UW Symphony Orchestra – Past Concerts
Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezín
UW Symphony Orchestra,
UW Chorale,
UW Chamber Singers,
Seattle Jewish Chorale,
Symphony Tacoma Voices, and
Defiant Requiem Foundation
Friday, June 2, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 9:25pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
A profoundly moving multimedia concert-drama combining the magnificent music of Verdi with video testimonials and narration, to tell the story of the courageous Jewish prisoners in the Theresienstadt Concentration Camp who performed the celebrated Verdi Requiem while experiencing the depths of human degradation.
$15/$10
UW Symphony with Concerto Competition Winners and Ludovic Morlot
Friday, March 10, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Messiaen – Les offrandes oubliée
Ibert – Flute concerto, mvts. 1 & 2
Grieg – Piano concerto in A minor, Op. 16, mvt. 1
Sibelius – Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47, mvt. 1
Ravel – Pavane pour une infante défunte
Ravel – La Valse
Ibert – Flute concerto, mvts. 1 & 2
Grieg – Piano concerto in A minor, Op. 16, mvt. 1
Sibelius – Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47, mvt. 1
Ravel – Pavane pour une infante défunte
Ravel – La Valse
$15 ($10 student/senior)
UW Symphony & Seattle Symphony Orchestra: Side by Side
Thursday, January 26, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Beethoven – Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b
Shostakovich – Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor
Berlioz – Judges of the Secret Court, Overture, Op. 3
Copland – Fanfare for the Common Man
Shostakovich – Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor
Berlioz – Judges of the Secret Court, Overture, Op. 3
Copland – Fanfare for the Common Man
Free (Free, RSVP required)
UW Symphony with Jonathan Biss
Friday, December 9, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Moritz Moszkowski – Prelude and Fugue, Op. 85
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64
$10-$15
UW Symphony with Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir, cello
Friday, November 4, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, Seattle, WA, United States
Martinů – Memorial to Lidice, H. 296
Shostakovich – Cello Concerto No. 1 in E flat, Op. 107
Brahms – Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98
Shostakovich – Cello Concerto No. 1 in E flat, Op. 107
Brahms – Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98
$10-$15
UW Symphony: Satie, Brahms, Rachmaninoff, Williams
Friday, June 3, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Satie – Two Gymnopédies
Brahms – Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80
Rachmaninoff – Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18, Mvt. 1
Williams –Tuba Concerto
Brahms – Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80
Rachmaninoff – Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18, Mvt. 1
Williams –Tuba Concerto
$10-$15
Oppression-Faith-Rebellion-Freedom: A View of Beethoven’s Fifth
Friday, May 13, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Kane Hall Room #130, University of Washington Campus, Seattle, WA, United States
The UW Symphony Orchestra and director David Alexander Rahbee present a lecture-concert exploring deeper themes of Beethoven's masterwork.
Free (Free)
UW Symphony with Concerto Competition Winner
Friday, March 11, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Rachmaninoff – Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27
Schumann – Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129
Schumann – Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129
$10-$15
UW Symphony with Glenn Dicterow
Friday, February 12, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Tchaikovsky – Polonaise from Eugene Onegin
Barber – Violin concerto, Op. 14
Borodin – Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor
Stravinsky – Suite from The Firebird, 1919
Barber – Violin concerto, Op. 14
Borodin – Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor
Stravinsky – Suite from The Firebird, 1919
$10-$15
Michael Gibbs and Bill Frisell with the UW Symphony and Jazz Studies Faculty
Thursday, January 14, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Guitarist Bill Frisell revisits arrangements by composer Michael Gibbs’ arrangements, joined by the UW Symphony and Jazz Studies faculty Cuong Vu, Ted Poor, and Luke Bergman.
$20 (students $10)
UW Symphony with Cyndia Sieden: Schumann, Sibelius, Strauss
Friday, December 11, 2015 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Schumann – Symphony in D minor (original 1841 version of Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120)
Sibelius – Luonnotar, Op. 70
R. Strauss – Death and Transfiguration, Op. 24
Sibelius – Luonnotar, Op. 70
R. Strauss – Death and Transfiguration, Op. 24
$10-$15
UW Symphony with Maria Larionoff: Sibelius, Stravinsky, Beethoven
Friday, November 6, 2015 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Sibelius – Two Humoresques, for violin and orchestra, Op. 87
Stravinsky – Violin Concerto in D major
Beethoven – Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"
Stravinsky – Violin Concerto in D major
Beethoven – Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"
$10-$15
Side-by-Side: UW Symphony and the Seattle Symphony
Friday, April 24, 2015 @ 7:30pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, Seattle, WA, United States
Beethoven – Egmont Overture, Op. 84
Debussy – Prélude à "L'après-midi d'un faune" ("Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun")
Stravinsky – Pulcinella Suite
Ravel – Ma Mère l'Oye (Mother Goose)
Debussy – Prélude à "L'après-midi d'un faune" ("Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun")
Stravinsky – Pulcinella Suite
Ravel – Ma Mère l'Oye (Mother Goose)
Free
UW Symphony at Benaroya Hall
Friday, January 23, 2015 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Durand – Le Tombeau de Rameau III
Poulenc – Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36
Poulenc – Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36
$22 ($17 seniors; $12 students)
UW Symphony and Opera Theater: Respighi and Puccini
Friday, December 5, 2014 @ 7:30pm – 7:30pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Respighi – Fountains of Rome
Puccini – Gianni Schicchi (concert performance)
Puccini – Gianni Schicchi (concert performance)
$15 ($10 student/senior)
UW Symphony with Jeff Fair and Women of the University Chorale
Thursday, October 30, 2014 @ 7:30pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Dvořák – The Water Goblin, Op. 107
R. Strauss – Horn Concerto No. 1 in E Flat, Op. 11
Mendelssohn – Overture and incidental music from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 21 and 61
R. Strauss – Horn Concerto No. 1 in E Flat, Op. 11
Mendelssohn – Overture and incidental music from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 21 and 61
$15 ($10 students/seniors)
University Symphony and Concerto Competition Winners
Friday, June 6, 2014 @ 7:30pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Pablo de Sarasate - Navarra, for Two Violins and Orchestra, Op. 33
Rachmaninoff - Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
Mussorgsky/Ravel - Pictures at an Exhibition
Rachmaninoff - Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
Mussorgsky/Ravel - Pictures at an Exhibition
$15 ($10 students/seniors)
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