Seattle Symphony and Chorale’s performance of Bach’s ‘Mass in B Minor’ is gratifyingly good
Bach’s masterpiece has left posterity struggling for superlatives to describe its scope and impact; nothing about it is easy or routine.
Melinda Bargreen
a Seattle Times reviewer since 1977, is a composer and author.
Seattle Chamber Music Society’s Winter Festival brightens these traffic-ridden, post-holiday weeks
James Ehnes, violinist and Seattle Chamber Music Society artistic director, and pianist Andrew Armstrong provided some of Sunday’s most exciting music in a program of...
Seattle Opera rises to the challenges of ‘Il Trovatore’ with 2 terrific casts
Seattle Opera has two terrific casts in its fairly straightforward approach to “Il Trovatore," a work that offers one great aria after another, some exciting...
The writing life of best-selling author Jayne Ann Krentz: ‘Like juggling chainsaws’ | Author appearance
The Seattle writer talks about the making of "Untouchable" — and some of the other wildly popular books written under her own name and the...
Seattle Symphony audiences have never heard a ‘Messiah’ production quite like this season’s
Every year, the Seattle Symphony presents several December performances of a “Messiah” production that is never quite the same year to year. This time, the...
Randolph Hokanson, pianist and UW professor emeritus, dies at 103
Randolph Henning Hokanson carried his high musical standards from the concert stage to the University of Washington classroom, inspiring generations of young pianists and concert...
Incandescent talent of cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason and conductor Ruth Reinhardt shine with Seattle Symphony
Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason is a virtuoso soloist to watch — one who knows how to connect and communicate with his audience. Ruth Reinhardt makes it...
Violinist Augustin Hadelich earns a rafter-rattling ovation from a Seattle Symphony audience
Hadelich's performance of the Beethoven Violin Concerto, with Ludovic Morlot conducting, brings this reviewer to tell readers, "Go if you possibly can."
Best bets for classical music in Seattle this fall VIEW
Seattle Symphony with Augustin Hadelich: If you only go to one orchestral concert this fall, make it the Seattle Symphony with brilliant violin soloist Augustin Hadelich,...
Seattle Symphony’s festive concert opens a season with lots to commemorate
The Seattle Symphony’s opening night gala is always a celebratory affair, but Saturday night's opener brought the festivities to a whole new level.