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Originally published September 15, 2005 at 12:00 AM | Page modified September 15, 2005 at 10:00 AM

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Fall Arts Guide

Critic's picks: Classical music

Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg. The stellar violinist returns to the Seattle Symphony to play the Barber Violin Concerto in a program also offering...

By Melinda Bargreen

Seattle Times music critic

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Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg. The stellar violinist returns to the Seattle Symphony to play the Barber Violin Concerto in a program also offering Dvorák's tuneful "New World" Symphony. Andreas Delfs, guest maestro, is on the podium. Sept. 22-25, Benaroya Hall, 206-215-4747, www.seattlesymphony.org .

Northwest Chamber Orchestra Opening Gala. Native American flutist R. Carlos Nakai, a much-recorded artist, is a star of this one-day-only gala featuring the world premiere of Philip Glass' "Lewis and Clark Concerto," plus works of William Bolcom and John Adams (the latter's popular "Shaker Loops"). Also soloing: violinist Marjorie Kransberg-Talvi and pianist Paul Barnes. 2:30 p.m. Sept. 25, Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya, 206-343-0445, www.nwco.org.

ONE TO WATCH

Amos Yang, dazzling cellist


Audiences were dazzled last month at the first Summer Festival at The Overlake School, when cellist Amos Yang stepped out on the stage to play a phenomenal Shostakovich Cello Sonata with pianist Wonny Song. That festival, an extension of the popular Seattle Chamber Music Society's Summer Festival at Lakeside School, is just one of the many solo outings taken recently by Yang, a member of the Seattle Symphony's cello section.

Yang, now 35, holds degrees from both the Juilliard and Eastman schools of music, and is an experienced chamber-music player, with string-quartet residencies at two universities. A prodigy on his instrument, he began playing at 4 ½, and later sang in the San Francisco Boys Chorus.

You can hear him next month playing Tchaikovsky's "Rococo Variations" with the Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Adam Stern, at 3 p.m. Oct. 23 in Meany Theater (www.seattlephil.com; 206-528-6878).

Yang also has a solo recital program coming up; he'll play it in three venues: Oct. 28 at the Vancouver (B.C.) Academy of Music, Oct. 30 in Central Washington University's new concert hall and Nov. 20 in Tacoma's Second City Chamber Series. Another Seattle date may be added; the program offers the Ligeti Solo Sonata, the first of Britten's three Solo Suites (Op. 87), and Bach's 6th Solo Suite.

And, of course, you can always spot Yang in the Seattle Symphony's cello section. He's the one who looks — and sounds — like a young Yo-Yo Ma.

— Melinda Bargreen

Europa Galante. This highly successful baroque orchestra, with its charismatic violin virtuoso/conductor Fabio Biondi, plays a program of Mozart, Telemann and Vivaldi in its first appearance in Seattle. It's presented by the Early Music Guild. Oct. 15, Town Hall, 206-325-7066, www.earlymusicguild.org.

"The End of the Affair." Seattle Opera presents a new Jake Heggie opera based on the Graham Greene novel about a married woman whose clandestine affair changes lives of those around her, even after the affair ends. Premiered at Houston Grand Opera, the opera proved a big success because of the music's beauty. Oct. 15-29, Marion Oliver McCaw Hall, 206-389-7676, www.seattleopera.org.

Andras Schiff. Hungarian-born keyboard genius Andras Schiff, known for his Bach and also for the depth of his repertoire, starts off the President's Piano Series with a rare Northwest appearance. (Watch also for pianist André Watts' Nov. 16 recital in the same series.) Oct. 19, Meany Theater, 206-543-4880, www.uwworldseries.org.

Cheap thrills

Sherman Clay's downtown piano studio is the site of a free 12:15 p.m. recital series on Wednesdays, when pianists take turns doing miniconcerts of all kinds of repertoire. You'll hear students, teachers, the occasional duo, and a top professional or two — a zero-price boon for keyboard fans. Sherman Clay's downtown Seattle store, 1624 Fourth Ave.; 206-622-7580 or www.shermanclay.com/@seatl/sea_events.html.

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