Sibelius One Untuxed

Come as you are and enjoy the best of classical music in the Untuxed series, with engaging insights from Music Director Thomas Dausgaard. These short, no-intermission concerts are the perfect kick-off to your weekend. Sibelius One Untuxed is part of our two-year Sibelius Cycle and this program features the composer’s First Symphony. Sibelius wrote surely the greatest ‘First’ ever—packed with transcendent soundscapes, towering inspiration and Nordic vigor.

ABOUT THE SIBELIUS CYCLE

Music Director Thomas Dausgaard brings his Nordic roots and unique insights to the music of the great Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. This two-year Sibelius Cycle will explore all seven of Sibelius’ symphonies over two seasons, plus the rarely performed, original version of his Violin Concerto; each symphony will be paired with exciting Seattle Symphony commissions and world premieres by contemporary composers.

Sibelius drew his inspiration from Finland’s enchanting natural wonders that mirror our own Pacific Northwest: glacial lakes, evergreen forests, sea breezes, migrating birds, long summer days and dark, sun-starved winters. This deep love of nature, with its ethereal beauty and creative inspiration, translates to the stage through Dausgaard’s own passion and reverence for the natural world that surrounds us.