Weekend Guide:
June 6 - 8
This weekend’s guide features lush storytelling in every form — from Shakespeare set to choral song on Vancouver’s waterfront, to the haunting final sonata cycle of Beethoven in Chicago. Whether you're chasing a cello suite in Santa Fe or a rom-com musical in Cambridge, these performances go beyond the expected, offering new reflections on myth, memory, and human connection.
Salonen Conducts Sibelius 7
• San Francisco Symphony – San Francisco
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Bookended by two spectacular Richard Strauss tone poems is the SF Symphony’s first commission from Gabriella Smith, reflecting her passion for climate action. Jean Sibelius’s final symphony, the Seventh, distills symphonic form to its bare essentials. Its musical ideas seem to self-generate from the raw thematic elements. This air of effortlessness was an illusion: he spent the better part of a decade writing and rewriting the single-movement work.
Sonnets by the Sea
• Vancouver Chamber Choir – Vancouver
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What dost thou think of Granville Island on a summer’s day? Thou art lovely, but lovelier still when filled with the sound of Shakespeare’s sonnets sung by the waterfront. Join us for this special evening celebrating the Bard and everyone who followed him. Perhaps you’ll even be treated to a monologue or two...
Director's Choice
• Pacific Northwest Ballet – Seattle
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PNB’s season finale brings together a set of works personally selected by Artistic Director Peter Boal — a showcase of style, physicality, and vision from one of the country's leading ballet companies.
Cellist Mariel Roberts
• Chatter – Santa Fe
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A program bridging intimacy and modernism. New works by Alex Mincek and Kory Reeder meet Britten’s iconic solo cello suite, with spoken word by Bruce Noll adding a poetic frame.
Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)
• American Repertory Theater – Cambridge
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A charming rom-com musical set against the chaos and wonder of NYC. When Dougal and Robin cross paths, their shared day becomes a window into everything that makes strangers matter.
Víkingur Ólafsson
• Chicago Symphony Orchestra – Chicago
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Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson has won legions of fans for his thoughtfully constructed, sublimely played recordings and videos. They have drawn accolades including Gramophone’s Artist of the Year and BBC Music Magazine’s Album of the Year in 2019. Ólafsson takes listeners through Beethoven’s final three piano sonatas, comprising one of music’s great spiritual journeys.
Scheherazade and Celilo Falls
• Oregon Symphony – Portland
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Featuring fantastical worlds of bewitching lovers and swashbuckling sailors, Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade recalls the queen who saves her life — and those of 1,000 women — with her stories. And Principal Cello and composer Nancy Ives merges music, poetry, and photography to tell the story of the majestic falls of Celilo, Oregon. Although the construction of the Dalles Dam destroyed this central site of Native American life for over 15,000 years, the traditions and resilience of the community live on today.
Friday, June 6
Salonen Conducts Sibelius 7
• San Francisco Symphony – San Francisco
• Tickets + More Information
Bookended by two spectacular Richard Strauss tone poems is the SF Symphony’s first commission from Gabriella Smith, reflecting her passion for climate action. Jean Sibelius’s final symphony, the Seventh, distills symphonic form to its bare essentials. Its musical ideas seem to self-generate from the raw thematic elements. This air of effortlessness was an illusion: he spent the better part of a decade writing and rewriting the single-movement work.
Sonnets by the Sea
• Vancouver Chamber Choir – Vancouver
• Tickets + More Information
What dost thou think of Granville Island on a summer’s day? Thou art lovely, but lovelier still when filled with the sound of Shakespeare’s sonnets sung by the waterfront. Join us for this special evening celebrating the Bard and everyone who followed him. Perhaps you’ll even be treated to a monologue or two...
Director's Choice
• Pacific Northwest Ballet – Seattle
• Tickets + More Information
PNB’s season finale brings together a set of works personally selected by Artistic Director Peter Boal — a showcase of style, physicality, and vision from one of the country's leading ballet companies.
Saturday, June 7
Cellist Mariel Roberts
• Chatter – Santa Fe
• Tickets + More Information
A program bridging intimacy and modernism. New works by Alex Mincek and Kory Reeder meet Britten’s iconic solo cello suite, with spoken word by Bruce Noll adding a poetic frame.
Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)
• American Repertory Theater – Cambridge
• Tickets + More Information
A charming rom-com musical set against the chaos and wonder of NYC. When Dougal and Robin cross paths, their shared day becomes a window into everything that makes strangers matter.
Sunday, June 8
Víkingur Ólafsson
• Chicago Symphony Orchestra – Chicago
• Tickets + More Information
Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson has won legions of fans for his thoughtfully constructed, sublimely played recordings and videos. They have drawn accolades including Gramophone’s Artist of the Year and BBC Music Magazine’s Album of the Year in 2019. Ólafsson takes listeners through Beethoven’s final three piano sonatas, comprising one of music’s great spiritual journeys.
Scheherazade and Celilo Falls
• Oregon Symphony – Portland
• Tickets + More Information
Featuring fantastical worlds of bewitching lovers and swashbuckling sailors, Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade recalls the queen who saves her life — and those of 1,000 women — with her stories. And Principal Cello and composer Nancy Ives merges music, poetry, and photography to tell the story of the majestic falls of Celilo, Oregon. Although the construction of the Dalles Dam destroyed this central site of Native American life for over 15,000 years, the traditions and resilience of the community live on today.
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