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FEBRUARY 2019 GRAMOPHONE’S ORCHESTRA OF THE YEAR LUDOVIC MORLOT, MUSIC DIRECTOR KINAN AZMEH PREMIERES HIS NEW CLARINET CONCERTO LAWRENCE BROWNLEE & ERIC OWENS IN RECITAL SIR ANDRÁS SCHIFF WITH THE SEATTLE SYMPHONY & IN RECITAL My legacy. My partner. You have dreams. Goals you want to achieve during your lifetime and a legacy you want to leave behind. The Private Bank can help. Our highly specialized and experienced wealth strategists can help you navigate the complexities of estate planning and deliver the customized solutions you need to ensure your wealth is transferred according to your wishes. Take the first step in ensuring the preservation of your wealth for your lifetime and future generations. To learn more, please visit unionbank.com/theprivatebank or contact: Lisa Roberts Managing Director, Private Wealth Management [email protected] 415-705-7159 Wills, trusts, foundations, and wealth planning strategies have legal, tax, accounting, and other implications. Clients should consult a legal or tax advisor. ©2019 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. Untitled-2 1 12/17/18 4:34 PM CONTENTS FEBRUARY 2019 4 / CALENDAR 6 / MEET THE MUSICIANS 8 / THE SYMPHONY 10 / NEWS FEATURES 12 / Say Hello to Octave 9 CONCERTS 15 / February 6 Silkroad Ensemble with Kinan Azmeh 17 / February 8, 9 & 10 E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial in Concert 19 / February 14 & 16 Prokofiev Symphony No. 7 23 / February 17 Lawrence Brownlee & Eric Owens 27 / February 18 Songplay Featuring Joyce DiDonato JOYCE DIDONATO Photo: Pari Dukovic Pari Photo: 29 / February 19 27 Debussy String Quartet 31 / February 22 & 23 Amadeus Live with the Seattle Symphony 33 / February 28 & March 3 Sir András Schiff Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 37 / March 2 LAWRENCE BROWNLEE ERIC OWENS Photo: Shervin LainezPhoto: Sir András Schiff in Recital Photo: Dario Acosta Dario Photo: 23 23 46 / BENAROYA HALL GUIDE 47 / THE LIS(Z)T ON THE COVER: Kinan Azmeh (page 15) with the Seattle Symphony by Brandon Patoc COVER DESIGN: Kate Hourihan EDITOR: Heidi Staub © 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. encoremediagroup.com/programs 3 PERFORMANCE SPACE: LOOKING AHEAD: ON THE DIAL: Tune in to Classical ■ S. MARK TAPER FOUNDATION AUDITORIUM KING FM 98.1 every Wednesday at 8pm ■ ILLSLEY BALL NORDSTROM RECITAL HALL for a Seattle Symphony spotlight and MARCH ■ OCTAVE 9: RAISBECK MUSIC CENTER the first Friday of every month at 9pm ■ SAMUEL & ALTHEA STROUM GRAND LOBBY for concert broadcasts. AT BENAROYA HALL ■ SYMPHONY EVENTS AWAY FROM THE HALL SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 7:30pm 1 8pm 2 There is Sunshine in Sir András Schiff My Soul Today in Recital ENSIGN SYMPHONY & SEATTLE SYMPHONY CHORUS 7:30pm Side-by-Side with Ballard High School Orchestra SEATTLE SYMPHONY 8pm Soundbites SEATTLE SYMPHONY 11am 3 4 7:30pm 5 6:30pm 6 5pm 7 5:30pm 8 10am–4pm 9 Octave 9 Ribbon Dean Baquet & International Octave 9 First The Symphony: Octave 9 Family Cutting Marty Baron Women’s Day 2019 Thursday Open Shostakovich Open House SEATTLE SYMPHONY SEATTLE ARTS & BE BOLD SEATTLE House SEATTLE SYMPHONY SEATTLE SYMPHONY LECTURES SEATTLE SYMPHONY 2, 3, 4 & 5pm 8pm 11am Octave 9 Open 7:30pm Joshua Bell Family Concert: The Houses Joshua Bell Mendelssohn Violin Man with the Violin SEATTLE SYMPHONY Mendelssohn Violin Concerto SEATTLE SYMPHONY Concerto SEATTLE SYMPHONY 2pm SEATTLE SYMPHONY 8pm Sir András Schiff Joshua Bell Conducts & Plays Mendelssohn Violin SEATTLE SYMPHONY Concerto SEATTLE SYMPHONY 3pm Ravel, 10 1pm 11 12 3:30pm 13 7:30pm 14 7:30pm 15 8pm 16 Schumann & Mahler Benaroya Hall Tour Friends Onstage Bach Mass in University of Bach Mass in SEATTLE YOUTH SEATTLE SYMPHONY Rehearsal* B minor Washington B minor SYMPHONY SEATTLE SYMPHONY SEATTLE SYMPHONY Community Concert SEATTLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 7:30pm SEATTLE SYMPHONY 6pm Max Raabe & The Brooklyn to Ballard Palast Orchester 8pm SEATTLE SYMPHONY LIVE @ BENAROYA An Evening with 7pm Her Vision | Her HALL Burt Bacharach Voice LIVE @ BENAROYA HALL WOMEN WHO SCORE 7:30pm Samin Nosrat NWAA, KNKX 88.5 FM & THE STRANGER 2pm 17 7:30pm 18 7:30pm 19 7:30pm 20 7:30pm 21 10pm 22 10am & 12pm 23 Bach Mass in Wayne Marshall in Michael Tilson In the Spotlight: Shostakovich [untitled] 2 Sensory Friendly B minor Recital Thomas & San John Harbison Symphony No. 15 SEATTLE SYMPHONY Concert: Springing SEATTLE SYMPHONY SEATTLE SYMPHONY Francisco Symphony SEATTLE SYMPHONY SEATTLE SYMPHONY for the Violins SAN FRANCISCO SEATTLE SYMPHONY 7pm SYMPHONY 5pm Contemporary Mozart Violin Music Marathon Sonatas SEATTLE SYMPHONY BYRON SCHENKMAN & 7:30pm FRIENDS David Russell SEATTLE CLASSIC GUITAR SOCIETY 8pm Shostakovich Symphony No. 15 SEATTLE SYMPHONY 12 & 8am 24 7:30pm 25 7:30pm 26 27 28 7:30pm 29 8pm 30 Contemporary Music Capturing the Capturing the Makana The Glenn Miller Marathon Impossible Impossible LIVE @ BENAROYA Orchestra SEATTLE SYMPHONY NATIONAL NATIONAL HALL SEATTLE SYMPHONY GEOGRAPHIC LIVE GEOGRAPHIC LIVE 2pm Capturing the 8pm Impossible The Glenn Miller NATIONAL Orchestra GEOGRAPHIC LIVE SEATTLE SYMPHONY 2pm 31 The Glenn Miller Orchestra SEATTLE SYMPHONY *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: We’re both originally from Taiwan but we met in Seattle. Right now we have a 2 year old, so when we have a chance to go out, we enjoy going to movies or fine dining. Sometimes we like to sing together. My husband Jack will play the guitar THE (R)EVOLUTION and I’ll sing, but we have very different tastes in music. For me, I like a little bit of everything. I like classical, I like pop OF STEVE JOBS songs. He likes rock music and death metal, so very different. I don’t always understand the lyrics in his music with FEB. 23–MAR. 9 all the screaming and yelling, but he Opera, 2017 Fe Santa For Howard Ken © Photo says it is relaxing. For me, I think classical is relaxing. “TOTALLY USER-FRIENDLY!” West Coast Premiere! – Joyce, left, with Jack, right –The Los Angeles Times In English with English subtitles. This innovative and crowd-pleasing Evenings 7:30 PM Sunday 2:00 PM portrait of Apple’s visionary co-founder dazzles with “visually stunning” (ABQ Featuring the Seattle Opera Chorus Journal) staging and lyrical, cutting-edge and members of Seattle Symphony music mixing traditional and electronic Orchestra. instrumentation. Compelling, funny, and MCCAW HALL CONNECT WITH US: touching, the unique production “does 206.389.7676 what opera does best: giving audiences a Share your photos using #ListenBoldly and SEATTLEOPERA.ORG/STEVEJOBS follow @seattlesymphony on Facebook, glimpse into the inner life of its title 2018/19 SEASON SPONSOR: character” (Marin Independent Journal). LENORE M. HANAUER Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat. Download PRODUCTION SPONSORS: the Listen Boldly app to easily purchase Don’t miss this remarkable example of ARTSFUND, C.E. STUART CHARITABLE TRUST, TAGNEY JONES FAMILY FUND AT tickets, skip the Ticket Office lines and receive theatrical imagination. SEATTLE FOUNDATION exclusive offers. Co-commission with Santa Fe Opera and San Francisco Opera, with support from Cal Performances encoremediagroup.com/programs 5 LUDOVIC MORLOT SEATTLE SYMPHONY MUSIC DIRECTOR French conductor Ludovic Morlot was Chief Conductor of La Monnaie for three years Morlot has been Music (2012–14). During this time he conducted several new Director of the Seattle productions including La Clemenza di Tito, Jenu°fa and Pelléas Symphony since 2011. et Mélisande as well as concert performances in both Brussels During the 2018–2019 and at the Aix-en-Provence Easter Festival. season they will continue in their incredible Trained as a violinist, Morlot studied conducting at the Pierre musical journey, focusing Monteux School (U.S.) with Charles Bruck and Michael Jinbo. particularly on the music He continued his education in London at the Royal Academy of Debussy, and works by of Music and then at the Royal College of Music as recipient composers he influenced of the Norman del Mar Conducting Fellowship. Morlot was or that influenced him. elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music in 2014 in Among others, newly recognition of his significant contribution to music. He is commissioned works this Chair of Orchestral Conducting Studies at the University of season are Caroline Shaw’s Washington School of Music. Photo: Lisa-Marie Mazzucco Lisa-Marie Photo: Piano Concerto and the U.S. premiere of Pascal Dusapin’s At Swim-Two-Birds. The orchestra has many successful recordings on their label which have won three Grammy Awards. 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