Emerald City Music brings WindSync back to our stages to give the world-premiere of a new wind quintet by GRAMMY-nominated flutist and composer Nathalie Joachim. Program: Jean-Philippe RAMEAU/arr. Kara LaMoure: Pastoral Suite (1748-1753) Akshaya Avril TUCKER: Hold Sacred (2020) Marc MELLITS: Apollo (2019) Theia Sea of Tranquility Buzz Luna Nova Debbie Waltzing on …
Emerald City Music peeks into the musical friendship of two iconic composers – Robert Schumann and Johannes Brahms – in the intimate setting of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. Program: Robert SCHUMANN: Phantasiestüke Op. 88 (1842) Johannes BRAHMS: Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8 (1853, 1899) The Artists: The Sitkovetsky Trio …
Emerald City Music presents winners of the 2022 Van Cliburn Competition alongside legendary pianist, Wu Han in our beautiful South Sound home venue: The Minnaert Center. Program: Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY: Nutcracker Suite for two pianos (arr. Nicholas ECONOMOU) (1892) Sergei RACHMANINOFF: Suite No. 1 for two pianos, Op. 5 (1893) – Intermission – Pyotr …
Emerald City Music reveals the wild historical development of the cello from the Baroque period to today, in the newly renovated Washington Center for the Arts. Program: Johann Sebastian BACH: Prelude to Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012, for piccolo cello (1720) Domenico GABRIELLI: Ricercar No. 7, for baroque cello (1688) Kaija …
On Sunday, May 22, 2022 at 3pm, violinist Kristin Lee will be the featured violin soloist with the Olympia Symphony, led by conductor Adam Johnson at Washington Center for the Performing Arts (512 Washington St. SE). Lee will perform Astor Piazzolla’s virtuosic Cuatro Estaciones Portenas (Four Seasons of Buenos Aires). The program also includes Beethoven’s …
“He would lie in the bed and finally, with daylight, he would go to sleep. After all, he said to himself, it’s probably only insomnia. Many must have it.” –Hemingway In our busy world, rest comes with a price. 17th Century Count Keyserling was no stranger to restlessness. He suffered from insomnia and had …
By Lucy Volker Kicking off its fifth year as Seattle’s up-and-coming classical music company, Emerald City Music often graces the pages of OLY ARTS with showcases featuring world-renowned artists who specialize in reimagining the boundaries of classical music. This year is no exception; come February 15, the Grammy-nominated Aizuri Quartet will perform its collection “Songs …
By Billy Thomas As the weather continues to warm up, and the sun — that’s that bright thing in the sky, for those of us who have forgotten, due to its infrequent presence — begins to shine brighter, the promise of a long weekend is a reprieve from the slog. For readers who are looking …
By Molly Gilmore On Saturday, Oct. 27, Emerald City Music invites you to the musical version of a Parisian café — warm and intimate. Café Music spotlights a group of 20th-century French composers known as “Les Six,” who hung out with other avant-garde artists at Paris’s celebrated Le Boeuf Sur Le Toit. It also showcases …
No. 28, Autumn 2023 Your Guide to Autumn & Fall Arts WalkOLY ARTS Issue No. 28, Autumn 2023 Read it online or download it here. (PDF format) No. 27, July/August 2023 Your Guide to Summer & Capital LakefairOLY ARTS Issue No. 27, July/August 2023 Read online or download the PDF file: https://olyarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/OlyArts-27-Summer-Lakefair-2023.pdf No. 26, April / …