Friday, May 15, 2026 | 8:00 PM | St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
4805 NE 45th Street, Seattle
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The Emerald Ensemble joins the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Geoffrey Larson, for a concert of late Romantic French masterworks.
Our chorus of sixteen voices will join the orchestra for three works. The sumptuous Pavane of Gabriel Fauré, usually performed by orchestra alone, will be heard in the composer’s version with chorus. The concert closes with two works by Lili Boulanger, one of the most original composers of her generation notwithstanding her tragic death at age twenty-four. These are Sous bois (“Undergrowth”) and Hymne au Soleil (“Hymn to the Sun”), presented in new orchestrations by Maestro Larson.
In addition, the Emerald Ensemble’s own Melissa Plagemann will feature as soloist in Maurice Ravel’s Trois poèmes de Mallarmé, one of the greatest song-cycles of the twentieth century. The orchestra will round out the concert with instrumental music by Édouard Lalo and Ravel’s masterful Suite from the ballet Ma mère l’Oye (“Mother Goose”).
Repertoire
- Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924) – Pavane
- Édouard Lalo (1823–1892) – Deux aubades
- Maurice Ravel – Suite from Ma mère l’Oye
- Maurice Ravel – Trois poèmes de Mallarmé – featuring Melissa Plagemann, mezzo-soprano
- Lili Boulanger – Sous bois – orchestrated by Geoffrey Larson
- Lili Boulanger – Hymne au Soleil – orchestrated by Geoffrey Larson
Performing Artists
- Marjorie Bunday, contralto
- Gary D. Cannon, tenor
- Erica Convery, mezzo-soprano
- Chad DeMaris, tenor
- Ben Grover, bass-baritone
- Jacob Herbert, bass-baritone
- Brandon Higa, tenor
- Natalie Ingrisano, soprano
- Dustin Kaspar, tenor
- Maria Männistö, soprano
- Margaret Obenza, soprano
- Melissa Plagemann, mezzo-soprano
- Ksenia Popova, soprano
- Jonathan Silvia, bass
- Robin Wyatt-Stone, bass-baritone
- Kathea Yarnell, mezzo-soprano
with Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra
conducted by Geoffrey Larson