UW Symphony Orchestra – Past Concerts
UW Symphony: Re-Imagination
Friday, February 7, 2020 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Claudio Monteverdi – "Overture (Toccata)" from L´Orfeo
Igor Stravinsky – Pulcinella Suite
Georges Bizet, arr. Rodion Shchedrin – Carmen Suite
Igor Stravinsky – Pulcinella Suite
Georges Bizet, arr. Rodion Shchedrin – Carmen Suite
$15 / $10
UW Symphony with Mary Lynch, Seth Krimsky, Rachel Lee Priday, & Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir
Friday, December 6, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Joseph Haydn – Sinfonia Concertante in B-flat major, Hob. I:105
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, "Pathétique"
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, "Pathétique"
$15 / $10
UW Symphony with Cristina Valdés, piano
Friday, November 1, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major, Op. 60
Béla Bartók – Piano Concerto No. 3 in E major, Sz. 119, BB 127
Antonín Dvořák – The Noon Witch, Op. 108, B. 196
Antonín Dvořák – Slavonic Dances, Op. 72, No. 2 in E minor
Béla Bartók – Piano Concerto No. 3 in E major, Sz. 119, BB 127
Antonín Dvořák – The Noon Witch, Op. 108, B. 196
Antonín Dvořák – Slavonic Dances, Op. 72, No. 2 in E minor
$15 / $10
Seattle Modern Orchestra w/ UW Symphony & Choirs: Britten's War Requiem
Friday, June 7, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, Seattle, WA, United States
Britten’s rarely performed War Requiem comes to life as SMO, UW ensembles, and others combine forces to bring this work to audiences.
$15 ($10 students/seniors)
UW Symphony Orchestra w/ Yekwon Sunwoo, piano
Friday, May 3, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastorale"
Claude Debussy – Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, L. 86
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastorale"
Claude Debussy – Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, L. 86
$15 ($10 students/seniors)
UW Symphony Orchestra: Concerto Competition Winners
Friday, March 8, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
François Devienne – Flute Concerto No. 7 in E minor, mvt. I
Richard Strauss – Don Juan, Op. 20
Manuel de Falla – Suite No. 2 from The Three-Cornered Hat
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23 mvt. I
Richard Strauss – Don Juan, Op. 20
Manuel de Falla – Suite No. 2 from The Three-Cornered Hat
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23 mvt. I
$15 ($10 students/seniors)
UW Symphony & Seattle Symphony: Side-by-Side
Friday, January 25, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall – S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Franz Joseph Haydn – Symphony No. 100 in G major, "Military"
Leonard Bernstein – Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Leonard Bernstein – Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Free (Free (RSVP requested))
UW Symphony Orchestra: Sibelius, Rachmaninoff, Stenhammar, Mussorgsky
Friday, December 7, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Jean Sibelius – The Swan of Tuonela, Op. 22, No. 2
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
Wilhelm Stenhammar – Interlude from Sången, Op. 44
Modest Mussorgsky/Maurice Ravel – Pictures at an Exhibition
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
Wilhelm Stenhammar – Interlude from Sången, Op. 44
Modest Mussorgsky/Maurice Ravel – Pictures at an Exhibition
$15 ($10 student/senior)
UW Symphony with Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir, cello
Friday, November 2, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, Seattle, WA, United States
David Alexander Rahbee, conductor
Ludovic Morlot, conductor
Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir, cello
Ludovic Morlot, conductor
Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir, cello
$15 ($10 students/seniors)
UW Symphony & Combined University Choirs: Debussy & Brahms
Friday, June 1, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Claude Debussy – La Damoiselle Elue
Johannes Brahms – Ein Deutsches Requiem
Johannes Brahms – Ein Deutsches Requiem
$15 ($10 students/seniors)
UW Symphony Orchestra with Ben Lulich, clarinet
Friday, April 27, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Lutoslawski – Dance Preludes
Ravel – Le Tombeau de Couperin
Haydn – The Haydn Experience
Ravel – Le Tombeau de Couperin
Haydn – The Haydn Experience
$15 ($10 students/seniors 62+)
UW Symphony w/ Concerto Competition Winners: Vaughan Williams, Liszt, Webbon & more
Friday, March 9, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
R. Strauss – Till Eulenspiegel
Haydn – Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major, Mvt. 1 (Natalie Hagwood, cello)
Vaughan Williams – Oboe Concerto, Mvt. 1 (Logan Esterling, oboe)
Liszt – Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major
D. Webbon – That is to Say
Haydn – Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major, Mvt. 1 (Natalie Hagwood, cello)
Vaughan Williams – Oboe Concerto, Mvt. 1 (Logan Esterling, oboe)
Liszt – Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major
D. Webbon – That is to Say
$15 ($10 students/seniors 62+)
UW Symphony at Benaroya Hall: Rossini, Stravinsky, Beethoven, Enesco
Monday, February 5, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall – S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Rossini – William Tell Overture
Stravinsky – Symphony in Three Movements
Beethoven – Triple Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Piano in C major, Op. 56
Enesco – Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A major, Op. 11
Stravinsky – Symphony in Three Movements
Beethoven – Triple Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Piano in C major, Op. 56
Enesco – Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A major, Op. 11
$22 / $12
UW Symphony: Gershwin & Prokofiev with Jon Kimura Parker, piano
Friday, December 8, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Gershwin – Piano Concerto in F major
Prokofiev – Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, Op. 100
Prokofiev – Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, Op. 100
$15 ($10 students/seniors)
UW Symphony w/ Seattle Symphony Horns
Friday, November 3, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Beethoven – Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93
Schumann – Konzertstück for Four Horns in F major, Op. 86
Dvořák – The Golden Spinning Wheel, Op. 109
Schumann – Konzertstück for Four Horns in F major, Op. 86
Dvořák – The Golden Spinning Wheel, Op. 109
$15 ($10 students/seniors)
Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezín
Defiant Requiem Foundation,
UW Chorale,
Seattle Jewish Chorale,
Symphony Tacoma Voices,
UW Chamber Singers, and
UW Symphony Orchestra
Saturday, June 3, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 9:25pm (PDT)
Tacoma Armory, Tacoma, WA, United States
A profoundly moving multimedia concert-drama combining the magnificent music of Verdi with video testimonials and narration, to tell the story of the courageous Jewish prisoners in the Theresienstadt Concentration Camp who performed the celebrated Verdi Requiem while experiencing the depths of human degradation.
$35 ($20 student/senior)
Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezín
Defiant Requiem Foundation,
UW Chorale,
Seattle Jewish Chorale,
Symphony Tacoma Voices,
UW Chamber Singers, and
UW Symphony Orchestra
Friday, June 2, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 9:25pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
A profoundly moving multimedia concert-drama combining the magnificent music of Verdi with video testimonials and narration, to tell the story of the courageous Jewish prisoners in the Theresienstadt Concentration Camp who performed the celebrated Verdi Requiem while experiencing the depths of human degradation.
$15/$10
UW Symphony with Concerto Competition Winners and Ludovic Morlot
Friday, March 10, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Messiaen – Les offrandes oubliée
Ibert – Flute concerto, mvts. 1 & 2
Grieg – Piano concerto in A minor, Op. 16, mvt. 1
Sibelius – Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47, mvt. 1
Ravel – Pavane pour une infante défunte
Ravel – La Valse
Ibert – Flute concerto, mvts. 1 & 2
Grieg – Piano concerto in A minor, Op. 16, mvt. 1
Sibelius – Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47, mvt. 1
Ravel – Pavane pour une infante défunte
Ravel – La Valse
$15 ($10 student/senior)
UW Symphony & Seattle Symphony Orchestra: Side by Side
Thursday, January 26, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Beethoven – Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b
Shostakovich – Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor
Berlioz – Judges of the Secret Court, Overture, Op. 3
Copland – Fanfare for the Common Man
Shostakovich – Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor
Berlioz – Judges of the Secret Court, Overture, Op. 3
Copland – Fanfare for the Common Man
Free (Free, RSVP required)
UW Symphony with Jonathan Biss
Friday, December 9, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Moritz Moszkowski – Prelude and Fugue, Op. 85
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64
$10-$15