A Spotlight on the Clarinet at Latest Gallery Concerts Performance
On Saturday night at Queen Anne Christian Church, Gallery Concerts presented a delectable program of chamber works on period instruments
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Violinist Hilary Hahn Shines at UW World Series
On April 29, violinist Hilary Hahn and pianist Cory Smythe performed a recital as part of the UW World Series. The duo’s program paired repertoire by Mozart and Schubert with pieces by composers Antón García Abril and Richard Barrett.
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A Remarkable Young Quartet in Modigliani
The Emerson String Quartet came to mind more than once during the performance by the Modigliani Quartet at Meany Theater
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A Light-Hearted World Premiere at Seattle’s Summer Chamber Music Festival
On Monday, the Seattle Chamber Music Society debuted “Sanctuary,” a new work by composer Lawrence Dillon. Sparkling gems by Mozart and Beethoven continued the concert’s summery theme.
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David Afkham Conducts an “Electrifying” Beethoven’s 5th at SSO
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.
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PNB’s Modern Masterpieces Lives Up to the Hype
The only question about Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Modern Masterpieces program (at McCaw Hall through March 24) is at which point your soul may incandesce. My instinct is that this is likely to occur in the second half, during Ulysses Dove’s Dancing on the Front Porch of Heaven or Twyla Tharp’s In the Upper Room, with its spectacular use of the “fog of minimalism.”
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