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Classical Music

  • Arts

    February 1, 2012

    Four by Four

    The Seattle Chamber Music Festival gets a little gnarly. Just a little.

  • Arts

    November 16, 2011

    The Orchestra as Toy Box

    Splashing sounds all around.

  • Arts

    October 5, 2011

    Ear Supply: The Dude Picks a Dud

    A conducting star's big-screen stumble.

  • Arts

    September 14, 2011

    My, How You've Grown!

    In shaky times for classical music, how one local ensemble survived the terrible twos.

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2011

    Bellevue Philharmonic Musician Learned of Its Demise On Facebook

    Demian Johnston​Last week brought news that the Bellevue Philharmonic will be shutting its doors after 43 years. In a statement released on Friday, Philharmonic Board President Janis Wold said that despite it being an "amazingly lean" organization that had recently undergone "a great number of ... More >>

  • Arts

    May 4, 2011

    Ear Supply: Haydn Makes SSO Jump Through Hoops

    Demian Johnston​Last week brought news that the Bellevue Philharmonic will be shutting its doors after 43 years. In a statement released on Friday, Philharmonic Board President Janis Wold said that despite it being an "amazingly lean" organization that had recently undergone "a great number of ... More >>

  • Arts

    April 27, 2011

    Ear Supply: Jack and Ethel

    Two visiting string quartets bring the genre into this century.

  • Arts

    March 2, 2011

    Ear Supply: Song of the Exile

    A lament for a lost Europe.

  • Arts

    February 16, 2011
  • Blogs

    June 30, 2010

    Seattle Symphony Picks Schwarz's Successor

    Announced yesterday, the Seattle Symphony's choice of Ludovic Morlot as its next music director--to take over for Gerard Schwarz after the 2010-11 season, his 26th--might at first look like a bandwagon jump; he's only 35, and young is the new black in classical circles after the ascension of Gustavo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 13, 2010

    Last Night: More Than Fifty Grammy Award Winners Perform In The Same Room On The Same Night. Who Wins?

    Phoenix Chorale​ If you believe that record sales equals music relevancy, then you may think that classical music - which accounted for less than three percent of all record sales in 2009 - needs to be locked up in some museum archive along with the dinosaur bones. However, if you listened ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 2, 2009

    Renée Fleming

    Phoenix Chorale​ If you believe that record sales equals music relevancy, then you may think that classical music - which accounted for less than three percent of all record sales in 2009 - needs to be locked up in some museum archive along with the dinosaur bones. However, if you listened ... More >>

  • Arts

    November 25, 2009

    Classical Review: Raw Dawgs

    A strong debut from an UW-bred ensemble.

  • Calendar

    November 11, 2009

    Opus

    A strong debut from an UW-bred ensemble.

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2009

    Chamber on My Mind: Wednesday's Best Earshot, Steak & Chamber at the Sorrento

    Chamber music just doesn't give us enough to write about, except this week. As part of the Earshot Jazz Festival, Seattle musician and composer Wayne Horvitz's These Hills of Glory, a chamber music piece, will be played by on the violin, piano, clarinet and flute at the Nordstrom Recital Hall, 7:00 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2009

    Conductor Resigns From PNB

    Pacific Northwest Ballet just announced that conductor Stewart Kershaw, who has led the PNB orchestra for 25 seasons, is resigning. Effective immediately. Complete press release after the jump. "PNB will begin conducting a search for Mr. Kershaw's replacement" is all the release says about who's goi ... More >>

  • Arts

    July 1, 2009

    The SSO's Hot Streak

    Schwarz and his orchestra have been on an end-of-season tear.

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2009

    Town Hall Turns 10 on Sunday

    After Seattle Weekly founder David Brewster moved on from this paper in the late 90s, he wanted to continue his civic involvement with the city, which began well before the 1976 birth of SW. So he identified a little-used church just east of downtown, the Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist. It lay b ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 13, 2009

    American String Project

    After Seattle Weekly founder David Brewster moved on from this paper in the late 90s, he wanted to continue his civic involvement with the city, which began well before the 1976 birth of SW. So he identified a little-used church just east of downtown, the Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist. It lay b ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 25, 2009

    Itzhak Perlman

    After Seattle Weekly founder David Brewster moved on from this paper in the late 90s, he wanted to continue his civic involvement with the city, which began well before the 1976 birth of SW. So he identified a little-used church just east of downtown, the Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist. It lay b ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 21, 2009

    San Francisco Symphony

    After Seattle Weekly founder David Brewster moved on from this paper in the late 90s, he wanted to continue his civic involvement with the city, which began well before the 1976 birth of SW. So he identified a little-used church just east of downtown, the Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist. It lay b ... More >>

  • News

    December 10, 2008

    Holiday Spirit Takes a Hit at the Philharmonic

    Members of the Bellevue orchestra want to retune their leader.

  • Calendar

    October 1, 2008

    Bellevue Philharmonic

    Members of the Bellevue orchestra want to retune their leader.

  • Blogs

    July 31, 2008

    Gee, Thanks, Norman.

    Members of the Bellevue orchestra want to retune their leader.

  • Calendar

    July 2, 2008

    Seattle Chamber Music Society

    Members of the Bellevue orchestra want to retune their leader.

  • Calendar

    May 14, 2008

    The American String Project

    Members of the Bellevue orchestra want to retune their leader.

  • Calendar

    January 2, 2008

    Seattle Symphony

    Beethoven rules the New Year at Benaroya

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2007

    Kudos, the Croc, and a Plea for an In-N-Out Burger

    Beethoven rules the New Year at Benaroya

  • Arts

    December 19, 2007

    Restless Nights

    Why “nontraditional” concert venues are no classical savior.

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2007

    Schwarz and the Symphony: Soon to Get a New Drubbing in the Press?

    Why “nontraditional” concert venues are no classical savior.

  • Calendar

    October 17, 2007

    The Esoterics

    Combining ancient texts, new music, and innovative technology

  • Arts

    September 19, 2007

    Classical Calendar

    Combining ancient texts, new music, and innovative technology

  • Calendar

    September 12, 2007

    Da-da-da-dummmmm!

    Orchestral music that’s fast, cheap, and pretty well under control

  • Blogs

    July 11, 2007

    Good news from McCaw Hall

    Orchestral music that’s fast, cheap, and pretty well under control

  • Music

    March 14, 2007

    Break It Down

    Anyone can get a taste for classical, says the youngest member of the Seattle Symphony.

  • Arts

    February 7, 2007

    Woman of Valor

    The old-school glamour of Polish alto Ewa Podles makes the opera crowd get woozy.

  • Arts

    January 24, 2007

    A Norwegian Foursome and Female Throat-Singers

    Classical music (and more) this week.

  • News

    January 3, 2007

    Thugs, mugs, and mouthpieces

    The 'orchestral terrorism' alert level at the Seattle Symphony has fallen to 'low.' But the 'newspaper skepticism' level has risen to 'severe.'

  • Arts

    September 6, 2006

    Fall Classical

    The 'orchestral terrorism' alert level at the Seattle Symphony has fallen to 'low.' But the 'newspaper skepticism' level has risen to 'severe.'

  • Arts

    September 6, 2006

    Strings Theory

    Cellist Rajan Krishnaswami hypothesizes that more people would listen to chamber music if it weren't so stodgy.

  • Arts

    March 22, 2006

    Crossed Bows

    Keeping kids playing through friendly competition.

  • Film

    February 15, 2006

    Music From the Inside Out

    Runs Fri., Feb. 17–Thurs., Feb. 23, at Varsity

  • Arts

    January 25, 2006

    Classical Calendar

    Runs Fri., Feb. 17–Thurs., Feb. 23, at Varsity

  • Arts

    November 23, 2005

    Beethoven in Bellevue

    On choosing the right warhorse to ride.

  • Arts

    September 14, 2005

    Classical Music Favorites and Calendar

    On choosing the right warhorse to ride.

  • Arts

    August 24, 2005

    Up Close and Personal

    Some Off-Center Mozart makes the most of strict intimacy.

  • Arts

    August 10, 2005

    Echo Chamber

    The new Eastside edition of the Chamber Music Society's Summer Festival duplicates Seattle's successful formula.

  • Arts

    May 4, 2005

    And the Band Plays On

    Backstage bickering has reached a crescendo at Benaroya, but the symphony sounds as good as ever.

  • Arts

    April 6, 2005

    Northwest New Works, Craig Sheppard

    Backstage bickering has reached a crescendo at Benaroya, but the symphony sounds as good as ever.

  • Arts

    September 8, 2004

    Fall Arts Calendar

    Backstage bickering has reached a crescendo at Benaroya, but the symphony sounds as good as ever.

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