Classical
Seattle Symphony Berlioz’s extravagant symphony/oratorio/thing Romeo et Juliette. 7:30 p.m. Thurs., Feb. 12, 8 p.m. Sat., Feb. 14. Benaroya Hall, 200 University St., Seattle, WA 98101 $20-$122 Thursday, February 12, 2015, 7:30pm
Northwest Symphony “Love Stories” includes Brent Irwin’s Valse sur le Boulevard plus music by Rimsky-Korsakov and Tchaikovsky. Highline Performing Arts Center, 401 South 152nd St.Burien, WA 98148 $12-$15 Friday, February 13, 2015, 7:30pm
Simple Measures Messiaen’s powerful Quartet for the End of Time, plus music by Franck, Schulhoff, and Muczynski. Chapel Performance Space, 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N., 7:30 p.m. Fri., Feb. 13; Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave., 2 p.m. Sun., Feb. 15. Chapel Performance Space (Good Shepherd Center), 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N. $15-$30 Friday, February 13, 2015, 7:30pm
UW Mallethead Series Percussion music from UW prof Tom Collier, Susan Pascal, and Ted Poor. Meany Studio Theater, UW campus, Seattle $12-$20 Friday, February 13, 2015, 7:30pm
Northwest Baroque Masterworks
Theodora, Handel’s oratorio about forbidden Roman/Christian love. Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave., Seattle, WA 98101 $20-$45 Friday, February 13, 2015, 8pm
The Met: Live in HD Opera from NYC at a moviehouse near you. This week, a double bill of Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta and Bartok’s Bluebeard’s Castle. See fathomevents.com for participating theaters. 9:30 a.m. Sat., Feb. 14, encored 6:30 p.m. Wed., Feb. 18. Various locations, $24 Saturday, February 14, 2015, 9:30am
Duo Romantique Beethoven, Chopin, and more from cellist Page Smith and Tamara Friedman on fortepiano. 7:30 p.m. Sat., Feb. 14, 3 p.m. Sun., Feb. 15. Queen Anne Christian Church, 1316 Third Ave. W., Seattle, WA 98119 $15-$30 Saturday, February 14, 2015, 7:30pm
Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra With violist Melia Watras, romantic music for strings (Dvorak, Rachmaninoff, et al.). Chapel Performance Space (Good Shepherd Center), 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N. $10-$15 Saturday, February 14, 2015, 8pm
Seattle Symphony Berlioz’s extravagant symphony/oratorio/thing Romeo et Juliette. 7:30 p.m. Thurs., Feb. 12, 8 p.m. Sat., Feb. 14. Benaroya Hall, 200 University St., Seattle, WA 98101 $20-$122 Saturday, February 14, 2015, 8pm
Simple Measures Messiaen’s powerful Quartet for the End of Time, plus music by Franck, Schulhoff, and Muczynski. Chapel Performance Space, 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N., 7:30 p.m. Fri., Feb. 13; Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave., 2 p.m. Sun., Feb. 15. Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave., Seattle, WA 98101 $15-$30 Sunday, February 15, 2015, 2pm
Thalia Symphony Music by Alfven, Tchaikovsky, and Wieniawski. Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave., Seattle, WA 98101 $15-$20 Sunday, February 15, 2015, 2pm
Philharmonia Northwest Smoochy bonbons (like Mascagni’s Intermezzo from Cavalleria rusticana), plus the premiere of a violin concerto by Andrew Waggoner. St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 4805 N.E. 45th St. $15-$20 Sunday, February 15, 2015, 2:30pm
Duo Romantique Beethoven, Chopin, and more from cellist Page Smith and Tamara Friedman on fortepiano. 7:30 p.m. Sat., Feb. 14, 3 p.m. Sun., Feb. 15. Queen Anne Christian Church, 1316 Third Ave. W., Seattle, WA 98119 $15-$30 Sunday, February 15, 2015, 3pm
Seattle Pro Musica Music by 10 area composers, including director Karen P. Thomas, in “New Sounds Northwest.” Church of the Redeemer, 6211 N.E. 182nd St., Kenmore $5-$15 Sunday, February 15, 2015, 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, February 15, 2015, 9:30pm
The Met: Live in HD Opera from NYC at a moviehouse near you. This week, a double bill of Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta and Bartok’s Bluebeard’s Castle. See fathomevents.com for participating theaters. 9:30 a.m. Sat., Feb. 14, encored 6:30 p.m. Wed., Feb. 18. Various locations, $24 Wednesday, February 18, 2015, 6:30pm
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, February 22, 2015, 9:30pm
