Robert Russell Bennett – Past Concerts

Robert Russell Bennett / Robert Shaw / Various — The Many Moods of Christmas
Victor Herbert — "March of the Toys" from Babes in Toyland

Robert Russell Bennett / Robert Shaw / Various — The Many Moods of Christmas
Victor Herbert — "March of the Toys" from Babes in Toyland

Program includes works by John Stafford Smith, Peter Boyer, Robert Russell Bennett, George Gershwin, Duke Ellington, Morton Gould, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Aram Khachaturian, Van McCoy, Sonia Ivette Morales-Matos, Sverre Indris Joner, Evan Meier, Christylez Bacon, and John Philip Sousa.

Giuseppe Verdi — Overture to La Forza del Destino
Charles Gounod — Roméo et Juliette ("Romeo and Juliet") (selections)
Robert Russell Bennett / George Gershwin — Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture
Richard Strauss — Suite from Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59 (arr. Artur Rodzinski)

Program includes works by Robert Sheldon, Robert Russell Bennett, Morton Gould, Alberto Ginastera, Pascual Marquina, Levon Atovmyan, Dmitri Shostakovich, Antonín Dvořák, and Camille Saint-Saëns.

Program includes works by Robert Sheldon, Robert Russell Bennett, Morton Gould, Alberto Ginastera, Pascual Marquina, Levon Atovmyan, Dmitri Shostakovich, Antonín Dvořák, and Camille Saint-Saëns.

Johann Sebastian Bach — Violin Sonata No. 3 in E major, BWV 1016
Lili Boulanger — Nocturne
Claude Debussy — Violin Sonata in G minor, L. 140
Robert Russell Bennett — Hexapoda
Edward Elgar — Violin Sonata in E minor, Op. 82

James P. Johnson — The Charleston
Michael Tippett — A Child of Our Time (5 spirituals)
Duke Ellington — Black, Brown, and Beige Suite (arr. Maurice Peress)
Edmund Thornton Jenkins — Charlestonia (orch. Vincent Plush)
Robert Russell Bennett / George Gershwin — Porgy and Bess: A Concert of Songs

James P. Johnson — The Charleston
Michael Tippett — A Child of Our Time (5 spirituals)
Duke Ellington — Black, Brown, and Beige Suite (arr. Maurice Peress)
Edmund Thornton Jenkins — Charlestonia (orch. Vincent Plush)
Robert Russell Bennett / George Gershwin — Porgy and Bess: A Concert of Songs

J. Rosamond Johnson — Lift Every Voice and Sing (arr. Lindsey B. Sarjeant)
Randall D. Standridge — The Nine
Robert Russell Bennett — Suite of Old American Dances
Omar Thomas — Come Sunday

Program includes works by Alfred Reed, Robert Russell Bennett, Claude T. Smith, Samuel Barber, Aaron Copland, Bruce Broughton, Leonard Bernstein, Samuel A. Ward, and John Philip Sousa.

Robert Shaw – The Many Moods of Christmas Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov – Christmas Eve Ottorino Respighi – Lauda per la Natività del Signore

Favorite patriotic tunes, including a sing-along with the 55-piece Seattle Wind Symphony and 80-voice choir.

Vaughan Williams – Toccata Marziale
Grainger – Irish Tune from County Derry
Bennett – Autobiography
Reed – Armenian Dances
Ives – Old Home Days
Grainger – Australian Up-Country Tune
Shostakovich – Satiric Dances
Sousa – Hands Across the Sea

Celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Lutheran Reformation with Bach’s advent cantata “Wachet Auf,” carol medleys, and more.

Celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Lutheran Reformation with Bach’s advent cantata “Wachet Auf,” carol medleys, and more.

Celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Lutheran Reformation with Bach’s advent cantata “Wachet Auf,” carol medleys, and more.

Celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Lutheran Reformation with Bach’s advent cantata “Wachet Auf,” carol medleys, and more.

Celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Lutheran Reformation with Bach’s advent cantata “Wachet Auf,” carol medleys, and more.

Your entire family can celebrate the season with our afternoon of holiday pops. Take a ride on the Polar Express! Experience the story of Brother Heinrich and a musical donkey that creates a new Christmas carol before your very eyes and ears! Robert Shaw’s rich choral arrangements will satisfy your craving for beautifully sung Yuletide favorites. And to top it off, join the fabulous Seattle Chamber Singers in a sing-a-long that will get you in the Christmas spirit!