“Okay, we GET IT,” my friend whispered to me during Friday’s performance of Semele by Pacific Music Works. She was … Continue reading UW School of Music and Pacific MusicWorks Partner to Present Handel’s Semele
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
Just as the blustery, wet weather is making us want to scuttle to the nearest concert hall, the October calendar looks like it’s filling up with an impressive list of appearances by some of classical music’s biggest names. The coming month is also burgeoning with performances by local artists and ensembles as well. Continue reading What We’re Hearing This Month: Classical Music Picks for October
Handel’s cantata Apollo e Dafne is an opera in miniature, with emotions as sharply delineated as you’d find in Puccini’s Tosca but in a fraction of the time. Continue reading At Pacific MusicWorks, a Greek God Turned Frustrated Stalker
The music was glorious. From the Medici wedding came the “Ballo del gran duca” by Cavalieri, performed by all the singers who joined with the dancers who wove around and between them, swirling with flowing arms. The dancers, Elizabeth Cooper, Alexandra Dickson, and Ellie Sandstrom, brought finely trained bodies to the choreography, which was more timeless in style. Continue reading Note to Pacific MusicWorks & SDP: Bring Back “Wayward Sisters”
Right from the start, the performance’s high caliber became obvious, with Daniels’ clarion tenor ringing out, the high cornettos sounding like velvet and the pure sound of the two sopranos hanging in the air. Continue reading Pacific Musicworks Lets “Glorious Music” of the Monteverdi Vespers Sing
Welcome to October! This month is jam-packed with classical music events in the Seattle area, enough to have our critics scrambling from concert to concert every week. Here are a few of our top picks for the month ahead. Continue reading What We’re Hearing This Month: Classical Music Picks for October
