Seattle Pro Musica celebrates the 100th anniversary of Benjamin Britten’s birth with a concert of Christmas-themed choral works, including yuletide favorite A Ceremony of Carols. Two more performances of the program are scheduled for December 14. Continue reading Seattle Pro Musica Honors Britten’s Legacy With “A Ceremony of Carols”
The holiday concert season is already in full swing, but there’s still a full calendar of festive musical events set to spread Christmas cheer throughout the Seattle area. We’ve compiled a small sampling of yuletide offerings for everyone, from grandma to your hipster cousin. Continue reading What We’re Hearing This Holiday Season: Classical Music Picks For Christmas
Full of double entendres, word play (the relationship and translation between French and English is a fertile field), and a playful disregard of logic and sense, the story will amuse you. The singing will also please you; the small cast is full of young rising singers. Continue reading Vespertine Opera’s Playful Les Mamelles de Tirésias at Columbia City Theater
Afkham took this very familiar work at what is now thought to be the speed intended by Beethoven, much faster than it has generally been played in the last century. The performance was vivid from the eerie start on, rushing forward, repeating, full of dynamic contrasts and tension interspersed with lyrical moments, never shrill or forced. Continue reading David Afkham Conducts an “Electrifying” Beethoven’s 5th at SSO
