Edgard Varèse – Upcoming Concerts
From Darkness to Luminosity
Saturday, October 17, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Edgard Varèse – Octandre (1923)
Julia Wolfe – Singing in the dead of night (2008)
Morton Feldman – The Viola in My Life I (1970)
Orlando Jacinto Garcia – From Darkness to Luminosity (2015) – World premiere
Julia Wolfe – Singing in the dead of night (2008)
Morton Feldman – The Viola in My Life I (1970)
Orlando Jacinto Garcia – From Darkness to Luminosity (2015) – World premiere
$20 ($10 student/senior)
Seattle Symphony's TUNING UP!: Rhapsody in Red, White & Blue
Thursday, June 17, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Edgard Varèse – Tuning Up
Charles Ives – Orchestral Set No. 2
George Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue
Derek Bermel – Elixir
John Adams – My Father Knew Charles Ives
Duke Ellington – Harlem
Charles Ives – Orchestral Set No. 2
George Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue
Derek Bermel – Elixir
John Adams – My Father Knew Charles Ives
Duke Ellington – Harlem
$25
Seattle Symphony's SPELLBOUND: The Theremin Returns
Sunday, June 20, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Witness a true virtuoso, trained by inventor Léon Theremin himself, work her wizardry on an electronic instrument that sings and swoops without any physical contact.
$25
Mark Tse Conducts Bernstein, Varèse, Sondheim & More
Saturday, February 26, 2028 @ 2:00pm – 3:00pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Bernstein – Prelude, Fugue, and Riffs
Varèse – Octandre
Sondheim – "No More" from Into the Woods
Yang – TBA (premiere)
Copland – Appalachian Spring for 13 instruments
Varèse – Octandre
Sondheim – "No More" from Into the Woods
Yang – TBA (premiere)
Copland – Appalachian Spring for 13 instruments
Free
UW Percussion Ensemble: Percussion Music as Revolution
Friday, November 30, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Yiheng Yvonne Wu – Violent Tender
Edgard Varèse – Ionisation
Philip Schuessler – The Glass Abattoir
Edgard Varèse – Ionisation
Philip Schuessler – The Glass Abattoir
$10
Seattle Symphony Chamber Concert: American Horizons
Sunday, April 28, 2030 @ 6:00pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Octave 9 at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Edgard Varèse – Poème Électronique
Steve Reich – Vermont Counterpoint
Nina C. Young – Spero Lucem
Kaley Lane Eaton – New work (world premiere)
Mary Kouyoumdjian – Sedna, Beneath the Sea
Mason Bates – White Lies for Lomax
Derek Bermel – Nine Revolutions (world premiere)
Steve Reich – Vermont Counterpoint
Nina C. Young – Spero Lucem
Kaley Lane Eaton – New work (world premiere)
Mary Kouyoumdjian – Sedna, Beneath the Sea
Mason Bates – White Lies for Lomax
Derek Bermel – Nine Revolutions (world premiere)
$35
UW School of Music: (Im)migration – Music of Displaced Peoples
Sunday, May 5, 2030 @ 4:30pm – 6:30pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Bohuslav Martinů – Sonata for Flute and Piano, H. 306
Sergei Prokofiev – Scenes from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64 for piano
Edgard Varèse – Density 21.5 for solo flute
Sergei Prokofiev – Scenes from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64 for piano
Edgard Varèse – Density 21.5 for solo flute
Free
UW School of Music Presents Music of Today: DXARTS
Wednesday, October 23, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Edgard Varèse – Poème électronique
Francis Dhomont – Novars
Richard Karpen – The Other
Francis Dhomont – Novars
Richard Karpen – The Other
Free (Free)