Town Hall Seattle and KEXP present
Death and Music
Music, Grief, and Community with KEXP
Rental Partner: North Corner Chamber Orchestra presents
Radiance
Compositions by Handel, Frances-Hoad, Britten
EVENT NOTES
Doors for this event will open at 6:30 PM.
Presented by North Corner Chamber Orchestra. For questions about this event, please contact nocco@nocco.org.
Program:
George Frideric Handel – Water Music Suite No. 1
Cheryl Frances-Hoad*+ – Quark Dances
Benjamin Britten – Les Illuminations
Clarice Alfonso, Soprano
Experience an evening of orchestral brilliance with a program that spans centuries of musical innovation. The concert opens with George Frideric Handel’s Water Music Suite No. 1, a regal masterpiece brimming with baroque elegance. Contemporary composer Cheryl Frances-Hoad’s Quark Dances—a dynamic and imaginative work that fuses science and sound—adds a bold, modern voice to the evening. Finally, the program culminates with Benjamin Britten’s Les Illuminations, a luminous and evocative song cycle that brings Rimbaud’s vivid poetry to life through Britten’s expressive, shimmering orchestration. Don’t miss this captivating journey through time and tone.
*POC or Woman Composer
+Living Composer
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