Join us for a dazzling evening of Schumann, Elgar and more! Members of our exceptional horn section step into the spotlight with Robert Schumann’s Konzertstück for Four Horns. The orchestra follows up with Elgar's Serenade for Strings under the baton of guest conductor Farkhad Khudyev, winner of the Gold Medal “Beethoven 250” Special Prize at the 1st International Arthur Nikisch Conducting Competition.
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Friday, 23 April, 2021 8:00PM
Renowned baroque conductor Nicholas McGegan returns to the Benaroya Hall stage to conduct a program featuring J.S. Bach's delightful Orchestral Suite No. 1 and Schubert's Fifth Symphony. Though Schubert was writing a full century after Bach, the baroque influence carries through. Schubert's Symphony No. 5 was strongly influenced by Mozart, who was in turn greatly influenced by Bach.
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Thursday, 13 May, 2021 7:30PM
Few pianists are as immersed in the music of Mozart as Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, whose multi-year project to record Mozart’s complete piano concertos makes him an expert in these graceful and inventive keyboard works. His classical expertise makes him the perfect artist to bring to life Mozart’s “Jeunehomme” Piano Concerto and also the Second Piano concerto by a young Beethoven.
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Thursday, 20 May, 2021 7:30PM
Prokofiev’s second Violin Concerto runs the gamut: melancholic melodies, dazzling fingerwork, soaring themes and a rambunctious stomp of a finale with all the bells and whistles. Augustin Hadelich returns to Seattle to perform this masterpiece under the baton of Conductor Emeritus Ludovic Morlot. Anchoring the program is Haydn’s intense Symphony No. 86.
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Thursday, 10 June, 2021 7:30PM
As the days lengthen, the Seattle Symphony presents a Masterworks program marking the onset of the summer months.
Program details to be announed at a later date.
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Thursday, 17 June, 2021 7:30PM
