Beethoven Fifth

January 12, 2026

7:30pm at Edmonds Center for the Arts

For its first concert of 2026, Cascade Symphony performs Beethoven’s iconic Fifth Symphony along with music by Richard Wagner, Leos Janacek and Edouard Lalo. Cellist Sunnat Ibragimov, an Uzbekistan native and current Seattle Symphony member,  previously served as Principal Cellist of the prestigious Tanglewood Festival Orchestra. He has performed with major orchestras in Asia and North America and is pursuing doctoral studies at the renowned Peabody Institute. He joins Cascade Symphony to perform Edouard Lalo’s lyrically romantic cello concerto.

Concert Program

Wagner – Overture to the Opera Rienzi
Lalo – Cello Concerto in D-Minor
Janacek – Adagio from Idyll for Strings
Beethoven – Symphony No. 5