Classical KING On-Air and Everywhere Weekly Update: March 3 – March 10, 2025
Welcome to another week at Classical KING, where we bring you the best in classical music, both from our local community and from the world’s most prestigious stages. Here’s what we have lined up for you this week.
On-Air Highlights
Northwest Focus Live
Date: Friday, March 7, 2025, 7:00pm
Host: Dave Beck
Featured Guests: UW School of Music Piano Studio
We’re excited to welcome the next generation of virtuosic pianists to the Classical KING studios for this week’s Northwest Focus Live. Students of long-time UW Piano Professor Craig Sheppard will showcase their talents and highlight the importance of great music teachers. Tune in Friday at 7pm for an inspiring evening of piano mastery, only on Classical KING.
Classical KING’s Broadcast Concerts
Date: Friday, March 7, 2025, 8:00pm
Recorded: March 2023
Host: Dave Beck
Performance: Seattle Symphony: Carmina Burana
Things are heating up for the next Broadcast Concert on Classical KING! The Seattle Symphony presents Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana, a thrilling celebration of love, excess, and indulgence. This performance, recorded in March 2023, features Xian Zhang, then a guest conductor, now announced as the next Music Director of the Seattle Symphony. Also on the program: Rossini’s William Tell Overture and Qigang Chen’s L’Éloignement (2003). Join host Dave Beck for this exciting concert broadcast, Friday, March 7 at 8pm.
Music Feature: Ravel’s 150th Birthday
Date: Friday, March 7, 2025, 9:30pm-12:00am
Host: Sean MacLean
We’re throwing a late-night birthday party for Maurice Ravel, and you’re invited! Celebrate Ravel’s 150th with a special program featuring the Mother Goose Suite, both of his piano concertos, and more. The music plays on until midnight—so tune in, toast to Ravel, and enjoy some of the most beautiful sounds in classical music!
The Metropolitan Opera
Date: Saturday, March 8, 2025, 10:00am (Live)
Performance: Puccini’s La Bohème
First premiered in 1896 at the Teatro Regio in Turin, Italy, Puccini’s La Bohème is a passionate, timeless, and indelible story of love among young artists in Paris. Beyond a tale of romance, it reveals the deep emotional significance hidden in everyday moments. Experience this beloved opera live from the Met!
The Score with Edmund Stone
The Ides of March and Other Prophecies
Date: Saturday, March 8, 2025, 4:00pm
This Saturday on The Score, host Edmund Stone peers into the future with The Ides of March and Other Prophecies. Enjoy music from films where destinies are foretold, including The Tragedy of Macbeth, Dune, Alice in Wonderland, Arrival, and more.
Feeling Lucky? Contemporary Films from Ireland
Date: Sunday, March 9, 2025, 4:00pm
Join Edmund Stone as he salutes the film industry of Ireland. From The Problem with People to Mr. Malcolm’s List and Poor Things, enjoy music from diverse and dynamic films of the Emerald Isle.
Second Inversion
This Love Between Us
Date: Saturday, March 8, 2025, 9:00pm
In a world that can sometimes feel divided, composer Reena Esmail encourages us to listen with love. Her work This Love Between Us explores her multicultural heritage, blending Hindustani classical music with Western orchestral traditions. Each musician keeps one hand in their own musical tradition while reaching out to another. Tune in Saturday night at 9pm with host Maggie Molloy for a journey into Esmail’s powerful and evocative sound world.
Northwest Focus Concert Calendar Highlights
Seattle Symphony: The Healing Heart of the First People of This Land
Date: Friday, March 7, 2025, 7:30pm
Location: Benaroya Hall
Seattle Symphony revisits Bruce Ruddell’s Healing Heart of the First People of This Land, a powerful work inspired by sacred Coast Salish songs entrusted to the composer by Upper Skagit elder Vi Hilbert.
Seattle Festival Orchestra: Echoes of the East
Date: Saturday, March 8, 2025, 2:00pm
Location: St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
Experience the vibrant cultures of East Asia with the Seattle Festival Orchestra. Highlights include Bao Yuankai’s Symphony No. 2 – Musical Sketches of Taiwan, Holst’s Japanese Suite, and Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto, featuring rising local star Lin Tokura.
Saratoga Orchestra: Nature (Re)Awaken
Date: Saturday, March 8, 2025, 7:00pm
Location: South Whidbey High School Performing Arts Center, Langley, WA
A beautifully curated program celebrating the rhythms of nature, featuring works by Louise Farrenc, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, and Antonín Dvořák, with commentary by Marta Zekan.
Visit the Classical KING Northwest Focus Concert Calendar to learn more about all of these performances and more in your community.
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Stay inspired and enjoy another week of incredible music on Classical KING!
