a few of our favorite things…
Northwest Sinfonietta’s 2023-24 season celebrates favorites of all kinds—favorite pieces such as Vivaldi’s Four Seasons and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7, and favorite inspirations and ideals important to us all. Come and share this season of favorites with Northwest Sinfonietta and our three incredible Artistic Partners, Yaniv Attar, Mei-Ann Chen and Jeffery Meyer!
SINGLE TICKETS available!
Yaniv Attar, Artistic Partner
Mei-Ann Chen, Artistic Partner
Jeffery Meyer, Artistic Partner
MAY 4 | 7:30pm rialto theater, TAcoma
MAY 5 | 2:00pm pioneer park pavilion, Puyallup
bach, beethoven & bass
Jeffery Meyer, Conductor
Xavier Foley, Double Bass
Denise Dillenbeck, Violin
Clarice Assad, Suite for Lower Strings on Themes of Bach
Bottesini, Gran duo concertante
Xavier Foley, For Justice and Peace
Beethoven, Symphony No. 7
The favorite three B’s—Bach, Beethoven and…Bass? Yes. The extraordinary double bassist Xavier Foley is joining us for our season finale, performing Bottesini’s virtuosic Gran duo concertante with Concertmaster Denise Dillenbeck, and his own sweeping composition, For Justice and Peace. Clarice Assad’s Suite for Lower Strings opens this love-fest for the lowest-sounding instrument of our string family. Each playful movement highlights famous and recognizable themes by J.S. Bach in this fantasy suite. To close our season, Artistic Partner Jeffery Meyer leads the orchestra in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7, a sublime epic filled with Beethoven’s optimism in the face of adversity, and ultimately hope for the future.
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double bass masterclass with xavier foley
Thursday, May 2 at 6pm
Schneebeck Hall, University of Puget Sound
Free and open to the public
While the incredible Xavier Foley is here, we're teaming up with our friends at Tacoma Youth Symphony Association to offer a double bass masterclass for local high school and college students. This class is open to the public to observe. Please join us for this deep dive into double bass artistry and musicianship with five local students. Many thanks to University of Puget Sound School of Music for the use of the beautiful Schneebeck Hall for this class.
Announcing our 2024-25 Season
shadows, tales and dreams
Get swept up in a sea of stories with Northwest Sinfonietta’s 2024-25 season, Shadows Tales and Dreams. The season promises monsters and villains, fairytales and mysteries, and true life stories of hope and perseverance. Come share a season of music and stories with us.
Subscribers enjoy discounted ticket prices, lower fees, no-fee ticket exchange, 2 complimentary tickets to use at any NWS performance and invitations to special events.
NOV 2 | 7:30PM RIALTO THEATER, TACOMA
NOV 3 | 2PM PIONEER PARK PAVILION, PUYALLUP
NEVER GIVE UP
Yaniv Attar conductor
Efe Baltacıgil cello
Ligeti Concert Românesc
Fazıl Say Cello Concerto ’Never Give Up’
Mozart Symphony no. 40
Award-winning cellist Efe Baltacigil, a native of Istanbul, Turkey joins for a moving performance of Fazil Say’s Cello Concerto “Never Give Up,” a story of resilience and hope composed during a time of harrowing terrorist attacks in Europe and Istanbul. Ligeti’s Concert Românesc (Romanian Concerto), filled with whirling folk tunes and sounds of alpenhorn, opens the program and transports us to the Balkans. Mozart’s masterful Symphony No. 40, famous for its urgent and murmuring opening melody, echoes the first half’s story of danger and hope.
Running time with intermission — 90 min
Image by Neon Dion
Image by Neon Dion
dec 21 | 7:30pm courthouse square ballroom, tacoma
Dec 22 | 2pm Pioneer park pavilion, puyallup
baroque in the ballroom: goldberg variations
J.S. Bach / Sitkovetsky Goldberg Variations
J.S. Bach's Goldberg Variations has obsessed performers and audiences for nearly 300 years. Beginning with a simple dance melody, Bach strings out seemingly endless fractals of variations and imagination. A trio of Northwest Sinfonietta musicians performs this brilliant arrangement by Dmitri Sitkovestsky in-the-round, taking you on a candlelit voyage into the infinite and back.
Running time — 70 min, no intermission. Reception following.
Jan 25 | 7:30pm schneebeck concert hall, university of puget sound, tacoma
jan 26 | 2pm Pioneer park pavilion, puyallup
immortal beloved
Mei-Ann Chen conductor
Denise Dillenbeck violin
Maria Sampen, Alastair Macrae and Ronaldo Rolim, piano trio
Beethoven Fidelio Overture
Nancy Ives Immortal Beloved (World Premiere)
Beethoven Triple Concerto
Artistic Partner Mei-Ann Chen leads the Sinfonietta in an exploration of one of music’s most enduring mysteries: the true identity of Beethoven’s “Immortal Beloved.” In this new piece composed by Nancy Ives for Concertmaster Denise Dillenbeck, Ives tells the stories of three women in Beethoven’s life, each with such talents and fortitude of spirit that they may have inspired his undying affection. Beethoven’s Triple Concerto for violin, cello and piano – a true musical spectacle – featuring the University of Puget Sound piano trio as soloists closes the program.
Running time with intermission — 95 min
Image by Neon Dion
Image by Neon Dion
march 8 | 7:30pm rialto theater, Tacoma
march 9 | 2pm pioneer park Pavilion
freedom song
Jeffery Meyer conductor
Taylor Raven voice
Collaboration with Tacoma Youth Symphony Association
Quinn Mason Serenade for Strings (World Premiere)
Jessie Montgomery Five Freedom Songs
Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings
Led by artistic partner Jeffery Meyer, this program’s beating heart is Jessie Montgomery’s Five Freedom Songs for voice and strings. Montgomery explores material from five spirituals, using their origin and social context to weave her powerful story. Northwest Sinfonietta collaborates with the Tacoma Youth Symphony Association for a side-by-side performance of Tchaikovsky’s timeless Serenade for Strings, and the concert opens with a new work by composer Quinn Mason.
Running time with intermission — approximately 85 min
may 17 | 7:30pm rialto theater, tacoma
May 18 | 2pm pioneer park pavilion, puyallup
a midsummer night’s dream
Mei-Ann Chen conductor
Collaboration with Puget Sound Revels
Kian Ravaei Majnun in the Wilderness (World Premiere)
Richard Danielpour Breaking the Veil
Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream Incidental Music
Enter a Shakespearean midsummer night’s dream through Mendelssohn’s magical incidental music, where elves, fairies and spells have their way with we mere mortals. Puget Sound Revels partners for this performance, bringing the scenes to life with narration, costuming and tableau. This final program of our storytelling season, led by artistic partner Mei-Ann Chen, opens with two works drawing on the Persian heritage of living composers Kian Ravaei and Richard Danielpour.
Running time with intermission — approximately 95 min
Image by Neon Dion
Special Concert
Image by Neon Dion
oct 27 | McMenamins spanish ballroom, tacoma
frankenstein!!
Jeffery Meyer conductor
Collaboration with The Grand Cinema
H.K. Gruber Frankenstein!!
1931 Frankenstein film with live music score by Michael Shapiro
A monster of a double feature. H.K. Gruber’s Frankenstein!! combines children’s rhymes, toy instruments and your favorite monsters and villains in a hair-raising pan-demonium for chansonnier and small orchestra. The full classic 1931 film Frankenstein follows with movie score by Michael Shapiro performed live by Northwest Sinfonietta. Costumes welcome!
Running time with intermission — 120 min
**This event is not included in 2024-25 season subscription packages. To order your tickets now, visit McMenamins Ticket Link and enter the code ‘FRANKENSTEIN’.
