It is with tremendous pride that I invite you to our 2019 Winter Festival, one that is sure to delight and inspire.
This season we explore the development of music from the iconic romantic classics of Beethoven, Schubert, and Brahms, through inventive and emotional masterpieces of the mid-20th century. Special highlights include Beethoven’s famous “Ghost” piano trio, with its haunting, spectral 2nd movement (Jan. 18), Brahms’ magnificent Op. 25 Piano Quartet (Jan. 19), Janáček’s first String Quartet, based on Tolstoy’s riveting novella “The Kreutzer Sonata” (Jan. 25), and a Festival-closing all-French concert on Jan. 27 featuring masterpieces of Saint-Saëns, Fauré, and Debussy.
Please join us for this musical feast in the glorious acoustics of Nordstrom Recital Hall. We look forward to seeing you there!
James Ehnes
Artistic Director
Join us 90-minutes before every concert for a free Pre-Concert Recital. One or two Festival musicians play repertoire of their choosing with a brief introduction from the stage.
Learn MoreAfter every performance two of that evening’s musicians will answer your questions in this short 15-minute Q&A.
Dave Beck of Classical KING-FM 98.1 leads these informative and informal conversations with Festival musicians that are recorded live for our podcast series.
Learn MoreTake a behind the scenes look at the collaborative effort at how musicians prepare for a chamber music concert.
Learn More“The ensemble seemed to become an organic entity. Each note seeped sinuously from one instrument to the next. Each phrase closed with an almost palpable breath as the musicians dove headfirst into the next tenuously heartbreaking line.”
These delightful concerts are the perfect introduction for children ages 5-10. This Winter Festival you’ll hear beloved children’s stories like Goodnight Moon and Ferdinand the Bull set to some of classical music’s most popular tunes.
Learn MoreThis concert series takes place in private homes, and each performance is followed by a reception with the artists to create an intimate opportunity to experience chamber music as it was originally conceived, music between friends.
Learn MoreEach July we offer 12 concerts at Benaroya Hall, each preceded by a Pre-Concert Recital. The Summer Festival also includes events in local parks, as well as other free events.
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