MEMETERIA by Thomas May

Music & the Arts

New Signals and Canonical Surprises: Xian Zhang and Seattle Symphony

Jan Vogler was soloist in Schumann’s Cello Concerto with the Seattle Symphony and music direcctor Xian Zhang. (Photos by James Holt/The Seattle Symphony

Some thoughts on the recent Seattle Symphony program featuring music by Nokuthula Ngwenyama, Schumann, and Beethoven, now posted on Classical Voice North America:

SEATTLE — The Seattle Symphony’s subscription program on Feb. 20 found the orchestra in leaner formation than usual. About half the musicians were on duty across town preparing for Seattle Opera’s opening of Fellow Travelers by Gregory Spears. That left a more compact ensemble onstage at Benaroya Hall, lending the performance a more exposed, chamber-like profile.

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