Join Music Director Julia Tai and Philharmonia Northwest for a vibrant new season featuring old favorites, lesser-known gems, and exhilarating performances from fabulous guest artists. Our 47th season celebrates the work of female composers: Florence Price, Vivian Fung, Jocelyn Hagen, and Caroline Shaw. Plus we’re bringing back an annual favorite – our children’s concert! From the Rhine Valley to the American South, mountaintops to Jurassic Park, there’s something here for everyone.
Join us – we can’t wait to see you!
Concert 1: Reinvention
Sunday, October 9, 2022 at 2pm
Town Hall
with Skyros Quartet
Julia Tai, conductor
- Caroline Shaw: Entr’acte
- Arnold Schoenberg: Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra in B-flat major (after Handel’s Concerto Grosso, Op. 6, No. 7)
- Igor Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite
Concert 2: Dancing in the Sun
Sunday, November 20, 2022 at 2pm
Town Hall
with Demarre McGill, flute
Julia Tai, conductor
- Florence Price: Dances in the Canebrakes
- W.A. Mozart: Flute Concerto No. 1 in G major, K. 313
- Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90 “Italian”
Concert 3: Perspectives – Bach & Britten
Saturday, December 3, 2022 at 7:30pm
Sunday, December 4, 2022 at 3:00pm SOLD OUT
Bastyr Chapel
with Kirkland Choral Society
Glenn Gregg, conductor
- J.S. Bach: Magnificat in E-flat major, BWV 243a
Concert 4: The Trumpet Shall Sound
Sunday, February 12, 2023 at 2pm
Shorecrest Performing Arts Center
with Mary Elizabeth Bowden, trumpet
Julia Tai, conductor
- Gioachino Rossini: William Tell Overture
- Vivian Fung: Trumpet Concerto
- Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 97 “Rhenish”
Concert 5: Mountains, Birds, and Dinosaurs
Sunday, March 26, 2023 at 2pm
Shorecrest Performing Arts Center
Julia Tai, conductor
- Modest Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain
- Caroline Shaw: The Mountain That Loved a Bird
- John Williams: Jurassic Park (highlights)
Concert 6: Perspectives – Fauré & Hagen
Sunday, April 23, 2023 at 4pm
Edmonds Center for the Arts
with Kirkland Choral Society
Glenn Gregg, conductor
- Gabriel Fauré: Requiem
- Jocelyn Hagen: The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci
We are no longer checking vaccination status or COVID tests. Masking is strongly recommended but not required, and social distancing will be encouraged.
Philharmonia Northwest’s 2022-23 Season is made possible in part by generous grants from these Season Sponsors:
