Performances at Benaroya Hall in Seattle: January 2009

Benaroya Hall, on the corners of Second and Third avenues and Union and University Streets, is the current home of the Seattle Symphony and takes up one entire block in downtown Seattle. It contains two halls: the 2,500-seat S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium and the 540-seat Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall, allowing venues both large and small to be held. Benaroya also has its own parking deck, free to ticket holders, which you can reach via Second Avenue, just south of Union Street.

The season's opening for 2009 is Beethoven's Ninth, running for three days: January 2nd at 7pm, January 3rd at 8pm and January 4th at 2pm. Later that week, on the 6th, Sharon Isban brings her guitar for a 7:30pm concert.

The following weekend, on the 9th and 10th, Benaroya will host an Evening with Bach at 8pm. In addition to Bach on the 10th, there will also be two matinees of the show, Instruments of the Orchestra at 10:00am and 11:30am.

Later that week, The Borealis String Quartet performs on the 14th at 7:30 pm to be followed by Yefim Bronfman Plays Mozart on the 15th through the 17th. Bronfman's performance will be at 7:30pm on the 15th, 1:00pm on the 16th and then 8:00pm on the 17th.

The San Francisco Symphony comes to Seattle for two performances on the 20th and 21st with their concert starts at 7:30pm. And then from the 22nd to the 25th, Seattle will by jumping with Irvin Mayfield & the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra. They perform Thursday the 22nd at 7:30pm and Friday at 8:00pm. On Saturday the 24th they will perform two showings: a matinee at 2:00pm and the concert at 8:00pm. Finally on the 25th, their visit to Seattle wraps up for its final showing at 2:00pm.

Even with all of that, the Benaroya schedule is not finished. On the 28th, the voice of Ewa Podles and the piano of Garrick Ohlsson will begin at 7:30pm. January then comes to a close with two performances of A Russian Evening, held at 7:30pm on the 29th and again at 8:00pm on the 31st.

Ticket prices at Benaroya Hall are subject not only to the event but also to your choice of seats. There is an option to subscribe for a season ticket which will not only give you choice seats but also provides a substantial discount over single ticket prices and a few other benefits.

For more information or to purchase tickets, here is the Benaroya Hall contact information:

Benaroya Hall

200 University Street

Seattle, WA 98101

Phone: 206.215.4747

Phone: 1.866.833.4747 (toll-free outside local area)

Fax: 206.215.4748

Email: tickets@seattlesymphony.org

WebSite: http://www.seattlesymphony.org/benaroya/