Month: November 2024
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Originally published at Seen and Heard International Chicago’s first snowfall of the season also marked the return of Hannu Lintu to Orchestra Hall, though an afternoon rise in temperature meant that, by the time the maestro ascended the podium, snow had transitioned to rain and a steady melt. The meteorological pivot in some ways mirrored…
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Fantastic news from the Netherlands: Elena Dubinets has been named Artistic Director of the Concertgebouw Orchestra. Dubinets was a transformative force during her time at the Seattle Symphony, and now Amsterdam is about to see why. During her Seattle days, Dubinets brought fresh ideas to programming that made the Symphony not just good but great.…
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The election last week has been, to put it mildly, numbing. I made it through about a year of the first Trump administration before the despair set in. It was the Jesuits—thank you, St. Joseph and Seattle University—who helped keep my soul intact, offering me a lifeline of reflection and community. And, surprisingly, Leif Ove…
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It’s been four months since J and I arrived in Seattle. We’re still settling in, but we’re growing fond of Chicago’s concert and classical music venues. We’re both old enough to have heard dozens of Chicago Symphony concerts in Orchestra Hall already or spent a lazy summer evening sprawled out on the lawn in front…