Hear Seattle Symphony Music Director Xian Zhang conduct works by Rachmaninov, this week on Classical KING! 

 

Northwest Focus Live 

Seattle Sings: STANCE and Sonoro Women’s Choir 

Friday, March 6 | 7pm 

Host: Maggie Molloy 

During Seattle Sings, a choral festival celebrating the Greater Seattle Choral Consortium,  more than 30 choirs take the stage to share their voices, connect with one another, and celebrate the region’s vibrant choral community. Hear the Seattle Trans and Nonbinary Choral Ensemble and Sonoro Women’s Choir, this Friday on Northwest Focus Live! 

 

Broadcast Concerts 

Seattle Symphony: Xian Conducts Rachmaninov 

Friday, March 6 | 8pm 

Host: Dave Beck 

Music Director Xian Zhang leads the Seattle Symphony in two of Rachmaninov’s defining works, Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini and Symphony No.2! Learn more at classicalking.org/show/broadcast-concerts 

 

Northwest Focus Concert Calendar 

Mirinesse Women’s Choir: Keep Marching 

Saturday, March 7 | 3pm | Shorecrest Performing Arts Center, Shoreline 

Celebrate Mirinesse’s 20th anniversary season with music celebrating resilience, leadership, and women in music! 

 

Choir of the Sound: Peace and Light 

Saturday, March 7 | 7pm | Saint Mark’s Cathedral 

Hear John Rutter’s requiem paired with contemporary choral works by African American composers. 

 

Evergreen Community Orchestra: Piano Concerto Showcase 

Sunday, March 8 | 3pm | Snohomish High School Performing Arts Center 

Enjoy piano concertos with young soloists, this Sunday in Snohomish! 

 

Bel Canto Seattle: Suitless in Seattle 

Sunday, March 8 | 4pm | Music Center of the Northwest, Seattle 

Hear operatic favorites in north Seattle this Sunday! 

 

The Score with Edmund Stone 

Treasure Quest 

Saturday, March 7 | 4pm 

Discovery. Reward. Adventure. If that sounds like fun, then I’ve got a great show for you. I’m Edmund Stone, creator, host and producer of The Score and I’m leading a Treasure Quest with films such as National Treasure, Laura Croft Tomb Raider, Treasure Island and oh, yes, some Indiana Jones. 

 

2026 Academy Awards 

Sunday, March 8 | 4pm 

Earning the coveted Oscar for Best Picture is part art, part emotion and part politics. On this episode of The Score Edmund Stone assembles a survey of films that should have won the big Academy Award but didn’t, including A Clockwork Orange, Gangs of New York, The Elephant Man, Four Weddings and a Funeral and more.

 

Metropolitan Opera 

Berlioz: The Trojans (Part 2) 

Saturday, March 7 | 10am 

The conclusion of Berlioz’s rarely-performed classical epic, from the Met Opera stage! 

 

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