Music Director Thomas Dausgaard leads the orchestra in a thrilling performance of Richard Strauss' orchestral showpiece, Also sprach Zarathustra. The famous opening moments, featured in the soundtrack of the film 2001: A Space Odyssey, suggest the dawn when Zarathustra addresses the sun, and by extension, the dawn of human consciousness.
Music Director Thomas Dausgaard takes the podium to bring audiences along on a capricious ride through the alternating agitation and lethargy of Scriabin's late Romantic work, The Poem of Ecstasy.
The Seattle Symphony has made the difficult decision to cancel the December 30 and January 2 & 3 performances of Beethoven Symphony No. 9. In-person concerts with a live audience continue to be suspended until King County is safely in Phase 4 of the state’s reopening plan. All ticket holders will be notified.
The Seattle Symphony has made the difficult decision to cancel the December 31 performance of New Year's Eve Concert, Countdown & Celebration. In-person concerts with a live audience continue to be suspended until King County is safely in Phase 4 of the state’s reopening plan. All ticket holders will be notified.