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Dave Beck

@DaveKINGFM

Classical Music Host at 98.1 Listener Supported KING FM Seattle cellist, producer, interviewer, speaker, Disc Doggie

 Seattle, WA
Joined January 2010
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So proud to support the work of my friend and @KingFM colleague @QuintonIMorris seattletimes.com/seattle-new…
Orchestrating social justice: Next steps for classical music in Seattle

Orchestrating social justice: Next steps for classical music in Seattle

Seattle Symphony has an opportunity to make a bold choice when it comes to selecting its next music director. It's time to open eyes and ears to the musical contributions of women and artists of...

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Socially distanced but strongly connected to @KingFM listeners this week at the Classical KING spring fund drive. Thanks for your generous support! Our team includes my pledge partner @maggiemolloy host of @secondinversion – at Seattle, WA
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Fun convergence on #PublicRadioMusicDay2020. I'm playing the @seattlesymphony recording of Dvorak 6th Symphony on @KingFM conducted by Gerard Schwarz. This symphony plays as Jerry posts a 1970 photo of a Central Park softball game with Leopold Stokowski and other musicians.
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Listening to KING FM today? Tune in this afternoon, and you could win @DaveKINGFM’s voice on your voicemail greeting! Here’s how: 1) 📻 Listen closely for a story of a *nasty grudge* 📻 2) 📞 Be the 5th caller to 206-691-2981. 📞 (Contest rules: king.org/contest-and-sweepst… )
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The Hornpipe is like dancing the "Time Warp" from Rocky Horror Picture Show. Shade your eyes like you're looking out to sea; left then right. Lurch to the left in heavy waves; do the "breeches tug, fore and aft" Stand 6 feet apart and Hornpipe with Handel at 10 @KingFM
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Two opportunities to hear @conradtao presented by the @seattlesymphony Friday night at 8 in Octave 9 and Sunday afternoon at Celebrate Asia in Benaroya Hall. He speaks about political activism of #AaronCopland on this week's @KingFM SSO Spotlight soundcloud.com/classicalking…
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One of the last breaks in the old Harrison Street studios of @KingFM. In our new @SeattleOpera building facility starting Monday! – at Seattle, WA
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Going the extra mile to learn tricky new music; catching the leaping conductor's downbeat and how to get a big old cello into your compact car. Musings of @seattlesymphony Assistant Principal @nathanchancello tonight at 8 on @KingFM SSO Spotlight. soundcloud.com/classicalking…
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Violinist @GidonKremer is reviving the work of one of music's forgotten composers. Mieczyslaw Weinberg wrote a virtuosic and heartbreaking 1960 violin concerto exploring the composer's Jewish roots. It's tonight's @KingFM @seattlesymphony Spotlight soundcloud.com/classicalking…
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On our @KingFM @seattlesymphony Spotlight tonight at 8: Music Director Thomas Dausgaard previews his performance of Shostakovich this week with dynamic violinist @PatKopViolin. Thomas takes inspiration from time he spent at the Shostakovich dacha. soundcloud.com/classicalking…
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A pleasure and honor to represent @KingFM at @SEAChamberMusic post concert chat tonight with brilliant pianist @cecilelicad and @OSMconcerts concertmaster Andrew Wan.
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Reviving the "crazy cadenza": Thomas Zehetmair regularly pulls off the feat of both playing and conducting the Beethoven Violin Concerto--- with a little help from his friends in the orchestra. More on tonight's @KingFM @seattlesymphony Spotlight at 8PM soundcloud.com/classicalking…
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Looking forward to creating another set of Classical Conversation podcasts this month for @KingFM in collaboration with @SEAChamberMusic. Find out what's in store for the Winter Festival 2020. We've got dozens of conversations in our archive. Subscribe and give us a review!
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Beethoven, jazz and models trains are a few of Jean Efflam Bavouzet's favorite things. The effusive and energetic pianist is guest soloist with @seattlesymphony this week. He is our guest on this week's @KingFM SSO Spotlight. It airs tonight at 8. soundcloud.com/classicalking…
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We'll meet @seattlesymphony Principal Second Violin Elisa Barston tonight at 8 on @KingFM Here's the full version of our interview on topics of taking care of family, crafting a new interpretation of iconic music and the art of Second Violin. soundcloud.com/classicalking…
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Cellist @SWoods84 this week on @KingFM @seattlesymphony Spotlight. He joins excellent SSO cellists and percussion for a concert of new music Wed Dec 11 7:30PM at Octave 9 Music Center. We talk "iced cello" and bringing new faces to classical music soundcloud.com/classicalking…
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Musical discoveries from Brazil and Plan B when the physics studies don't work out: How about conducting? We meet @seattlesymphony Associate Conductor @maestroleemills tonight at 8 on @KingFM soundcloud.com/classicalking…
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On our @KingFM @seattlesymphony Spotlight tonight at 8: Thomas Dausgaard and SSO work with folk musicians this week transporting listeners into the ancient world of Lithuanian folk sounds shaping Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring" soundcloud.com/classicalking…
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Composer Angelique Poteat has deep ties to the @seattlesymphony SSO Principal Cello Efe Baltacigil talks to @KingFM about working with Angelique on the new cello concerto she's written for him and the orchestra. It even weaves in Efe's love of jazz. soundcloud.com/classicalking…
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So fun meeting musicians in the @seattlesymphony on our @KingFM SSO Spotlight. This week violinist Andy Liang talks chamber music, Grappelli and growing up in the Pacific Northwest. The first SSO chamber concert of the season is this Friday night. soundcloud.com/classicalking…
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