and his website to announce his plans, he wants to establish a personal connection with the listeners that come out, beyond the web. “We’re really kind of living in a totally different reality, stuck on social media,” he says. “I know [artists] with hundreds of followers who never go out and play shows and meet people.” Playing to the smaller crowd and getting to know his fans, Nakayama says, is “more gratifying to me.” What’s more, the unexpected surprise of a live music at, say, Lifelong Thrift Store, where he’s slated to gig at 2:30 p.m., will hopefully inspire his accidental listeners to seek out more live music in Seattle.

“We’re a close-knit community of people working together to do something unique and different,” he says, adding, “And personal, which I think is the most important.” Porchlight Coffee & Records, 1318 E. Pike St.

Seattle, WA 98122 No Cover Tuesday, November 4, 2014, 9am

The Met: Live in HD Opera from NYC at a moviehouse near you. This week, Bizet’s Carmen: a bit long, but otherwise perfect for opera newbies (you can already whistle a few of the tunes). See fathomevents.com for participating theaters. 10 a.m. Sat., Nov. 1; encored 6:30 p.m. Wed., Nov. 5. Various locations, $18 Wednesday, November 5, 2014, 6:30pm

NOW Ensemble Music by Judd Greenstein and Derek Bermel, part of the Town Music series. Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave., Seattle, WA 98101 $5-$25 Wednesday, November 5, 2014, 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, November 9, 2014, 9:30pm

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, November 16, 2014, 9:30pm