Zephyr Symphony | Jake Heggie's "The Work at Hand"
https://zephyrsymphony.org/work
Jamie Barton, mezzo-soprano
Nathan Chan, cello
Jake Heggie’s The Work at Hand is an intimate, deeply human meditation on courage and creation in the face of mortality. Composed in 2014 for mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton and cellist Anne Martindale Williams, the work sets poetry by Laura Morefield, written during her final year of life as she confronted terminal illness. Rather than lament, Heggie finds light — transforming loss into purpose and fragility into grace.
Scored for mezzo-soprano, cello, and orchestra, the three movements trace a journey from inward reflection to transcendent calm. The cello’s voice becomes both companion and conscience, entwined with the singer’s lines in shared vulnerability. Heggie’s lyrical language, by turns tender and luminous, captures the poet’s message: that art itself is a form of endurance. The Work at Hand is not about dying, but about living fully — an act of courage rendered in sound.
This performance is the Bay Area premiere of the orchestral version.
Redlands Symphony w/ Deanna Tam | Gulda Cello Concerto
https://www.redlandssymphony.com/gulda
About Gulda's Cello Concerto
Composed in 1989, the charming and popular Concerto for Cello and Wind Orchestra exemplifies Gulda’s blurring of boundaries between musical genres. Scored for a modified eighteenth-century Harmoniemusik wind ensemble with the addition of a jazz rhythm section of guitar, bass, and drum set, the work alternates seamlessly between what Gulda described as “jazz, a minuet, rock, a smidgen of polka, a march, and a cadenza with two spots where the star cellist must improvise.” The Ouverture launches the concerto with a smooth rock feel, which then alternates with lyrical sections that sound like they could have been written by Mozart. The second-movement Idylle opens with a beautiful hymn-like chorale, first in the brass choir and then in cello, before a lilting Ländler breaks the repose.
The third movement is a six-minute cadenza for unaccompanied solo cello that calls for extended techniques and improvisation and segues directly into the Menuett. Cast in ABA form, the outer sections sound predictably like a Renaissance dance -- complete with tambourine -- but the middle section surprises with a beautiful tune that evokes Appalachian folk music. The Finale -- part march and part polka -- recalls classical and rock genres from earlier in the concerto before drawing to a thrilling close, complete with a screaming high note from the lead trumpet.
- Program Note by Travis J. Cross for the UCLA Wind Ensemble concert program, 10 March 2015
Peninsula Symphony | Elgar Cello Concerto
https://peninsulasymphony.org/season-78
Featuring cellist Nathan Chan
From California's misty redwoods to the cosmos itself, March's program is a sweeping journey through nature and beyond. John Wineglass's evocative Bonny Doon: From the Misty Redwoods to the Mighty Pacific Ocean sets the scene, Juilliard alum and Assistant Principal Cello of the Seattle Symphony Nathan Chan brings Elgar's deeply personal Cello Concerto, and Holst's magnificent The Planets crowns the evening.
PROGRAM
John Wineglass, Bonny Doon: From the Misty Redwoods to the Mighty Pacific Ocean
Edward Elgar, Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 / Nathan Chan, cello
Gustav Holst, The Planets
Peninsula Symphony | Elgar Cello Concerto
https://peninsulasymphony.org/season-78
Featuring cellist Nathan Chan
From California's misty redwoods to the cosmos itself, March's program is a sweeping journey through nature and beyond. John Wineglass's evocative Bonny Doon: From the Misty Redwoods to the Mighty Pacific Ocean sets the scene, Juilliard alum and Assistant Principal Cello of the Seattle Symphony Nathan Chan brings Elgar's deeply personal Cello Concerto, and Holst's magnificent The Planets crowns the evening.
PROGRAM
John Wineglass, Bonny Doon: From the Misty Redwoods to the Mighty Pacific Ocean
Edward Elgar, Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 / Nathan Chan, cello
Gustav Holst, The Planets
Symphony Tacoma w/ James Welsch | Shostakovich Cello Concerto
https://symphonytacoma.org/event/tempest-triumph/
TEMPEST & TRIUMPH
Saturday, May 8 | 7:30 pm
Smyth: Overture to The Wreckers
Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 in F minor
Chamber Music Northwest: Loeffler's Lost Octet
https://cmnw.org/concerts-events/2025-26-season/loefflers-lost-octet-debussy-schumann/2385
Imagine a Romantic masterpiece lost to time, unpublished, unrecorded, and unheard since 1897. Incredibly, after two premiere performances that one reviewer said “took nearly everyone by storm,” Boston-based composer Charles Martin Loeffler’s stunning Octet vanished into the archives of the Library of Congress until it was rediscovered in 2020 by CMNW Protégé Project Alumnus Graeme Steele Johnson. After a year reconstructing the score, an all-star ensemble including clarinetists Johnson and CMNW Artistic Director Emeritus David Shifrin, CMNW Protégé Project Alumni violinists Isabelle Ai Durrenberger and Anna Lee, Oregon Symphony bassist Braizahn Jones, and others will bring it back to life, alongside two masterpieces by Claude Debussy. You can be among one of the first audiences to experience Loeffler’s gorgeous Octet in more than 125 years!
Gulda Cello Concerto w/ the California Symphony under Donato Cabrera
Friedrich Gulda’s Cello Concerto, performed by Bay Area native Nathan Chan, is a fusion of jazz, rock, and those wind sounds we heard in the Mozart. This exhilarating mishmash promises to bring the house down!
Gulda Cello Concerto w/ the California Symphony under Donato Cabrera
Friedrich Gulda’s Cello Concerto, performed by Bay Area native Nathan Chan, is a fusion of jazz, rock, and those wind sounds we heard in the Mozart. This exhilarating mishmash promises to bring the house down!
Missoula Symphony: Philip Glass Concerto No. 2
https://missoulasymphony.org/light-and-darkness/
The Missoula Symphony presents Light and Darkness- a profound exploration of music’s power to illuminate the human experience, from deep introspection to soaring intensity. Honoring All-Saints Day, this evocative program delves into contrast, emotion, and the shifting balance between shadow and light.
The evening opens with Arvo Pärt’s Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten, a deeply meditative work that unfolds in waves of string textures, honoring the late British composer with a haunting sense of stillness and reverence.
Then we explore the mesmerizing work of Philip Glass’ Cello Concerto No. 2 “Naqoyqatsi”. Drawn from the final film in Glass’ Qatsi trilogy, it blends minimalist pulses with cinematic grandeur, creating a soundscape that is both hypnotic and powerful. Come hear our guest soloist, Nathan Chan, bring out the concerto’s emotional depth, from its haunting opening to its relentless, driving energy.
The program concludes with Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6, “Pathétique.” A masterwork of passion and despair, the Pathétique is a journey through triumph, turmoil, and ultimate resignation. From its bold opening to the electrifying second movement and heart-wrenching finale, this symphony is an emotional piece that lingers long after the final note fades.
Join us for an unforgettable night of music that moves between light and darkness, with the extraordinary and innovative cellist, Nathan Chan as our featured soloist.
Missoula Symphony: Philip Glass Concerto No. 2
https://missoulasymphony.org/light-and-darkness/
The Missoula Symphony presents Light and Darkness- a profound exploration of music’s power to illuminate the human experience, from deep introspection to soaring intensity. Honoring All-Saints Day, this evocative program delves into contrast, emotion, and the shifting balance between shadow and light.
The evening opens with Arvo Pärt’s Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten, a deeply meditative work that unfolds in waves of string textures, honoring the late British composer with a haunting sense of stillness and reverence.
Then we explore the mesmerizing work of Philip Glass’ Cello Concerto No. 2 “Naqoyqatsi”. Drawn from the final film in Glass’ Qatsi trilogy, it blends minimalist pulses with cinematic grandeur, creating a soundscape that is both hypnotic and powerful. Come hear our guest soloist, Nathan Chan, bring out the concerto’s emotional depth, from its haunting opening to its relentless, driving energy.
The program concludes with Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6, “Pathétique.” A masterwork of passion and despair, the Pathétique is a journey through triumph, turmoil, and ultimate resignation. From its bold opening to the electrifying second movement and heart-wrenching finale, this symphony is an emotional piece that lingers long after the final note fades.
Join us for an unforgettable night of music that moves between light and darkness, with the extraordinary and innovative cellist, Nathan Chan as our featured soloist.
Vancouver Chamber Music Society: Huang-Lipman-Chan-Afhat (Copy)
https://www.vancouverchambermusic.com/huang-lipman-chan-ahfat
https://ticketsnw.ticketpro.ca/en/pages/1657715684
PROGRAM
Trio élégiaque No. 1 in G minor
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Adagio and Allegro for cello and piano, Op. 70
Robert Schumann
I. Adagio
II. Allegro
Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 47
Robert Schumann
I. Sostenuto assai – Allegro ma non troppo
II. Scherzo: Molto vivace
III. Andante cantabile
IV. Finale: Vivace
Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25
Johannes Brahms
I. Allegro
II. Intermezzo: Allegro ma non troppo – Trio: Animato
III. Andante con moto
IV. Rondo alla Zingarese: Presto
Vancouver Chamber Music Society: Huang-Lipman-Chan-Afhat
https://www.vancouverchambermusic.com/huang-lipman-chan-ahfat
PROGRAM
Trio élégiaque No. 1 in G minor
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Adagio and Allegro for cello and piano, Op. 70
Robert Schumann
I. Adagio
II. Allegro
Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 47
Robert Schumann
I. Sostenuto assai – Allegro ma non troppo
II. Scherzo: Molto vivace
III. Andante cantabile
IV. Finale: Vivace
Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25
Johannes Brahms
I. Allegro
II. Intermezzo: Allegro ma non troppo – Trio: Animato
III. Andante con moto
IV. Rondo alla Zingarese: Presto
Vancouver Chamber Music Society: Huang-Lipman-Chan-Afhat
https://www.vancouverchambermusic.com/huang-lipman-chan-ahfat
PROGRAM
Trio élégiaque No. 1 in G minor
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Adagio and Allegro for cello and piano, Op. 70
Robert Schumann
I. Adagio
II. Allegro
Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 47
Robert Schumann
I. Sostenuto assai – Allegro ma non troppo
II. Scherzo: Molto vivace
III. Andante cantabile
IV. Finale: Vivace
Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25
Johannes Brahms
I. Allegro
II. Intermezzo: Allegro ma non troppo – Trio: Animato
III. Andante con moto
IV. Rondo alla Zingarese: Presto
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival: Rose of the San Juans
Joaquín TurinaScène Andalouse, Op. 7, for viola, piano, and string quartet
Ennio Morricone
Henri VieuxtempsTheme from Cinema Paradiso
Souvenir d’Amérique, Yankee Doodle, Op. 17
John WineglassOrcas Island: The Rose of the San Juan Islands for piano trio (2024)
Northwest Première
Franz SchubertString Quintet in C Major, D. 956
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival: Rose of the San Juans
Joaquín TurinaScène Andalouse, Op. 7, for viola, piano, and string quartet
Ennio Morricone
Henri VieuxtempsTheme from Cinema Paradiso
Souvenir d’Amérique, Yankee Doodle, Op. 17
John WineglassOrcas Island: The Rose of the San Juan Islands for piano trio (2024)
Northwest Première
Franz SchubertString Quintet in C Major, D. 956
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival: Orcas~trations: Candlelight Classics
Antonio VivaldiConcerto for two violins in A minor, RV 522 “L’estro armonico”
Georg Philipp TelemannQuartet in A minor for oboe, violin, viola, and keyboard
Antonio VivaldiConcerto for two cellos in G minor, RV 531
Johann Sebastian BachBrandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-flat Major, BWV 1051, for two violas, three cellos, and continuo
Ludwig van BeethovenString Quintet in C Major, Op. 29 “Storm”
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival: Orcas~trations: Candlelight Classics
Antonio VivaldiConcerto for two violins in A minor, RV 522 “L’estro armonico”
Georg Philipp TelemannQuartet in A minor for oboe, violin, viola, and keyboard
Antonio VivaldiConcerto for two cellos in G minor, RV 531
Johann Sebastian BachBrandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-flat Major, BWV 1051, for two violas, three cellos, and continuo
Ludwig van BeethovenString Quintet in C Major, Op. 29 “Storm”
Anchorage Chamber Music Festival
https://www.anchoragechambermusicfestival.org
Anchorage Chamber Music Festival seeks to inspire, engage, and enrich the Anchorage community through exceptional live performance and education in the art of chamber music.
Co-founded by violinist Christine Harada Li—who grew up in Anchorage, Alaska—the Festival draws on Christine’s musical experiences both at home and abroad, where she recognized the profound impact of chamber music on her own development as an artist. Seeking to pay forward that inspiration to students and audiences in her hometown, Christine partnered with four fellow musicians—all fresh out of their undergraduate studies at the University of Michigan—and marshaled support from the Anchorage community to launch the first iteration of the Anchorage Chamber Music Festival (ACMF) in 2013.
In the decade since its founding, ACMF has become a center of artistic collaboration every summer. Over the course of two weeks, the Festival convenes professional musicians from all corners of the world to perform exceptional concerts across Anchorage and teach a rigorous week-long Chamber Intensive course for aspiring young musicians. Under the guidance of the Festival’s guest artists and faculty, students develop their artistry, teamwork, and leadership skills through focused musical collaboration and engagement with the art of chamber music.
Anchorage Chamber Music Festival is made possible thanks to the community support it receives. Key supporters in founding the festival included Beverly and Chris Beheim, Helen Nielson, Rumi and Tim Smith, Margaret David, Hiroko Harada and Tai Wai Li, as well as local music and orchestra teachers. We are grateful to our patrons, students, and community partners for sustaining exceptional chamber music in Anchorage.
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra: Beethoven's 9th
Join Maestro Tausk, the VSO and special guests in one of the most uplifting works of art ever created, Beethoven’s triumphant Symphony No. 9. Hailed for her “brilliant… polished, expressive and intense” (Cleveland Plain Dealer) and “absolutely stunning” (Chicago Tribune) playing, Dutch violinist Simone Lamsma presents the VSO in the North American premiere of Danish composer Thomas Agerfeldt Olesen’s Violin Concerto.
Co-Commission with Danish National Symphony Orchestra
https://www.vancouversymphony.ca/event/beethovens-ninth-ode-to-joy/
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra: Beethoven's 9th
Join Maestro Tausk, the VSO and special guests in one of the most uplifting works of art ever created, Beethoven’s triumphant Symphony No. 9. Hailed for her “brilliant… polished, expressive and intense” (Cleveland Plain Dealer) and “absolutely stunning” (Chicago Tribune) playing, Dutch violinist Simone Lamsma presents the VSO in the North American premiere of Danish composer Thomas Agerfeldt Olesen’s Violin Concerto.
Co-Commission with Danish National Symphony Orchestra
https://www.vancouversymphony.ca/event/beethovens-ninth-ode-to-joy/
The World is Charged w/ Seattle ProMusica
https://www.seattlepromusica.org/charged
St. James Cathedral provides the stunning acoustic backdrop for a concert that combines the glorious sounds of voices and cello. Classical music star Nathan Chan is Assistant Principal Cello of the Seattle Symphony, and he joins us for the electrifying world premiere of Karen P. Thomas’s The world is charged.
Saint Saëns Cello Concerto w/ the Issaquah Philharmonic under Ryan Dakota Farris
http://iphil.org/event/2025-march-concert/?instance_id=86
Bring your friends and family to our free public concert on Monday March 10th at 7:30 pm.
We’ll be at the IKEA Performing Arts Center at Renton High School.
The address is: 400 S. Second St.., Renton WA
We are excited to introduce our guest Conductor, Ryan Dakota Farris.
This concert features our guest soloist, Seattle Symphony’s cellist Nathan Chan, performing Saint Saëns’ Cello Concerto N0. 1 in A minor.
Continuing with an exciting all French program, pieces include Paul Dukas’ Fanfare pour précéder la Péri, Augusta Holmès’ La nuit et l’amour, Les Éolides by César Franck, and Hector Berlioz’ Hungarian March.
This is a family friendly event and children are welcomed. Don’t miss this fun, family-friendly evening of music!
Admission is Free – Donations Gladly Accepted
For more information, find the Issaquah Philharmonic at http:/iphil.org and on Facebook.
Sponsored by the City of Issaquah Arts Council and 4Culture.
Brahms String Sextets
https://www.seattlesymphony.org/en/concerttickets/calendar/2024-2025/24chamber2
Violinist Natasha Bazhanov convenes five colleagues to perform two sextets belonging to Brahms’ youth. Brimming with turbulent, thwarted longing, the first sextet dates from his closeness with Clara Schumann — a love which neither felt able to pursue after the death of Robert Schumann. By the time he composed the second sextet, Brahms was besotted with soprano Agathe von Siebold. But this also was not to be either. Although he gave her name to its main theme, by the time he had finished composing, it was all over. Pairs of violins, violas and cellos provide sonority and melodic power to express complex emotions. Two jewels from one of the greatest composers — heavenly!
Seattle Symphony: Mother Goose Suite
https://www.seattlesymphony.org/en/concerttickets/calendar/2024-2025/24sub10
Conductor Emeritus Ludovic Morlot returns to the podium with our continuing Ravel celebrations this season as we mark the 150th anniversary of the composer's birth. Benjamin Attahir’s newly commissioned work for pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet and Principal Harp Valerie Muzzolini is inspired by sketches Ravel made for Morgiana, an Arabian Nights ballet. Then, two Ravel jewels. Firstly, a showcase for harp in the Introduction and Allegro, which he wrote to demonstrate the capacities of a new, modern harp design. And then the beloved Mother Goose, performed here in its entirety. Ravel captures all the vivid enchantment of fairytale scenes — from dazzling Chinese pagodas to the comically stilted conversation between the elegant but timid Beauty (clarinet, of course!) and the gruff, bassoon-voiced Beast.
Seattle Symphony: Ravel Mother Goose
https://www.seattlesymphony.org/en/concerttickets/calendar/2024-2025/24sub10
Conductor Emeritus Ludovic Morlot returns to the podium with our continuing Ravel celebrations this season as we mark the 150th anniversary of the composer's birth. Benjamin Attahir’s newly commissioned work for pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet and Principal Harp Valerie Muzzolini is inspired by sketches Ravel made for Morgiana, an Arabian Nights ballet. Then, two Ravel jewels. Firstly, a showcase for harp in the Introduction and Allegro, which he wrote to demonstrate the capacities of a new, modern harp design. And then the beloved Mother Goose, performed here in its entirety. Ravel captures all the vivid enchantment of fairytale scenes — from dazzling Chinese pagodas to the comically stilted conversation between the elegant but timid Beauty (clarinet, of course!) and the gruff, bassoon-voiced Beast.
Seattle Symphony: Ravel Mother Goose
https://www.seattlesymphony.org/en/concerttickets/calendar/2024-2025/24sub10
Conductor Emeritus Ludovic Morlot returns to the podium with our continuing Ravel celebrations this season as we mark the 150th anniversary of the composer's birth. Benjamin Attahir’s newly commissioned work for pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet and Principal Harp Valerie Muzzolini is inspired by sketches Ravel made for Morgiana, an Arabian Nights ballet. Then, two Ravel jewels. Firstly, a showcase for harp in the Introduction and Allegro, which he wrote to demonstrate the capacities of a new, modern harp design. And then the beloved Mother Goose, performed here in its entirety. Ravel captures all the vivid enchantment of fairytale scenes — from dazzling Chinese pagodas to the comically stilted conversation between the elegant but timid Beauty (clarinet, of course!) and the gruff, bassoon-voiced Beast.
Dance by Anna Clyne w/ the Auburn Symphony: Soulful Serenade
Experience enchanting melodies and inspiring moments featuring renowned cellist Nathan Chan as guest artist. Anna Clyne's soulful cello concerto and Claude Debussy's mystical work about an underwater cathedral invite introspection. Then, like a bright ray of light, Robert Schumann’s symphony will invigorate the hall. Join us for a performance filled with virtuosic brilliance.
