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What We’re Hearing This Month: Classical Music Picks For June

Dana Wen — Thu, 05 Jun 2014 13:39:21 +0000

This June, Seattle's ending the concert season with a bang, in the form of a month-long flurry of world premiere performances. Celebrate another year of local classical music with brand-new works by talented composers from near and far.

Violinist Hilary Hahn Shines at UW World Series

Dana Wen — Tue, 06 May 2014 17:23:36 +0000

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.

A Remarkable Young Quartet in Modigliani

Philippa Kiraly — Fri, 22 Nov 2013 23:00:23 +0000

The Emerson String Quartet came to mind more than once during the performance by the Modigliani Quartet at Meany Theater Tuesday night. It was not just that the ten-year-old French group of four close friends began as a quartet right after school (maybe in school), nor that within a year of forming it began to … Continue reading →

Vienna’s Choirboys Charm Benaroya Hall

Philippa Kiraly — Mon, 04 Nov 2013 21:56:29 +0000

Five hundred and fifteen years ago, the Holy Roman Emperor decreed singing boys amongst his musicians in Vienna, and the Vienna Boys Choir was born. Ninety-five years ago the boys branched out from singing only for the imperial court, and since then have toured the world in four choirs, one of which, the Bruckner Choir, … Continue reading →

Choral Arts’ praise of Mary

Philippa Kiraly — Sun, 06 Oct 2013 17:56:38 +0000

Richard Sparks would be proud of the choir he formed and nurtured. Since 2007, Choral Arts has continued to bloom under the direction of Robert Bode, winning several prestigious prizes over the past three years. Saturday night it displayed its excellence in a program of works of chants and songs in praise of the Virgin … Continue reading →

Byron Schenkman and Friends and an “Entrancing” Schubertiade

Philippa Kiraly — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:00:56 +0000

I don‘t remember who it was who said “An art song is an opera in three minutes,” but it’s true. The singer must put across in that time what takes three hours in an opera, and it is an art which Rottsolk has mastered.