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FEBRUARY 2018 LUDOVIC MORLOT, MUSIC DIRECTOR LISA FISCHER & G R A N D BATON CELEBRATE ASIA IT TAKES AN ORCHESTRA COMMISSIONS &PREMIERES CONTENTS EAP full-page template.indd 1 12/22/17 1:03 PM CONTENTS FEBRUARY 2018 4 / CALENDAR 6 / THE SYMPHONY 10 / NEWS FEATURES 12 / IT TAKES AN ORCHESTRA 14 / THE ESSENTIALS OF LIFE CONCERTS 15 / February 1–3 RACHMANINOV SYMPHONY NO. 3 18 / February 2 JOSHUA BELL IN RECITAL 20 / February 8 & 10 MORLOT CONDUCTS STRAUSS 24 / February 11 CELEBRATE ASIA 28 / February 13 & 14 LA LA LAND IN CONCERT WITH THE SEATTLE SYMPHONY 30 / February 16–18 JUST A KISS AWAY! LISA FISCHER & GRAND BATON WITH THE SEATTLE SYMPHONY 15 / VILDE FRANG 33 / February 23 & 24 Photo courtesyPhoto of the artist VIVALDI GLORIA 46 / GUIDE TO THE SEATTLE SYMPHONY 47 / THE LIS(Z)T 24 / NISHAT KHAN 28 / LA LA LAND Photo: Dale Robinette Dale Photo: Photo courtesyPhoto of the artist ON THE COVER: Lisa Fischer (p. 30) by Djeneba Aduayom COVER DESIGN: Jadzia Parker EDITOR: Heidi Staub © 2018 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. encoremediagroup.com/programs 3 ON THE DIAL: Tune in to February Classical KING FM 98.1 every & March 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 ■ FEBRUARY 12pm Rachmaninov 8pm Symphony No. 3 Rachmaninov 7:30pm 7:30pm Seattle Arts & Symphony No. 3 Rachmaninov Lectures: Live Taping Symphony No. 3 of “A Tiny Sense of Accomplishment” 8pm Joshua Bell in Recital LA LA LAND 1 2 3 7:30pm 4pm 7:30pm 12pm 2pm UW Symphony at Volunteer Wine Morlot Conducts Founders Circle Silver SYSO: 4 Orchestras Benaroya Hall & Wisdom* Strauss Luncheon* Winter Concert 8pm 7:30pm Morlot Conducts Masters of Scottish Strauss Arts 8pm 4 5 6 7 8 9 Andre Feriante 10 4pm 7pm 7:30pm La La Land 7:30pm 1pm 10:30am Tiny Tots: 9:30, 10:30 & 11:30am Tiny Celebrate Asia Catholic High School in Concert with the La La Land in Concert Benaroya Hall Tour Goodnight Moon Tots: Goodnight Moon Choir Festival Seattle Symphony with the Seattle 7:30pm Seattle Repertory Symphony 7:30pm 8pm Just a Kiss Away! Jazz Orchestra: Brubeck & 7:30pm Live @ Seattle Arts & Lisa Fischer & Grand Desmond: Inseparable Benaroya Hall: Lectures: Colson Baton with the Seattle 8pm Just a Kiss Away! Lisa Benjamin Clementine Whitehead Symphony Fischer & Grand Baton with the Seattle Symphony 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 2pm Just a Kiss Away! 7:30pm 3:30pm 8pm 11am Lisa Fischer & Grand Live @ Benaroya Hall: Friends Open Vivaldi Gloria Family Concerts: Baton with the Seattle Jake Shimabukuro Rehearsal* The Story of Babar Symphony 7pm Byron Schenkman & 8pm Friends — Handel: From the War of Love Vivaldi Gloria 7:30pm Live @ Benaroya Hall: Fran Lebowitz 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2pm National 7:30pm 7:30pm 12pm ■ MARCH 8pm 7:30pm Geographic Live — National Geographic National Geographic Seattle City Hall 7pm Live @ Benaroya Hall: Seattle Classic Guitar Between River & Rim: Live — Between River Live — Between River Community Concert Haller Lake Lúnasa Society: Xuefei Yang Hiking the Grand Canyon & Rim: Hiking the & Rim: Hiking the 7:30pm Community Concert 2:30pm Grand Canyon Grand Canyon Live @ Benaroya Hall: 8pm Rachel Barton Pine The Wailin’ Jennys 7:30pm Schubert Unfinished 8pm Live @ Benaroya Schubert Unfinished Symphony Hall: Carla Bruni 25 26 27 28 Symphony 1 2 3 2pm 7:30pm 7pm 12pm 8pm Schubert Unfinished Seattle Arts & Friends Open Haydn & Schubert Live @ Benaroya Hall: Symphony Lectures: Daniel Pink Rehearsal* Celebrating David 7:30pm Bowie Ensign Symphony & Chorus presents Hold On 4 5 6 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC7 LIVE 8 9 10 2pm 7:30pm 7:30pm 7:30pm 7pm 7:30pm National Geographic National Geographic National Geographic Carmina burana De Falla Untuxed Seattle Baroque Live — A Wild Life Live — A Wild Life Live — A Wild Life Orchestra: The Fairy 7:30pm Queen Northwest Sinfonietta presents Inspirations 8pm from the Past Carmina burana 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 2pm Carmina burana 7:30pm 7:30pm 8pm 2pm Joseph Adam in Sibelius Symphony Showtunes Theatre Showtunes Theatre 7pm Byron Recital No. 2 Company: The Boys Company: The Boys Schenkman & From Syracuse From Syracuse Friends — Beethoven: The Kreutzer and 8pm Sibelius Pathetique Sonatas Symphony No. 2 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2pm Sibelius 4pm 3:30pm 7:30pm 12pm 2pm Symphony No. 2 Annual Meeting* Friends Onstage John Luther Adams Beethoven Emperor Seattle Philharmonic 2pm Showtunes Rehearsal* Become Desert Concerto presents The Fifth Theatre Company: The 7:30pm Seattle Arts Evangelist Boys From Syracuse & Lectures: Lippman & Simon 8pm John Luther Adams 8pm Beethoven & Become Desert 25 26 27 28 29 Kancheli 30 31 LEGEND: Seattle Symphony Events Benaroya Hall Events *Donor Events: Call 206.215.4832 for more information La La Land in Concert with the Seattle Symphony (February 13 & 14) by Dale Robinette; 4 SEATTLESYMPHONY.ORG National Geographic Live — A Wild Life (March 11–13) by Bertie Gregory SSO068-Calendar.indd 1 1/24/18 9:44 AM ■ ON THE BEAT Our building is closed for construction, See Who’s Here but our programs are more open than ever. to Hear Town Hall is Inside/Out in a neighborhood near you. March 9, 2018, 7:30pm Roomful of Teeth Photo: James Holt James Photo: The Grammy-winning vocal project returns with a fresh challenge to our conventionally held ideas about chamber music. I used to play violin, about five First Baptist Church: 1111 Harvard Ave years in middle school and high school. I always thought that string Tickets: $20/$15 for members ~ www.townhallseattle.org instruments were really cool and looked fun to play. So I got started in the 5th grade. We had the choice between band and orchestra, and I didn’t want to march, so I chose the violin. And I just started playing again this week! – Italiana A TRANSFORMATION FULL OF SURPRISES. CONNECT WITH US: In 2016, Bayview embarked on an ambitious remodel of Share your photos using #ListenBoldly and follow @seattlesymphony on Facebook, our world-class, 62+ Life Plan Community located in Queen Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat. Download Anne and now we’re ready to give you a sneak peek! Ask us the Listen Boldly app to easily purchase about our upcoming transformational events for 2018. tickets, skip the Ticket Office lines and receive exclusive offers. Find out more (206) 284-7330 BayviewSeattle.org seattlesymphony.org Bayview • 11 West Aloha St • Seattle, WA 98119 TICKETS: 206.215.4747 A Nonprofit Life Plan Community GIVE: 206.215.4832 encoremediagroup.com/programs 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. SEATTLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ROSTER LUDOVIC MORLOT Thomas Dausgaard, Principal Guest Conductor 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 Mara Gearman PICCOLO HORN HARP Open Position Timothy Hale Zartouhi Dombourian-Eby Jeffrey Fair Valerie Muzzolini Gordon David & Amy Fulton Concertmaster Penelope Crane Robert & Clodagh Ash Piccolo Charles Simonyi Principal Horn Principal Open Position Wes Dyring Mark Robbins Clowes Family Associate Concertmaster Sayaka Kokubo OBOE Associate Principal KEYBOARD Cordula Merks Rachel Swerdlow Mary Lynch Jonathan Karschney Joseph Adam, organ + Assistant Concertmaster Julie Whitton Principal Assistant Principal Simon James Supported by anonymous donors Jenna Breen PERSONNEL MANAGER Second Assistant Concertmaster CELLO Ben Hausmann John Turman Scott Wilson Jennifer Bai Efe Baltacıgil Associate Principal Danielle Kuhlmann Mariel Bailey Marks Family Foundation Principal Cello Chengwen Winnie Lai ASSISTANT PERSONNEL Cecilia Poellein Buss Meeka Quan DiLorenzo Stefan Farkas TRUMPET MANAGER Ayako Gamo Assistant Principal David Gordon Keith Higgins Timothy Garland Nathan Chan ENGLISH HORN The Boeing Company Principal Trumpet Leonid Keylin Eric Han Stefan Farkas Alexander White LIBRARY Mae Lin Bruce Bailey Assistant Principal Patricia Takahashi-Blayney Mikhail Shmidt Roberta Hansen Downey CLARINET Christopher Stingle Principal Librarian Clark Story Walter Gray Benjamin Lulich Michael Myers Robert Olivia John Weller Vivian Gu Mr.