Name: Let's Misbehave: The Songs of Cole Porter
Start: 2026-06-07T14:00:00
Location: Benaroya Hall

Tony DeSare

Stuart Chafetz

Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra

Our 2025/2026 season culminates with the ultimate symphony — Beethoven’s Ninth, featuring an all-star cast of soloists chosen by Music Director Xian Zhang and joined by the massed forces of the Seattle Symphony Chorale. Revolutionary, epic and at 200 years old, still as driven as Beethoven’s own sense of our shared destiny, he crowned this summit of his music with the stunning addition of voices in a song for humanity, hope and joy. Xian pairs it with Artist in Focus Steven Mackey’s RIOT, for chorus, vocalist and the composer himself on electric guitar. This inspiring music places race and resilience in the foreground with a setting of words by Tracy K. Smith — culminating in positive affirmation and a celebration of perseverance, commitment and community.

Xian Conducts Beethoven 9

Benaroya Hall

Cole Porter’s songbook has inspired countless artists across the decades. Join Tony DeSare, Aubrey Logan and John Manzari as they reimagine hits like “I Get a Kick Out of You,” “I’ve Got You Under My Skin,” “Anything Goes” and many more with the Seattle Symphony.