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[email protected] THOMAS DAUSGAARD AND THE SEATTLE SYMPHONY RELEASE REVELATORY PERFORMANCES OF RUED LANGGAARD’S PRELUDE TO ANTICHRIST AND RICHARD STRAUSS’ AN ALPINE SYMPHONY SEATTLE SYMPHONY SHINES WITH DAUSGAARD AT THE HELM IN CONDUCTOR’S FIRST ALBUM AS NEW MUSIC DIRECTOR ALBUM FEATURES PREMIERE ORIGINAL VERSION RECORDING OF LANGGAARD’S PRELUDE TO ANTICHRIST AVAILABLE NOW ON APPLE MUSIC AND AMAZON SEATTLE, WA – Incoming Music Director Thomas Dausgaard and the Seattle Symphony release live recordings of Rued Langgaard’s Prelude to Antichrist and Richard Strauss’ An Alpine Symphony on September 13, 2019. Dausgaard’s inaugural album with the Seattle Symphony as its Music Director features powerful performances of works that pair for an intriguing exploration of the composers’ fascination with the Antichrist. Langgaard’s opera Antichrist – first staged in 2002 in a performance conducted by Thomas Dausgaard – is an apocalyptic vision of the world before Judgement Day, the time when Antichrist reigns and the time Langgaard felt he was living in. Prelude depicts the moments before the Last Judgement and the calamity that pervades humanity. While Langgaard, one of the most prominent composers from Daugaard’s native country of Denmark, has had works played by many major orchestras across the country, Seattle Symphony’s performance in April 2019 marked the US premiere of the original version of Thomas Dausgaard and the Seattle Symphony bring Strauss’ An Prelude to Antichrist. Where Langgaard paints a picture Alpine Symphony to audiences at Benaroya Hall in June 2017.