Seattle Symphony February 2019 Encore Arts Seattle
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MAY 2019 GRAMOPHONE’S ORCHESTRA OF THE YEAR LUDOVIC MORLOT, MUSIC DIRECTOR SHEKU PABLO RUS BROSETA KANNEH-MASON CONDUCTS BRAHMS U.S. ORCHESTRAL DEBUT: CONCERTO FEST TCHAIKOVSKY'S ROCOCO VARIATIONS MANDOLINIST AVI AVITAL CONDUCTS & PLAYS BACH & VIVALDI ALSO THIS MONTH PIXAR IN CONCERT JURASSIC PARK IN CONCERT SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND CIRQUE GOES BROADWAY SCC-004 SCCA_FY19 Brand-Level Campaign_Encore Arts Ad_Jennie.pdf 1 3/29/19 5:08 PM “People travel around the world to get care with us. You don’t C M Y have to.” CM MY — Dr. Jennie Crews CY Director of Community Oncology CMY K “The best cancer care in the region is coming to your neighborhood. The amazing doctors and nurses I am privileged to work with have made Seattle Cancer Care Alliance one of the top cancer centers in the nation. My commitment is to make sure you can receive SCCA-quality care close to home. That’s why we’re creating a network of SCCA clinics around the Puget Sound — including our newest locations in Poulsbo and Issaquah. Because we believe being around your family, your home, and the life you’ve built is a critical part of world-class cancer care.” You. Us. Better together. Seattle | Kirkland | Northgate | Poulsbo | Issaquah (206) 606-7222 | SeattleCCA.org Untitled-1 1 4/1/19 11:20 AM SCC-004 SCCA_FY19 Brand-Level Campaign_Encore Arts Ad_Jennie.pdf 1 3/29/19 5:08 PM CONTENTS MAY 2019 “People travel 4 / Calendar 6 / The Orchestra around the 46 / Benaroya Hall Guide FEATURES 5 / On the Beat: world to get Who’s Here to Hear 7 / Meet the Musicians 8 / Featured Community Partner care with us. 10 / News From the Symphony 12 / Derek Bermel, Composer in Residence You don’t 47 / The Lis(z)t CONCERTS C M 14 / May 3 & 4 Y have to.” Vivaldi & Telemann CM 19 / May 9 MY — Dr. Jennie Crews Brahms Concerto Festival 1 CY Director of Community Oncology 24 / May 10 CMY Brahms Concerto Festival 2 K 28 / May 13 “The best cancer care in the region is coming to AVI AVITAL Katelyn Emerson in Recital your neighborhood. Hoffman-DG Harald Photo: 14 30 / May 16 & 18 The amazing doctors and nurses I am privileged to work Pixar in Concert with have made Seattle Cancer Care Alliance one of the 32 / May 17 & 18 top cancer centers in the nation. My commitment is to Classic Albums Live Presents: make sure you can receive SCCA-quality care close to Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts home. That’s why we’re creating a network of SCCA Club Band clinics around the Puget Sound — including our newest 34 / May 29 & 30 locations in Poulsbo and Issaquah. Jurassic Park in Concert Because we believe being around your family, your KATELYN EMERSON TROUPE VERTIGO 36 / May 31, June 1 & 2 home, and the life you’ve built is a critical part of Routon Joseph Photo: Cirque Goes Broadway world-class cancer care.” 28 36 ON THE COVER: Seattle Symphony Associate Conductor Pablo Rus Broseta (page 21) by Carlin Ma You. Us. Better together. COVER DESIGN: Jadzia Parker EDITOR: Heidi Staub Seattle | Kirkland | Northgate | Poulsbo | Issaquah © 2019 Seattle Symphony All rights reserved. No portion of this work may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means without written permission from the Seattle Symphony. All programs and artists are subject to change. (206) 606-7222 | SeattleCCA.org encoremediagroup.com/programs 3 Untitled-1 1 4/1/19 11:20 AM LOOKING AHEAD: PERFORMANCE SPACE: ON THE DIAL: Tune in to Classical KING ■ S. MARK TAPER FOUNDATION AUDITORIUM FM 98.1 every Wednesday at 8pm for a ■ ILLSLEY BALL NORDSTROM RECITAL HALL Seattle Symphony spotlight and the first JUNE ■ OCTAVE 9: RAISBECK MUSIC CENTER Friday of every month at 9pm for concert ■ SAMUEL & ALTHEA STROUM GRAND LOBBY broadcasts. AT BENAROYA HALL ■ SYMPHONY EVENTS AWAY FROM THE HALL SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 10am & 12pm 1 Warming Up with the Horns SEATTLE SYMPHONY 2pm Gratus Animus: Grateful for Life! SEATTLE CHILDREN’S CHORUS 8pm Cirque Goes Broadway SEATTLE SYMPHONY 2pm 2 3 3pm 4 5 7:30pm 6 10:30am 7 9:30, 10:30 88 Cirque Goes Donor Onstage Holst The Planets The Orchestra: & 11:30am Broadway Rehearsal* SEATTLE SYMPHONY M is for Music The Orchestra: SEATTLE SYMPHONY SEATTLE SYMPHONY SEATTLE SYMPHONY M is for Music SEATTLE SYMPHONY 5pm 10pm 2pm In the Spotlight: [untitled] 3 “On the Wings of Gabrielli & Clark SEATTLE SYMPHONY the Wind”: Borodin’s SEATTLE SYMPHONY “Prince Igor” SEATTLE 7pm PHILHARMONIC Coleman Virtuosi ORCHESTRA COLEMAN VIOLIN STUDIO 8pm Holst The Planets SEATTLE SYMPHONY 2pm 9 7:30pm 10 7:30pm 11 10am 12 7:30pm 13 12 noon 14 9:30 & 11am 15 Holst The Planets In the Spotlight: In the Spotlight: Donor Open Strauss Till Strauss Till First Concerts: SEATTLE SYMPHONY Hannah Kendall Bolcom, Jolley, Rehearsal* Eulenspiegel Eulenspiegel Meet the Violin SEATTLE SYMPHONY Poteat & Hausmann SEATTLE SYMPHONY SEATTLE SYMPHONY SEATTLE SYMPHONY SEATTLE SYMPHONY SEATTLE SYMPHONY 2pm Journeys Post-concert 7pm NORTHWEST Founders Circle Puget Sound Music GIRLCHOIR Celebration Academy Showcase 7:30pm SEATTLE SYMPHONY Recital Ray Charles: I Can’t PUGET SOUND MUSIC Stop Lovin’ You ACADEMY SEATTLE REPERTORY 7:30pm JAZZ ORCHESTRA Home 8pm Strauss Till ENSIGN SYMPHONY & Eulenspiegel CHORUS SEATTLE SYMPHONY 2pm 16 17 5:30pm 18 19 7:30pm 20 8pm 21 2pm 22 Steve Hackman's Volunteer Morlot Conducts Summer of ‘69 Summer of ‘69 Harder, Better, Appreciation Event* Debussy SEATTLE MEN’S SEATTLE MEN’S Faster, Stravinsky SEATTLE SYMPHONY SEATTLE SYMPHONY CHORUS CHORUS SEATTLE SYMPHONY 8pm Morlot Conducts Debussy SEATTLE SYMPHONY 2pm 23 24 7:30pm 25 26 7:30pm 27 8pm 28 2 & 8pm 29 Morlot Conducts Windborne's The Star Wars: The Star Wars: The Star Wars: The Debussy Music of Queen Empire Strikes Back Empire Strikes Back Empire Strikes Back SEATTLE SYMPHONY SEATTLE SYMPHONY in Concert in Concert in Concert SEATTLE SYMPHONY SEATTLE SYMPHONY SEATTLE SYMPHONY 30 *Donor Events: Call 206.215.4832 for more information seattlesymphony.org TICKETS: 206.215.4747 GIVE: 206.215.4832 4 SEATTLESYMPHONY.ORG ■ ON THE BEAT Who’s Here to Hear Photo: James Holt James Photo: I work in downtown Seattle as a graphic designer. I find INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER MUSIC inspiration for my work everywhere. It can be anything. I’ll be walking down Danish String Quartet the street and see something out of the Orlando Consort “corner of my eye. Maybe it’s a color, Jerusalem Quartet maybe it’s a flower. When I’m working, Hagen Quartet I like to listen to classical music, but I David Finckel & Wu Han with Philip Setzer also listen to jazz and world music. I’ve been coming to the Seattle Symphony for years. I love the programs that PRESIDENT’S PIANO they put together. They’re very diverse. Watching the orchestra is a Garrick Ohlsson profound experience. I can sit and Jonathan Biss: Celebrating Beethoven, Part I relax and listen, let my mind follow the Jonathan Biss: Celebrating Beethoven, Part II music. Hélène Grimaud Jon Kimura Parker – Patricia SPECIAL EVENTS ” Midori with Jean-Yves Thibaudet Los Angeles Master Chorale CONNECT WITH US: Share your photos using #ListenBoldly and follow @seattlesymphony on Facebook, SEASON TICKETS Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat. Download the Listen Boldly app to easily purchase NOW ON SALE tickets, skip the Ticket Office lines and receive MEANYCENTER.ORG exclusive offers. 206-543-4880 encoremediagroup.com/programs 5 LUDOVIC MORLOT SEATTLE SYMPHONY MUSIC DIRECTOR French conductor Ludovic Morlot has Morlot was Chief Conductor of La Monnaie for three years been Music Director of the Seattle (2012–14). During this time he conducted several new Symphony since 2011. During the productions including La Clemenza di Tito, Jenůfa and 2018–2019 season they continue in their Pelléas et Mélisande, as well as concert performances in both incredible musical journey, focusing Brussels and at the Aix-en-Provence Easter Festival. particularly on the music of Debussy, and works by composers he influenced Trained as a violinist, Morlot studied conducting at the Pierre or that influenced him. Among others, Monteux School (U.S.) with Charles Bruck and Michael Jinbo. newly commissioned works this season He continued his education in London at the Royal Academy are Caroline Shaw’s Piano Concerto and of Music and then at the Royal College of Music as recipient the U.S. premiere of Pascal Dusapin’s of the Norman del Mar Conducting Fellowship. Morlot was At Swim-Two-Birds. The orchestra has elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music in 2014 in won five Grammy Awards under Morlot recognition of his significant contribution to music. He is and has many successful recordings on Chair of Orchestral Conducting Studies at the University of their label. Washington School of Music. Photo: Lisa-Marie Mazzucco Lisa-Marie Photo: SEATTLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ROSTER LUDOVIC MORLOT Thomas Dausgaard Music Director Designate Pablo Rus Broseta Douglas F. King Associate Conductor Harriet Overton Stimson Music Director Joseph Crnko Associate Conductor for Choral Activities Gerard Schwarz Rebecca & Jack Benaroya Conductor Laureate FIRST VIOLIN Wes Dyring OBOE Jonathan Karschney KEYBOARD Noah Geller Allison Farkas * Mary Lynch Assistant Principal Joseph Adam Sayaka Kokubo David & Amy Fulton Concertmaster Principal Jenna Breen Organ + Daniel Stone Supported by anonymous donors John Turman Open Position Rachel Swerdlow Danielle Kuhlmann Clowes Family Associate Concertmaster Julie Whitton Ben Hausmann PERSONNEL MANAGER Associate Principal Open Position TRUMPET Scott Wilson CELLO Chengwen Winnie Lai Assistant Concertmaster David Gordon Efe Baltacıgil Stefan Farkas ASSISTANT PERSONNEL MANAGER Simon James Boeing Company Principal Trumpet Marks Family Foundation Principal Cello Keith Higgins Second Assistant Concertmaster ENGLISH HORN Alexander White Meeka Quan DiLorenzo Jennifer Bai Stefan Farkas Assistant Principal LIBRARY Mariel Bailey Assistant Principal Christopher Stingle Robert Olivia Cecilia Poellein Buss Nathan Chan CLARINET Michael Myers Associate Librarian Timothy Garland Eric Han Benjamin Lulich Jeanne Case Leonid Keylin Bruce Bailey TROMBONE Mae Lin Roberta Hansen Downey Mr.