Tune in this week for a luxurious chamber music concert experience, a student-led episode of Northwest Focus Live, and a new episode of Second Inversion celebrating the incredible work of an oft unsung American composer. This week, only on Classical KING! 

 

Broadcast Concert 

Seattle Chamber Music Society: Winter Festival 2025 

Friday, June 13 | 8pm 

Host: Peter Newman 

Join your host, Peter Newman, for a night filled with intimate works performed by the world class talent of Seattle Chamber Music Society. String and piano works by Dvořák, Saint-Saëns, and Franck take the stage in this elegant performance of musical conversation. For more information, visit classicalking.org/show/broadcast-concerts. 

 

Northwest Focus Live 

Seattle Chamber Music Society: Academy Students 

Friday, June 13 | 7pm 

Host: Nikhil Sarma 

Hear the next generation of chamber musicians, this Friday on Northwest Focus Live! Featuring the piano and string students of the Seattle Chamber Music Society’s Academy in celebration of their accomplishment, talent, and potential. For more information, visit classicalking.org/show/nw-focus-live. 

 

Second Inversion 

Florence Price 

Saturday, June 14 | 9pm 

Host: Maggie Molloy 

In the 1930s, Florence Price became the first African American woman to have her music performed by a major U.S. orchestra. She took pride in her identity: her music was deeply rooted in African American spirituals and folksongs, and in the lived experiences of her community.  This Saturday on Second Inversion, we’ll hear how Price’s music was shaped by the spirituals that so captured her heart. Plus, a newly discovered concerto that was almost lost to history.   

 

Seattle Opera Broadcast 

Puccini: Tosca 

Saturday, June 14 | 10am 

Politics, romance, and schemes this Saturday from the Seattle Opera! Experience the brilliance of the Pacific Northwest’s premiere opera company in Seattle Opera’s staging of Tosca. 

 

The Score with Edmund Stone 

Dig It! Archeology in Movies 

Saturday, June 14 | 4pm 

This Saturday on The Score, Edmund Stone is digging into archeology with movies such as Lost City of Zed, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Ammonite and a bit more down-to-earth with an exclusive conversation with Sir Tony Robinson of Time Team fame. Get ready for a musical archeological dig, this Saturday on The Score. 

 

Shot on Location at UNESCO Sites 

Sunday, June 15 | 4pm 

They are places of outstanding universal value, examples of human genius, cultural traditions, or superlative natural phenomena or beauty – they are UNESCO World Heritage sites. This Sunday, Edmund Stone visits some of the world’s most spectacular locations with the music of films shot at UNESCO sites. From the glorious Taj Mahal in Slumdog Millionaire to the breath-taking Antelope Canyon in The Tree of Life, and the Galapagos Islands in Master and Commander, movies filled with some of the most outstanding human creations and natural backdrops in the world. 

 

Northwest Focus Concert Calendar 

Rain City Symphony: Farrenc, Griffes, Rimsky-Korsakov 

Wednesday, June 11 at 7:30pm | First Free Methodist Church, Seattle 

The finale of their French-themed season, Rain City Symphony presents a concert of orchestral classics! Featuring flautist Sandra Saathoff. 

 

Formation Wind Band: All You Need is Love 

Saturday, June 14 at 7pm | Lincoln High Schol Theatre, Seattle 

Seattle’s first women’s wind band presents an evening of thoughtful, fun, and compelling music. 

 

Seattle Girls Choir: Unsung Voices 

Saturday, June 14 at 7:30pm | Trinity Episcopal Church, Seattle 

Join recent NWFL guest Seattle Girls Choir for a concert featuring over 1,000 years of music by women composers and a world premiere from PNW composer Joan Szymko. 

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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