The music of the Twentieth Century echoed through Seattle’s concert halls this weekend. Michael Stern and the Seattle Symphony started the weekend with performances of Edgard Varese’s rarely heard Integrales, Victor Herbert’s equally rare Cello Concerto No.2 and the romantic longing of Rachmaninov’s Symphony No.3. However, the real treat of the weekend was Benjamin Britten’s…

Some months back, this weekend’s Seattle Symphony concert was dubbed “Love and Tragedy.”  Back in September the program featured two Brahms works – the Tragic Overture and the Symphony No.1.  But, Schoenberg’s Pelleas und Melisande was also on the program. However, the program has been considerably revised.  First, the Tragic Overture is out.  Perhaps there…