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On-Air and Everywhere Weekly Update: February 2-8, 2026

February 2, 2026

Tune in this week to hear Music Director Xian Zhang conduct the Seattle Symphony in Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition! 

 

Northwest Focus Live 

Ladies Musical Club of Seattle Francis Walton Competition Winners: ZaRiah 

Friday, February 6 | 7pm 

Host: Nikhil Sarma 

Hear the winners of the prestigious Francis Walton Competition, this Friday on Northwest Focus Live! ZaRiah is an American wind quintet playing works by Mozart, Coleridge-Taylor, Marquez, and Jeff Scott. For more information, visit classicalking.org/show/nw-focus-live. 

 

Broadcast Concerts 

Seattle Symphony: Xian Conducts Pictures at an Exhibition 

Friday, February 6 | 8pm 

Host: David Wall 

Music Director Xian Zhang leads your Seattle Symphony in Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition! The program also includes Kodály’s folk-inspired Dances of Galánta and Michael Abels’ Delights and Dances, a vibrant work for orchestra and string quartet—an ideal showcase for the Sphinx Soloists, four exceptional young string players and Laureates of the Sphinx Competition. Learn more at classicalking.org/show/broadcast-concerts 

 

Northwest Focus Concert Calendar 

Seattle Chamber Orchestra: Contemporaries of Mozart 

Friday, February 6 | 7pm | Faith Lutheran Church, Seattle 

Works by Boccherini Kozeluch, and more, this Friday in Seattle! 

 

Western Symphony Orchestra: Farah, Ellington, and Beethoven 

Friday, February 6 | 7:30pm | Western Washington University, Bellingham 

An uplifting evening of music representing over 200 years of artistic history! 

 

Olympia Symphony: Celebrate 

Saturday, February 7 | 3pm | Washington Center for the Performing Arts, Olympia 

Sibelius’ Violin Concerto, this Saturday in Olympia! 

 

The Score with Edmund Stone 

A Dog’s Life 

Saturday, February 7 | 4pm 

Join the pack and take a walk with Edmund Stone as he brings you music from films about our best friends in A Dogs Life. Canine companions fro The Call of the Wild, The Secret Life of Pets, The Peanuts Movie and As Good as it Gets will make you laugh, smile and perhaps even wipe away a tear or two. On the next edition of The Score. 

 

Cure for the Winter Blues 2 

Sunday, February 8th | 4pm 

This week on The Score, Edmund Stone has a refreshing selection of films that will break up those winter blues. Travel to Ireland with The Banshees of Inishirn, Follow Paddington to London, take a different look at the world differently with Everything Everywhere All at Once, and more. It’s a cinematic palate cleanser to rev up your imagination this winter. 

 

Seattle Opera 

Gilbert and Sullivan: Pirates of Penzance 

Saturday, February 7 | 10am 

Ahoy mateys! Get ready for opera on the high seas with Gilbert and Sullivan’s popular piratical comedy. 

 

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