Though May is already in full swing, there are still plenty of options for classical music fans looking for live music. This month’s offerings run the gamut from opera and chamber music to modern dance and ballet. Continue reading What We’re Hearing This Month: Classical Music Picks For May
Andrew Manze has been better known in Seattle for his mastery of the Baroque violin and his ability to engage … Continue reading A Symphony of Hope
After about an hour of Bach’s preludes and fugues last night, pianist András Schiff paused for just a few seconds, then launched into No. 12, and a familiar stair-stepping of notes for anyone who’s ever heard Jem’s most popular single, “They,” from 2005. Continue reading András Schiff Plays 150 Minutes of Bach to a Rapt Benaroya
Friday’s recital has Andres Diaz playing his 1698 Goffriller cello in Bach and composer Xi Wang, and concertgoers will hear Beethoven’s Piano Trio in E-Flat Major, and two piano quartets, by Suk and Dvorak.
Monday July 11 has Schumann, Mozart, Schubert, Debussy and a blockbuster quartet by Richard Strauss. All well worth hearing. Continue reading Seattle’s Summer Chamber Music Festival Now in Progress
