SEPTEMBER 2018
LUDOVIC MORLOT, MUSIC DIRECTOR
CELEBRATING LUDOVIC MORLOT’S FAREWELL SEASON
OPENING NIGHT WITH LUDOVIC MORLOT & JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET
MORLOT CONDUCTS BEETHOVEN, DEBUSSY, DALBAVIE, JANÁČEK & RAVEL CONTENTS
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JOIN US TODAY! SEATTLESYMPHONY.ORG/GIVE | 206.215.4733 | [email protected] CONTENTS SEPTEMBER 2018
4 / CALENDAR
6 / MEET THE MUSICIANS
8 / THE SYMPHONY
10 / NEWS
FEATURES 12 / Welcome New Musicians 14 / Berlioz Requiem Released
CONCERTS
15 / September 12 & 13 Distant Worlds: music from Final Fantasy® with the Seattle Symphony 18 / September 15 Opening Night with Ludovic Morlot & Jean-Yves Thibaudet 21 / September 20, 22 & 23 Beethoven Violin Concerto 25 / September 27, 28 & 29 Morlot Conducts Ravel 28 / October 2 & 3 JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET
Photo: Andrew Eccles Andrew Photo: Leslie Odom, Jr. with the 18 Seattle Symphony 38 / GUIDE TO THE SEATTLE SYMPHONY
39 / THE LIS(Z)T
LESLIE ODOM, JR. AUGUSTIN HADELICH Photo: Nathan Johnson Nathan Photo: 28 21 Yang Photo: Suxiao
ON THE COVER: Ludovic Morlot by Lisa-Marie Mazzucco COVER DESIGN: Jessica Forsythe EDITOR: Heidi Staub
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This is our first time hearing the symphony. I play the double bass and my friend Chelsea plays the violin. I want to go to Juilliard. But not for double bass. I want to go as a dancer. I’ve been studying modern dance for about seven years.
– Brielle (right), pictured with Chelsea (left)
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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 Symphony since 2011. Pelléas et Mélisande as well as concert performances in During the 2018–2019 both Brussels and at the Aix-en-Provence Easter Festival. season they will continue in their incredible Trained as a violinist, Morlot studied conducting at the musical journey, focusing Pierre Monteux School (U.S.) with Charles Bruck and particularly on the music Michael Jinbo. He continued his education in London at of Debussy, and works by the Royal Academy of Music and then at the Royal College composers he influenced of Music as recipient of the Norman del Mar Conducting or that influenced him. Fellowship. Morlot was elected a Fellow of the Royal Among others, newly Academy of Music in 2014 in recognition of his significant commissioned works this contribution to music. He is Chair of Orchestral Conducting season are Caroline Shaw’s Studies at the University of Washington School of Music in Photo: Lisa-Marie Mazzucco Lisa-Marie Photo: Piano Concerto and the U.S. Seattle. 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 Penelope Crane OBOE Jenna Breen PERSONNEL MANAGER Noah Geller Wes Dyring Mary Lynch John Turman Scott Wilson Allison Farkas * Danielle Khulmann David & Amy Fulton Concertmaster Principal Sayaka Kokubo ASSISTANT PERSONNEL Open Position, Daniel Stone Ben Hausmann TRUMPET MANAGER Clowes Family Associate Concertmaster Associate Principal Rachel Swerdlow David Gordon Keith Higgins Open Position Julie Whitton Chengwen Winnie Lai Boeing Company Principal Trumpet Assistant Concertmaster Stefan Farkas LIBRARY CELLO Alexander White Simon James Robert Olivia Efe Baltacıgil ENGLISH HORN Assistant Principal Second Assistant Concertmaster Associate Librarian Marks Family Foundation Principal Cello Stefan Farkas Christopher Stingle Jennifer Bai Michael Myers Jeanne Case Meeka Quan DiLorenzo Mariel Bailey CLARINET Librarian Cecilia Poellein Buss Assistant Principal TROMBONE Benjamin Lulich Rachel Swerdlow Timothy Garland Nathan Chan Ko-ichiro Yamamoto Leonid Keylin Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. Smith Principal Assistant Librarian Eric Han Principal Mae Lin Bruce Bailey Clarinet Mikhail Shmidt Roberta Hansen Downey Emil Khudyev David Lawrence Ritt TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Stephen Fissel Clark Story Walter Gray Associate Principal Joseph E. Cook John Weller Vivian Gu Laura DeLuca BASS TROMBONE ARTIST IN ASSOCIATION Jeannie Wells Yablonsky Joy Payton-Stevens Eric Jacobs Arthur Zadinsky David Sabee Stephen Fissel Dale Chihuly E-FLAT CLARINET SECOND VIOLIN BASS TUBA 2018-2019 SEASON Laura DeLuca Elisa Barston Jordan Anderson John DiCesare COMPOSER IN RESIDENCE Principal Mr. & Mrs. Harold H. Heath Principal BASS CLARINET Principal Derek Bermel Supported by Jean E. McTavish String Bass Eric Jacobs HONORARY MEMBER Michael Miropolsky Joseph Kaufman TIMPANI John & Carmen Delo Assistant Principal BASSOON James Benoit Cyril M. Harris † Assistant Principal Second Violin Jonathan Burnstein Seth Krimsky Principal Kathleen Boyer Brendan Fitzgerald * Principal Matthew Decker + Resident Gennady Filimonov Jennifer Godfrey Paul Rafanelli Assistant Principal † In Memoriam Evan Anderson Travis Gore Mike Gamburg ** On Leave Natasha Bazhanov Jonathan Green Dana Jackson * PERCUSSION Brittany Boulding * Temporary Musician for 2018–2019 Michael A. Werner Stephen Bryant FLUTE CONTRABASSOON season Linda Cole Principal Demarre McGill Mike Gamburg Xiao-po Fei Michael Clark Principal Dana Jackson * Artur Girsky Supported by David and Shelley Hovind Matthew Decker Andy Liang HORN Andrew Yeung Jeffrey Barker HARP Associate Principal Jeffrey Fair Valerie Muzzolini Gordon VIOLA Charles Simonyi Principal Horn Judy Washburn Kriewall Principal Susan Gulkis Assadi Zartouhi Dombourian-Eby Mark Robbins Supported by Eliza and Brian Shelden PONCHO Principal Viola Associate Principal PICCOLO Arie Schächter Jonathan Karschney KEYBOARD Zartouhi Dombourian-Eby Assistant Principal Assistant Principal Joseph Adam Robert & Clodagh Ash Piccolo Mara Gearman Organ + Timothy Hale
6 SEATTLESYMPHONY.ORG ■ MEET THE MUSICIANS John DiCesare Principal Tuba Photo: James Holt James Photo: Efe Baltacıgil, Nathan Chan and John DiCesare together at the golf course.
When he’s not walking in Magnuson park with his wife, Mandy, and dog, Bentley, John DiCesare loves to escape to the golf course with his colleagues from the orchestra: Principal Cello Efe Baltacıgil and Nathan Chan.
“We meet a lot of interesting people playing golf,” John says. “I met this guy, recently, who had never been to the orchestra.” John invited him to a performance of Sibelius’ Kullervo in June. “I told him to listen for the choir, listen for the different instruments and to read the story behind the piece.”
Following the concert, John rushed out to the lobby to meet him, nervous to hear his reaction. “He absolutely loved it. He couldn’t stop smiling,” grins John. “I think people want to like the music. And they do like it, if they give themselves the chance.”
John’s introduction to classical music came in high school when he discovered a recording of Yo-Yo Ma performing J.S. Bach’s Cello Suites. “And, secondarily, John Williams. He’s an absolute hero of mine and I grew up loving his music.” He adds, “My favorite musical experience by far, ever, was performing with John Williams conducting last year.”
But his greatest heroes, he says, are his parents. “They’re not musicians. My dad worked in a steel mill and my mom is a banker. They’ve worked very hard their whole life. But they always supported me. They could tell that I was serious about music, that I was very driven, and I can’t thank them enough.”
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In the 2018–2019 season, the Seattle Symphony’s Simple Gifts work focuses on veterans that are experiencing homelessness. One of our partners that serves this population is Compass Housing Alliance, who the Seattle Symphony began working with in 2013. Military veterans experience post-traumatic stress, injury and other unique challenges as they return from duty and reintegrate into society. Compass Housing Alliance offers a variety of programs and housing that meet the specific needs of military veterans and their families so that the men and women who served our country are not forgotten.
Compass Housing Alliance is one of the 21 partners in the Seattle Symphony’s Simple Gifts initiative which brings the healing power of music to those who have previously or are currently experiencing homelessness.
“…absolutely loved the concert.” – Resident, Renton Veterans Center, Compass Housing Alliance Photo: James Holt James Photo:
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Noah Geller joins the orchestra this month. He is an incredible musician and and musician incredible an is He month. this orchestra the joins Geller Noah
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Three new musicians join Music Photo: ToddRosenberg Director Ludovic Morlot and the Seattle Symphony this fall
By Andrew Stiefel Noah Geller Music Director Ludovic Morlot and instrument, and I picked the violin. I’m sure from the 19th century when there was no the Seattle Symphony welcome I was drawn to it by the sound of some conductor — orchestras relied on the first three musicians to the orchestra this recordings we heard, but I can’t remember violin to lead. The modern concertmaster’s fall, including David & Amy Fulton what exactly I was thinking when I was role is, in my opinion, about being an artistic Concertmaster Noah Geller, Principal that young. leader in the orchestra. Timpani James Benoit and Section Viola Daniel Stone. When did you know that you wanted to be I feel that if I am always fully invested in a professional musician? the music and playing with commitment Learn more about them below and look It took me a long time to fall in love with the and energy, then this will be contagious for them in the orchestra starting violin. My young years were spent playing and the whole string section and orchestra this month! baseball or spending time with friends, can feed off of it and express themselves actively trying to avoid practicing. But once more. As musicians, we are responsible for I started exploring the music and realizing communicating the music to the audience. that I had an affinity for the violin, I became For me this is the most important thing, and very focused. This happened around age if there is communication, then concerts can NOAH GELLER 14. It helped that I was spending summers be a beautiful experience. David & Amy Fulton Concertmaster at music camps. Being in a community of When you’re not playing violin, what is Noah Geller comes to the Seattle musicians was very inspiring to me. your favorite thing to do? Symphony from the Kansas City Symphony What do you love most about playing with I enjoy spending time with my wife, where he was Concertmaster. an orchestra? percussionist Mari Yoshinaga, and dog, He previously held posts in The I love the music and the camaraderie. Monkey. I’m an avid baseball fan and I love Philadelphia Orchestra as a first violin I never get tired of playing the great works going to games. I don’t follow a particular section member and later as Acting in the repertoire, and there is no way that team, but every time I move to a new city, Assistant Concertmaster. I will be able to play it all in my lifetime, so they win the World Series. When I moved to He has performed with chamber music it’s a constant journey and learning process Philadelphia, the Phillies won in 2008. And festivals around the country, including the that always keeps you on your toes. when I moved to Kansas City, the Royals Marlboro Music Festival, Orpheus Chamber won in 2015. So maybe the Mariners will win Furthermore, there are so many great Orchestra, Tanglewood Music Center and 2018 or 2019? I’ll be cheering for them! players with you on stage — it is great here in Washington at the Olympic Music fun to try to make it into a big chamber Now that we’re in Seattle, I can’t wait to Festival in Port Townsend. music group and draw inspiration from explore the great hikes surrounding the your colleagues. city. And, even though it’s cold, I love going What originally drew you to the violin? for impromptu swims in mountain lakes. I How did you get started playing? For those who might not be familiar I began playing when I was 5 years old. My really look forward to joining the fantastic with the title, what is the role of a father was a professional singer, so music Seattle Symphony family and to getting concertmaster? was in the house when I was growing up. started performing! Historically, the term concertmaster comes My parents let me choose to study any
12 SEATTLESYMPHONY.ORG JAMES BENOIT Principal Timpani Prior to joining the Seattle Symphony, James Benoit was the Associate Principal Percussionist and Assistant Principal Timpanist of the Fort Worth Symphony. He has performed with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Boston Pops, Malaysian Philharmonic, Sarasota Orchestra, New World Symphony and West Virginia Symphony Orchestra and has been on faculty at the University of Pittsburgh and the Luzerne Music Center.
When did you know that you wanted to be a professional musician? I realized I wanted to be a professional musician in eighth or ninth grade. I was studying with two percussionists in upstate New York and had the opportunity to join a fantastic youth orchestra program, the Empire State Youth Orchestra. Being surrounded by such inspiring teachers and peers pushed me to pursue music as far as I could. James Benoit What do you love most about playing with an orchestra? Collaborating with colleagues, particularly during concerts, is what I love most. Even though we spend a lot of time rehearsing, each performance is slightly different and causes all the musicians on stage to react together in unplanned ways. This creates a special energy and excitement that is unique to live orchestral performance.
DANIEL STONE Viola Daniel Stone comes to the Seattle Symphony from Photo: Ettore Causa the Calgary Philharmonic. Prior to performing in Calgary, he studied with Ettore Causa at the Yale School of Music. An active chamber musician, he has also performed at summer festivals, including Aspen, Norfolk, Sarasota and Tanglewood.
Outside music, what are you most Daniel Stone looking forward to doing in Seattle? I got pretty into hiking in the mountains while I was in Calgary, and I'm looking forward to continuing to Through the caring support of our do that in the Cascades. I'm also looking forward to trying out some activities on the water donor family, the Seattle Symphony around Seattle. is able to attract and retain world- What do you love most about playing class musicians like Noah, James with an orchestra? Orchestral writing is often very dense because there and Daniel. Join the community of are so many different instruments, and that means supporters who make our music there's always something new to discover in the work, even in familiar pieces. I also love the feeling possible with your donation today! of the bass drum and timpani rattling the stage during loud moments! seattlesymphony.org/give
encoremediagroup.com/programs 13 A HOMETOWN CONNECTION On a newly released live recording of Berlioz’s Requiem, Music Director Ludovic Morlot returns to his musical roots
Photo: Brandon Patoc Brandon Photo: By Andrew Stiefel Tenor Kenneth Tarver sings from the loft of the Watjen Concert Organ during the live concert recording of Berlioz’s Requiem.
Ludovic Morlot has a deep personal approached the spaces where his music through his recordings of Berlioz and connection to the music of Hector Berlioz. was performed. Written in 1837, the knew immediately that I wanted to feature Requiem was commissioned for a national him,” remarks Morlot. “Kenneth’s voice Morlot grew up in Lyon, France, not far event at the Church of the Invalides, is very direct, a pure voice, mixed with from La Côte-Saint-André, the French one of the largest cathedrals in Paris. By incredible warmth.” composer’s native village. Over the years, placing four brass choirs around the room Morlot developed an appreciation for the Exclusive to the digital release is a bonus — and gathering his expanded chorus and composer’s revolutionary approach to track featuring Tarver in Berlioz’s rarely orchestra in the front — Berlioz creates a music, eventually studying with the late recorded La mort d’Orphée, composed directional, “surround-sound” effect that Sir Colin Davis, known for his thrilling and ten years earlier in 1827. The cantata pulls the listener inside the music. expert interpretations of Berlioz’s music. was Berlioz’s first attempt to win the “From my very early days as a musician, Surprisingly, Berlioz’s approach is much Prix de Rome, which awarded French Berlioz was an important voice for me,” more intimate than such an impressive artists a residency in the Italian capitol. recalls Morlot. assembly might suggest. In Morlot’s Although the submission was a disaster interpretation, recreating the original for Berlioz’s ambitions — the musicians Now, on a new release from Seattle positioning of the brass choirs in Benaroya fell apart during the performance for Symphony Media, Morlot pays tribute Hall, the grandiose elements of the the jury — later performances revealed to his countryman with a live concert music beautifully set up Berlioz’s more the ingenuity of the music. La mort recording of Berlioz’s powerful and deeply introverted and reflective moments, the d’Orphée is quintessentially Berlioz, filled spiritual Grande messe des morts, or tension propelling the music forward. with unexpected rhythmic ruptures and Requiem. Scored for a staggering array of imaginative harmonies that brilliantly forces, the Symphony’s performances at In an interesting twist, the climax of the evoke Orpheus’ lament and death from Benaroya Hall in November 2017 included Requiem is not the thunderous entrance the Greek tragedy. an expanded orchestra with 109 members of the timpani and brass choirs in the and a chorus of more than 190 members, second movement, Dies irae: Prose— Purchase your copy today at Symphonica, featuring the combined voices of the Tuba mirum. Instead, Berlioz stretches the The Symphony Store, at Benaroya Hall. Seattle Symphony Chorale, Seattle Pro tension until we arrive at the quiet beauty Digital downloads and CDs are available Musica and Vocalpoint! Seattle. of the Sanctus near the end of the work. through all major online music retailers At the height of the work, tenor Kenneth and streaming services, including Apple “Berlioz’s orchestrations and harmonic Tarver makes his entrance from above Music, Spotify and Amazon. language fascinate me,” remarks Morlot. the orchestra, his voice floating across “His voice was revolutionary and he broke The performances of Berlioz’s Requiem were Benaroya Hall. generously underwritten by Rebecca and with all the rules of the conservatory.” Barney* Ebsworth, in memory of Muriel Mueller Tarver received two Grammy Awards Some of Berlioz’s most inventive and presented as part of the Delta Air Lines for his performances on a recording of approaches to music, however, went Masterworks Season. Berlioz’s opera, Les Troyens, under Sir beyond orchestration and into how he * In Memoriam Colin Davis. “I actually discovered Kenneth 14 SEATTLESYMPHONY.ORG 9/12–13 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2018, AT 7:30PM ARNIE ROTH THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2018, AT 7:30PM Conductor
Conductor Arnie Roth is a Grammy Award- DISTANT WORLDS: winning artist well known in the world of MUSIC FROM FINAL video game music for ® his work with legendary FANTASY WITH THE composer Nobuo Uematsu and SQUARE Photo: Mark Hauser Mark Photo: SEATTLE SYMPHONY ENIX LTD as Music SPECIAL PERFORMANCES Director, Producer and Conductor of Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASY, Dear Friends: music from FINAL Arnie Roth, conductor FANTASY, and VOICES: music from FINAL Nobuo Uematsu, composer FANTASY. He was chosen to conduct a Sarah Mattox, mezzo-soprano series of symphonic concerts based on the music themes of various videogame Zach Finkelstein, tenor series in Cologne with WDR Elijah Blaisdell, baritone Rundfunkorchester Köln, including Michael Nicolella, guitar Symphonic Fantasies, Symphonic Shades and Symphonic Odysseys. Roth is equally John Coons, narrator at home in the areas of film and Seattle Pro Musica composition and was the winner of the Seattle Symphony Best Score Award at the 2003 DVD Premier Awards and nominated for an Program will be announced from the stage and is approximately two hours Emmy for his original song “Shine” from including one 20-minute intermission. the Mattel movie Barbie in The Twelve Dancing Princesses. Roth has produced dozens of bestselling CDs on such labels as American Gramaphone, JVC, Mattel, Please turn off all electronic devices and refrain from taking photos or video. Warner Bros., Sony, Koch, Razor & Tie, Performance ©2018 Seattle Symphony. Copying of any performance by camera, audio or video recording equipment, and any other use of such copying devices during a performance is prohibited. AWR Records, and SQUARE ENIX.
As we have traveled the globe with Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASY, we’ve hit so many important milestones, performed so many historic concerts, and met so many amazing FINAL FANTASY fans! Celebrating the 30th anniversary of FINAL FANTASY — and the 10th anniversary of Distant Worlds — was truly exhilarating. Tonight, I’m especially excited to share many new scores with you, including a North American premiere.
As we look ahead, I am filled with gratitude for the overwhelming support we have received from the FINAL FANTASY community, both here in Seattle and worldwide. I want to recognize the invaluable contributions of Nobuo Uematsu and all of the FINAL FANTASY composers.
With the help and support of our good friends at SQEX and our dear friend and colleague, Nobuo Uematsu, we look forward to developing more exciting new scores for the concert stage from the never-ending FINAL FANTASY music library. Our journey begins anew…
– Arnie Roth
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Northwest native mezzo- Baritone Elijah Blaisdell Actor/Singer John soprano Sarah Mattox is performs with Coons has performed a First Prize Winner of ensembles across the locally with The 5th the Belle Voci National country as both a soloist Avenue Theatre, Village Competition. Praised for and chorister. An early Theatre, ACT Theatre, her “honeyish mezzo,” and new music ArtsWest, Book It “with sensitive singing, a specialist, his most Repertory, ReAct warm, expressive voice, recent credits include Theatre and The 14/48 Photo: Michael Mahoney, Hat Head Studios Head Hat Mahoney, Michael Photo: Moore Michelle Photo: Vo Photo: Milleigh and clear diction,” the Adams Fellowship Projects, with highlights Mattox impresses audiences with her with The Carmel Bach Festival, featured including Oswald in Ghosts (ArtsWest), “winning dramatic flair” and “great comic soloist with Grammy Award-winning Zangara in Assassins (ACT/5th Avenue timing.” 2010 marked her fourth appearance ensemble The Crossing on their newly Theatre), and Pirelli in Sweeney Todd as a concert soloist at Carnegie Hall. Also a released album Zealot Canticles, St. (Eugene Opera). As a soloist, Coons has composer, Mattox was a 2014 John Duffy Matthew Passion with Bach Society of St. performed with the Seattle Opera, Seattle Composers Institute Fellow for her chamber Louis, Coffee Cantata and Dido and Symphony, Boston Pops, Pittsburgh opera, Heart Mountain. Her chamber music Aeneas with Madison Bach Musicians. Symphony, Atlanta Symphony and sang the group, TangleTown Trio, specializes in new Blaisdell also performs as a chorister and national anthem for the Red Sox. In addition music. Its first album, Song Nouveau, soloist with the Santa Fe Desert Chorale, to singing with popular artists Ben Folds, features Mattox’s award-winning song cycle, Grammy-nominated ensemble True Amanda Palmer and Foreigner, his original Rumpelstiltskin and the Falcon King, which Concord and the Grammy Award-winning one-man musical, Six Months for Six Weeks, has been called “entertaining, exuberant,” Seraphic Fire. Blaisdell holds a Master of toured on both coasts and was released as and “just incredible,” and praised for a Music in Vocal Performance from New a web series, dubbed “funny and “natural sense of phrasing and flow.” England Conservatory and, after years of audacious” by City Arts magazine. training and performing on the East Coast, is now based in Seattle.
ZACH FINKELSTEIN MICHAEL NICOLELLA KAREN P. THOMAS Tenor Guitar Seattle Pro Musica Artistic Director & Conductor Hailed by The New York Michael Nicolella is Times as a “compelling recognized as one of Karen P. Thomas has tenor,” American- America’s most conducted at Canadian Zach innovative classical international festivals in Finkelstein has quickly guitarists. Classical Europe and North established himself as a Guitar magazine has America, including the leading soloist in North referred to him as “one Berkshire International America and abroad, of the contemporary and Bergen Photo: Dan Abramovici Dan Photo: from Seattle’s Benaroya guitar’s most gifted International. She has Photo courtesy of Karen P. Thomas P. courtesyPhoto of Karen Hall to New York’s Lincoln Center to stars,” while the Washington Post stated received awards from London’s Sadler’s Wells to the National Arts “Since the passing of Andres Segovia the the NEA, American Academy and Institute, Center in Beijing, China. Finkelstein’s debut guitar world has needed an advocate... and ASCAP, among others. Named album, Britten and Pears: the Canticles, perhaps Michael Nicolella is that person.” Washington State Outstanding Choral featuring acclaimed recitalist Byron His latest album of his guitar arrangement Director, she has been lauded for her Schenkman, singers Vicki St. Pierre and of the Complete Bach Cello Suites was “charismatic... magnetic podium presence.” Alexander Hajek, and Seattle Symphony called “a monumental achievement” by A prize-winning composer, her works are principals Jeffrey Fair (horn) and Valerie Soundboard magazine, while his previous performed internationally by groups such as Muzzolini Gordon (harp) was launched three critically acclaimed recordings The Hilliard Ensemble and have been October 1, 2017 on Scribe Records. A focused on contemporary music. Nicoletta praised as “superb work of the utmost Tanglewood and Carmel Bach Festival has performed throughout North America, sensitivity and beauty.” alumnus, the Seattle-based tenor holds an Europe and Japan, and is a frequent Artist Diploma from the Royal Conservatory performer with the Seattle Symphony. of Music’s Glenn Gould School in Toronto He is a graduate of Yale University and is and Bachelor of Arts from McGill University on the faculty of Cornish College of the in Montreal. Arts in Seattle.
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MODEST MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition 35’ /orch. Maurice Ravel Introduction: Promenade Gnomus—Promenade The Old Castle—Promenade Tuileries Bydło—Promenade Ballet of Chicks in their Shells Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuÿle The Market Place at Limoges— Catacombæ (Sepulcrum romanum)— Cum mortuis in lingua mortua The Hut on Hen’s Legs (Baba-Yaga)— The Great Gate of Kiev INTERMISSION ARAM KHACHATURIAN Sabre Dance from Gayane 2’
ARAM KHACHATURIAN Piano Concerto 33’ Allegro maestoso We proudly support Andante con anima Allegro brillante the 2018 – 2019 season JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET, PIANO with the
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Enormously gifted and innovative in a country road while its driver sings a his harmonies and translation of the Russian folk song; Ballet of the Chicks sounds of the Russian language into the in their Shells is the shortest and most vocabulary of music, Modest Mussorgsky jocular of the set with pianistic squawks (1839–81) was undone by his rampant from the newly hatched chick that life alcohol consumption. His spiky, abrasive may have been better back in the shell; harmonies — the stuff of incipient Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuÿle modernism — puzzled even his staunchest evokes the animated argument between supporters, including Rimsky-Korsakov two Polish Jews, the one wealthy, the who smoothed out Mussorgsky’s gritty other impoverished; more arguing is harmonic colorations in completing his heard in The Market Place at Limoges, compatriot’s magnum opus, the opera this time from bickering women who Boris Godunov. raise the temperature and vehemence considerably; in start contrast, Catacombæ The inspiration for Pictures at an is aptly funereal and eerily strange yet Exhibition derived from a showing in noble; The Hut on Hen’s Legs (Baba-Yaga) 1874 of drawings and watercolors by the limns a portrait of the ferocious fairytale composer’s friend, Viktor Alexandrovitch witch, Baba-Yaga, who wreaks havoc and Hartmann, who had died the previous travels about on a hut that stands on huge year at age 39. The composer dedicated fowl-like legs; and finally, The Great Gate the piano suite to Vladimir Stassov, the of Kiev, a majestic and virtuosic conclusion noted Russian critic who was a friend to to Mussorgsky’s colorful suite that recalls both Hartmann and Mussorgsky; the score the splendor and pageantry of the was not published until after Mussorgsky’s Coronation Scene from Boris Godunov. death in 1881. The best-known works by Russian- In 1922, long after Mussorgsky’s death, Armenian composer Aram Khachaturian Maurice Ravel undertook the task of (1903–78) are the ballet Gayane (1942) and orchestrating Pictures at an Exhibition Piano Concerto (1936). For much of his in which format it has rightly become a career the composer enjoyed fame and concert favorite. Ravel was a luminary in prominence in the Soviet Union, occupying the pantheon of great orchestrators, and important positions within the Union SEATTLE no doubt brought Mussorgsky’s score to of Soviet Composers. Still, he was not people who otherwise might never have immune to the changing and threatening SYMPHONY experienced the power and energy of policies of the government. Along with Pictures. Still, the original version, shorn Prokofiev and Shostakovich he was of its Technicolor hues, commands a loyal Thanks for enriching our censured by Central Committee secretary following among piano aficionados and city every day with your Andrei Zhdanov in 1948 for presumably devotees of Mussorgsky. Though the inspiring performances “formalist” and “anti-people” clamp-down absence of orchestral color may seem a on artistic freedom. Fortunately, within a and educational programs. deficit, the original version captures the year Khachaturian’s status was restored to soulful poetry of Hartmann’s drawings its former glory. more tellingly than Ravel’s brilliant multi- hued sonic canvas. The famous Sabre Dance from Gayane has always been an audience favorite, Ten highly atmospheric episodes, each its irresistible and hypnotic rhythmic élan relating to a specific Hartmann image, virtually ensuring continued life separated are connected by a frequently recurring from the rest of the ballet. Beyond the — though varied — motto called the concert hall, pop musicians appropriated “Promenade” theme, which conveys the Sabre Dance and spread its renown to the impression of walking through an non-classical audiences. To Khachaturian, exhibition and absorbing each picture its very success “deflected attention from in sequence. his other music,” a situation that recalls the undying popularity of Rachmaninov’s The “pictures” are as follows: Gnomus Prelude in C-sharp minor, which made represents a nutcracker/toy, similar in him cringe. design to Tchaikovsky’s eponymous device in the Nutcracker ballet; The Khachaturian’s Piano Concerto in Old Castle is haunting and mysterious, D-flat major lies within the Romantic-era shrouded in near darkness and played tradition of virtuoso works that recall quietly; by contrast, the Tuileries conveys ever-popular entries from Liszt and the mischievous play of children at the Rachmaninov and a host of lesser lights. famous gardens in Paris; Bydło portrays Yet no one can gainsay the music’s an enormous oxcart rumbling down
encoremediagroup.com/programs 19 JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET PROGRAM NOTES Piano Jean-Yves Thibaudet, considered one of the undeniable professionalism. Laid out in leaps forward with surging power, thereby best pianists in the the traditional three-movement format, fulfilling its virtuosic mindset, imbuing the world, has the rare the opening Allegro maestoso revels in music with soloist-dominated passagework ability to combine rich Armenian folk-inspired tunes and and great bravura. As a unifying device, poetic musical harmonies. A percussive timpani thwack the first movement’s opening theme sensibilities with introduces the opening dynamic theme, reappears in full splendor after a lengthy dazzling technical Photo: Andrew Andrew Eccles Photo: followed by a lyrical tune that infuses the episode for unaccompanied piano, though prowess. He has music with contrast and requisite tension. the piano still occupies the final minutes performed around the world for more than Drawing further from Armenian sources, like the return of a triumphant war hero. 30 years and recorded more than 50 Khachaturian incorporates ostinatos albums, with a depth and natural charisma © 2018 Steven Lowe (rhythmic nuggets of repeated clusters of that have made him one of today’s most notes) that add excitement and urgency. sought-after soloists. Thibaudet has been Rapid scales add unstoppable energy. As nominated for two Grammy Awards and befits a traditional concerto, an extensive won the Schallplattenpreis, the Diapason cadenza leads to the movement’s coda. d’Or, the Choc du Monde de la Musique, The middle movement, Andante con and a Gramophone Award. On the 150th anima, basks in unforced lyricism that anniversary of Erik Satie’s birth, Decca courses through its Armenian theme and released a box set of Satie’s complete solo subsequent variations, initially stated by piano music performed by Thibaudet, the bass clarinet. The work’s exoticism comes foremost interpreter and champion of the via the use of a flexatone (a modern composer’s work. In 2010 he released instrument that employs a sheet of a small Gershwin, featuring big jazz band flexible metal sheet that produces a sound orchestrations of Rhapsody in Blue, akin to both a musical saw and Theremin). variations on “I Got Rhythm,” and Concerto Drama and virtuosity revisit some of the in F live with the Baltimore Symphony. He Allegro brilliante variations. The concluding has also had an impact on the world of fashion, philanthropy and film. His concert wardrobe is by designer Vivienne Westwood, and he was the soloist on the award-winning and critically acclaimed films Atonement and Pride and Prejudice. In 2010 the Hollywood Bowl honored Thibaudet for his musical achievements by Make inducting him into its Hall of Fame. Previously a Chevalier of the Ordre des retirement Arts et des Lettres, Thibaudet was awarded the title Officier by the French delicious. Ministry of Culture in 2012. Thibaudet records exclusively for Decca Records. At Mirabella Seattle, you can enjoy gourmet meals and incredible fresh-baked goods without ever stepping foot outside. Sometimes a night in is even better than a night out.
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The music we hear samples two very BEETHOVEN different kinds of orchestral composition: 20th-century impressionism and Viennese VIOLIN CONCERTO classicism. The former style is represented by its original practitioner, the French composer Claude Debussy, and by his HONORING THE LEGACY OF BUSTER & NANCY ALVORD Czech colleague Leoš Janáček. But while roughly contemporaneous and equally endowed with vivid instrumental colors and Ludovic Morlot, conductor allusive harmonies, the tone poems and Augustin Hadelich, violin concert suite that compose the first half of Seattle Symphony our concert are also quite distinct from each other. CLAUDE DEBUSSY Gigues and Rondes de printemps 16’ The two parts of Debussy’s Images (“Round Dances of Spring”) from Images that begin the program exemplify the Gallic refinement so characteristic of this LEOŠ JANÁČEK Suite from The Cunning Little Vixen 16’ composer. Even at its most energetic, /arr. Václav Talich Andante—Allegro—Presto—Andante Debussy’s orchestral writing is always /revised Václav Smetáček Andante—Moderato—Allegro urbane, with delicate textures and INTERMISSION iridescent aural colors. By contrast, the music of Janáček’s opera The Cunning LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61 42’ Little Vixen is earthy, as befits its untamed Allegro, ma non troppo forest-dwelling title character. Larghetto— Rondo: Allegro More different yet is Beethoven’s AUGUSTIN HADELICH, VIOLIN magisterial Violin Concerto. No allusions to woodland landscapes or anything else here. Rather, this work’s melodic ideas and other details are self-sufficient, and beautiful, in themselves.
Pre-concert Talk one hour prior to performance. This season we will explore the Speaker: Claudia Jensen, Affiliate Instructor at the University of Washington's Slavic music of Debussy alongside music by Languages Department the composers he influenced, or who influenced him. We begin our Debussy Augustin Hadelich's performance is generously underwritten by Dale and Leslie Chihuly focus this week with two movements from through the Seattle Symphony's Guest Artists Circle. Images, which will give the orchestra an opportunity to display their sense of poetry and color. Janáček's music is similar to Please note that the timings provided for this concert are approximate. Debussy’s in that it captures the energy of Please turn off all electronic devices and refrain from taking photos or video. the composer's native language. The Performance ©2018 Seattle Symphony. Copying of any performance by camera, audio or video recording Cunning Little Vixen is one of my favorite equipment, and any other use of such copying devices during a performance is prohibited. operas, and I am delighted to share this short suite with you.
What a joy to share the stage one more time with Augustin Hadelich in Seattle after his beautiful renditions of the concertos by Dutilleux and Ligeti and more in recent years. I am particularly glad that he agreed to perform the Beethoven concerto, which remains one of my “desert island” pieces.
– Ludovic Morlot
See Ludovic Morlot’s biography on page 6.
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CLAUDE DEBUSSY its provenance is uncertain — is introduced in Moravia, the eastern portion of today’s by oboe d’amore, the alto member of the Czech Republic, Janáček spent most of Gigues and Rondes de printemps oboe family and a somewhat infrequent his career as a provincial organ and choir from Images visitor to the modern orchestra. A second teacher, writing music in his spare time.
BORN: August 22, 1862, at Saint Germaine-en- subject, derived from a north-country Only after turning 60 did he achieve the boatmen’s song called “The Keel Row,” is wonderfully original style of his maturity. He Laye, near Paris announced by the bassoons. then produced four outstanding operas, DIED: March 25, 1918, Paris the powerful Glagolitic Mass and a number WORK COMPOSED: Gigues: 1909–12. Rondes de In Rondes de printemps, Debussy presents of fascinating instrumental works. printemps: 1905–09 his own country through two French folk The Cunning Little WORLD PREMIERE: Gigues: January 26, 1913, in songs. Yet the music seems less about Janáček’s opera France than about the world of springtime, Vixen had its genesis in “The Adventures Paris; André Caplet conducted the orchestra of with its rush of sensual impulse and of the Vixen Sharp-Ears,” an illustrated Rondes de printemps the Concerts Colonne. : irruption of joy. The title of this piece story that appeared serially in the daily March 2, 1910, in Paris; Debussy conducted an translates literally as “spring rounds,” newspaper of Brno, the Moravian city orchestra assembled for the occasion. with “rounds” indicating dances and/or where the composer lived. Freely adapting games. The composer alludes further to the serial’s plot and characters, Janáček the season and the activities he tried to fashioned a libretto and finished setting it What to Listen For capture in this music by inscribing verses to music early in 1924. Debussy uses several folk melodies from an old folk song as a preface to his to impart national character to what score. In English translation, it reads: “Long It would be difficult to imagine a composer otherwise might seem abstract musical live May! Welcome is May, with its wild better suited to the unlikely task of turning invention. Gigues employs an English banner.” This inscriptions reinforces the an animal story into an opera. Despite his boatmen’s song for this purpose. Early idea that Debussy imagined a May Day late fame, Janáček remained immersed in Rondes de printemps, flutes and oboe festival, with dances and games in the in the life of the Moravian peasants and trade phrases stemming from a French open air. townsfolk among whom he lived. He had, lullaby. Later, clarinets and English horn moreover, an intimate acquaintance with give out the opening phrase of a French Scored for 3 flutes and 2 piccolos (the 3rd the natural world. Janáček had grown up in flute doubles piccolo); 2 oboes, English horn a small village whose surrounding woods folk song, one Debussy quoted in several and oboe d’amore; 3 clarinets and bass of his compositions. clarinet; 3 bassoons and contrabassoon; 4 provided the setting for a boy’s games horns; 4 trumpets; 3 trombones; timpani and and explorations. When his late success percussion; 2 harps; celeste; strings. brought some extra money, he used it to Debussy wrote the three tone poems that buy a cottage bordering a game reserve comprise his orchestral Images between just outside his home town. It was there The Cunning 1905 and 1912. This music forms a musical LEOŠ JANÁČEK that he composed much of travelogue, each panel of the triptych Little Vixen. evoking a particular country. Gigues, the Suite from The Cunning Little Vixen first piece in the set, takes us to England, Janáček threw himself into his subject with BORN: July 3, 1854, in Hukvaldy, Moravia while Rondes de printemps salutes the childlike enthusiasm. He corresponded composer’s homeland. Ibéria, the second DIED: August 12, 1928, in Ostrava, with a naturalist about the habits of foxes of the three pieces, brings a Spanish Czechoslovakia and even undertook a field trip to study fantasy. Consisting of three movements, WORK COMPOSED: 1923–24 (Suite arranged them. Vincenc Sládek, keeper of the game this is the lengthiest part of Images, and is 1937 by Václav Talich) reserve near his house, knew the location of a fox den and took the composer to omitted from our performance. WORLD PREMIERE: Janáček’s opera The see the animals. When they reached it, Cunning Little Vixen Debussy conjures the spirit of each country was produced for the Sládek’s nephew remembered, “Janáček represented in Images largely through first time on November 6, 1924, in Brno. The started fidgeting with excitement until, in the use of folk melodies from each nation. orchestral suite we hear now had its premiere in the end, he frightened the foxes away.” Quotation of folk music is, of course, a 1937, in Prague, conducted by Václav Talich frequent resort of composers attempting to In July 1921, just before he started writing convey national character. What is striking The Cunning Little Vixen, Janáček took a holiday in the Tatra Mountains. During about Debussy’s use of the device is the What to Listen For subtlety with which he handles it. Far from While hints of rustling leaves, the trip he wrote: “I would like to sing boldly asserting his folk tunes, as most birdsong and animal cries run the majesty of these mountains, the soft other composers have done, Debussy through this music, so does a very human tepid rain, the chilling ice, the flowers in presents them almost reticently, sometimes musical artifice: dance rhythms. We hear the meadows, the snow fields. The bright giving them out in fragmentary form, often (repeatedly) the pulse of what seems a peaks touching the sky and the ghostly concealing them within complex orchestral Moravian folk dance, a wide-stepping waltz darkness of the forests at night, the love textures and with unusual harmonizations. to harp accompaniment, a polka and more. calls of the songbirds and the shrieks of the raptors. The dreamy silence of noon Gigues, the first tone poem of Debussy’s and the humming tremolo of a Images, employs at least one folk melody No major composer found his mature thousand insects.” to impart a British flavor. The principal voice so late in life as Leoš Janáček. Born theme — which seems a folk tune, though
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Janáček achieved something close to this Beethoven composed his only violin two measures of searching chords that in The Cunning Little Vixen. The opera is, concerto in 1806, evidently at the request precede the cadenza but, rather, in what above all, a paean to nature — and more of a violinist named Franz Clement, follows it. For instead of offering a closing than that, an uncanny communion with who performed it during a concert on paragraph to conclude the movement, as the natural world. It contains a number of December 23 of the same year. Clement we might expect, Beethoven jumps directly interludes and wordless scenes of dance was then one of the most respected into the lively finale. and pantomime, and these form the basis musicians in Vienna, where the composer for the orchestral suite we hear now. now lived, and was by all accounts a This features a jaunty principal theme virtuoso of no mean ability. Indeed, alternating with several contrasting Scored for 4 flutes (the 3rd and 4th flute Beethoven reportedly did not finish episodes. The latter offer a variety of double piccolo); 3 oboes (the 3rd oboe musical references: hunting calls from the doubles English horn); 2 clarinets and bass the piece until just before the concert, clarinet; 2 bassoons and contrabassoon; 4 and Clement, astonishingly, played the orchestral winds; robust double-stops in horns; 3 trumpets; 3 trombones; tuba; timpani solo part without benefit of practice or a the solo part to suggest a gypsy violin; and and percussion; celeste; harp; strings. rehearsal. Violinists who have struggled a minor-key lament in a rather operatic with the work’s more difficult passages are, vein. Even more than Beethoven’s skill in naturally, skeptical about this anecdote, binding these diverse musical ideas into LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN which in any case probably exaggerates a coherent whole, the sheer momentum the truth of the situation. of the music — its feeling of inevitable Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61 progression through each idea and finally In any event, this concerto is neither a to its conclusion — makes this one of the BORN: December 16, 1770, in Bonn virtuoso showpiece nor an occasional most satisfying finales in the DIED: March 26, 1827, in Vienna composition produced quickly to flatter a concerto literature. WORK COMPOSED: 1806 renowned performer. It is, rather, the first of Scored for solo violin; flute; 2 oboes; 2 WORLD PREMIERE: December 23, 1806, in the great 19th-century German concertos clarinets; 2 bassoons; 2 horns; 2 trumpets; Vienna. Franz Clement, for whom Beethoven for the violin. Those that followed it, timpani; strings. had written the piece, was the soloist. the concertos of Mendelssohn, Bruch and Brahms, could scarcely have been © 2018 Paul Schiavo conceived without the precedent of its What to Listen For breadth and the heroic character of its The concerto opens with four notes violin part. sounded quietly by the timpani. This As in his Fifth Symphony, with its famous motif returns in different guises again and four-note “da-da-da DA” motif, Beethoven again throughout the first movement, a builds the concerto’s first movement thread linking its various themes around a signature figure. It consists and sections. of four notes introduced quietly and in even rhythms in the opening moments. Beethoven returns to this motif over and over again during the first movement. The Beethoven violin concerto is a Its unifying influence is important, for work that I’ve played since I was 8 this portion of the concerto unfolds years old. I never grow tired of it, on an expansive scale, as its lengthy regardless of how many times I hear it and orchestral exposition promises. A passage play it. It starts with four fateful notes in the suggesting leisurely improvisation brings timpani, a motif found throughout the the solo instrument to the proceedings, whole piece in different forms, at times and the violin now joins in exploring and portentous, serene, leading, triumphant, developing the melodic ideas that the defiant. I love the simple, perfect, orchestra has already set forth. intimate second movement, one of the In contrast to the extended and most beautiful and transporting moments thematically rich first movement, the in the violin repertoire. While Beethoven’s ensuing Larghetto reveals a simple concerto follows the models of earlier and quite economical premise: a set concerti, it stretches and expands both the of variations on a hymn-like theme first form as well as the range of the instrument intoned by the muted string choir. Over in ways that were revolutionary and each successive statement of this subject extremely challenging for the performers of the soloist spins increasingly ornate the time. In fact, it took many decades for counter-melodies, its line soaring serenely the work to find its place in the mainstream above the orchestra. A feeling of profound violin repertoire. I can’t wait to play this tranquility prevails. Only in approaching wonderful piece with the Seattle the cadenza, the featured performer’s Symphony and Ludovic Morlot! soliloquy, do we encounter a moment of harmonic tension typical of Beethoven. – Augustin Hadelich However, the real surprise is not in the
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Musical America’s 2018 britten Instrumentalist of the Year, Augustin Hadelich has firmly established himself as one of the THE TURN great violinists of today. He has performed with every major orchestra Photo: Suxiao Yang Suxiao Photo: in the U.S., as well as OF THE an ever-growing number of major orchestras in the UK, Europe and the Far East. This October he will make his debut with the Bavarian Radio Orchestra Munich, SCREW one of Europe’s premier orchestras. a ghostly thriller A Grammy Award-winning recording artist, Hadelich’s newest disc — Paganini’s 24 Caprices for Warner Classics — was released in January. Germany’s OCTOBER 13–27 Süddeutsche Zeitung wrote about this recording: “Anyone who masters these pieces so confidently has, so to speak, reached the regions of eternal snow: he has reached the top.” Born in Italy, the son of German parents, Augustin Hadelich’s career took off when he won the Gold Medal at the 2006 International Violin Competition of Indianapolis. He plays the 1723 “Ex-Kiesewetter” Stradivari violin, on loan from Clement and Karen Arrison through the Stradivari Society of Chicago.
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Among the many achievements of MORLOT Ludovic Morlot, now in his final season as Seattle Symphony’s Music Director, CONDUCTS RAVEL his advocacy of French music looms large. Performances and recordings of works by Berlioz, Saint-Saëns, Debussy, HONORING THE LEGACY OF BUSTER & NANCY ALVORD Fauré, Ravel, Messiaen and Dutilleux have been highlights of Maestro Morlot’s tenure with the Symphony. Our concert Ludovic Morlot, conductor extends that impressive body of work. The Steven Osborne, piano music we hear evince the predilection of Seattle Symphony French composers for highly colorful and sensuous orchestral textures, for supple MARC-ANDRÉ DALBAVIE La source d’un regard 16’ rhythms that mirror the cadence of their language and, at times, for Gallic wit. MAURICE RAVEL Piano Concerto in G major 23’ Allegramente Adagio assai We continue our Debussy Presto celebration this week with an early STEVEN OSBORNE, PIANO piece, Printemps, which is very rarely performed. I am looking forward to INTERMISSION exploring Debussy's young voice CLAUDE DEBUSSY Printemps 15’ alongside two mature works by Ravel /orch. Henri Büsser Très modéré wherein the latter displays his genius as Modéré an orchestrator. It will also be a delight to perform Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G MAURICE RAVEL Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2 18’ major with my friend Steven Osborne Lever du jour (“Daybreak”)— after having recorded this work with him Pantomime— and the BBC Scottish Orchestra a few Danse générale (“General Dance”) years ago. After our deep exploration of the music of Dutilleux, which resulted in our Pre-concert Talk one hour prior to performance. Grammy Award-winning recordings of Speaker: Dr. Larry Starr, retired Professor and Chair of American Music Studies at the his orchestral music, I have decided to School of Music, University of Washington turn my focus to the wonderful French composer Marc-André Dalbavie, whose Ask the Artist on Saturday, September 29 in the Samuel & Althea Stroum Grand music combines great invention Lobby following the concert with an absolute mastery of composition technique. Steven Osborne’s performances are generously underwritten by Dana and Ned Laird through the Seattle Symphony’s Guest Artists Circle. – Ludovic Morlot
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MARC-ANDRÉ DALBAVIE Other tones from harp and gong, notes Ravel took pains to distance this work sustained by woodwinds and trills from from the Romantic paradigm of the heroic La source d’un regard woodwinds and brass cause changes in that concerto, stating: “I believe that a concerto BORN: Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, harmonic aura, which lingers even when the can be gay and brilliant without necessarily February 10, 1961 four-note figure no longer sounds. The pace being profound or aiming at dramatic effect.” of events is slow, meditative, until a nervous He added that his concerto “uses certain NOW RESIDES: Saint Cyprien, France repeated-note figure for trumpet initiates an effects borrowed from jazz, but only in WORK COMPOSED: 2007 energetic and dramatic central passage. moderation.” No doubt Ravel’s original plan WORLD PREMIERE: November 8, 2007, in of performing this work in the United States Amsterdam. George Benjamin conducted the The music then returns to quietly sustained influenced his decision to jazz up the music Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. harmonies, though not a reprise of the a bit. opening section. Rather, it is austere chant- like phrases that generate a sensuous The jazz references are especially evident sonic corona. A last swelling of brass sound in the first movement. Still, with its Gallic What to Listen For precedes the deep stillness of the work’s humor and iridescent orchestration, the Although it entails melodic motifs and final moments. movement as a whole is vintage Ravel. even longer melodic lines, this music There follows a leisurely Adagio that begins is more about harmony, aural texture and Scored for 4 flutes; 2 oboes and English horn; with a long meditation for the piano. The instrumental color. Its slow-moving opening 4 clarinets; 2 bassoons and contrabassoon; 4 music’s apparent simplicity, slow pulse, lack and closing sections present sustained horns; 4 trumpets; 3 trombones; tuba; timpani of dynamic contrast and rhythmically regular cloud-like sonorities that evolve gradually, and percussion; harp; strings. chordal accompaniment all bear obvious while a central episode derives its granular resemblance to the famous Gymnopédies of surfaces from rapidly repeating notes and MAURICE RAVEL Erik Satie, a composer Ravel had known and brief melodic figures. Piano Concerto in G major admired. The finale, by contrast, conveys a sense of raucous satire and offers further BORN: Ciboure, southwest France, March 7, 1875 Our concert of music from France begins hints of jazz. DIED: Paris, December 28, 1937 with a piece by Marc-André Dalbavie, a Scored for solo piano; flute and piccolo; oboe WORK COMPOSED: 1929–31 composer still in his prime. But this work and English horn; clarinet and E-flat clarinet; 2 is indebted to an older French composer, WORLD PREMIERE: January 14, 1932, in Paris. bassoons; 2 horns; trumpet; trombone; timpani one of the most original and influential Marguerite Long was the soloist, and the and percussion; harp; strings. musicians of the 20th century. This is Olivier composer conducted the Lamoureux Orchestra. Messiaen (1908–92), whose ideas about CLAUDE DEBUSSY sonority, harmony and instrumental color Printemps have influenced many younger French What to Listen For composers, including Dalbavie. Moreover, Ravel presents contrasting ideas BORN: Saint Germaine-en-Laye, near Paris, the piece we hear, La source d’un regard, in this concerto’s opening minute: August 22, 1862 was conceived as a tribute to Messiaen. a bustling commotion that leads to a DIED: Paris, March 25, 1918 tune, played by trumpet, sounding almost Dalbavie has emerged as one of the WORK COMPOSED: 1887, orchestrated 1912 like circus music; and relaxed passages leading composers of his generation, featuring the piano alternating with material WORLD PREMIERE: April 18, 1913, in Paris. René- especially of orchestral music. He has reminiscent of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Emmanuel Baton conducted the orchestra of the received commissions from the Chicago Blue. The spirit of the circus returns in the Société nationale de musique. Symphony, the Berlin Philharmonic, the finale, where the piano part runs in moto Montreal Symphony and other ensembles, perpetuo figuration nearly from start and he has served as composer-in- to finish. What to Listen For residence with the Cleveland Orchestra, This musical vision of springtime the Minnesota Orchestra and l’Orchestre begins with lush music imparting a de Paris. La source d’un regard was jointly Ravel composed his G-major Piano sensuous dream-like atmosphere. A second commissioned by the Royal Concertgebouw Concerto late in his career, following movement brings hunting calls, dance Orchestra of Amsterdam and the a concert tour of the United States in rhythms and a hint of Wagnerian eroticism Philadelphia Orchestra in observance of 1928. That visit proved so successful that leading to an exultant conclusion. Messiaen’s centenary. the composer immediately began planning for a second one, during which he hoped The composition’s title makes reference to perform a concerto of his own with The first great French composer of the to one of Messiaen’s landmark works, American orchestras. After returning to his modern era, Claude Debussy was strongly Vingt regards sur l’enfant Jésus (“Twenty home, near Paris, Ravel began writing such influenced by visual artists. It is striking Contemplations of the Child Jesus”), a a work toward the end of 1929. But by the that a number of his compositions bear monumental set of pieces for solo piano. time he finished the concerto, in November titles linking them to pictorial art. Among Dalbavie salutes that work at the outset of 1931, he had abandoned plans for a second his piano pieces are two books of Images, La source d’un regard, where a sequence American tour. He therefore presented or “Pictures,” and a group known as of four notes derived from Messiaen’s Vingt the concerto to Marguerite Long, a well- Estampes, meaning “Prints” or “Engravings.” regards sounds repeatedly, each iteration known French pianist, who gave the first Other works allude to specific paintings: leaving a kind of sonic halo in its wake. performance in January 1932. L’isle joyeuse to Antoine Watteau’s
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famous L’embarcation pour Cythère and Daphnis et Chloé is one of the great ballets enterprise. Igor Stravinsky pronounced what La cathédrale engloutie (“The Sunken created in Paris by the Ballets russes, or has become a widely held judgement when Cathedral”) to Monet’s series of paintings of “Russian Ballet,” a troupe of dancers and he stated: “It is not only Ravel’s best work the cathedral at Rouen. theater artists from Saint Petersburg that but one of the most beautiful products in all established itself in the French capital in of French music.” Visual art was an important influence on 1909. The company’s visionary director, Scored for 2 flutes (the 2nd flute doubles Debussy’s music from the beginning of his Serge Diaghilev, made the creation career. In 1887, while living in Italy, he wrote piccolo), piccolo and alto flute; 2 oboes and of new works a priority and set about English horn; 2 clarinets, E-flat clarinet and a tone poem inspired by Sandro Botticelli’s commissioning contributions from some bass clarinet; 3 bassoons and contrabassoon; celebrated painting La Primavera (Spring). of the finest artists of the early modern 4 horns; 4 trumpets; 3 trombones; tuba; timpani Debussy wrote Printemps (also meaning period. Sets were designed by Picasso, and percussion; 2 harps; celeste; strings. Spring) for orchestra and women’s chorus Bakst and Roualt. Fokine, Nijinsky and singing a wordless part. He failed to secure Massine choreographed. Music came from © 2018 Paul Schiavo a performance of the work, and the score Stravinsky, Poulenc, Falla and Maurice subsequently perished in a fire. But an Ravel, who was one of the first composers arrangement the composer had also made Diaghilev sought to engage. for voices and two pianos survived. From STEVEN OSBORNE Piano that, conductor Henri Büsser, working under Diaghilev approached Ravel in 1909 about Debussy’s supervision in 1912, reconstructed writing a score for an adaptation of the “...everything in the the music in a version for orchestra alone. Daphnis and Chloé legend, widely known recital conveyed the in its verse recounting by the third-century sense of thoughtfulness, In a letter written at the time he was Greek poet Longus. The ballet’s scenario without ever seeming composing Printemps, Debussy declared presents a series of stylized tableaux that previous or contrived... “I should like to express the slow ... birth of convey the essentials of the classical story. nothing was done just things in nature, their gradual blossoming, It opens with a scene of shepherds and for effect; this was a and finally the joy of being born into a new maidens gathered in a grove to dance, pianist responding to life.” That sense of blossoming and coming play and offer praise to the nymphs and to Ben Ealovega Photo: alive is especially evident in the first of the Pan, god of the woods and fields. Among some of the greatest work’s two movements. The “joy of new life” them are Daphnis and his beloved, Chloé. piano music [late Beethoven piano sonatas] finds full expression in the more animated Their festivities are interrupted by a band ever written as honestly as he could.” second movement. of brigands who abduct Chloé. In their – The Guardian Scored for 2 flutes (the 2nd flute doubles coastal hideout, the brigands perform a piccolo); 2 oboes (the 2nd oboe doubles fierce warriors’ dance. Chloé is rescued, Steven Osborne is one of Britain’s most English horn); 2 clarinets; 2 bassoons; 4 horns; 2 though, by Pan, whose appearance terrifies notable musicians whose insightful trumpets; 3 trombones; timpani and percussion; her captors. The scene returns to the and idiomatic interpretations of diverse harp; piano 4-hands; strings. grove, where the joyful lovers are reunited. repertoire show an immense musical depth. Daphnis, convinced that Pan has saved His numerous awards include The Royal MAURICE RAVEL Chloé in remembrance of the nymph Syrinx, Philharmonic Society Instrumentalist of the plays a flute while Chloé mimes the story Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2 Year (2013) and two Gramophone Awards. of Pan and Syrinx. The ballet closes with a Osborne has performed in many BORN: Ciboure, southwest France, March 7, 1875 bacchanal, a genre of set-piece at which the prestigious venues including the Ballets russes excelled. DIED: Paris, December 28, 1937 Konzerthaus Vienna, Amsterdam WORK COMPOSED: 1909–1912 Ravel, always a fastidious composer, took Concertgebouw, Philharmonie Berlin, WORLD PREMIERE: The ballet Daphnis et Chloé three years to complete the music. He Suntory Hall Tokyo, Carnegie Hall and the was first performed on June 8, 1912, in Paris. explained that he wanted to conjure up not Wigmore Hall. Pierre Monteux conducted the orchestra of the classical Greece but, rather, “the Greece of This season marks 19 years of his Ballets russes. The concert suite we hear now, my dreams, which is close to that imagined and painted by French artists of the 18th relationship with Hyperion, with 26 releases essentially the second half of the ballet score, century.” In doing so, he created a mythical for the label covering a wide range of had its premiere the next year, also in Paris. atmosphere in which mystery, languid repertoire including Beethoven, Schubert, sensuality, violence and classical poise all Debussy, Stravinsky, Rachmaninov, have place. Those qualities survive in two Messiaen, Britten, Tippett, Crumb and What to Listen For concert suites the composer extracted Feldman. This dream-like music begins with a from the full ballet score. The second suite, gorgeous musical sunrise. Later, a which we hear, consists of three movements Born in Scotland he studied with Richard flute solo provides a reference to Syrinx, Lever du jour played without pause: , or Beauchamp at St. Mary’s Music School in the nymph who was transformed into a “Daybreak;” Pantomime; and the bacchantic Edinburgh and Renna Kellaway at the Royal reed pipe. The mounting excitement of the Danse générale. concluding Danse générale is among the Northern College of Music in Manchester. most openly erotic passages in all of music. Although Diaghilev initially reacted coolly He is a Visiting Professor at the Royal to it, Daphnis et Chloé would prove one Academy of Music and was elected a Fellow of the finest scores to result from his of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in March 2014.
encoremediagroup.com/programs 27 10/2–3 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2018, AT 7:30PM THOMAS W. DOUGLAS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2018, AT 7:30PM Conductor Thomas W. Douglas is a compelling and LESLIE ODOM, JR. passionate conductor who has done more WITH THE than 200 orchestral, musical theater, opera SEATTLE SYMPHONY and oratorio SPECIAL PERFORMANCES productions. He is the Music Director of the Newton Symphony in Kansas and is also Thomas W. Douglas, conductor the Artistic Director of the Bach Choir of Leslie Odom, Jr., vocals Pittsburgh who is regularly receiving Seattle Symphony accolades for innovative, creative and dramatically provocative productions. Career highlights include conducting Program will be announced from the stage and is approximately two hours Webber’s Phantom of the Opera in Basel, including one 20-minute intermission. Switzerland, Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, the Pittsburgh premiere of the classic silent Concert sponsored by Delta Air Lines. film The Passion of Joan of Arc, the rousing Camina Burana Africana, Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte and Don Giovanni. Douglas is the resident musical director
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These concerts with Leslie Odom, Jr. have been a highlight of my conducting career. Leslie and I met at the beginning of his college years, when he was assigned to my vocal studio. We worked together for four years, having had many fond memorable experiences. The invitation to join him in this series of concerts is thrilling. Our first concert together in Des Moines felt like the enthusiasm of the Super Bowl. The variety of the styles of music in this concert is so exciting and I love connecting with each new orchestra. The musical cross-over style of these concerts allows me to merge my love for classical orchestra music with theatrical and pop music. I’ve always longed to find a way to merge my love of Mozart, Motown and Rodgers and Hammerstein. This is it!
– Thomas W. Douglas
28 SEATTLESYMPHONY.ORG LESLIE ODOM, JR. Vocals SEATTLE SYMPHONY Tony and Grammy DONORS Award-winning performer Leslie Odom, Jr. has taken the PRINCIPAL BENEFACTORS Yuka Shimizu entertainment world by The Seattle Symphony acknowledges with gratitude Mel and Leena Sturman storm across a variety the following donors who have made lifetime Atsuhiko and Ina Goodwin Tateuchi Foundation of media — spanning commitments of more than $1 million as of Muriel Van Housen and Tom McQuaid August 3, 2018. Stephen Whyte Broadway, television, Anonymous Photo: Danielle Barnum Danielle Photo: film and music. 4Culture Dr.* and Mrs.* Ellsworth C. Alvord, Jr. PRINCIPAL MUSICIANS CIRCLE Andrew W. Mellon Foundation The following donors have generously underwritten the Best known for his breakout role as Aaron ArtsFund appearances of principal musicians this season. Burr in the Broadway musical Hamilton, ArtsWA Odom, Jr. received a 2015 Drama Desk Beethoven, A Non Profit Corporation/ Sue and Robert Collett Classical KING FM 98.1 David J. and Shelley Hovind Award nomination and won the Tony Alan Benaroya Eliza and Brian Shelden Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his Sherry and Larry Benaroya Anonymous performance. He also won a Grammy The Benaroya Family Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation SYMPHONY MUSICIANS CIRCLE Award as a principal soloist on the original The Boeing Company The following donors have generously sponsored a C.E. Stuart Charitable Fund cast recording. He made his Broadway section musician this season. Charles Simonyi Fund for Arts and Sciences debut in Rent and starred in the stage Leslie and Dale Chihuly Dr. Mark and Laure Carlson Leap of Faith The Clowes Fund, Inc. adaption of . Off-Broadway Stephen Elop and Susan Johannsen Priscilla Bullitt Collins* he appeared in Venice and the original Jan and Brit Etzold Jane* and David R. Davis Andrew and Molly Gabel staging of Hamilton, both at the Public Delta Air Lines Terry Hecker and Dan Savage Estate of Marjorie Edris Theater. He also starred opposite Lin- Nancy Neraas and Michael King Judith A. Fong and Mark Wheeler The Nakajima Family Manuel Miranda and Karen Olivo in a 2014 The Ford Foundation Cookie and Ken Neil City Center Encores! revival of Jonathan Dave and Amy Fulton Melvyn* and Rosalind Poll William and Melinda Gates Larson’s Tick, Tick ... Boom! Dana Reid and Larry Hitchon Lyn and Gerald Grinstein Norm and Elisabeth Sandler/The Sandler Foundation Lenore Hanauer Selena and Steve Wilson David J. and Shelley Hovind Odom, Jr. was most recently seen on the Anonymous big screen starring in Kenneth Branagh’s Illsley Ball Nordstrom Foundation Kreielsheimer Foundation Thank you to Judith A. Fong for providing matching Murder on the Orient Express. Previous The Kresge Foundation funds for this new program. For more information Marks Family Foundation film work includes the 2012 historical about musician sponsorship, please contact Amy Bruce and Jeanne McNae Red Tails Bokanev at 206.336.6623. drama , executive produced by Microsoft Corporation George Lucas and co-starring Terrence Microsoft Matching Gifts Program INDIVIDUALS Howard, Cuba Gooding, Jr. and David M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust National Endowment for the Arts The Seattle Symphony gratefully recognizes the Oyelowo, among others. Nesholm Family Foundation following individuals for their generous Annual Fund The Norcliffe Foundation and Special Event gifts through August 3, 2018. If you On the small screen, Odom, Jr. starred PONCHO have any questions or would like information about James and Sherry Raisbeck supporting the Seattle Symphony, please visit us on the cult-classic musical drama series Estate of Gladys Rubinstein online at seattlesymphony.org/give or contact Donor Smash. He had recurring roles on NBC’s Gladys* and Sam* Rubinstein Relations at 206.215.4832. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit S. Mark Taper Foundation and Jeff and Lara Sanderson Supporters fulfill our mission of bringing people CBS’ Persons of Interest and CSI: Miami Seattle Office of Arts & Culture together and lifting the human spirit through the power and made guest appearances on such Seattle Symphony Foundation of music. Thank you! Seattle Symphony Women’s Association shows as The Good Wife, Gotham and Leonard* and Patricia Shapiro STRADIVARIUS CIRCLE Showtime’s House of Lies. Samuel* and Althea* Stroum Dr. Robert Wallace Platinum ($250,000+) The Wallace Foundation The Benaroya Family 15 In June 2016 Odom, Jr.’s self-titled debut Joan S. Watjen, in memory of Craig M. Watjen Leslie and Dale Chihuly ° 15 Virginia and Bagley* Wright album charted at No. 1 on the Billboard Judith A. Fong and Mark Wheeler 5 Anonymous (5) Jazz chart. 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Mr. and Mrs. George* Zonoff 5 Maria Durham, by MEMORIAL GIFTS Melvyn Poll, by Anonymous (26) Angela Henrick Gifts were made to the Seattle Symphony Friends of Abbott Construction Norm Hollingshead to remember those listed below between Janet Abrams 5 5 years of consecutive giving Gloria Ortiz and Pedro Trujillo August 1, 2017 and August 3, 2018. For Asma Ahmed 10 10 years of consecutive giving Jorge E. Restrepo information on remembering a friend or Ash Family Foundation 15 15 years or more of consecutive giving Nicolle Durham Rey loved one through a memorial gift, please Larry and Sherry Benaroya ∞ Monthly Sustaining Donor contact Donor Relations at 206.215.4832 Maureen and Joel Benoliel Musician Nancy Paige Griffin, by or [email protected]. Lisa Bergman ° Board Member Michael Schick and Katherine Hanson Carolyn Burnett ^ Lifetime Director Nancy Alvord, by Everyone at Cactus Restaurant + Staff Patty Hall, by Dr. Diana Behler Barbara Calvo and Al Benoliel * In Memoriam Michael Hershey Laurel and John Nesholm Dale and Leslie Chihuly Llewelyn G. and Joan Ashby Pritchard Joan and Frank Conlon To our entire donor family, thank you for James Hanson, by Maryann Crissey your support. You make our mission and Jeanette Hanson Dwight Baker, by Sandra and Gary Etlinger music a reality. Madred Slaker Timotha and Charles Freedenberg Jean and Roger Leed, by Sharon Friel Did you see an error? Help us John Burg Rose and Richard Bender, by Marlene and Jon Fuson update our records by contacting Alan Cordova Laurie Griffith [email protected] or Diena Lukawski, by Jane Hargraft and Elly Winer 206.215.4832. Thank you! Russ Mann Bob Bradbury, by David and Sharron Hartman Jane Ann Bradbury Delney and Andrew Hilen Marcia Mason, by LouAnne Shelton Ned and Kristen Lumpkin HONORARIUM GIFTS Kathleen and Eric Ottum Carolee and Tom Mathers Marilyn McManus Gifts to the Seattle Symphony are a Richard M. Campbell, by , by Stewart Miller wonderful way to celebrate a birthday, Reid and Marilyn Morgan Alison Andrews Ilene and Elwood Hertzog Linda Nordberg honor a friend or note an anniversary. Joyce Franich Jack Norman In addition to recognition in the Encore Eugene and Sue John , by Patricia Oye program, your honoree will receive a card Ludovic Morlot Edna Kelso Martine and Dan Drackett William Poll from the Symphony acknowledging your Janet W. Ketcham Jay Hereford and Margaret Winsor Ann Pryde thoughtful gift. Mary Langholz Debra and Gary Larson Pat and Jon Rosen , by Milicent Savage Gifts were made to the Seattle Llewelyn Pritchard Erika Lim Carol and Thomas Olson SRG Partnership, Inc Symphony in recognition of those listed John Marshall Pat and Jon Rosen Carlyn Steiner below between August 1, 2017 and Llewelyn G. and Joan Ashby Pritchard Leena and Mel Sturman August 3, 2018. Please contact Donor Randy Robinson and Jane Hadley Diane and Dennis Warshal Relations at 206.215.4832 or Jon Rosen, by Fred Simons Wyman Youth Trust [email protected] if you Susan and Rich Ahearn Carole Tingstad Barbara and Jonathan Zweig would like to recognize someone in a Brenda Barnes Keridan Cole future edition of Encore. Kathryn G. Cavin, by Steve and Kay Frank James Cavin Frank Powers, by Sally and Kit Narodick Richard Andler and Carole Rush Steve Bryant, by John and Laurel Nesholm Dr. Kennan H. Hollingsworth Elle Simon Charles Crane, by Vivian and Jim Schwab Muriel Martin Isa Nelson Cynthia and Daniel Weiner Ruth Ann and Jim Powers Steve Bush and Christine Chang, by Marcia and Mike Wiviott Shawn Powers Clarius Group Jane Davis, by Clodagh and Robert Ash Seattle Symphony Volunteers Arie Schäcter, by Virginia Senear T.J. Callahan, by Laurel and John Nesholm Elle Simon Nancy Tracy Tim Callahan Llewelyn G. and Joan Ashby Pritchard
Seattle Symphony Horns, by Alex Raines, by Dale and Leslie Chihuly, by Shirley Fleischmann, by Carl de Marcken and Marina Meila Charles Alpers and Ingrid Peterson April and René Ancinas Ellen and Arthur Rubinfeld Brookshire Green Foundation , by Elaine Raines, by Susan Brotman T.E. and Peggy Spencer Ruthe Ginn, by John and Nancy McConnell Cindy Chang Liz Chambers and Jim Johnson Margaret Grubaugh Linda and Randy Ebberson Highland Street Foundation Laurel Kalina Marks Family Foundation Rachel Swerdlow, Walter Gray, Waldo Henning, by Sheila Lukehart Linda and Gerald Nordberg and Paul Rafanelli, by Maria Durham and Viva la Música Club Karen and Randall Nelson Jane and Joel Scott Mark Linsey and Janis Traven William Forsythe Sheri Sharp Linda Stevens Janice and Neill Urano Somrak Jaion Katherine and Douglas Sprugel Barbara and Donald Tober Nancy Knudsen Donald Thulean, by Milicent Savage Carole Wilson Gerard Fischer David Cross, by Anonymous Patricia Takahashi-Blayney, by Feng Hua and Bin Zhao Toshio Uno, by Hubert Locke, by Gary Morse and Ellen Bowman Anthony Uno Thomas Dausgaard, by Llewelyn G. and Joan Ashby Pritchard Donald Thulean, by Matthew Voorsanger Ralph Wedgwood, by Richard Lundquist, by Gerard Fischer Mary and Alan Morgan David Davis, by Jinja Yutzy Lois Timlin, by Carissa Hussong Simon Woods, by Kenneth Martin, by Margaret and Mark Van Gasken Leslie and Dale Chihuly Samantha DeLuna and Jesse Bearden, by Boy Scout Troop 80 Kathleen Trier, by Jennifer Lee Senator and Mrs. Daniel J. Evans Leslie and Dale Chihuly Horizon House Supported Living Jordan Louie Dana and Ned Laird Glen and Ann Hiner Brandon Patoc Laurel and John Nesholm Llewelyn G. and Joan Ashby Pritchard Llewelyn and Jonie Pritchard Francis Szatanek Ralph Wedgewood, by Pat and Jon Rosen Thomas Chatriand and Cindy Gustafson Geoffrey Deschenes and Penny Zaleta Mr. Anthony Uno Horizon House Supported Living Meredith Broderick, by Jane Kippenhan Kathleen Deschenes Kenneth A. Moore Jr., by Renate and David Stage Michael Vargas Anonymous Kathy and Steve Dewalt, by Nancy MacPherson
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The Seattle Symphony is grateful to the following donors who have made commitments of $25,000 or more to DONORS the Endowment Fund since its inception. The following list is current as of August 3, 2018. For information on endowment gifts and naming opportunities in Benaroya Hall, please contact Becky Kowals at 206.215.4852 or [email protected].
ESTATE GIFTS $5 Million + Estate of Edward S. Brignall Frances O. Delaney* We gratefully remember the following The Benaroya Family John and Carmen* Delo individuals for their generosity and Charles Simonyi Fund for Arts and Sciences Estate of Lenore Ward Forbes forethought, and for including the Anonymous Seattle Symphony in their will, trust Estate of George A. Franz or beneficiary designation. These $1,000,000 - $4,999,999 Jean Gardner legacy gifts provide vital support for Estate of Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Gattiker Leslie and Dale Chihuly the Symphony now and for future Anne Gould Hauberg* The Clowes Fund, Inc. generations. (Estate gifts since Richard and Elizabeth Hedreen Priscilla Bullitt Collins* September 1, 2016.) Estate of William K. and Edith A. Holmes Judith A. Fong Estate of Susanne F. Hubbach The Ford Foundation Dr. William and Mrs. Laura Andrews John Graham Foundation Dave and Amy Fulton Barbara and Lucile Calef Mr. and Mrs. Stanley P. Jones Kreielsheimer Foundation Charles Robb Chadwick Estate of Betty L. Kupersmith Marks Family Foundation Phyllis B. Clark John and Cookie* Laughlin Estate of Gladys and Sam Rubinstein Frances L. Condie E. Thomas McFarlan Samuel* and Althea* Stroum Trudel Dean Estate of Alice M. Muench Dr. Robert Wallace Carmen Delo Nesholm Family Foundation Nancy Lee Dickerson Estate of Opal J. Orr $500,000 - $999,999 Sherry Fisher M. C. Pigott Family Jane B. Folkrod Alex Walker III Charitable Lead Trust PONCHO Elizabeth C. Giblin Mrs. John M. Fluke, Sr.* Estate of Mrs. Marietta Priebe Merle P. Griff and Nadine Griff Mack Douglas F. King Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Smith Carol Hahn-Oliver Estate of Ann W. Lawrence Estate of Frankie L. Wakefield Sarah C. Hamilton The Norcliffe Foundation Estate of Marion J. Waller Allan and Nenette Harvey Estate of Mark Charles Paben Washington Mutual Anne Marie Haugen James D. and Sherry L. Raisbeck Foundation Anonymous Susanne F. Hubbach Joan S. Watjen, in memory of Craig M. Watjen Gretchen and Lyman Hull $25,000 - $49,999 E. Marian Lackovich $100,000 - $499,999 Edward and Pam Avedisian Arlyne Loacker Estate of Glenn H. Anderson Estate of Bernice Baker Fred J. Lorenz Andrew W. Mellon Foundation The Boeing Company Olga M. McEwing Bob and Clodagh Ash Estate of Ruth E. Burgess Jean and Peter J. McTavish Drs. Janet P. and George* Beckmann Estate of Barbara and Lucile Calef Dorothy Faye Scholz Alan Benaroya Mrs. Maxwell Carlson Allen E. Senear Estate of C. Keith Birkenfeld Alberta Corkery* Phillip Soth Mrs. Rie Bloomfield* Norma Durst* Dr. Joseph S. Spinola The Boeing Company Estate of Margret L. Dutton Samuel and Althea Stroum C.E. Stuart Charitable Fund Estate of Floreen Eastman Anonymous Sue and Robert Collett Hugh S. Ferguson* Richard* and Bridget Cooley Mrs. Paul Friedlander* Dr. Susan Detweiler and Dr. Alexander Clowes* Adele Golub Mildred King Dunn Patty Hall E. K. and Lillian F. Bishop Foundation Thomas P. Harville Estate of Clairmont L. and Evelyn Egtvedt Harold Heath* Estate of Ruth S. Ellerbeck George Heidorn and Margaret Rothschild* Senator and Mrs. Daniel J. Evans Phyllis and Bob* Henigson Fluke Capital Management Michael and Jeannie Herr Estate of Dr. Eloise R. Giblett Charles E. Higbee, MD* and Donald D. Benedict* Agnes Gund Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Hornbeck Helen* and Max* Gurvich JNC Fund Estate of Mrs. James F. Hodges Sonia Johnson* Estate of Ruth H. Hoffman The Keith and Kathleen Hallman Fund Estate of Virginia Iverson David and Karen Kratter Estate of Peggy Anne Jacobsson Estate of Marlin Dale Lehrman Robert C. Jenkins Estate of Coe and Dorothy Malone Estate of Charlotte M. Malone Estate of Jack W. McCoy Bruce and Jolene McCaw Estate of Robert B. McNett Bruce and Jeanne McNae Estate of Jean and Peter J. McTavish Microsoft Corporation Estate of Shirley Callison Miner National Endowment for the Arts PACCAR Foundation Northwest Foundation Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Purdy Estate of Helen A. Overton Estate of Elizabeth Parke Peach Foundation Sue and Tom Raschella Estate of Elsbeth Pfeiffer Keith and Patricia Riffle Estate of Elizabeth Richards Rita* and Herb* Rosen and the Rosen Family Jon and Judy Runstad Seafirst Bank Estate of Joanne M. Schumacher Security Pacific Bank Weyerhaeuser Company Jerry and Jody Schwarz The William Randolph Hearst Foundations Seattle Symphony Women’s Association Estate of Helen L. Yeakel Patricia Tall-Takacs and Gary Takacs Estate of Victoria Zablocki U S WEST Communications Anonymous (3) Estate of Dr. and Mrs. Wade Volwiler Estate of Marion G. Weinthal $50,000 - $99,999 Estate of Ethel Wood Anonymous (2) Dr.* and Mrs.* Ellsworth C. Alvord, Jr. * In Memoriam Estate of Mrs. Louis Brechemin
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2018 INDIVIDUAL AND FOUNDATION DONORS GOLD CLUB $50K AND UP MARY PIGOTT; PETE AND JULIE ROSE $25,000 - $49,999 CARL AND RENEE BEHNKE; ALLAN E. AND NORA DAVIS; KATHARYN ALVORD GERLICH; PETER HORVITZ; JOHN GRAHAM FOUNDATION; JOSHUA GREEN FOUNDATION; NORCLIFFE FOUNDATION; NORMAN ARCHIBALD CHARITABLE FOUNDATION; MOCCASIN LAKE FOUNDATION; STEPHEN P. AND PAULA R. REYNOLDS; SATTERBERG FOUNDATION; MARY SNAPP AND SPENCER FRAZER; ANONYMOUS (1) CONDUCTOR’S CIRCLE $10,000 - $24,999 JUDI BECK AND TOM A. ALBERG; JIM AND GAYLEE DUNCAN; ELLEN FERGUSON; JON AND MARY SHIRLEY FOUNDATION; GLENN H. KAWASAKI FOUNDATION; DEBBIE KILLINGER; ED KIM AND SUSAN SHIN; THOM AND GWEN KROON; CHARLOTTE LIN AND ROBERT PORTER; SANDY AND CHRIS MCDADE; ALISON AND GLEN MILLIMAN; NEUKOM FAMILY; JUDY PIGOTT; CAROL AND DOUG POWELL; FAYE SARKOWSKY; CARLO AND LALIE SCANDIUZZI; MRS. THEILINE SCHEUMANN; SEQUOIA FOUNDATION; JAMES AND KATHERINE TUNE; LYNN HUBBARD AND DAVID ZAPOLSKY; ANONYMOUS (1) FIRST CHAIR $5,000 - $9,999 CHAP AND EVE ALVORD; BILL AND NANCY BAIN; BEEKS FAMILY LEGACY - FOUNDATION; STEVE BEHNEN AND MARY HORNSBY; MICHAEL AND ANNE BENTLEY; DAVID CORRY; CREELMAN FOUNDATION; BILL AND BECKY CURRY; PETER AND SUSAN DAVIS; KEVIN FOX; WILLIAM FRANKLIN; ROD FUJITA; LYNN AND BRIAN GRANT FAMILY; LENORE HANAUER FOUNDATION; RAY HEACOX AND CYNTHIA HUFFMAN; DAN AND LAURIE IVANOFF; LOEB FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION; DANA AND ROGER LORENZE; BLANCHE AND STEPHEN MAXWELL; DOUGLAS AND JOYCE MCCALLUM; ANTHONY AND ERICA MILES; NESHOLM FAMILY FOUNDATION; HERB AND LUCY PRUZAN; ANN RAMSAY-JENKINS AND THE WILLIAM M. JENKINS FUND; DOYLE AND ALANE SIMONS, GRIDIRON CREEK FOUNDATION; BRAD SMITH AND KATHY SURACE-SMITH; TAGNEY JONES FAMILY FUND’ THE HUGH AND JANE FERGUSON FOUNDATION; TREELINE FOUNDATION; ANN P. WYCKOFF ENCORE $2,500 - $4,999 KIM A. ANDERSON; BOB AND CLODAGH ASH; ANTHONY AND KUMI BARUFFI; JOHN H. BAUER; CARLA AND BRAD BERG; SUSAN BROTMAN; ALAN BRUGGEMAN; SUE AND ARTIE BUERK; LYNN BURGESS; C. KENT AND SANDRA C. CARLSON; CHERYL CLARK AND STEPHAN COONROD; SAYANTANI MUKHERJEE AND MAYUR DESHPANDE; PATRICK AND MARLEEN DINEEN; REBECCA S. ENGRAV AND JOON-HO YU; ROBERT FLEMING; ERIC FREYBERG; RICHARD AND MARILYN HERZBERG; MARI HORITA; DAN AND CONNIE HUNGATE; DAVID JONES AND GRACE LAO; JANET WRIGHT KETCHAM FOUNDATION; CHRIS AND LINDA KOA; KAREN KOON; ALIDA LATHAM; MARIA MACKEY; KAREN AND RICK MCMICHAEL; LIAM LAVERY AND YAZMIN MEHDI; CHARLIE AND ELEANOR NOLAN; DOUGLAS E. & NANCY P. NORBERG; CHUCK NORDHOFF; KATIE O’SULLIVAN; LEIGH AND LOUISE RABEL; FRED RIVERA; STAN AND INGRID SAVAGE; KEITH SCHREIBER AND CLARE KAPITAN; JOHN S. TEUTSCH; RICH WALLIS; WATERBURY PHILANTHROPIC TRUST; GAIL AND BILL WEYERHAEUSER; ANONYMOUS
2018 CORPORATE DONOR LIST $10,000 - $24,999 AMAZON; CENTURYLINK; CLISE PROPERTIES INC.; COLUMBIA BANK; THE COMMERCE BANK OF WASHINGTON*; DAPPER + ASSOCIATES; DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP*; THE DORSEY & WHITNEY FOUNDATION*; GMA RESEARCH CORPORATION; K&L GATES*; KEYBANK; KING COUNTY; MITHUN*; NORDSTROM, INC.; POP*; R.D. MERRILL COMPANY; REALNETWORKS FOUNDATION; SEATTLE OFFICE OF ARTS & CULTURAL AFFAIRS; SWEDISH ; U.S. BANK; UNION BANK $5,000 - $9,999 ALASKAN COPPER & BRASS COMPANY AND ALASKAN COPPER WORKS; BNY MELLON WEALTH MANAGEMENT; CAIRNCROSS & HEMPELMANN, P.S.; ERNST & YOUNG LLP; FOSS MARITIME COMPANY; FOX ROTHSCHILD LLP; FREMONT FOUNDRY EVENTS; GENSLER ARCHITECTS; GETTY IMAGES*; HD FOWLER; HYATT REGENCY SEATTLE, A HEDREEN PROJECT; KING 5 TELEVISION; PUGET SOUND BUSINESS JOURNAL; THE RUINS; SAFECO INSURANCE; SEATTLE BANK *includes employee workplace giving campaigns
$350,000 and up $100,000–$349,999 $75,000–$99,999
HKBAW Hong Kong - Greater China Business Association of Washington ൡϳʨˀൡੋ
$50,000–$74,999 $25,000–$49,999
* Support from Microsoft Corporation, The Boeing Company, Sellen Construction, Starbucks Coffee Company, Perkins Coie, and Stoel Rives LLP includes employee workplace giving campaigns.
DESIGN BY Dapper + Associates encoremediagroup.com/programs 35 MUSICAL LEGACY SOCIETY The Musical Legacy Society celebrates those who have remembered the Seattle Symphony with a future gift through their estate or retirement plan. Legacy donors ensure a vibrant future for the Seattle Symphony, helping the Orchestra sustain its exceptional artistry and its commitment to making live symphonic music accessible to youth and the broader community. To learn more about the Musical Legacy Society, or to let us know you have already included the Symphony in your long-term plans, please contact Director of Major Gifts & Planned Giving Becky Kowals at 206.215.4852 or [email protected]. The following list is current as of August 3, 2018.
Charles M. and Catherine B. Green Lisa Peters and James Hattori I GIVE BECAUSE ... Barbara Clanton Ackerman Dr. Martin L. Greene Stuart N. Plumb John and Andrea Adams James and Darlene Halverson Roger Presley and Peter Aiau and Susan Ormbrek Barbara Hannah Leonard Pezzano Harriet and Dan Alexander Martha W. Hanscom Mrs. Eileen Pratt Pringle Joan P. Algarin Harriet Harburn Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Purdy Kathleen Amberg Ken* and Cathi Hatch John and Suzanne Rahn Richard Andler and Carole Rush Michele and Dan Heidt James and Sherry Raisbeck Ron Armstrong Ralph and Gail Hendrickson Mary C. Ransdell and Keith B. Wong Elma Arndt Deena J. Henkins Dana Reid and Larry Hitchon Bob and Clodagh Ash Charles E. Higbee, MD* J. Stephen and Alice Reid Susan A. Austin Harold and Mary Frances Hill Bernice Mossafer Rind Rosalee Ball Bob Hoelzen and Marlene Botter Richard and Bonnie Robbins Dr. and Mrs. Terrence J. Ball Frank and Katie Holland Bill* and Charlene Roberts The Symphony David W. Barker Dr. Kennan H. Hollingsworth Junius Rochester Donna M. Barnes Chuck* and Pat Holmes Jan Rogers Carol Batchelder David and Shelley Hovind Patricia and Jon Rosen Drs. Janet P. and Richard and Roberta Hyman James T. and Barbara Russell is doing a George* Beckmann Janet Aldrich Jacobs Mary Ann Sage Madeline Beery Jennifer James, MD Thomas H. Schacht Alan Benaroya Robert C. Jenkins Judith Schoenecker and wonderful job Rebecca Benaroya Clyde and Sandra Johnson Christopher L. Myers Donald/Sharon Bidwell Living Trust Dr. Barbara Johnston Linda and Bruce Scott Dona Biermann Norman J. Johnston* and Annie and Leroy Searle Karen Bonnevie L. Jane Hastings Johnston Virginia and Allen* Senear of expanding Bob* and Jane Ann Bradbury Atul R. Kanagat Leonard* and Patricia Shapiro Rosemary and Kent Brauninger Don and Joyce Kindred Jan and Peter Shapiro Sylvia and Steve Burges Dell King John F. and Julia P.* Shaw Dr. Simpson* and Douglas F. King Barbara and Richard Shikiar its connection Dr. Margaret Burke Stephen and Barbara Kratz Seymour Silberstein and Dr. Mark and Laure Carlson Tom Kuebler Julie Grosnick Dr. William and Drs. Kotoku and Sumiko Kurachi Valerie Newman Sils to all of the Mrs. Mary Ann Champion Frances J. Kwapil Evelyn Simpson Sue and Robert Collett M. LaHaise Betty J. Smith Patricia Cooke Ned Laird Jo-Ellen and Gregory Smith Dr. Marshall Corson and Paul Leach and Susan Winokur Katherine K. Sodergren people in Mrs. Lauren Riker Kathleen Leahy Sonia Spear Betsey Curran and Jonathan King Lu Leslan Mary and Gordon Starkebaum Frank and Dolores Dean Marjorie J. Levar Karen J. Stay Robin Dearling and Gary Ackerman Mel Longley and Tanya Diane Stevens King County. Lorraine Del Prado and Wanchena-Longley Victoria Sutter Thomas Donohue Thomas and Virginia Hunt Luce Patricia Tall-Takacs and Gary Takacs John Delo and Elizabeth Stokes Ted and Joan Lundberg Gayle and Jack Thompson They truly offer Dr. Susan Detweiler and Dr. Judsen Marquardt and Art and Louise Torgerson Alexander Clowes* Constance Niva Betty Lou and Irwin* Treiger Fred and Adele Drummond Ian and Cilla Marriott Muriel Van Housen Renee Duprel Doug and Joyce McCallum Sharon Van Valin something Sandra W. Dyer Tom McQuaid Jean Baur Viereck Ann R. Eddy William C. Messecar Dr. Robert Wallace David and Dorothy Fluke Jerry Meyer and Nina Zingale Nicholas A. Walls for every Gerald B. Folland Charles N. Miller Jeffrey Ward and Charles Crain Judith A. Fong Elizabeth J. Miller Judith Warshal and Wade Sowers Jack and Jan Forrest Mrs. Roger N. Miller Douglas Weisfield Russell and Nancy Fosmire Murl G. Barker and Ronald E. Miller James and Janet Weisman musical taste. Jon Fourre Charles Montange and John and Fran Weiss Jim Fox and Rodney Reagor Kathleen Patterson Robert T. Weltzien Ernest and Elizabeth Scott Reid and Marilyn Morgan Dorothy E. Wendler Frankenberg George Muldrow Gerald W. and Elaine* Millard West William E. Franklin Marr and Nancy Mullen Judith A. Whetzel Cynthia L. Gallagher Isa Nelson Selena and Steve Wilson Jane and Richard Gallagher Carolyn Niva Ronald and Carolyn Woodard – Patricia Jean Gardner John and Joyce O'Connell Arlene A. Wright Cheryl and Billy Geffon Gina W. Olson Janet E. Wright Natalie Gendler Miles Olson Rick and Debbie Zajicek Carol B. Goddard Sarah M. Ovens Anonymous (55) Frances M. Golding John Palo Jeffrey Norman Golub Donald and Joyce Paradine Dr. and Mrs. Ulf and Inger Goranson Dick and Joyce Paul WHY DO YOU GIVE? Betty Graham Jane and Allan Paulson * In Memoriam
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36 SEATTLESYMPHONY.ORG CORPORATE & FOUNDATION SUPPORT
The Seattle Symphony gratefully recognizes the following corporations, foundations and united arts funds for their generous outright and in-kind support at the following levels. This list includes donations to the Annual Fund and Event Sponsorships, and is current as of August 3, 2018. Thank you for your support — our donors make it all possible!
$500,000+
Seattle Symphony Foundation
$100,000 – $499,999
Seattle Symphony Volunteers ◊
$50,000 - $99,999 $10,000 - $14,999 League of American Orchestras/ KeyBank Foundation Ford Musicians Award Alaska Airlines Aaron Copland Fund For Music Lagunitas Brewing Company Music 4 Life † Geekwire † The Benaroya Company LAUGH Studios † Muckleshoot Indian Tribe Google Inc. † Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation MG2 Foundation Peg and Rick Young Foundation John Graham Foundation Matching Gifts Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas) RN74 Seattle † KEXP † BNY Mellon Neon Taco † ◊ S. L. Pitts PC Laird Norton Wealth Management Classical KING FM 98.1 O Wines † Silverstein Properties Microsoft Corporation Foster Pepper PLLC RBC Wealth Management ◊ The Westin Hotel, Seattle † Microsoft Matching Gifts Fran’s Chocolates The Ruth and Robert Satter Charitable Trust Nesholm Family Foundation Garvey Schubert Barer † ◊ $3,000 - $4,999 Sun Liquor † Precept Wine ◊ Holland America Line Thompson Seattle † Scan|Design Foundation Lakeside Industries The Capital Grille † by Inger and Jens Bruun Lino Tagliapietra Inc. Clark Nuber Tolo Events † Perkins Coie LLP Dick’s Drive-In ◊ UBS Employee Giving Programs $25,000 - $49,999 Port Blakely Grand Image Art † Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Foundation Bank of America Robert Chinn Foundation Lane Powell PC Wyman Youth Trust Boeing Matching Gifts Program Treeline Foundation Tulalip Tribes Charitable Fund Chihuly Studio † U.S. Bank Foundation Yamaha Classic Pianos ◊ Weill Music Institute † † In-Kind Support DSquared † Wells Fargo Foundation $1,000 - $2,999 ◊ Financial and In-Kind Support Encore Media Group † Anonymous Alfred and Tillie Shemanski Trust Fund J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. Bank of America Foundation Matching Nordstrom $5,000 - $9,999 Gifts Program Seattle Cancer Care Alliance AETNA Casualty and Surety Big Mario’s Pizza † Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation Apex Foundation Butler Valet † Atsuhiko & Ina Goodwin Tateuchi Cadence Winery † $15,000 - $24,999 Foundation DreamBox Learning Citi Community Capital Ebay Chihuly Garden + Glass Creelman Foundation Educational Legacy Fund Clowes Fund, Inc. Davis Wright Tremaine Eli Lilly & Company Foundation Delta Dental of Washington Finlandia Foundation National Firestone Walker Brewing Company † KCTS 9 † Four Seasons Hotel † Fox’s Seattle † Northwest Center GE Foundation Genworth Foundation Peach Foundation Google Matching Gifts Grand Hyatt Hotel New York † Rosanna, Inc. † Heartwood Provisions † Grousemont Foundation Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation Jean K. Lafromboise Foundation Kane Environmental, Inc Virginia Mason Listen for Life Center The Lark Ascends † Kerloo Cellars † Wild Ginger Restaurant †
GOVERNMENT SUPPORT
Important grant funding for the Seattle Symphony is provided by the government agencies listed below. We gratefully acknowledge their support, which helps us to present innovative symphonic programming and to ensure broad access to top-quality concerts and educational opportunities for underserved schools and communities throughout the Puget Sound region. For more information about the Seattle Symphony’s family, school and community programs, visit seattlesymphony.org/families-learning.
encoremediagroup.com/programs 37 SEATTLE SYMPHONY YOUR GUIDE TO THE SEATTLE SYMPHONY SPECIAL EVENTS SPONSORS & SYMPHONICA, THE SYMPHONY STORE: COUGH DROPS: Cough drops are available COMMITTEES Located in The Boeing Company Gallery, Symphonica is from ushers. open weekdays from 11am–2pm and 90 minutes prior to SERVICES FOR PATRONS WITH DISABILITIES: all Seattle Symphony performances through intermission. Special Events provide significant funding each season Benaroya Hall is barrier-free and meets or exceeds all to the Seattle Symphony. We gratefully recognize our PARKING: Prepaid parking may be purchased criteria established by the Americans with Disabilities presenting sponsors and committees who make these online or through the Ticket Office. Act (ADA). Wheelchair locations and seating for those events possible. Individuals who support the events with disabilities are available. Those with oxygen below are included among the Individual Donors COAT CHECK: The complimentary coat check tanks are asked to please switch to continuous listings. Likewise, our corporate and foundation is located in The Boeing Company Gallery. flow. Requests for accommodations should be partners are recognized for their support in the Corporate & Foundation Support listings. For more LATE SEATING: Late-arriving patrons will be seated made when purchasing tickets. For a full range of information about Seattle Symphony events, please accommodations, please visit seattlesymphony.org. at appropriate pauses in the performance, and are visit seattlesymphony.org/give/special-events. invited to listen to and watch performances on a monitor SERVICES FOR HARD-OF-HEARING PATRONS: located in the Samuel & Althea Stroum Grand Lobby. An infrared hearing system is available for patrons OPENING NIGHT GALA, SEPTEMBER 15, 2018 CAMERAS, CELL PHONES & RECORDERS: who are hard of hearing. Headsets are available Honoring Music Director Ludovic Morlot The use of cameras or audio-recording equipment at no charge on a first-come, first-served basis SUPPORTING SPONSORS is strictly prohibited. Patrons are asked to turn off all in The Boeing Company Gallery coat check and JPMorgan Chase & Co. personal electronic devices prior to the performance. at the Head Usher stations in both lobbies. Nordstrom ADMISSION OF CHILDREN: Children under the age of LOST AND FOUND: Please contact the Head CO-CHAIRS 5 will not be admitted to Seattle Symphony performances Usher immediately following the performance or Rosalind Poll except for specific age-appropriate children’s concerts. call Benaroya Hall security at 206.215.4715. Terry Hecker EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBER: Please leave the HOST YOUR EVENT HERE: Excellent dates are COMMITTEE appropriate phone number, listed below, and your exact available for those wishing to plan an event in the S. Mark April Ancinas Hisayo Nakajima seat location (aisle, section, row and seat number) with Taper Foundation Auditorium, the Illsley Ball Nordstrom Sherry Benaroya Paul Rafanelli your sitter or service so we may easily locate you in Recital Hall, the Samuel & Althea Stroum Grand Rosanna Bowles Jon Rosen the event of an emergency: S. Mark Taper Foundation Lobby and the Norcliffe Founders Room. Dr. Susan Detweiler Elizabeth Sandler Auditorium, 206.215.4825; Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Visit seattlesymphony.org/benaroyahall Kathy Fahlman Dewalt Jim Schwab for more information. Hall, 206.215.4776. Parul Houlahan Mel and Leena Sturman Eric Jacobs
HOLIDAY MUSICAL SALUTE, DECEMBER 4, 2018
CO-CHAIRS DINING AT BENAROYA HALL Rebecca Ebsworth Michelle Codd
COMMITTEE LOBBY BAR SERVICE: Food and beverage bars in the Samuel & Althea Stroum Grand Lobby are open 75 minutes prior Hisayo Nakajima Tiffany Moss to Seattle Symphony performances and during intermission. Pre-order at the lobby bars before the performance to avoid Terry Hecker Roberta Downey waiting in line at intermission. Alexander White Ron Koo MUSE, IN THE NORCLIFFE FOUNDERS ROOM AT BENAROYA HALL: Muse blends the elegance of downtown dining with the casual comfort of the nearby Pike Place Market, offering delicious, inventive menus with the best local and TEN GRANDS, MAY 11, 2019 seasonal produce available. Open two hours prior to most Seattle Symphony performances and select non-Symphony Kathy Fahlman Dewalt performances. Reservations are encouraged, but walk-ins are also welcome. To make a reservation, please visit Co-Founder and Executive Director opentable.com or call 206.336.6699. COMMITTEE DAVIDS & CO.: Davids & Co. presents a mashup of barbecue traditions which includes choices like spoon tender pulled Rosanna Bowles Fawn Spady pork, homemade quiche of the day, smoked sliced brisket and other delightful surprises, offering the perfect spot to grab Cheri Brennan Saul Spady a quick weekday lunch or a casual meal before a show. Davids & Co., located in The Boeing Company Gallery, is open Stephen Dewalt Stephanie White weekdays from 11am–2pm and two hours prior to most performances in the S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium. Tom Horsley David Woolley-Wilson Ben Klinger Jessie Woolley-Wilson HONOR COFFEE: High-end espresso, served exceptionally well, in a warm and welcoming environment. Honor Carla Nichols Barbara Wortley Coffee, located in The Boeing Company Gallery, is open weekdays from 6:30am–3:30pm and two hours prior to most Ryan Matthew Porter performances in the S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium. YOUNG PATRON'S COUNCIL DELICATUS: Delicatus is Seattle’s own cross cultural Delicatessen specializing in premium deli sandwiches, salads, specialty meats, artisan cheeses, craft beer and wine. Delicatus @ Benaroya Hall, located on the Second Avenue side of the Hall, is CHAIR Molly Gabel open weekdays from 8am–4pm and two hours prior to most performances in the S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium. COMMITTEE Brittany Boulding Bryan Lung Breeden Tiffany Moss Matthew Brannock Jae Paek Nathan Chan Jason Perkizas CONTACT US Joycelyn Eby Jacob Roy Jackie Ernst Shiva Shafii Megan Francisco Shaina Shepherd Pete Gammell Saul Spady TICKET OFFICE: The Seattle Symphony Ticket Office is located at Third Avenue & Union Street and is open weekdays Jane Hargraft Rachel Spain 10am–6pm, Saturdays 1–6pm, and two hours prior to performances through intermission. Ryan Hicks Andrew Stiefel seattlesymphony.org | 206.215.4747 or 1.866.833.4747 | P.O. Box 2108, Seattle, WA 98111-2108 Nyssa Houzenga Claire Taylor Eric Jacobs Christy Wood GROUP SALES: [email protected] | 206.215.4818 Andy Liang SUPPORT YOUR SYMPHONY: The concert you’re about to enjoy is made possible through donations by generous music lovers like you. Learn more and make your gift for symphonic music at seattlesymphony.org/give. You can also call us at 206.215.4832 or mail your gift to P.O. Box 21906, Seattle, WA 98111-3906.
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