The secret of the Illsley Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall is that the acoustics are best all the way in the back (Row T) or all the way up front. If you sit in the middle, the mix is off, and the piano sounds clangy in pieces that have a piano. As a result, Row T has perfect acoustics.
Click this link to the live broadcast at the KING-FM website, then click “Listen” and “Classical KING-FM”)
Stravinsky: Octet for Winds
Lorna McGhee, flute
Anthony McGill, clarinet
Stephane Levesque, bassoon
Seth Krimsky, bassoon
Jens Lindemann, trumpet
David Gordon, trumpet
Ko-ichiro Yamamoto, trombone
Carson Keeble, trombone
Mendelssohn: Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano in D minor, Op. 49
Augustin Hadelich, violin
Efe Baltacigil, cello
Jon Kimura Parker, piano
Beethoven: String Quartet in F, Op. 59/1
Ehnes String Quartet
James Ehnes, violin
Amy Schwartz Moretti, violin
Richard O’Neill, viola
Robert deMaine, cello
(I’m posting this early because I’m going to be at the concert. If you listen carefully, you may hear me sitting in Row T.)