Commission/Premiere – Past Concerts
Seattle Symphony: Brahms Violin Concerto
Saturday, November 7, 2015 @ 8:00pm – 9:40pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Kancheli – Nu.Mu.Zu. for Orchestra (world premiere)
Brahms – Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77
Martinu – Symphony No. 4
Brahms – Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77
Martinu – Symphony No. 4
$21-$121 (youth 8-18 free)
Origins: Life & the Universe
Saturday, November 7, 2015 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
In an audiovisual concert paying tribute to some of the greatest discoveries made by space scientists, eight Seattle composers will premiere original orchestral music that showcases the complexity and beauty of our universe.
$22-$32
FIRELIGHT! 18th Annual Seattle Children’s Hospital Benefit Concert
Friday, November 6, 2015 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
A new concert by Grammy-winning composer Mateo Messina featuring Sweet Water, Shawn Smith, the Northwest Symphony Orchestra and the UW Chorale.
$42-$200
Seattle Symphony: Brahms Violin Concerto
Friday, November 6, 2015 @ 12:00pm – 2:20pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Kancheli – Nu.Mu.Zu. for Orchestra (world premiere)
Brahms – Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77
Martinu – Symphony No. 4
Brahms – Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77
Martinu – Symphony No. 4
$21-$121 (youth 8-18 free)
Seattle Symphony: Brahms Violin Concerto
Thursday, November 5, 2015 @ 7:30pm – 9:50pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Kancheli – Nu.Mu.Zu. for Orchestra (world premiere)
Brahms – Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77
Martinu – Symphony No. 4
Brahms – Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77
Martinu – Symphony No. 4
$21-$121 (youth 8-18 free)
Cornish Presents Gamelan Pacifica: Music for Gamelan and String Quartet
Sunday, November 1, 2015 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
An unusual chamber music concert featuring premieres of several new works by Seattle composers Marguerite Brown, Stephen Fandrich, Jessika Kenney and Eyvind Kang.
$5-$20
NWSO: Doolittle, Van Kirk, Boshnack & more
Friday, October 30, 2015 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Highline Performing Arts Center, Burien, WA, United States
Emily Doolittle – Two Jigs and Some Fireworks
Keith Van Kirk – Heroic Overture
Modest Mussorgsky – Night on Bald Mountain
Samantha Boshnack – TBA (world premiere)
Jorge Mejia – Danza, Magia y Ritual (Dance, Magic and Ritual)
Antonin Dvořák – Slavonic Dance, Op. 46, No. 1
Keith Van Kirk – Heroic Overture
Modest Mussorgsky – Night on Bald Mountain
Samantha Boshnack – TBA (world premiere)
Jorge Mejia – Danza, Magia y Ritual (Dance, Magic and Ritual)
Antonin Dvořák – Slavonic Dance, Op. 46, No. 1
$15 ($12 student/senior)
Simple Measures: Cello Divas III: Bach
Sunday, October 25, 2015 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
J.S. Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No. 6
Popper – Requiem
Poteat – In Paradisum
Popper – Requiem
Poteat – In Paradisum
$15-$30
Seattle Symphony: [untitled] 1
Friday, October 23, 2015 @ 10:00pm – 11:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Richard Karpen – Program Music (world premiere)
Joël-François Durand – Mundus Imaginalis (world premiere)
Huck Hodge – pulse - cut - seethe - blur (world premiere)
Joël-François Durand – Mundus Imaginalis (world premiere)
Huck Hodge – pulse - cut - seethe - blur (world premiere)
$15
Simple Measures: Cello Divas III: Bach
Friday, October 23, 2015 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Hale's Palladium, Seattle, WA, United States
J.S. Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No. 6
Popper – Requiem
Poteat – In Paradisum
Popper – Requiem
Poteat – In Paradisum
$15-$30
St. Helens Quartet performs Borcherding's 'Sound Games'
Tuesday, October 20, 2015 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Premiere of Cornish student Roderick Borcherding's new string quartet, a contemporary classical work exploring techniques in sound.
Free
From Darkness to Luminosity
Saturday, October 17, 2015 @ 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)
Cornish Presents: IWO Flute Quartet
Monday, October 12, 2015 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PDT)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
IWO Flute Quartet (Sydney Carlson, Leonard Garrison, Jennifer Rhyne and Paul Taub) will perform a program that includes Second Grand Quartet for Sixteen Flutes – The White Labyrinth by Harvey Sollberger and Song and Dance by Seattle composer Angelique Poteat.
Free
ETHEL with special guest Robert Mirabal presents: The River
Thursday, October 8, 2015 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Critically acclaimed string quartet ETHEL continues its collaboration with Native American flutist and Grammy Award winner Robert Mirabal. Using rivers as inspiration for collaboration, their music explores water as the embodiment of spirit and its essential role in life on earth.
$35-$40
The Esoterics: Subtilior
Sunday, October 4, 2015 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Grace Episcopal Church, Bainbridge Island, WA, United States
In a program that reflects upon intimacy, subtlety, and all things delicate, The Esoterics will present five brand-new choral works inspired by our innermost dreams, our delight of nature, and the great beyond.
$15-$25
The Esoterics: Subtilior
Saturday, October 3, 2015 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Seattle, WA, United States
In a program that reflects upon intimacy, subtlety, and all things delicate, The Esoterics will present five brand-new choral works inspired by our innermost dreams, our delight of nature, and the great beyond.
$15-$25
The Esoterics: Subtilior
Friday, October 2, 2015 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
In a program that reflects upon intimacy, subtlety, and all things delicate, The Esoterics will present five brand-new choral works inspired by our innermost dreams, our delight of nature, and the great beyond.
$15-$25
Octava Chamber Orchestra: Chabrier, Jensen, Beethoven
Saturday, September 26, 2015 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Maple Park Church, Lynnwood, WA, United States
Chabrier – Pastorale Suite
Jensen – Piano Concerto (world premiere)
Beethoven – Symphony No. 8
Jensen – Piano Concerto (world premiere)
Beethoven – Symphony No. 8
$13-$20 (children free)
Sparks of Glory: After Life
Saturday, September 26, 2015 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PDT)
Seattle Art Museum, Plestcheef Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Darius Milhaud – Suite for Violin, Clarinet and Piano, Op. 157b
Rosy Wertheim – Le Tsigane Dans La Lune
Henriette Bosmans – Nuit Calme
Tom Cipullo – After Life (2015) – selected arias
Rosy Wertheim – Le Tsigane Dans La Lune
Henriette Bosmans – Nuit Calme
Tom Cipullo – After Life (2015) – selected arias
Free
Post-Haste Reed Duo
Saturday, September 19, 2015 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Washington Composers Forum presents the Post-Haste Reed Duo performing music by Jacob Ter Veldhuis, Michael Johanson, Simon Hutchinson, Edward J. Hines, Ryan Hare, Ethan Wickman, and music chosen from a call for scores.
$5-$15 suggested donation