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Rental Partner: Seattle Chamber Music Society presents

Summer Festival Concert #9

Shostakovich, Grieg, and Copland

Date:
Sunday, July 26
Time:
2:00 pm PDT
Cost:
$11 – $106

Venue

The Great Hall
1119 Eighth Avenue (enter on Eighth Avenue)
Seattle, 98101 United States
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Event Format

In-Person, Livestream

EVENT NOTES
Doors for this event will open at 12:00 PM.

Pre-show activities start at 1:00 PM. The concert will start at 2:00PM.

Presented by Seattle Chamber Music Society. For questions about this event, please contact tickets@seattlechambermusic.org or (206) 283-8710.

A co-ed string ensemble of 8 performs on a dimly lit stage, dressed in black.
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Seattle Chamber Music Society’s Summer Festival Concert #9 at Town Hall Seattle closes the 2026 Summer Festival with an all-star ensemble performing works by Shostakovich, Grieg, and Copland’s complete original version of Appalachian Spring in a sweeping finale led by Artistic Director James Ehnes.

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Program

Dmitri Shostakovich — Two Pieces for String Octet, Op. 11

Performers:

  • Karen Gomyo, violin
  • Jun Iwasaki, violin/viola
  • Stephen Rose, violin
  • Erin Keefe, violin
  • Jonathan Vinocour, viola
  • James Ehnes, violin
  • Bion Tsang, cello
  • Brant Taylor, cello

 

Edvard Grieg — Cello Sonata in A minor, Op. 36

Performers:

  • Kenneth Olsen, cello
  • George Li, piano

 

Aaron Copland — Appalachian Spring (“Ballet for Martha”) — original complete ballet for 13 instruments

Performers:

  • James Ehnes, violin
  • Karen Gomyo, violin
  • Jun Iwasaki, violin/viola
  • Jonathan Vinocour, viola
  • Bion Tsang, cello
  • Brant Taylor, cello
  • Joseph Kaufman, double bass
  • Demarre McGill, flute
  • Benjamin Lulich, clarinet
  • Seth Krimsky, bassoon
  • George Li, piano
  • Paige Roberts Molloy, piano

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