Symphony No. 2 in E minor Op. 32 “Gaelic” (Amy Beach) – Upcoming Concerts
Seattle Symphony: Beach Gaelic Symphony
Saturday, November 20, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Music Director Thomas Dausgaard conducts this powerhouse program featuring Amy Beach’s “Gaelic” Symphony No. 2, plus the world premiere of a rare double harp concerto by American composer Hannah Lash.
Ticket price TBD
Seattle Symphony: Beach Gaelic Symphony
Thursday, November 18, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Online and in-person
Music Director Thomas Dausgaard conducts this powerhouse program featuring Amy Beach’s “Gaelic” Symphony No. 2, plus the world premiere of a rare double harp concerto by American composer Hannah Lash.
Online: from $12.99 | In-person: $24-$134
Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra: A Time to Honor
Saturday, October 16, 2021 @ 6:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Concert honoring women in music, featuring works by Joan Tower, Caroline Shaw, Gwyneth Walker, & Anne Guzzo. Guest Conductor Avalana Eisenberg conducts Amy Beach's "Gaelic" Symphony.
Online: $15 | In person: $10-$50
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 Festival Orchestra: Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
Sunday, March 1, 2020 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – Ballade, Op. 33
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35
Amy Beach – Symphony in E minor, Op. 32 "Gaelic"
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35
Amy Beach – Symphony in E minor, Op. 32 "Gaelic"
$18 / $14 / $5 / FREE under age 5
Seattle Festival Orchestra: Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto Family Concert
Saturday, February 29, 2020 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
Bethany Community Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – Ballade, Op. 33
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35
Amy Beach – Symphony in E minor, Op. 32 "Gaelic"
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35
Amy Beach – Symphony in E minor, Op. 32 "Gaelic"
$18 / $14 / $5 / under age 5 FREE
Seattle Symphony: Wonder Women
Saturday, February 22, 2020 @ 11:00am – 11:35am (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Ruth Crawford Seeger – Rissolty Rossolty
Amy Beach – "Alla siciliana: Allegro vivace" from Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 32, “Gaelic”
Florence Price – "Tempo moderato" from Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor
Lili Boulanger – D'un matin de printemps ("Of a Spring Morning")
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov – "The Sea and Sinbad's Ship" from Scheherazade, Op. 35
Amy Beach – "Alla siciliana: Allegro vivace" from Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 32, “Gaelic”
Florence Price – "Tempo moderato" from Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor
Lili Boulanger – D'un matin de printemps ("Of a Spring Morning")
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov – "The Sea and Sinbad's Ship" from Scheherazade, Op. 35
$25 / $15
Thalia Symphony Orchestra: Ode to Joy
Saturday, February 15, 2020 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Amy Beach – Gaelic Symphony, 2nd mvt. (“Alla Siciliana”)
Heather Bentley – Laniakea (Immeasurable Heavens) for Stephen Hawking and Sun Ra
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 9, final mvt. (“Ode to Joy”)
Heather Bentley – Laniakea (Immeasurable Heavens) for Stephen Hawking and Sun Ra
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 9, final mvt. (“Ode to Joy”)
$35
Philharmonia Northwest: Songs of Life – Music by Female Composers, Past & Present
Sunday, October 6, 2019 @ 2:30pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Emily Doolittle – Reedbird for winds and brass
Sheila Silver – Being In Life – Concerto for French horn and Alpenhorn, Tibetan singing bowls, and string orchestra (new commission)
Amy Beach – Symphony in E minor, Op. 32 “Gaelic”
Sheila Silver – Being In Life – Concerto for French horn and Alpenhorn, Tibetan singing bowls, and string orchestra (new commission)
Amy Beach – Symphony in E minor, Op. 32 “Gaelic”
$15-$25
Rainier Symphony: Unfamiliar Romance
Sunday, February 25, 2018 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Renton IKEA Performing Arts Center, Renton, WA, United States
Beethoven – Consecration of the House overture, Op. 124
Julius Conus – Violin Concerto in E minor
Amy Beach – Symphony in E minor, "Gaelic"
Julius Conus – Violin Concerto in E minor
Amy Beach – Symphony in E minor, "Gaelic"
$17 ($12 student/senior, kids 12 & under FREE)
Rainier Symphony: Unfamiliar Romance
Saturday, February 24, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Renton IKEA Performing Arts Center, Renton, WA, United States
Beethoven – Consecration of the House overture, Op. 124
Julius Conus – Violin Concerto in E minor
Amy Beach – Symphony in E minor, "Gaelic"
Julius Conus – Violin Concerto in E minor
Amy Beach – Symphony in E minor, "Gaelic"
$17 ($12 student/senior, kids 12 & under FREE)
Seattle Collaborative Orchestra: Sounds of Strength & Divination
Friday, October 27, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
University Christian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
The first symphony ever to be composed by an American woman – Amy Beach's Symphony in E minor, Op. 32 "Gaelic".
$20 / $10 (under 18 FREE)