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Past Events
2024
Reading Sessions
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June 10
- Glazunov—Symphony No. 5
- Wagner—Flying Dutchman Overture
Nickolas Carlson, Conductor -
Shorewood Performing Arts Stage
June 18 - Copland—Symphony No. 3
- Joseph White, Conductor
-
Shorewood Performing Arts Stage
June 20 - Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 5
- Asieh Mahyar, Conductor
- Shorewood Performing Arts Stage
June 25 - Shostakovich—Symphony No. 7
- Tigran Arakelyan, Conductor
Gustav Holst—"Mars the Bringer of
War" and "Venus, The Bringer of Peace"
from The Planets, Op. 32
Gustav Mahler — Symphony No. 7 "
Lied der Nacht" ("Song of the Night")
Saturday, July 27, 7:30
Shorewood Performing Arts Center
Tigran Arakelyan, Conductor
2023
Reading Sessions
- June 12
Shostakovich—Symphony #5,- Tigran Arakelyan, Conductor
- June 14
William Walton—Symphony #1,- Gary Cannon, Conductor
- June 20
Tchaikovsky—Symphony #6,- Teresa Metzger Howe, Conductor
- June 22
Berlioz—Symphonie Fantastique,- Alexei Girsh, Conductor
Saturday, July 29, 7:30
Shorewood Performing Arts Center
Bartok—Romanian Dances
Mahler—Symphony #6
Tigran Arakelyan, Conductor
2022
Reading Sessions
June 14
Amy Beach—Gaelic Symphony- Teresa Metzger Howe, Conductor,
- June 16
Aram Khachaturian—Music from Ballet Suites,- Jeff Lund, Conductor
- June 20
Ravel—Bolero - Tigran Arakelyan, Conductor
- June 22
Prokofiev—Symphony #5,- Eric Hanson, Conductor
Concert
Saturday, July 23, 7:30on
Shorewood Performing Arts Center
Berlioz—Funeral March from
Grand Triumphal Symphony
Mahler—Symphony #9
Tigran Arakelyan , conductor
2019
Reading Sessions
- June 18
- Prokofiev—Symphony No. 5,
- Alan Futterman, Conductor
- June 20
- Rachmaninoff—Symphony No. 2,
- Mark Perlman, Conductor
- June 25
- Bruckner—Symphony No. 4,
- Tigran Arakelyan, Conductor
- June 27
- Hindemith—Symphonic Dances ,
- Anna Edwards, Conductor
Saturday, July 21, 7:30on
Shorewood t Performing Arts Center
Dvorak—Carnival Overture
Bartok—1st Suite for Orchestra
Mahler—Symphony #1
Tigran Arakelyan , Conductor
2018
Reading Sessions
- June 5
- Strauss—Ein Heldenleben
- Dr. Eric Hanson, Conductor.
- Lake City Presbyterian Church
- June 7
- Shostakovich—Symphony No. 7.
- Alexei Girsh, Conductor.
- Lake City Presbyterian Church
- July 11
- Bartok—Concerto for Orchestra.
- Julua Tai, Conductor.
- Lake City Presbyterian Church
- July 12, 2018
- Bruckner—Symphony No. 7.
- Tigran Arakelyan , Conductor.
- Lake City Presbyterian Church
Concert
Saturday, July 21st 7:30pm
Seattle First Free Methodist Church
Shostakovich—Festive Overture
Dvořák—The Noon Witch
Mahler—Symphony #5
Tigran Arakelyan , conductor
2017
Reading Sessions
June 20
- Hindemith—Mathis der Maler.
Adam Stern, Conductor
Lake City Presbyterian Church
June 22 - Bruckner—Symphony No. 6. Tigran
Arakelyan, Conductor - Lake City Presbyterian Church
June 26 - Shostakovich—Symphony #12
- Robert Collins, Conductor
- Lake City Presbyterian Church
June 28 - Mahler—Symphony #5
- Jeff Lund, Conductor
- Lake City Presbyterian Church
ConcertSaturday, July 22st 7:30pm
Seattle First Free Methodist Church
Wagner—Overture to Rienzi
Mahler—Ruckert Lieder
Kevin Helppie, Soloist
Mahler—Symphony #10
Deryck Cooke completion
Eric Hanson,Conductor
2016
Reading Sessions
- June 20
- Antheil—Symphony #4
- Adam Stern, Conductor
- Lake City Presbyterian Church
- June 22
- Rachmaninoff—Isle of the Dead
- Alexei Girsh, Conductor
- Lake City Presbyterian Church
- July 28
- Rachmaninoff—Symphony #3
- Roupen Shakarian, Conductor
- Lake City Presbyterian Church
- July 30
- Vaughan Williams—Symphony #2.
- Joseph Pollard White, Conductor
- Lake City Presbyterian Church
Concert
Sunday, July 17 3PM
Seattle First Free Methodist Church
Wagner—Meistersinger Overture
Eric Hanson, Conductor
Mahler—Das Knaben Wunderhorn,
Katie Weld Soloist,
Eric Hanson, Conductor
Mahler—Symphony #3,
Geoffrey Simon, Conductor
2015
Reading Sessions
June 23
Rachmaninoff—Symphonic Dances
Dr. Eric Hanson, Conductor
Seattle Pacific University
June 30
Rachmaninoff—Symphony No. 1
Alexei Girsh, Conductor
Lake City Presbyterian Church
July 2
Tchaikovsky—Manfred Symphony
Robert Collins, Conductor
Lake City Presbyterian Church
July 7
Bruckner—Symphony No. 6.
Michael Dunlap, Conductor
Lake City Presbyterian Church
2014
Reading Sessions
June 24
Debussy Iberia—Chadwick Symphonic Sketches
Brad E. Cawyer, Conductor
Saint Mark’s Episcopal
June 26
Bruckner—Symphony No. 4
Jim Truher, Conductor
Saint Mark’s Episcopal
June 30
Strauss—Alpine Symphony
Dr. Mark Perlman, Conductor
Saint Mark’s Episcopal
July 2, 2014
Berlioz—Symphonie Fantastique
Dr. Johan Louwersheimer, Conductor
Saint Mark’s Episcopal
Concert
July 19, 2014:
First Presbyterian Church of Seattle
Wagner—Parsifal Prelude
Mahler—Symphony No. 4
Mahler—Das klagende Lied
Dr. Nikolas Caoile, Conductor.
Eleanor Stallcop-Horrox, soprano
Melissa Schiel, alto
Stephen Wall, tenor
Glenn Guhr, baritone
2013
Reading Sessions
June 25
Nielsen Helios Overture, Elgar In the South. Joseph P. White, Conductor.
Saint Mark’s Episcopal
June 27
Mahler—Symphony No. 5.
Geoffrey Larson, Conductor.
Saint Mark’s Episcopal
July 9
Mahler—Symphony No. 7
Dr. John Falskow, Conductor.
Saint Mark’s Episcopal
July 11
Mahler—Symphony No. 1.
Michael Dunlap, Conductor.
Saint Mark’s Episcopal
Concerts
Open Reading Performance
July 18
Mahler—Symphony No. 2
Dr. Nikolas Caoile, Conductor.
Saint Mark’s Episcopal
2012
Reading Sessions
June 26
Tchaikovsky Manfred—Symphony & Marche Slav
Adam Stern, Conductor.
Saint Mark’s Episcopal
June 28
Mahler—Symphony No. 5
Dr. Eric Hanson, Conductor.
Saint Mark’s Episcopal
July 2
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 7
Alexei Girsh, conductor.
Saint Mark’s Episcopal
July 9
Mahler—Symphony No. 6
Dr. John Falskow, Conductor.
Saint Mark’s Episcopal
July 12
Mahler—Symphony No. 9
Dr. Nikolas Caoile, Conductor.
Saint Mark’s Episcopal
Reading Sessions
June 20
Rachmaninoff—Symphony No. 2
Geoffrey Larson, Conductor
Shorecrest PAC.
June 21
Still Afro-American—Symphony No. 1
Gershwin—Cuban Overture.
Joseph P. White, Conductor
Shorecrest PAC
June 23
Bruckner—Symphony No. 8.
Huw Edwards, Conductor
Shorecrest PAC.
June 28
Nielsen—Symphony No. 4
Wesley Schulz, Conductor
Shorecrest PAC
June 30
Strauss Aus Italien—Barber Medea’s Dance of Vengeance
Stephen Radcliffe, Conductor
Shorecrest PAC.
Concerts
July 17
Benaroya Hall Prior Horizons: An American Crescendo for Four Soloists and Orchestra
Sviridov—The Snowstorm
Mahler—Symphony No. 3
Alexander Prior, Principal Conductor
2010
Reading Sessions
June 15
Prokofiev—Scythian Suite, Op. 20.
Alexander Prior, Conductor.
Shorecrest PAC.
June 22—23
Duruflé—Requiem Op. 9.
Gary Cannon, Conductor
Shorecrest PAC.
June 24
Rachmaninoff—Symphonic Dances
Roupen Shakarian, Conductor
Shorecrest PAC.
June 29
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 10
Michael Miropolsky, Conductor
Shorecrest PAC.
June 30
Students of Shostakovich —“Tribute to the Teacher”
Alexei Girsh, Conductor
Shorecrest PAC.
Concerts
July 18
Meany Hall
David Lamb—Lebe hoch, Gustav!
Strauss—Death and Transfiguration
Mahler—Symphony No. 7
Dr. Eric Hanson, Principal Conductor
2009
Reading Sessions
June 15
Movie Music Workshop
Mann Robin—Hood: Men in Tights + another classic score from a Hollywood favorite
Hummie Mann, Conductor
Shorecrest PAC.
June 16
Copland—Dance Symphony,
Copland Suite—from The Red Pony
Adam Stern, Conductor
Shorecrest PAC.
June 17
Janáček—Sinfonietta
Paul-Elliott Cobbs, Conductor
Shorecrest PAC.
June 24-25
Prokofiev—Alexander Nevsky
Gary Cannon, Conductor
Shorecrest PAC.
June 30
Bruckner—Symphony 9.
Dr. Eric Hanson, Conductor
Shorecrest PAC.
Concerts
July 19
Meany Hall
Darko—Butorac
2009 Principal,Conductor
Wagner—Siegfried’s Funeral March
Strauss—Dance of Seven Veils
Mahler—Symphony No. 6
2008
Reading Sessions
June 16
Sibelius—Symphony No. 7
Stephen Paulson, conductor
Shorecrest PAC.
June 18
Mahler—Symphony No. 5
Brett Mitchell, Conductor
Shorecrest PAC.
June 24
Mahler—Symphony No. 1
Darko Butorac, Conductor
Shorecrest PAC.
June 26
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 1
Alexei Girsh, Conductor
Shorecrest PAC.
Masterclass
June 17
Masterclass for Woodwinds
Stephen Paulson, Principal Bassoon
San Francisco Symphony
Shorecrest PAC.
Concerts
July 20,
Meany Hall
Wagner—Entrance of the Gods into Valhalla from Das Rheingold
Wagner —Final Destruction and Redemption from Die Götterdämmerung
Strauss —Four Last Songs
Catherine Haight, soprano
Mahler —Symphony No. 9
Dr. Eric Hanson, Principal Conductor
2007
Reading Sessions
June 11, 2007. Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet, Suites Nos. 1 and 2. Adam Stern, conductor. Shorecrest PAC.
June 13, 2007. Debussy La Mer & de Falla The Three Cornered Hat. Christophe Chagnard, conductor. Shorecrest PAC.
June 19, 2007. Strauss Alpine Symphony. David Waltman, conductor. Shorecrest PAC.
June 21, 2007. Messiaen Turangalîla Symphony. Geoffrey Simon, conductor. Shorecrest PAC.
Concerts
July 22
Shorecrest PAC.
Geoffrey Simon, music director & principal conductor
Ellington—Harlem
Mahler—Songs of a Wayfarer
Kathryn—Weld mezzo-soprano
Dvořák—Symphony No.8 in G
Concert
September 9
Benaroya Hall
Geoffrey Simon, music director & principal conductor
Ellington—Harlem
Messiaen—Turangalîla Symphony
Jay Gottlieb, Piano Solo
Thomas Bloch, Ondes Martenot solo
2006
Reading Sessions
June 12
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 11
Alexei Girsh, Conductor
Shorecrest PAC.
June 21—22
Vaughan Williams Dona Nobis Pacem
Anthony Spain, Conductor
Gary D. Cannon, Chorusmaster
Shorecrest Performing Arts Center
Eckstein Middle School.
Maria Mannisto, soprano
Gary D. Cannon, tenor
June 27
Mahler—Symphony No. 7
Dr. Eric Hanson, Conductor
Shorecrest PAC
June 28
Strauss— Tod und Verklärung (Death and Transfiguration)
David Upham, Conductor
Shorecrest PAC.
Masterclass
July 16
Masterclass for Strings
Hahn-Bin, Violin
Shorecrest PAC.
Concerts
July 18
Meany Hall
Geoffrey Simon, music director & principal conductor
Sarasate—Carmen Fantasy
Hahn-Bin, violin
Respighi Belkis—Queen of Sheba suite
Mahler—Das Lied von der Erde
Kathryn Weld, mezzo-soprano
Stephen Rumph, tenor
2005
Reading Sessions
June 15
Mahler—Symphony No. 9
Dr. Eric Hanson, Conductor
Shorecrest PAC.
June 20
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 10
Michael Miropolsky, Conductor
Shorecrest PAC.
June 22
Khachaturian—Symphony No. 2
Adam Stern, Conductor
Shorecrest PAC.
June 28
Revueltas—La Noche de los Mayas
Stoyanovich—He Dog.
Elizabeth Stoyanovich, Conductor
Shorecrest PAC.
Concerts
July 19,
Meany Hall
Geoffrey Simon, music director
& principal conductor
Gary Cannon, chorusmaster
Copland—El Salon Mexico
Barber—Prayers of Kierkegaard.
Ann Basinski, soprano
Mahler—Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection”.
Ann Basinski, soprano
Kathryn Weld, mezzo-soprano
2004
Reading Sessions
June 15
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 4.
Alexei Girsh, Conductor
Shorecrest PAC.
June 22
Stravinsky—The Rite of Spring
Christian Knapp, Conductor
Shorecrest PAC.
June 24
Vaughan Williams—Symphony
No. 3 – “Pastoral”
Jim Truher, Conductor
Shorecrest PAC.
June 28
Hindemith—Mathis der Maler.
David MacKenzie, Conductor.
Shorecrest PAC.
Concerts
July 20
Meany Hall
Bernstein—Overture to Candide
Rachmaninoff—Piano Concerto #3
Lei Weng, piano
Mahler—Symphony No. 1
Geoffrey Simon, Music Director
& Principal Conductor
2003
Reading Sessions
June 17
Stravinsky Petrouchka.
Joseph P. White, Conductor
Shorecrest PAC.
June 20 – 21
Mahler—Symphony No. 10.
(Derek Cooke ed.)
Dr. Eric Hanson, Conductor
Beegle Hall, SPU.
June 20
Scriabin—Symphony No. 3
– “The Divine Poem”
Troy Peters, Conductor
Shorecrest PAC.
June 24
Honegger—Symphony No. 3,
Britten—Sinfonia da Requiem.
Adam Stern, Conductor.
Shorecrest PAC.
Concerts
July 22
Meany Hall
Shostakovich—Festive Overture
Stravinsky—Symphonies of Wind Instruments
Mahler—Symphony No. 5
Geoffrey Simon, Music Director
& Principal Conductor
2002
Reading Sessions
June 11
Mahler—Das Lied Von Der Erde
John Welsh, Conductor.
Eckstein Middle School.
June 14—15
Bruckner—Te Deum.
Lynn Hall, Conductor.
Lannigan Gym,
Holy Rosary Church.
June 18
Nielsen—Symphony No. 4.
David Waltman, Conductor.
Lannigan Gym, Holy Rosary Church.
June 20
Bartok—Concerto for Orchestra
David Seamon, Conductor.
Eckstein Middle School.
June 24
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 12
Alexei Girsh, Conductor.
Eckstein Middle School.
Concerts
July 14
Mahler—Symphony No. 4
Geoffrey Simon, Principal Conductor
Gary Cannon, Chorusmaster
Barney Blough, Assistant Conductor
Walton Portsmouth Point Overture
Mahler Das klagende Lied
Victoria Gydov, Soprano
Diane Radabaugh, Contralto
Les Green, Tenor
Delphine Gillot, Sopran
Meany Hall
2001
Reading Sessions
June 11
Kodaly Hary—Janos Suite
Janos Sandor, Conductor.
June 16-17
Mahler—Das klagende Lied
George Shangrow, Conductor
Gary Cannon, Chorusmaster
June 20
Bruckner—Symphony No. 9
Christophe Chagnard, Conductor.
June 26
Strauss—Don Quixote
Roupen Shakarian, Conductor.
Mariel Bailey, Solo Violin
Bruce Bailey, Solo Cello
Concerts
April 14
Meany Hall
Dr. Eric Hanson, Conductor
Mahler—Symphony No. 2
Catherine Haight, Soprano
Carmen Leon, Mezzo-Soprano
July 15
Meany Hall
Geoffrey Simon, principal conductor
Ravel—La Valse
Mahler—Symphony No. 3
Featuring Northwest Boys Choir,
Joseph Crnko, director
Diane Radabaugh, alto
2000
Reading Sessions
June 13
Bruckner—Symphony No. 7
Christophe Chagnard, Conductor.
June 19
Mahler—Symphony No. 4
R. Joseph Scott, Conductor.
June 21
New Music.
Gerhard Samuel, conductor.
John David Lamb In Taberna Diversions for Orchestra, Mvt. III
Joshua Parmenter Fantasia and Passacaglia for Large Orchestra
Morton Shafer Winning Number,
2nd Suite for Orchestra
Keith Van Kirk—Symphony No. 1
Gavin Borchert—Prologue. Sunset.
Kam Morrill—A Munch Symphony, Pinocchio and the Whale
Joseph Weisnewski—Sancte Dei Pretiose
June 26
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 15
Alexei Girsh, Conductor.
June 28
Strauss—Alpine Symphony
Jonathan Shames, Conductor.
Concerts
July 16
Meany Hall.
(Broadcast live by KING-FM)
Geoffrey Simon, principal conductor
Strauss—Festival Prelude
Mahler—Symphony No. 8, “Symphony of a Thousand”
Dr. Eric Hanson, chorusmaster
Featuring Northwest Boys Choir, Joseph Crnko, director
Victoria Gydov, soprono
Hyun Joo Yang, soprano
Catherine Haight, soprano
Janna Wächter, alto
Diane Radabaugh, alto
Leslie Green, tenor
Stephen Janzen, baritone
Michael Delos, bass
September 17
Benaroya Hall
“Day of Music”
Geoffrey Simon, principal conductor
Curiale—Gates of Gold
Warren Chang, ehru
Strauss Festival Prelude
Mahler Symphony No. 8, first part
Dr. Eric Hanson, chorusmaster
Featuring Northwest Boys Choir, Joseph Crnko, director
Victoria Gydov, soprono
Hyun Joo Yang, soprano
Catherine Haight, soprano
Janna Wächter, alto
Diane Radabaugh, alto
Leslie Green, tenor
Stephen Janzen baritone
Michael Delos, bass
1999
Reading Sessions
June 14
Strauss—Also Sprach Zarathustra
Charles Bontrager, Conductor.
June 16
Mahler Symphony No. 5.
Anthony Spain, Conductor.
June 21, 1999. Strauss Tod und Verklärung (Death and Transfiguration.) Gregory Isaacs, conductor.
June 23, 1999. Brahms A German Requiem. George Shangrow, conductor. Including chorus and soloists.
June 29, 1999. New Music Reading Sessions. Local Composers including David Lamb, Gregory Nissen, Keith Wittmeyer and Keith Van Kirk. Parke Burgess, conductor.
July 8, 1999. Szymanowski Concert Overture in E and Walton Symphony No. 2. Alexei Girsh, conductor.
Concerts
April 10, 1999. Meany Hall
Dr. Eric Hanson, conductor
Mahler Symphony No. 2
July 18
Meany Hall
Strauss—Der Rosenkavalier Suite
Mahler—Symphony No. 7
Geoffrey Simon, Principal Conductor
1998
Reading Sessions
June 15
Bruckner—Symphony No. 4
Jonathan Pasternack, Conductor.
June 18, 1998. Mahler Symphony No. 3. Adam Stern, conductor.
June 23
Wagner—Excerpts from the Ring
Kathy Kelly, Conductor.
June 25
Mahler—Symphony No. 2
Dr. Eric Hanson, Conductor.
July 1
Strauss—Ein Heldenleben.
Gregory Issacs, Conductor.
July 8
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 7
Alexei Girsh, Conductor
Concerts
July 13
Meany Hall
Geoffrey Simon, Principal Conductor
Rachmaninoff—Variations on a
Theme of Paganini
Craig Sheppard, Piano
Strauss—Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
Mahler—Symphony No. 6
September 20
Benaroya Hall
“Day of Music”
Mahler—Symphony No. 6, excerpts + 3rd and 4th Movemements.
Geoffrey Simon, Principal Conductor
1997
Reading Sessions
June 16
Strauss—Alpine Symphony
Roupen Shakarian, Conductor.
June 19
Bruckner—Symphony No. 9
Marsha Mabrey, Conductor.
June 24
Mahler—Symphony No. 7
George Shangrow, Conductor.
June 30
Berlioz—Symphony Fantastique
Paul Mori, Conductor.
July 2
Mahler—Symphony No. 3.
Adam Stern, Conductor.
July 8
Elgar—Symphony No. 1.
Paul-Elliott Cobbs, Conductor
Concerts
July 20
Meany Hall
Geoffrey Simon, principal conductor
Debussy—La Cathédral engloutie, (arr. Stokowski)
Strauss—Don Juan
Mahler—Symphony No. 9
1996
Reading Sessions
June 11
Holst—The Planets & Respighi Pines of Rome. Joseph P. White, Conductor.
June 18
Mahler—Symphony No. 6
Dr. Eric Hanson, Conductor.
June 25
Mahler—Symphony No. 9
Johathan Shames, Conductor.
July 2
Stravinsky—Rite of Spring
Wagner—Parsifal
Parke Burgess, Conductor.
Concerts
July 14
Roupen Shakarian Conductor
Wagner—Overture to Die Meistersinger
Strauss—Tod und Verklärung (Death and Transfiguration)
Mahler—Symphony No. 1
1995
Reading Sessions
June 1995
Mahler—Symphony No. 1
Joseph P. White, Conductor.
Do you remember what else we read in that first summer? Let us know so we can complete the history! info@nwmahlerfestival.org