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."
Melinda Bargreen
Melinda Bargreen has been writing about music for local and national publications for four decades; she also is a composer, and the author of "50 Years of Seattle Opera." Her new book, "Classical Seattle," is due out this fall from the University of Washington Press.
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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.
Seattle Symphony’s opening night marks 2 milestones
Seattle Symphony's Sept. 15 opening-night concert and gala this year mark the final season of the directorship of conductor Ludovic Morlot, as well as the...
Seattle Chamber Music Society debuts an ear-boggling piece by a ‘Dark Knight’ composer
Seattle Chamber Music Society commissioned a new work by prominent film composer James Newton Howard — and it's a winner.
Thomas Dausgaard leads Seattle Symphony in another excellent Sibelius program with ‘Kullervo’
Dausgaard has chosen to illuminate “Kullervo” by assembling an onstage preview, in which excerpts from the work are presented alongside the Nordic folk music that...
Seattle Opera presents a spectacular “Aida”
Co-produced with San Francisco, Washington National, and Minnesota Operas, this classic opera about passion, jealousy, and war is visually and musically spectacular.
Gallery Concerts’ ‘Strike the Viol’ presents two concerts of English music from the 1580s to the 1680s
Gallery Concerts presents two concerts of English music this weekend dedicated to the memory of the late Margriet Tindemans, a viol player and tremendous force...
Seattle Symphony at its best in Sibelius, Britten program
The Seattle Symphony’s current program vividly evokes the sea in its first half, with works by Sibelius and Britten. The second half, featuring Sibelius’ Symphony...
Seattle Opera, with help of a few friends, presents opera-play hybrid ‘Beatrice and Benedict’
This unique hybrid of Berlioz’s opera, spoken Shakespearean dialogue and music from other Berlioz works was created with ACT Theatre artistic director John Langs and...