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“Serene cheer and warm sunshine”: Brahms’ Second
The Philharmonic presents the third U.S. premiere of the season: “Pyramid”, a stirring tone poem by Sweden-based American composer Molly Kien (“a major new voice” — Fanfare Magazine). The winner of the Philharmonic’s 2019 Don Bushell Competition, the radiant soprano Allison Pohl, will be heard in a selection of lieder by Richard Strauss. Closing the concert is Johannes Brahms’ Symphony No. 2, the sunniest of its composer’s four symphonies and a perennial audience favorite.
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To determine the final work of our season finale, the members of the Philharmonic were given several major works on which to vote. The winner: Carl Orff’s “Carmina Burana”, surely the best-known and -loved choral work of the 20th century. The orchestra is joined by a trio of powerful soloists — soprano Linda Tsatsanis, countertenor José Luis Muñoz, and baritone Erich Parce — as well as two of the regions’s finest choral ensembles: the Seattle Symphony Chorale and the Northwest…
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