Concert Archive
Fall 2025
Wednesday, November 19, 7:30 p.m.
First Free Methodist Church, 3200 3rd Avenue West, Seattle
Béla Bartók (1881-1945), Dances of Transylvania (1931)
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904), Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op.95 (From the New World) (1893)
Spring 2025
Wednesday, June 11, 7:30 p.m.
First Free Methodist Church, 3200 3rd Avenue West, Seattle
Louise Farrenc (1804-1875): Overture in E minor, Op. 23 (1834)
Charles Tomlinson Griffes (1884-1920): Poem for Flute and Orchestra (1918)
Sandra Saathoff, soloist
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908): Suite from the Opera The Tale of Tsar Saltan, Op. 57 (1903)
Introduction to Act I: "The Tsar's Departure And Farewell"
Introduction to Act II: "The Tsaritsa and Her Son Afloat in the Barrel"
Introduction to Act IV, Tableau 2: "The Three Wonders" («Три чуда»)
Winter 2025
Wednesday, March 19, 7:30 p.m.
First Free Methodist Church, 3200 3rd Avenue West, Seattle
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827): Leonore Overture No. 3, op. 72b (1806)
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937): Petit Poucet (Tom Thumb) from Ma mère l'Oye (Mother Goose Suite) (1910/1911)
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937): Pavane pour une infante dèfunte (Pavane for a Dead Princess) (1899/1910)
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912): Four Characteristic Waltzes, Op. 22 (1899)
Fall 2024
Wednesday, November 20, 7:30 p.m.
First Free Methodist Church, 3200 3rd Avenue West, Seattle
Richard Wagner (1813–1883): Lohengrin Prelude to Act III
Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828): Symphony No. 8 in B minor (“Unfinished”) D. 759 (1865)
Jules Massenet (1842-1912): Cendrillon Suite (1899)
Les filles de noblesse
Menuet de Cendrillon
Les tendres fiancés
Marche des princesses
Spring 2024
Wednesday, June 5, 7:30 p.m.
National Nordic Museum, 2655 NW Market Street, Seattle
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958): English Folk Song Suite (1923)
3. March - Folk Songs from Somerset
Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending - A Romance (1914)
Pamela Liu, violin
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847): Symphony No. 5 in D Major/D Minor (Reformation), Op. 107 (1830)
I. Andante – Allegro con fuoco
II. Allegro vivace
III. Andante
IV. Andante con moto – Allegro vivace – Allegro maestoso
Winter 2024
Wednesday, March 13, 7:30 p.m.
St. Andrews Episcopal Church, 111 NE 80th St. Seattle
Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904): In Nature's Realm, Op. 91 (1891)
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847): Symphony No. 5 in D Major/D Minor (Reformation), Op. 107 (1830)
II. Allegro vivace
III. Andante
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859-1935): Turkish Fragments, Op. 62 (1930)
Fall 2023
Wednesday, November 29, 7:30 p.m.
St. Andrews Episcopal Church, 111 NE 80th St. Seattle
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847): Symphony No. 5 in D Major/D Minor (Reformation), Op. 107 (1830)
I. Andante – Allegro con fuoco
Barbara Harbach (1946-): The Sound the Stars Make Rushing Through the Sky
And Musing Awhile
Luna and Stella
Trail of Tears
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897): Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56 (1873)
Spring 2023
Wednesday, June 7, 7:30 p.m.
National Nordic Museum, 2655 NW Market Street, Seattle
Joseph Canteloube (1879-1957): Chants d'Auvergne (Songs of the Auvergne) (1924-1955)
Baïlèro
Lou boussu
La delaïssádo
L'Antouèno
Kimberly Giordano, soprano
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893): Symphony No. 3 in D major (Polish), Op. 29 (1875)
1. Introduzione e Allegro
2. Alla tedesca
3. Andante elegiaco
4. Scherzo
5. Finale
Winter 2023
Wednesday, March 15, 7:30 p.m.
St. Andrews Episcopal Church, 111 NE 80th St. Seattle
Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka (1804-1857): Ruslan and Lyudmila Overture (1842)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893): Symphony No. 3 in D major (Polish), Op. 29 (1875)
2. Alla tedesca
3. Andante elegiaco
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921): Suite algérienne in C major, Op. 60 (1880)
Fall 2022
Wednesday, November 30, 7:30 p.m.
St. Andrews Episcopal Church, 111 NE 80th St. Seattle
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897): Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 (1880)
Alexander Borodin (1833-1887): In the Steppes of Central Asia (1880)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893): Symphony No. 3 in D major (Polish), Op. 29 (1875)
1. Introduzione e Allegro
arr: Arthur Harris: Christmas Medley
Spring 2022
Wednesday, June 1, 7:30 p.m.
National Nordic Museum, 2655 NW Market Street, Seattle
Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990): Candide Overture (1956)
Max Bruch (1838-1920): Romanze in F major for viola and orchestra, Op. 85 (1911)
Annie Chang-Center, soloist
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912): Petite Suite de Concert, Op. 77 (1911)
1. La Caprice de Nannette
2. Demande et Réponse
3. Un Sonnet d'Amour
4. La Tarantelle Frétillante
Winter 2022
Wednesday, March 16, 7:30 p.m. (Online streaming only)
Richard Wagner (1813–1883): Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96: Prelude (1867)
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809): Symphony No. 100 in G major, Hoboken I/100 (Military Symphony) (1793)
1. Adagio; Allegro
2. Allegretto
3. Menuetto: Moderato
4. Presto
Fall 2021
Wednesday, December 1, 7:30 p.m. (Online streaming only)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) arr. Eugene Ormandy: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme ("Awake, calls the voice to us" or Sleepers Wake), BWV 140 (1731)
1. Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Awake, we are called by the voice [of the watchmen])
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791): Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620: Overture (1791)
Franz von Suppé (1819-1895): Overture to Ein Morgen, ein Mittag, ein Abend in Wien (Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna) (1844)
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907): Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46 (1888)
1. Morning Mood (Morgenstemning)
2. The Death of Åse (Åses død)
3. Anitra's Dance (Anitras dans)
4. In the Hall of the Mountain King (I Dovregubbens hall)