Music has the remarkable power to transport us—to distant places, unforgettable moments, and the deepest corners of our imagination. This season, Philharmonia Northwest invites you to experience stories told not with words, but through sound. From acts of courage and playful mystery to breathtaking landscapes, timeless reflections, and the unforgettable scores of epic films, Sound and Story celebrates music’s extraordinary ability to move us, inspire us, and remind us of our shared humanity.

The Art of Defiance
Oct. 11 @ 2PM
Shorecrest PAC

Paige Roberts Molloy, piano

Joan Tower – Made in America
L.v. Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 4
D. Shostakovich – Symphony No. 9

Sneaky with Snicket (Children’s Concert)
Nov. 15 @ 12PM & 2PM
Town Hall Seattle

Lisa Bergman, narrator

E. Grieg – In the Hall of the Mountain King
Nathaniel Stookey – The Composer is Dead
Additional works TBA

In Winter’s Glow (Holiday Concert)
Dec. 5 & 6 @ 3PM
Bastyr University Chapel

with Kirkland Choral Society

S. Coleridge-Taylor – Christmas Overture
Michael Torke – December
Craig Courtney – A Musicological Journey Through the Twelve Days of Christmas
F. Poulenc – Gloria
Holiday works TBA

Of Windmills & Visions
Feb. 14 @ 1PM
Shorecrest PAC

Andy Liang, violin
Sayaka Kokubo, viola
Eric Han, cello

I. Stravinsky – Symphonies of Wind Instruments
R. Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
R. Strauss – Don Quixote

Where the Earth Breathes
Apr. 4 @ 2pm
Shorecrest PAC

Ellaina Lewis, soprano

Clarice Assad – Sin Fronteras
H. Howells – In Green Ways
L.v. Beethoven – Symphony No. 6 “Pastoral”

Light & Memory
Apr. 24 @ 3pm
Saint Mark’s Cathedral

Natalie Buickians, soprano
with Kirkland Choral Society

W.A. Mozart – Requiem

Blockbuster: Music from Epic Cinema (Pops Concert)
May 23 @ 2pm
Shorecrest PAC

Soren Hamm, saxophone

Scores may include:
Dances with Wolves
Out of Africa
Catch Me If You Can
Seven Years in Tibet
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
The English Patient
Skyfall
Vertigo

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