The Seattle Symphony member and Town Hall music director presented a boundary-pushing concert, an artistic manifesto for contemporary classical performances. It's a road worth taking, even with some early bumps.
In announcing its 2008-09 season Seattle Opera is upping the ante and showing some possible aspects of what the company will be like after Speight Jenkins retires.
An especially memorable performance by Seattle Baroque and Tudor Choir at Town Hall.
Two years in the making, blahblahblahBANG, an ambitious show by Washington Ensemble Theater, is a high-profile step for an edgy and accomplished Seattle theater company. It's full of brilliant bits in the course of a radical reworking of a classic play.
How goes the musical partnership between the Seattle Symphony and its conductor? Two ambitious programs focusing on Brahms and Shostakovich produce critical reactions of alarm, exasperation, and deep satisfaction.
