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SEPTEMBER 2017 LUDOVIC MORLOT, MUSIC DIRECTOR OPENING NIGHT WITH LU D OV I C MORLOT & RENÉE FLEMING MAHLER RESURRECTION SYMPHONY JOHN WILLIAMS MARC-ANDRÉ HAMELIN CHRIS BOTTI CONTENTS My wealth. My priorities. My partner. You’ve spent your life accumulating wealth. And, no doubt, that wealth now takes many forms, sits in many places, and is managed by many advisors. Unfortunately, that kind of fragmentation creates gaps that can hold your wealth back from its full potential. The Private Bank can help. The Private Bank uses a proprietary approach called the LIFE Wealth Cycle SM to ind those gaps—and help you achieve what is important to you. To learn more, please visit unionbank.com/theprivatebank or contact: Lisa Roberts Managing Director, Private Wealth Management [email protected] 4157057159 Wills, trusts, foundations, and wealth planning strategies have legal, tax, accounting, and other implications. Clients should consult a legal or tax advisor. ©2017 MUFG Union Bank, N.A. All rights reserved. Member FDIC. Union Bank is a registered trademark and brand name of MUFG Union Bank, N.A. EAP full-page template.indd 1 7/17/17 3:08 PM CONTENTS SEPTEMBER 2017 4 / CALENDAR 6 / THE SYMPHONY 10 / NEWS FEATURES 12 / THE VIVALDI PROJECT 14 / WELCOME NEW MUSICIANS! CONCERTS 15 / September 13 STAR TREK BEYOND LIVE IN CONCERT 17 / September 16 OPENING NIGHT CONCERT & GALA WITH LUDOVIC MORLOT & RENÉE FLEMING 20 / September 21, 23 & 24 MAHLER RESURRECTION SYMPHONY 25 / September 27 JOHN WILLIAMS CONDUCTS WILLIAMS 27 / September 28 MARC-ANDRÉ HAMELIN IN RECITAL 30 / September 29–October 1 CHRIS BOTTI WITH THE SEATTLE SYMPHONY 17 / RENÉE FLEMING Photo: Andrew Eccles, Decca Eccles, Andrew Photo: 42 / GUIDE TO THE SEATTLE SYMPHONY 43 / THE LIS(Z)T 27 / MARC-ANDRÉ HAMELIN 30 / CHRIS BOTTI Photo courtesyPhoto of the artist Photo: Sim Canetty-Clarke Sim Photo: ON THE COVER: Ludovic Morlot by Brandon Patoc COVER DESIGN: Helen Hodges EDITOR: Heidi Staub © 2017 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. encoreartsseattle.com 3 ON THE DIAL: Tune in to September Classical KING FM 98.1 every & October Wednesday at 8pm for a Seattle Symphony spotlight and CALENDAR the first Friday of every month at 9pm for concert broadcasts. SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY ■ SEPTEMBER 7pm Producers Inc. presents John Keister: Living & Dying in Seattle 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 7:30pm 8pm 5pm Star Trek Beyond NPR presents How I Opening Night Live in Concert Built This with Guy Concert & Gala with Raz Ludovic Morlot & Renée Fleming Honoring Leslie and Dale Chihuly* 10 11 STAR TREK BEYOND12 13 14 15 16 7pm 7:30pm 7:30pm 7:30pm ROCCA presents Mahler Resurrection Live @ Benaroya Seattle Classic Guitar “Wild” Romanian Symphony Hall: George Winston Society presents Film & Chamber Matt Palmer Concert 8pm Mahler Resurrection 17 18 19 20 21 22 Symphony 23 2pm 7:30pm The Art of 7:30pm 8pm 10am & 2pm Mahler Resurrection Alzheimer’s presents Marc-André Hamelin Chris Botti with the Seattle International Symphony An Evening with in Recital Seattle Symphony Piano Festival Jean Smart 3pm Seattle Arts & 8pm 8pm 8pm Lectures presents 7:30pm John Live @ Benaroya Live @ Benaroya Chris Botti with the WITS Anthology Williams Conducts Hall: Colin Hay Hall: Colin Hay Seattle Symphony Book Launch 24 25 26 Williams 27 28 29 30 OCTOBER ■ 7:30pm 7:30pm 10:30am Tiny Tots: 9:30, 10:30 & 11:30am 1 & 6:30pm Seattle Arts & Enigma Variations Gallop & Go! 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Seattle International Lectures presents 7:30pm Seattle Piano Festival Janet Mock 7pm Elgar Untuxed Repertory Jazz 2pm Chris Botti 7:30pm Northwest Orchestra: Basie Bash with the Seattle Sinfonietta: Notions 8pm Enigma Symphony 1 2 3 4 5 of a Nation 6 Variations 7 7:30pm 10pm 2pm Live @ Benaroya [untitled] 1 Sammamish Hall: Sun Kil Moon Symphony Orchestra 7:30pm 8pm Gidon Kremer Gidon Kremer Schumann Violin Schumann Violin Concerto Concerto 8 9 10 NOSFERATU11 12 13 14 7pm 7:30pm 7:30pm 7:30pm 8pm 11am Byron Schenkman NWAA, KNKX Nosferatu: A Seattle Arts & Vivaldi Four Seasons The Firebird & Friends: Bach 88.5 FM & The Symphony of Horror Lectures presents Double Harpsichord Stranger present Ron Chernow 8pm Concertos A Conversation with Vivaldi Four Seasons Armistead Maupin 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 2pm National 7:30pm 7:30pm 7:30pm 7:30pm 12 Noon 2pm Seattle Geographic Live — Into National Geographic National Geographic Earshot Jazz Shostakovich Vivaldi Four Seasons Philharmonic Orchestra: the Arctic Kingdom Live — Into the Live — Into the presents Brad Symphony No. 10 A Great Teacher is a 7:30pm Seattle Arts & Great Artist Arctic Kingdom Arctic Kingdom Mehldau Lectures presents Nikki 7:30pm NWAA, KNKX 7pm Seattle Chinese Giovanni 88.5 FM & The Stranger Orchestra: At First Light present Humans of New 7:30pm Ensign 8pm Live @ Benaroya York: Brandon Stanton Symphony & Chorus: Hall: Tommy Caldwell 22 23 24 25 26 King of Kings 27 28 10am Metropolitan Opera National Council: WA District Auditions 2pm Shostakovich Symphony No. 10 7:30pm Live @ Benaroya Hall: Creating S-Town with Brian Reed 29 30 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC LIVE LEGEND: Seattle Symphony Events Benaroya Hall Events *Donor Events: Call 206.215.4832 for more information Star Trek Beyond Live in Concert (September 13) ©2016 Paramount Pictures. ™ CBS Studios Inc.; Nosferatu: A Symphony 4 SEATTLESYMPHONY.ORG of Horror (October 17); National Geographic Live — Into the Arctic Kingdom (October 22–24) by Florian Schulz SSO107-Calendar.indd 1 9/1/17 9:11 AM Anacortes, on Fidalgo Island, is easy ■ ON THE BEAT to access by bridge from the See Who’s Here mainland. The community boasts 12 miles of shoreline and 67 miles to Hear of public trails. Enjoy fine boutiques, restaurants, and shopping in our historic downtown. Anacortes is home to thousands of boats, plus a ferry connection to the Sidney BC terminal. The island is great for a weekend getaway! call or click to learn more: anacortes.org | 360.293.3832 Photo: James Holt James Photo: I like to compare composers to drinks. Bach is your baseline; he’s your vodka soda. Then you have Mozart. He’s got a twist, maybe like a vodka martini with a twist. And then you have Beethoven. He’s a little darker, probably Groove for Thought Beethoven Piano a manhattan. Debussy is definitely September 8 • 7:30 PM Contertos 4 & 5 absinthe. Oh, and Gershwin, he’s just September 9 • 7:30 PM a beer. Sasha Starcevich, piano September 29 • 7:00 PM I love watching the orchestra. After a From Russia with Love concert, and seeing people play live, Pacific MusicWorks Underground Seattle Marimba Quartet it gets me in the kick for playing music September 23 • 7:30 PM September 30 • 7:30 PM again. So I’m probably going to go to a jam session after this. I play viola. I also do a little guitar and ukulele. I’ve A Journey Around the been trying to get a string quartet going, British Isles but we still need a cellist and another Nerys Jones, soprano violinist. But other than that, we have a October 6 • 7:30 PM solid 50% of the group! A boutique music and events – Ryan venue in the heart of downtown Bellevue. Most CONNECT WITH US: events feature intimate table Share your photos using #ListenBoldly and seating paired with fine wine follow @seattlesymphony on Facebook, and beer. Enjoyed during and Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat. Download the Listen Boldly app to easily purchase througout the performance. tickets, skip the Ticket Office lines and receive exclusive offers. Tickets and Rental Info available online. September, 2017 www.resonance.events seattlesymphony.org TICKETS: 206.215.4747 288 106th Ave NE, Ste 203 | Bellevue, WA 98004 GIVE: 206.215.4832 encoreartsseattle.com 5 LUDOVIC MORLOT SEATTLE SYMPHONY MUSIC DIRECTOR French conductor Ludovic at the University of California, Berkeley. The orchestra has Morlot has been Music Director many successful recordings, available on their own label, of the Seattle Symphony Seattle Symphony Media. A box set of music by Dutilleux since 2011. Amongst the was recently released to mark the 100th anniversary of the many highlights of his tenure, composer’s birth. the orchestra has won three Grammy Awards and gave an Ludovic Morlot was Chief Conductor of La Monnaie for exhilarating performance at three years (2012–14). During this time he conducted several Carnegie Hall in 2014. new productions including La Clemenza di Tito, Jenu°fa and Pelléas et Mélisande. Concert performances, both During the 2017–2018 in Brussels and Aix-en-Provence, included repertoire by season Morlot and the Beethoven, Stravinsky, Britten, Webern and Bruneau. Seattle Symphony will continue on their incredible Trained as a violinist, Morlot studied conducting at the musical journey, focusing Royal Academy of Music in London and then at the Royal Photo: Lisa-Marie Mazzucco Lisa-Marie Photo: particularly on the music College of Music as recipient of the Norman del Mar of Berlioz, Stravinsky and Conducting Fellowship. Morlot was elected a Fellow of Bernstein. In addition, they will be presenting some exciting new the Royal Academy of Music in 2014 in recognition of his works by John Luther Adams, David Lang and Andrew Norman and significant contribution to music. He is Chair of Orchestral welcoming Alexandra Gardner for a residency. The orchestra will also Conducting Studies at the University of Washington School be performing on tour in California, including a two-day residency of Music.