Morlot’s Seattle Symphony Celebrates Rhythms of Stravinsky, Gershwin, Varèse
The three works were all written within a span of about 15 years, Rite in 1913, Paris in 1928 and Ameriques between 1918 and 1922. It was a time of artistic ferment in Paris, even during WWI, beginning...
View ArticleAuburn Symphony’s Springtime “Rite,” With Strauss on the Side
The Rite is receiving many performances this season, one of them this past weekend by the Auburn Symphony Orchestra at that city’s Performing Arts Center. For this concert, conductor Stewart Kershaw...
View ArticleWhat We’re Hearing This Month: Classical Music Picks for July
The glorious Seattle summer has finally arrived, and with it comes a treasure trove of light-hearted and fun classical concerts. Experience the joy of live music outdoors at one of several concerts in...
View ArticleA Symphony of Hope
Andrew Manze has been better known in Seattle for his mastery of the Baroque violin and his ability to engage and pull in listeners like the Pied Piper, but for some years now he has been moving into...
View ArticleAuburn Symphony Brings Mozart to Mountainview High
When the Auburn Symphony Orchestra was formed by music director Steward Kershaw 17 years ago it was in order, he said, to give the members of the Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra an opportunity to...
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