CLASSICAL
THURSDAY 1/20
SEATTLE SYMPHONY — One of our great pianists, Murray Perahia, comes to town to perform Beethoven’s rhapsodic, inward, almost understated (well, for Beethoven) Piano Concerto No. 4. The same composer’s Prometheus Overture is featured as well, plus Bruckner’s Symphony No. 6 — which I don’t think I’ve heard, but who can tell for sure from that homogenous series? Benaroya Hall, Taper Auditorium, 7:30 pm, and Sun Jan 23, 2 pm, 215-4747, or www.seattlesymphony.org, $10-$67.
SATURDAY 1/22
NORTHWEST CHAMBER ORCHESTRA — Sort of a one-concert musical history lesson, from classicism to the brink of expressionism. A sparkling Mozart Piano Concerto (No. 11 in F, K 413); Rossini’s tuneful Sonata for Strings; Tchaikovsky’s mournful Elegie from The Snow Maiden; and Schoenberg’s sextet Verklärte Nacht: It’s 19th-century idioms poised and ready for the 20th. Benaroya Hall, Nordstrom Recital Hall, 8 pm, and Sun Jan 23, 2:30 pm, 343-0445 or 292-ARTS, $22.50 students & seniors/$24.50 general (children 17 and under free with paying adult).
SUNDAY 1/23
LES VOIX HUMAINES — The acclaimed Canadian viol duo is joined by acclaimed Canadian soprano Suzie LeBlanc for a program of acclaimed Cana — um, French baroque music. Seattle Art Museum, 200 University, 3 pm, 325-7066, $14 students/$18 seniors/$23 general.
TUESDAY 1/25
SEATTLE CHAMBER PLAYERS — Fine’s neoclassical Partita for Wind Quintet, Barber’s neoromantic Summer Music for the same, and Erb’s Last Quintet — certainly the most conservative, hummable piece ever scored for winds, police whistles, and water tumblers. Middle-of-the-century, middle-of-the-road American music, but if that’s your thing, hey, enjoy. Benaroya Hall, Nordstrom Recital Hall, 7:30 pm, 367-1138, $15 students & seniors/$20 general.
REGIONAL MUSIC
Thursday 1/20
STROKE 9, VERTICAL HORIZON — Crystal Ballroom, Portland
Friday 1/21
SHANNON CURFMAN — Aladdin Theater, Portland
Saturday 1/22
CAUSTIC RESIN, SUNSET VALLEY — EJ’s, Portland
MAVIS STAPLES — Broadway Center, Tacoma
SIX FEET UNDER, IMMOLATION, HATE PLOW — Satyricon, Portland
RICHMOND FONTAINE, JEREMY WILSON, SPLIT LIP RAYFIELD — Berbati’s Pan, Portland
Sunday 1/23
LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III — Western Washington University, Bellingham
Tuesday 1/25
LEFTOVER SALMON — 2 Louies, Blaine
Wednesday 1/26
THE PALADINS, THE SOUVENIRS — Crystal Ballroom, Portland
RADIO SHOWS
Thursday 1/20
IN WITH THE OLD — Your favorite ’80s songs will be in rotation at a new spot on the dial: 96.5 FM, “The Point.” So if you’ve been scanning the airwaves for at least a half hour and still can’t find sus-sus- “Sussudio” (oh-oh-oh) or “It’s Hip to Be Square” on all the other repetitive, nostalgia-driven stations, you should be at “the point” of hearing something new, but most likely you’ll be pacified at 96.1 FM.
Friday 1/21
JUSTICE TALKING — Margo Adler will focus her show on the issue of kids just tryin’ to hang out. Chicago and other cities have recently passed laws that enable cops to order loitering youths to disperse if they suspect “gang-related activity,” or if a gang member is present. The concern is that it invites police to contradict that little old piece of paper called the Constitution, and openly invites superficial criminal profiling. KUOW 94.9 FM, 10 pm.
Saturday 1/22
POSITIVE VIBRATIONS — This rasta-thon continues to teeter between playing the sweet weekend-morning sounds of reggae and the rougher weekend-night sounds of dance hall, but it still stands as one of the best shows KCMU has to offer, and a fine way to begin the weekend, especially if you have to get up to @#$%&!! work. KCMU, 90.3 FM, 9 am-noon.
Sunday 1/23
SCIENCE AND LITERATURE — The ancient Greek word “logos” is the etymological root of what evolved into both “language” and “science”(-ology) among other words, and this show will investigate their conceptual commonality. The expansion of world- and self-knowledge needed both the logic (another “logos” evolution) of science, and the vehicle of words to make the scientific theories compelling. Sally Placksin hosts the show and will muse on writers, from the scientific revolution to modern day science fiction.
Monday 1/24
CONFEDERATES IN THE ATTIC — Pulitzer Prize-winner Tony Horowitz tours the South to explore the topic with which America realizes its mythology. The South is a fine analog to America’s attic; cluttered and haunted. Read by Dick Estell. KUOW, 94.9 FM, 9 pm.
Wednesday 1/26
THE SEATTLE SYMPHONY — Recordings of their greatest hits from last fall’s concerts: The September 30 concert featuring Dvorák’s Fifth Symphony, Kodály’s Háry János Suite, and Nielsen’s Violin Concerto featuring Cho-Liang Lin. Turn it up. KING 98.1 FM, 8-10 pm.