Seattle Modern Orchestra: In Quest of Spirit – Jonathan Harvey’s 'Bhakti'

Jonathan Harvey – Bhakti for chamber ensemble and quadraphonic tape (1982)  (West Coast premiere)

For its season finale concert, Seattle Modern Orchestra is thrilled to perform British composer Jonathan Harvey’s epic 50-minute work Bhakti (devotion), centered around Sanskrit hymns from the Rig Veda toward a transcendent consciousness. The ensemble and tape are engaged in "dialogue, transformation, memory, anticipation, simultaneous translation, and reaching beyond the instrumental scale to a more universal dimension."

Pre-concert presentation at 7:30pm with SMO co-Artistic Director Jérémy Jolley.

Tickets: $25 (seniors $15, students $10)

About Seattle Modern Orchestra

Founded in 2010, Seattle Modern Orchestra (SMO) is the only large ensemble in the Pacific Northwest solely dedicated to the music of the 20th and 21st Centuries. Led by co-artistic directors Julia Tai and Jérémy Jolley, SMO commissions and premieres new works from an international lineup of composers, in addition to presenting important pieces from the contemporary repertoire that are rarely if ever heard by Seattle audiences. The ensemble "operates at that exciting cusp between old and new, between tradition and innovation" (Vanguard Seattle) curating new sounds and experiences for concert goers in the region.

SMO provides audiences with performances of the best in contemporary chamber and orchestral music, and develops radio talks, lectures, and other forms of outreach in an accessible and inviting format all designed to expand the listener’s appreciation and awareness of the music of today.