This week, Northwest Focus Live welcomes Seattle Opera for a musical portrait of composer Gabriela Lena Frank, featuring live performances and a conversation about her work. Around the Pacific Northwest, explore concerts featuring Baroque favorites, Japanese choral music, and opera in a Seattle art gallery. Plus, a family-friendly musical mystery narrated by Classical KING’s Lisa Bergman and a program pairing Mozart with contemporary works, including a world premiere.

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Northwest Focus Live 

Seattle Opera presents Gabriela Lena Frank: A Musical Portrait 

Friday, November 13th at 7pm 

Host: Nikhil Sarma

This week on Northwest Focus Live, Seattle Opera presents a musical portrait of Gabriela Lena Frank, a composer whose work draws on her multicultural background and Peruvian heritage. Hear selections from her vocal and chamber music performed by Seattle Opera artists and local musicians, including music from her opera El último sueño de Frida y Diego. Host Nikhil Sarma also speaks with Frank about the stories, traditions, and creative ideas that shape her music.

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The Score with Edmund Stone

Ancient Artifacts  | November 14th at 4pm 

Explore the mysteries of the ancient world through film with Edmund Stone on The Score. From the Antikythera mechanism in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny to the legendary Library of Alexandria in Agora and the towering stone heads of Easter Island in Rapa Nui, discover how movies bring history to life. Along the way, hear how filmmakers blend historical fact with imagination to tell stories about the world’s most fascinating artifacts.

The Best Of Us (Part 1): Real Life Stories | Sunday, November 15th at 4pm 

This Sunday on The Score, Edmund Stone explores the best of humanity through films inspired by real people and events. In Part One of The Best of Us, hear music and stories from The Theory of Everything, Gandhi, Darkest Hour, Chariots of Fire, and more. Discover how these stories of courage, perseverance, and compassion remind us of the good in the world.

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Northwest Focus Concert Calendar 

Find local concerts in your community at: https://classicalking.org/nw-focus-concert-calendar

Victoria Philharmonic Choir: Rejoice! A Baroque Celebration 

Saturday, November 14th at 1pm | United Commons, Victoria, BC

Victoria Philharmonic Choir opens its season with Rejoice! A Baroque Celebration, featuring works by Bach and Handel. Led by conductor Peter Butterfield, the program includes Bach’s Sleepers Awake and Mass in A major, alongside Handel’s Dettingen Te Deum. Enjoy an afternoon of choral music celebrating two of the Baroque era’s most recognized composers.

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Sound Singers Japanese Choir 12th Annual Concert 

Saturday, November 14th at 2:30pm | Edmonds United Methodist Church, Edmonds 

Sound Singers Japanese Choir celebrates its 12th annual concert with Nature—Earth, Sea, and Sky, a program inspired by the natural world. Led by conductor Fumi Tagata and pianist Naoko Nakamura, the concert features traditional Japanese folk songs, music by Joe Hisaishi, a Studio Ghibli medley, J-Pop, and selections from The Lion King. Through music, this northern Puget Sound ensemble shares Japanese cultural traditions and brings the community together.

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Occidental Fine Arts: LaZzi 

Saturday, November 14th at 3pm | Occidental Fine Arts Center, Seattle

Experience opera in a new setting as Seattle-based vocalist LaZzi performs an afternoon of arias at Occidental Fine Arts Center in Pioneer Square. A graduate of Cornish College of the Arts, LaZzi brings her vocal talents to a gallery surrounded by works from local artists. Enjoy an afternoon where music and visual art come together in a relaxed, welcoming space.

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Philharmonia Northwest Children’s Concert: Sneaky With Snicket 

Sunday, November 15th at 12pm | Sensory-Friendly Performance | The Great Hall at Town Hall Seattle 

Sunday, November 15th at 2pm | General Audience Performance | The Great Hall at Town Hall Seattle 

There’s been a murder, and every instrument in the orchestra is a suspect. Join Philharmonia Northwest for The Composer is Dead, a family-friendly musical mystery by Nathaniel Stookey and Lemony Snicket, featuring Classical KING’s Lisa Bergman as the Inspector. The concert also features Grieg’s In the Hall of the Mountain King, with a sensory-friendly performance at Noon, a general audience performance at 2pm, and an Instrument Petting Zoo at 12:45pm.

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Music Northwest: Mozart & Kierkegaard 

Sunday, November 15th at 3pm | First Lutheran Church of West Seattle

Music Northwest brings together music and philosophy in a program inspired by Danish thinker Søren Kierkegaard. Hear Mozart arias alongside new works by Jacob Beranek and Paul Salerni, plus the world premiere of Heather Gilligan’s The Voice Which Quivers. Regional vocalists and instrumentalists bring the program to life, followed by a reception featuring Scandinavian treats.