Sammamish Symphony Presents Vaughan Williams' London Symphony

Make music a part of your New Year by joining the Sammamish Symphony Orchestra, led by music director and conductor Adam Stern, when they resume their concert season in February with Inventiveness, Poetry, Mystery and Vitality: Vaughan Williams’ “London” Symphony. With performances in Sammamish and Bellevue, the concert showcases works by Richard Wagner, Johannes Brahms and Ralph Vaughan Williams. The program begins with Wagner’s lively Tannhäuser: Arrival of the Guests, complete with musical fanfare and soaring melodies. Next, the orchestra welcomes back former Sammamish Symphony concertmaster and violinist Allion Salvador for a performance of Brahms’ beautiful Violin Concerto in D, which expertly blends the talents of soloist and orchestra. And closing out the program is Vaughan Williams' powerful Symphony No. 2 “A London Symphony.” The “London” is still the most popular of Vaughan Williams’ nine symphonies and paints a vivid and moving picture of London immediately before World War I.

Inventiveness, Poetry, Mystery and Vitality: Vaughan Williams’ “London” Symphony takes place Friday, February 22, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. at Meydenbauer Theatre, 11100 NE 6th Street in Bellevue and Sunday, February 24, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. at Eastlake Performing Arts Center, Eastlake High School, 400 228th Ave NE in Sammamish. Tickets for both performances are on sale now and may be purchased online or by phone through Brown Paper Tickets or at the door on a first-come, first-served basis. Visit SammamishSymphony.org for more information.