Commission/Premiere – Past Concerts near Seattle, WA
Cascade Symphony Orchestra: Opening Night – Eternal Beauty
Monday, October 25, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Edmonds Center for the Arts, Edmonds, WA, United States
Steven Richards – Tribute for String Orchestra, “In Memory of Alan Lund” (world premiere)
Antonín Dvořák – Two Waltzes, Op. 54
Giovanni Gabrieli – Canzon in echo duodecimi toni à 10, Ch. 180
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K. 219 "The Turkish"
Franz Joseph Haydn – Symphony No. 104 in D major, Hob. I:104 "London"
Franz Joseph Haydn – The Seven Last Words of Christ, Hob. XX:1
Béla Bartók – Romanian Folk Dances for strings, Sz. 68, BB 76
Antonín Dvořák – Two Waltzes, Op. 54
Giovanni Gabrieli – Canzon in echo duodecimi toni à 10, Ch. 180
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K. 219 "The Turkish"
Franz Joseph Haydn – Symphony No. 104 in D major, Hob. I:104 "London"
Franz Joseph Haydn – The Seven Last Words of Christ, Hob. XX:1
Béla Bartók – Romanian Folk Dances for strings, Sz. 68, BB 76
$27 ($22 senior, $15 student, $10 ages 12 & under)
Port Townsend Symphony: PNW Premiere by Blauth
Sunday, October 24, 2021 @ 2:00pm – 3:00pm (PDT)
Port Townsend American Legion Post #26, Port Townsend, WA, United States
Brenno Blauth – Concertino for oboe & strings (PNW premiere)
Alan Hovhaness – Psalm & Fugue, Op. 40a
Leoš Janáček – Suite for Strings
Alan Hovhaness – Psalm & Fugue, Op. 40a
Leoš Janáček – Suite for Strings
Free (Free (reservations encouraged))
Emerald City Music: What You Are To Me
Saturday, October 23, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Kenneth J. Minnaert Center for the Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Bohuslav Martinů – Variations on a Theme of Rossini, H. 290
Erich Wolfgang Korngold – Suite for Two Violins, Cello, & Piano Left Hand, Op. 23
Patrick Castillo – Winter Light (Seattle premiere)
Erich Wolfgang Korngold – Suite for Two Violins, Cello, & Piano Left Hand, Op. 23
Patrick Castillo – Winter Light (Seattle premiere)
$55 ($44 ETV member)
Northwest Symphony Orchestra Family Concert
Saturday, October 23, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Highline Performing Arts Center, Burien, WA, United States
Bruce Stark – The Vigor of Hope (brass fanfare) (Seattle premiere)
Camille Saint-Saëns – Selections from Carnival of the Animals
Edvard Grieg – "Morning Mood" & "In the Hall of the Mountain King" from Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46
Gioachino Rossini – Overture to Il barbiere di Siviglia ("The Barber of Seville")
Gustav Holst – "Jig" from St. Paul's Suite in C major, Op. 29, No. 2
Antonio Vivaldi – Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 3, No. 6, RV 356
Ferdinand Hérold – Overture to Zampa
Georges Bizet – "IV. Farandole" from L'Arlésienne Suite No. 2
Camille Saint-Saëns – Selections from Carnival of the Animals
Edvard Grieg – "Morning Mood" & "In the Hall of the Mountain King" from Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46
Gioachino Rossini – Overture to Il barbiere di Siviglia ("The Barber of Seville")
Gustav Holst – "Jig" from St. Paul's Suite in C major, Op. 29, No. 2
Antonio Vivaldi – Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 3, No. 6, RV 356
Ferdinand Hérold – Overture to Zampa
Georges Bizet – "IV. Farandole" from L'Arlésienne Suite No. 2
$20 ($15 senior/student)
Emerald City Music: What You Are To Me
Saturday, October 23, 2021 @ 5:30pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Kenneth J. Minnaert Center for the Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Bohuslav Martinů – Variations on a Theme of Rossini, H. 290
Erich Wolfgang Korngold – Suite for Two Violins, Cello, & Piano Left Hand, Op. 23
Patrick Castillo – Winter Light (Seattle premiere)
Erich Wolfgang Korngold – Suite for Two Violins, Cello, & Piano Left Hand, Op. 23
Patrick Castillo – Winter Light (Seattle premiere)
$55 ($44 ETV member)
Emerald City Music: What You Are To Me
Friday, October 22, 2021 @ 10:00pm – 11:55pm (PDT)
415 Westlake, Seattle, WA, United States
Bohuslav Martinů – Variations on a Theme of Rossini, H. 290
Erich Wolfgang Korngold – Suite for Two Violins, Cello, & Piano Left Hand, Op. 23
Patrick Castillo – Winter Light (Seattle premiere)
Erich Wolfgang Korngold – Suite for Two Violins, Cello, & Piano Left Hand, Op. 23
Patrick Castillo – Winter Light (Seattle premiere)
$55 ($44 ETV member)
Emerald City Music: What You Are To Me
Friday, October 22, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
415 Westlake, Seattle, WA, United States
Bohuslav Martinů – Variations on a Theme of Rossini, H. 290
Erich Wolfgang Korngold – Suite for Two Violins, Cello, & Piano Left Hand, Op. 23
Patrick Castillo – Winter Light (Seattle premiere)
Erich Wolfgang Korngold – Suite for Two Violins, Cello, & Piano Left Hand, Op. 23
Patrick Castillo – Winter Light (Seattle premiere)
$55 ($44 ETV member)
arx duo – Evergreen: New Music for Marimba & Vibraphone
Friday, October 22, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
Online and in-person
Peter Klatzow – Ambient Resonances
Johann Sebastian Bach – English Suite No. 3 in G minor, BWV 808
Angelique Poteat – New work TBA (world premiere)
Robert Honstein – Evergreen
Johann Sebastian Bach – English Suite No. 3 in G minor, BWV 808
Angelique Poteat – New work TBA (world premiere)
Robert Honstein – Evergreen
Online: $18 | In person: $25
Meany Center: Conrad Tao
Wednesday, October 13, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Pianist Conrad Tao leads a journey through the sonic worlds of compositional voices from the past & the immediate present – including a newly commissioned piece from Tao himself.
$65 (subscriptions available)
Wayward Music Series: Skyros Quartet + arx duo – Bows & Mallets
Tuesday, October 12, 2021 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
New works for string quartet & percussion by Michael Laurello & Christopher Dietz, plus works from the 20th & 21st Centuries.
$5-$15 donation
Seattle Symphony: Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances
Saturday, October 9, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Gioachino Rossini – Overture to Semiramide
Francisco Coll – Violin Concerto (US premiere)
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
Francisco Coll – Violin Concerto (US premiere)
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
Ticket price TBD
Seattle Symphony: Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances
Thursday, October 7, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Gioachino Rossini – Overture to Semiramide
Francisco Coll – Violin Concerto (US premiere)
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
Francisco Coll – Violin Concerto (US premiere)
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
Ticket price TBD
The Sound Ensemble: EXTRACTION – Art on the Edge of the Abyss
Sunday, October 3, 2021 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Royal Room, Seattle, WA, United States
Žibuoklė Martinaitytė – Solastalgia (US premiere)
Henning Kraggerud – ROMANTARCTICA
Jerry Mader – Pietà: Lament at the Edge of the Abyss (world premiere)
Henning Kraggerud – ROMANTARCTICA
Jerry Mader – Pietà: Lament at the Edge of the Abyss (world premiere)
$15 advance, $20 at the door, $7 student
The Sound Ensemble: EXTRACTION – Art on the Edge of the Abyss
Saturday, October 2, 2021 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Trinity Church Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Žibuoklė Martinaitytė – Solastalgia (US premiere)
Henning Kraggerud – ROMANTARCTICA
Jerry Mader – Pietà: Lament at the Edge of the Abyss (world premiere)
Henning Kraggerud – ROMANTARCTICA
Jerry Mader – Pietà: Lament at the Edge of the Abyss (world premiere)
$20 (students/seniors "pay-what-you-can", ages 12 & under free)
Wayward Music Series: Puget Sounds Wind Quintet
Friday, October 1, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Eric Ewazen – Roaring Fork
Frank Ticheli – In C Dorian
Don Bowyer – 5-4-3 Miniatures
Valerie Coleman – Umoja
David P. Jones – New work TBA (world premiere)
Frank Ticheli – In C Dorian
Don Bowyer – 5-4-3 Miniatures
Valerie Coleman – Umoja
David P. Jones – New work TBA (world premiere)
Free
Seattle Symphony: Free Opening Weekend Concert
Sunday, September 19, 2021 @ 12:30pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Celebration including the unveiling of a commissioned work of Indigenous art, a cross-cultural musical performance, & a mainstage performance by the SSO at 2pm.
Free (Free (reservation required))
Seattle Symphony: Opening Night Gala
Saturday, September 18, 2021 @ 5:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Cocktail hour performances; a full concert with the Thomas Dausgaard & the orchestra, featuring Igor Stravinsky's Firebird Suite; & a formal dinner featuring Chef Kristi Brown.
$1000-$50,000
[SOLD OUT] Orchestra Seattle & Seattle Chamber Singers: Summer Serenade
Sunday, August 1, 2021 @ 5:30pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Mount Baker Community Club, Seattle, WA, United States
Sheila Bristow – When Music Sounds (world premiere)
Johann Sebastian Bach – Wachet auf ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – "I. Marcia" from Serenade No. 6 for Orchestra in D major, K. 239 "Serenata notturna"
Arthur Honegger – Pastorale d'été, H. 31
Antonín Dvořák – Serenade for Strings in E major, Op. 22, B. 52
Johann Sebastian Bach – Wachet auf ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – "I. Marcia" from Serenade No. 6 for Orchestra in D major, K. 239 "Serenata notturna"
Arthur Honegger – Pastorale d'été, H. 31
Antonín Dvořák – Serenade for Strings in E major, Op. 22, B. 52
Sold Out
UW Chamber Singers & University Chorale – How Shall I hold my Soul Still? Songs of Love, Loss and Betrayal
Thursday, March 5, 2020 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, Seattle, WA, United States
An eclectic program of American contemporary choral works, the winter quarter concert by the Chamber Singers and University Chorale examines love through many lenses.
$10
Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra: Music of the Americas
Sunday, March 1, 2020 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
John Adams – The Chairman Dances: Foxtrot for Orchestra
Arturo Marquez – Danzón No. 9 (Seattle premiere)
Leonard Bernstein – "Symphonic Dances" from West Side Story
Arturo Marquez – Danzón No. 9 (Seattle premiere)
Leonard Bernstein – "Symphonic Dances" from West Side Story
$16-$54