UW Symphony Orchestra – Past Concerts
UW Symphony Orchestra with UW Choirs
Friday, March 14, 2025 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Meany Center for the Performing Arts, Seattle, WA, United States
Franz Joseph Haydn
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Selected works
("The Haydn Experience II"; arr. David Alexander Rahbee)
Robert Schumann — Nachtlied, Op. 108
Maurice Ravel — Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2
Robert Schumann — Nachtlied, Op. 108
Maurice Ravel — Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2
$10
UW Symphony Orchestra: With Love, from Scotland
Friday, February 7, 2025 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Thea Musgrave
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Loch Ness: A Postcard from Scotland
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel — 6 Lieder ("Six Songs"), Op. 7 (orch. David Alexander Rahbee)
Felix Mendelssohn — Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56 "Scottish"
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel — 6 Lieder ("Six Songs"), Op. 7 (orch. David Alexander Rahbee)
Felix Mendelssohn — Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56 "Scottish"
$10
UW Opera Workshop: Excerpts, 'Turn of the Screw'; 'Hansel & Gretel'
Saturday, January 11, 2025 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Meany Studio Theater at Meany Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Benjamin Britten
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The Turn of the Screw
(excerpts)
Engelbert Humperdinck — Hansel and Gretel (excerpts)
Engelbert Humperdinck — Hansel and Gretel (excerpts)
$10
UW Symphony Orchestra: Smetana & Bruckner at 200
Friday, December 6, 2024 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Bedřich Smetana
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Šárka (from Má vlast), JB 1:112, No. 3
Anton Bruckner — String Quintet in F major, WAB 112 ("III. Adagio"; arr. for string orchestra)
Anton Bruckner — Symphony No. 6 in A major, WAB 106 ("I. Majestoso")
Anton Bruckner — String Quintet in F major, WAB 112 ("III. Adagio"; arr. for string orchestra)
Anton Bruckner — Symphony No. 6 in A major, WAB 106 ("I. Majestoso")
$10
UW Symphony Orchestra with Bonnie Whiting, marimba
Friday, November 1, 2024 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Ludwig van Beethoven
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Overture to Fidelio, Op. 72
Akira Ifukube — Lauda Concertata for Marimba and Orchestra
Ludwig van Beethoven — Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
Akira Ifukube — Lauda Concertata for Marimba and Orchestra
Ludwig van Beethoven — Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
$10
UW Symphony with UW Choirs: What a Wonderful World
Friday, May 31, 2024 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Adolphus Hailstork
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Three Spirituals for Orchestra
Antonín Dvořák — "II. Largo" from Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, B. 178 "From the New World" (selection)
Jake Runestad — Earth Symphony
Bob Thiele / George David Weiss — What a Wonderful World (arr. Matthäus Crepaz)
Antonín Dvořák — "II. Largo" from Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, B. 178 "From the New World" (selection)
Jake Runestad — Earth Symphony
Bob Thiele / George David Weiss — What a Wonderful World (arr. Matthäus Crepaz)
$10
UW Symphony with Concerto Competition Winners
Friday, April 26, 2024 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Hisatada Otaka
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Flute Concerto, Op. 30a
(Rachel Reyes, flute)
Yonatan Ron — What Stood Still Goes Down Hill
Chen Gang / He Zhanhao — Butterfly Lovers' Concerto (Kai-En Cheng, violin)
Ludwig van Beethoven — Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 ("I. Allegro con brio"; Ella Kalinichenko, piano)
Silvestre Revueltas — Sensemayá
Édouard Lalo — Overture to Le Roi d'Ys
Yonatan Ron — What Stood Still Goes Down Hill
Chen Gang / He Zhanhao — Butterfly Lovers' Concerto (Kai-En Cheng, violin)
Ludwig van Beethoven — Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 ("I. Allegro con brio"; Ella Kalinichenko, piano)
Silvestre Revueltas — Sensemayá
Édouard Lalo — Overture to Le Roi d'Ys
$10
UW Symphony with Sunny Xia, Paul Rafanelli
Friday, March 8, 2024 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Eugen d'Albert
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Symphonic Prelude to Tiefland, Op. 34
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Bassoon Concerto in B-flat major, K. 191/186e
Alexander Borodin — "Polovtsian Dances" from Prince Igor (Ryan Farris, conductor)
Igor Stravinsky — The Firebird Suite (1919 version) (Sunny Xuecong Xia, conductor)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Bassoon Concerto in B-flat major, K. 191/186e
Alexander Borodin — "Polovtsian Dances" from Prince Igor (Ryan Farris, conductor)
Igor Stravinsky — The Firebird Suite (1919 version) (Sunny Xuecong Xia, conductor)
$10
UW Symphony with Michelle Cann, piano
Friday, February 2, 2024 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Ludwig van Beethoven
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Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36
Sergei Rachmaninoff — Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
Sergei Rachmaninoff — Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
$10
UW Symphony with Rachel Lee Priday, violin
Friday, November 3, 2023 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Meany Center for the Performing Arts, Seattle, WA, United States
Kurt Atterberg
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A Värmland Rhapsody, Op. 36
Jean Sibelius — Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47
Johannes Brahms — Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73
Jean Sibelius — Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47
Johannes Brahms — Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73
$10
UW Symphony & Combined UW Choirs with Garret Dillahunt
Friday, June 2, 2023 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Igor Stravinsky
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Circus Polka: For a Young Elephant
Francis Poulenc — L'histoire de Babar le petit éléphant, FP 129 (Garret Dillahunt, narrator)
Gabriel Fauré — Requiem in D minor, Op. 48 (with combined UW Choirs)
Francis Poulenc — L'histoire de Babar le petit éléphant, FP 129 (Garret Dillahunt, narrator)
Gabriel Fauré — Requiem in D minor, Op. 48 (with combined UW Choirs)
$10
UW Symphony & Concerto Competition Winners
Friday, April 28, 2023 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Hector Berlioz
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"Rákóczi March" (Hungarian March) from La damnation de Faust, Op. 24
Camille Saint-Saëns — Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor, Op. 61 ("III. Molto moderato e maestoso; Allegro non troppo"; Dalma Ashby, violin)
Franz Liszt — Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, S. 124 "Triangle" (Michael Gu, piano)
Alfred Desenclos — Prélude, cadence, et finale (Katie Zundel, baritone saxophone)
Franz Schmidt — Intermezzo from Notre Dame
Richard Wagner — Prelude to Act I of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96
Camille Saint-Saëns — Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor, Op. 61 ("III. Molto moderato e maestoso; Allegro non troppo"; Dalma Ashby, violin)
Franz Liszt — Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, S. 124 "Triangle" (Michael Gu, piano)
Alfred Desenclos — Prélude, cadence, et finale (Katie Zundel, baritone saxophone)
Franz Schmidt — Intermezzo from Notre Dame
Richard Wagner — Prelude to Act I of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96
$10
UW Symphony with John Turman, horn; Sunny Xia, Seattle Symphony
Friday, March 10, 2023 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Jean Sibelius
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Vårsång ("Spring Song"), Op. 16
Reinhold Glière — Horn Concerto, Op. 91 (John Turman, French horn)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36
Reinhold Glière — Horn Concerto, Op. 91 (John Turman, French horn)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36
$10
UW Symphony with Carrie Shaw, soprano
Friday, February 3, 2023 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Claude Debussy
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Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune ("Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun")
Paul Dukas — La Plainte, au loin, du faune
György Ligeti — "Mysteries of the Macabre" from Le Grand Macabre (arr. Elgar Howarth; Carrie Shaw, soprano)
Claude Debussy — Hommage à Haydn
Reynaldo Hahn — Thème varié sur le nom de Haydn
Franz Joseph Haydn — Symphony No. 87 in A major, Hob. I:87
Paul Dukas — La Plainte, au loin, du faune
György Ligeti — "Mysteries of the Macabre" from Le Grand Macabre (arr. Elgar Howarth; Carrie Shaw, soprano)
Claude Debussy — Hommage à Haydn
Reynaldo Hahn — Thème varié sur le nom de Haydn
Franz Joseph Haydn — Symphony No. 87 in A major, Hob. I:87
$10
UW Opera Workshop: Haydn, Philemon, und Baucis
Sunday, January 29, 2023 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Meany Studio Theater at Meany Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
$10
UW Opera Workshop: Haydn, Philemon, und Baucis
Saturday, January 28, 2023 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Meany Studio Theater at Meany Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
$10
UW Symphony: Brahms & Schumann
Friday, December 9, 2022 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Johannes Brahms
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Serenade No. 2 in A major, Op. 16
(Daren Weissfisch & Ryan Farris, conductors)
Robert Schumann — Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op. 61
Robert Schumann — Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op. 61
$10
UW Symphony with Craig Sheppard, piano
Wednesday, November 2, 2022 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Grażyna Bacewicz
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Overture
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491 (Craig Sheppard, piano)
Florence Price — Andante Moderato for string orchestra (from String Quartet No. 1)
Antonín Dvořák — Otázka ("Question"), B. 128a (arr. David Rahbee)
Antonín Dvořák — Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88, B. 163
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491 (Craig Sheppard, piano)
Florence Price — Andante Moderato for string orchestra (from String Quartet No. 1)
Antonín Dvořák — Otázka ("Question"), B. 128a (arr. David Rahbee)
Antonín Dvořák — Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88, B. 163
$10
UW Symphony & Concerto Competition Winners
Friday, June 3, 2022 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Overture to Idomeneo, K. 366
Carl Nielsen — Flute Concerto, CNW 43, FS 119 ("I. Allegro moderato")
Frédéric Chopin — Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11 ("I. Allegro maestoso")
Erich Wolfgang Korngold — Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 ("Moderato nobile")
Gustav Mahler — "IV. Adagietto" from Symphony No. 5
Johann Strauss II — Kaiser-Walzer ("Emperor Waltz" ), Op. 437
Carl Nielsen — Flute Concerto, CNW 43, FS 119 ("I. Allegro moderato")
Frédéric Chopin — Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11 ("I. Allegro maestoso")
Erich Wolfgang Korngold — Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 ("Moderato nobile")
Gustav Mahler — "IV. Adagietto" from Symphony No. 5
Johann Strauss II — Kaiser-Walzer ("Emperor Waltz" ), Op. 437
$10
UW Symphony: Strings Faculty Showcase
Friday, April 29, 2022 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Sergei Prokofiev
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Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 25 "Classical"
Melia Watras — A brazen butterfly alights (Melia Watras, viola; Valerie Muzzolini, harp)
Giovanni Bottesini — Gran duo concertante for violin and double bass (Rachel Lee Priday, violin; Jordan Anderson, double bass)
Giuseppe Battista Sammartini — Concerto grosso in G minor, Op. 5, No. 6 ("Pastorale")
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33 (Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir, cello)
Johannes Brahms — Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 (Daren Weissfisch, conductor)
Melia Watras — A brazen butterfly alights (Melia Watras, viola; Valerie Muzzolini, harp)
Giovanni Bottesini — Gran duo concertante for violin and double bass (Rachel Lee Priday, violin; Jordan Anderson, double bass)
Giuseppe Battista Sammartini — Concerto grosso in G minor, Op. 5, No. 6 ("Pastorale")
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33 (Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir, cello)
Johannes Brahms — Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 (Daren Weissfisch, conductor)
$10
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