New Year’s Eve: Pandemonium

Holiday Concerts >

Post-post-modern diva Meow Meow has hypnotized and inspired audiences globally with unique creations and sell-out concerts. Now Meow Meow brings her unique brand of subversive and sublime cabaret, and a little twist of untraditional festive cheer, to ring in 2020 with the Seattle Symphony. Audiences will experience an unforgettable evening of exquisite music alongside a rather large dose of perfectly constructed mayhem and madness.

“She is sensational. 5 Stars.” – The Times UK

Follow the performance with a post-concert party that includes a glass of champagne, a live performance by electro-swing band Good Co and dancing all the way to the midnight countdown and beyond!

Beethoven Emperor Concerto

Masterworks Series >

Beethoven’s Fifth Piano Concerto, his last and largest, earns its “Emperor” nickname with majestic keyboard flourishes and sumptuous orchestral surroundings. Mendelssohn’s “Italian” Symphony jubilantly relives the brilliant sunshine, mystical nights and spirited locals that greeted the young genius on his Grand Tour.

Beethoven & Franck

Chamber Series >

Beethoven’s Quintet for Piano and Winds pays tribute to Mozart’s composition with the same instrumentation and key, which showcases the individual instruments’ distinctive timbres. Franck’s Piano Quintet premiered with fellow composer Camille Saint-Saëns at the piano, to whom the piece is dedicated.

Pursuit of the Black Panther (National Geographic Live)

National Geographic >

Wildlife photographer and cinematographer Shannon Wild is a passionate conservationist who lives in Africa but works wherever the wildlife calls. In her 15 years documenting wildlife, she’s been pinned by a cheetah, charged by an elephant, lions and buffalo, and bitten countless times by snakes and lizards.

But her most recent assignment might prove her most difficult yet: producing a documentary about a rare black panther — the only one living in 250 square miles of dense forest in southern India. Get an inside look at the challenges and dangers of tackling an assignment in an unforgiving environment, from the narrow dirt roads to extreme weather to unexpected injuries — and worse.

National Geographic Live brings the top National Geographic photographers, scientists, filmmakers and adventurers to audiences around the world to share their unbelievable behind-the-scenes stories and stunning images and video.

This event is presented by the Seattle Symphony. The orchestra will not perform on this program.

Photo credit: Shannon Wild

Benaroya Hall Tour

Benaroya Hall Tours >

Join us for a tour of Benaroya Hall, the crown jewel of downtown Seattle!

Tours are offered throughout the year. Areas of Benaroya Hall to be toured may vary by date and are subject to availability.

Tours are approximately 1 hour long and recommended for guests age 10 and older.

Benaroya Hall houses two performance halls in a complex that is thoroughly integrated into downtown Seattle. Occupying an entire city block at the very core of the city, the development celebrates the vital role of performance events while maintaining the continuity of commercial life along one avenue and providing a much-needed public space, in the form of a terraced garden, along another.

New Year’s Eve: Pandemonium

Holiday Concerts >

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Beethoven Emperor Concerto

Masterworks Series >

Program

Elena Langer

Ludwig van Beethoven

Felix Mendelssohn

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Beethoven & Franck

Chamber Series >

Program

Ludwig Van Beethoven

César Franck

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Pursuit of the Black Panther (National Geographic Live)

National Geographic >

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Benaroya Hall Tour

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