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FEBRUARY 2020 FEBRUARY THOMAS DAUSGAARD, MUSIC DIRECTOR

PATRICIA KOPATCHINSKAJA SHOSTAKOVICH’S FIRST VIOLIN CONCERTO

THOMAS DAUSGAARD CONDUCTS Nielsen’s Symphony No. 1 Dvořák’s Symphony No. 8

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4 / Calendar 6 / The Orchestra 50 / Benaroya Hall Guide

FEATURES

5 / Community Connections 7 / Meet the Musicians 10 / On a High Note 12 / Dausgaard Seeks the Sublime with All-Strauss Concert 51 / The Lis(z)t

CONCERTS

14 / January 30 & February 1 Shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 1 21 / January 31 Thomas Hampson Song of America: Beyond Liberty 25 / February 6 & 8 Dvořák Symphony No. 8 29 / February 7 RYAN WIGGLESWORTH

Photo: Benjamin Ealovega Benjamin Photo: Dvořák Untuxed 37 31 / February 14, 15 & 16 The Best of Quincy Jones 33 / February 18 Time For Three with the Seattle Symphony 35 / February 21, 22 & 23 Brandi Carlile with the Seattle Symphony: Right Now Is At TIME FOR THREE BRANDI CARLILE The Speed Of Light Photo: Pablo Faccinetto Pablo Photo: 33 35 37 / February 27, 28 & 29 Mozart Concerto for Two Pianos

ON THE COVER: Patricia Kopatchinskaja by Marco Borggreve 40 / February 28 COVER DESIGN: Stephanie Tucker [untitled] 2 EDITOR: Heidi Staub

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THOMAS DAUSGAARD MUSIC DIRECTOR

Music Director of the Seattle Symphony, Danish conductor Thomas Dausgaard is esteemed for his creativity and innovative programming, the excitement of his live performances and his extensive catalogue of critically acclaimed recordings. A renowned recording artist with over 70 discs to his name, Dausgaard’s releases with the Seattle Symphony have garnered critical acclaim resulting in international honors including a 2017 Gramophone Award nomination for Mahler’s Symphony No. 10 (Deryck Cooke version), Gramophone’s 2018 Orchestra of the Year Award, and a 2019 Best Orchestral Performance Grammy nomination for Nielsen’s Symphonies Nos. 3 and 4. An avid champion of contemporary works and the music of his homeland, Dausgaard and the Seattle Symphony will release a much-anticipated cycle of symphonies by Carl Nielsen. Performing internationally with many of the world’s leading orchestras, Dausgaard is also the Chief Conductor of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Conductor Laureate of the Swedish Chamber Orchestra, and Honorary Conductor of the Orchestra della Toscana and the Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Dausgaard has been awarded the Cross of Chivalry by the Queen of Denmark and elected to

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Joseph Crnko Associate Conductor for Choral Activities Ludovic Morlot Judith Fong Conductor Emeritus THOMAS DAUSGAARD Harriet Overton Stimson Music Director Lee Mills Douglas F. King Associate Conductor Gerard Schwarz Rebecca & Jack Benaroya Conductor Laureate Lina Gonzalez-Granados Conducting Fellow

FIRST VIOLIN Mara Gearman OBOE Jonathan Karschney KEYBOARD Noah Geller Assistant Principal Mary Lynch Assistant Principal Joseph Adam David & Amy Fulton Concertmaster Timothy Hale Principal Jenna Breen Organ + Open Position Wes Dyring Supported by anonymous donors John Turman Clowes Family Associate Concertmaster Sayaka Kokubo Ben Hausmann Danielle Kuhlmann PERSONNEL MANAGER Daniel Stone Associate Principal Scott Wilson Eduardo Rios Rachel Swerdlow TRUMPET First Assistant Concertmaster Chengwen Winnie Lai David Gordon Stefan Farkas ASSISTANT PERSONNEL MANAGER Simon James CELLO Boeing Company Principal Trumpet Keith Higgins Second Assistant Concertmaster** Efe Baltacıgil ENGLISH HORN Alexander White Marks Family Foundation Principal Cello Jennifer Bai Stefan Farkas Associate Principal LIBRARY Mariel Bailey Meeka Quan DiLorenzo Christopher Stingle Jeanne Case Cecilia Poellein Buss Associate Principal CLARINET Michael Myers Associate Librarian Timothy Garland Nathan Chan Leonid Keylin Benjamin Lulich Robert Olivia Assistant Principal TROMBONE Andy Liang Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. Smith Principal Associate Librarian Clarinet Ko-ichiro Yamamoto Mae Lin Eric Han Rachel Swerdlow Principal Mikhail Shmidt Bruce Bailey Emil Khudyev Assistant Librarian Clark Story Roberta Hansen Downey Associate Principal David Lawrence Ritt Walter Gray John Weller Laura DeLuca Stephen Fissel Vivian Gu TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Jeannie Wells Yablonsky Dr. Robert Wallace Clarinet Arthur Zadinsky Joy Payton-Stevens BASS TROMBONE Joseph E. Cook Eric Jacobs David Sabee Stephen Fissel SECOND VIOLIN ARTIST IN ASSOCIATION E-FLAT CLARINET Elisa Barston BASS TUBA Dale Chihuly Laura DeLuca Principal Jordan Anderson John DiCesare Mr. & Mrs. Harold H. Heath Principal 2019–2020 SEASON Michael Miropolsky Principal String Bass BASS CLARINET COMPOSER IN RESIDENCE John & Carmen Delo Eric Jacobs Tyshawn Sorey Associate Principal Second Violin Joseph Kaufman TIMPANI Associate Principal Kathleen Boyer BASSOON James Benoit 2019–2020 SEASON Jonathan Burnstein ARTIST IN RESIDENCE Assistant Principal Seth Krimsky Principal Jennifer Godfrey Gennady Filimonov Principal Seth Parker Woods Travis Gore Matthew Decker Sydney Adedamola * Assistant Principal Jonathan Green Luke Fieweger HONORARY MEMBER Evan Anderson Associate Principal Will Langlie-Miletich Cyril M. Harris Natasha Bazhanov PERCUSSION † Brittany Breeden Paul Rafanelli FLUTE Open Position Michael A. Werner Stephen Bryant + Resident Linda Cole Demarre McGill Principal In Memoriam Xiao-po Fei Principal CONTRABASSOON Michael Clark † Artur Girsky Supported by David and Shelley Hovind Open Position Matthew Decker * Temporary Musician for 2019–2020 Andrew Yeung Jeffrey Barker season Associate Principal HORN HARP VIOLA ** On leave for the 2019–2020 season Judy Washburn Kriewall Jeffrey Fair Valerie Muzzolini Susan Gulkis Assadi Zartouhi Dombourian-Eby Charles Simonyi Principal Horn Principal PONCHO Principal Viola Mark Robbins Arie Schächter PICCOLO Associate Principal Associate Principal Zartouhi Dombourian-Eby Supported by Stephen Whyte Robert & Clodagh Ash Piccolo

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Welcome to Benaroya Hall! After an exhilarating start to the 2019–2020 season with our new Music Director, Thomas Dausgaard, you can continue to expect more thrilling performances here at the Hall. Thomas and the orchestra’s collaboration is electric, and we’ll continue to capture that energy in live recordings of your favorite performances.

I am particularly looking forward to Salome in Crooks Jenny Photo: concert on March 19 and 21 (read more about Every year the Seattle Symphony this on page 12), which reminds us that the performs free Community Concerts Seattle Symphony is also the orchestra for the around the Puget Sound region as a Seattle Opera. Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony is part of our mission to increase access to an audience favorite, but the special treat that Photo: Brandon Patoc Brandon Photo: live performances and to bring people week will be Florence Price’s Second Violin together to connect with their community. Concerto featuring our own Principal Second Violin Elisa Barston and Eun Sun Kim at the podium on March 12 and 14. And our Celebrate Asia concert on March 8 will Join us for these upcoming concerts! showcase Conrad Tao both as an amazing pianist as well as composer. ■ Tuesday, February 11, at 7pm It was just a year ago that we were celebrating the grand opening of Octave 9: COMMUNITY CONCERT Raisbeck Music Center, the new performance venue at Benaroya Hall that pushes the boundaries of creative expression and pioneers the way we experience music. IN HALLER LAKE If you haven't joined us for a concert in this new space, I encourage you to explore at Ingraham High School the exciting Octave 9 performances we have on offer this spring. Performing Arts Center Lee Mills, conductor In June, we’ll celebrate the innovative Ludwig van Beethoven’s 250th birthday with the community. While we will be performing the composer’s cherished works, ■ Tuesday, February 25, at 7pm the community’s voice is at the heart of this festival. Beethoven was a composer COMMUNITY CONCERT that changed orchestral music forever and set new standards for all composers IN RENTON that followed. Our celebration pairs his symphonies with new music, capturing the at Renton IKEA Performing Arts Center voices of our time. Get your festival passes now for the full experience of music that Lee Mills, conductor breaks the mold. Minsoo Kwon, flute

Follow the Seattle Symphony on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter and be ■ Wednesday, February 26, at 12 noon among the first to see the 2020–2021 season announcement later this month. It’ll be another year of incredible performances, the best guest artists, important COMMUNITY CONCERT commissions and all your favorite symphonic masterpieces. Make sure to subscribe IN SEATTLE right away so you won’t miss any of the magic. at Seattle City Hall Lee Mills, conductor I hope you enjoy the performance and I look forward to seeing you at Benaroya Minsoo Kwon, flute Hall again soon! Find out more at Krishna Thiagarajan seattlesymphony.org/inthecommunity. President & CEO Leslie Jackson Chihuly Chair The Seattle Symphony’s Community Concerts are made possible with support from 4Culture, the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture and Seattle NOTA BENE Symphony donors. WONDER WOMEN FAMILY CONCERT Hear the incredible music of women composers and stories of strong women throughout history at the February 22 Family Concert. The Seattle Symphony’s Conducting Fellow Lina Gonzalez-Granados will conduct the orchestra and the Seattle Symphony’s own Principal Second Violin Elisa Barston in music by Amy Beach, Lili Boulanger, Ruth Crawford Seeger and Florence Price.

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encorespotlight.com 11 DEATH & TRANSFIGURATION Thomas Dausgaard seeks Don Juan’s thrilling and propulsive opening theme grabs you by the seat of the sublime with your proverbial pants, and rarely lets go “Each piece in the program represents until its hero experiences exhaustion and all-Strauss concert three very different self-expressions of defeat. Inspired by a Nikolaus Lenau play, Strauss. In Don Juan, Strauss derives the music follows Don Juan from his initial By Jason Victor Serinus inspiration from the personal, wordless bold entrance through evening liaison and character of Don Juan himself. In Tod numerous romantic encounters. Finally, some und Verklärung Seattle Symphony Music , Strauss explores 18 minutes later, he tires of the chase and Director Thomas Dausgaard the lofty human theme of death and allows himself to be killed in a duel. All the is not one to shy away from transfiguration and lastly — in his while, valiant orchestra members play as if major statements, and in his sublime element, writing opera — uses their lives depended on it. upcoming all-Strauss program the words of Salome to inspire music to In one sense, Tod und Verklärung begins on March 19 and 21, Dausgaard new heights. where Don Juan left off, in what Dausgaard conducts three of the works “We can talk at great length about the terms “the mortal, mundane and banal that put Richard Strauss on the exceptional qualities in these great realm of the physical,” and then aspires map. Starting off with Don Juan works, but ultimately I want the listener to the metaphysical. Based on a poem by and Tod und Verklärung aka to trust in their own experience in the Alexander Ritter, a friend of Strauss, the “Death and Transfiguration,” the moment of the concert … Music is so music begins with the failing heartbeat of tone poems are followed by much more than words: The live music an artist on his deathbed. His exhausting Strauss’ first operatic success, performance is that visceral experience struggle with death follows with a period the scandalous Salome. The of us onstage, baring our souls as of transition in which his entire life flashes programmatic underpinnings performers and reaching the listeners before him. Upon the final acceptance of of these three grand works are in a million different ways.” his fate, there is release and transfiguration. ideally suited for huge orchestral Strauss’ notion of leaving the body for loftier forces and, in Salome, a – Thomas Dausgaard realms may have been profoundly romantic, commanding soprano who can but it was one that he fully embraced. Often blaze forth in full glory. referenced is the tale of Strauss on his deathbed, where he turned to his daughter-

12 SEATTLESYMPHONY.ORG DEATH & TRANSFIGURATION Thomas Dausgaard leads the Seattle Symphony Photo: Brandon Patoc Gun-Brit Barkmin Photo: Florian Kalotay

in-law Alice and said, “Dying is just the way I physical allure to convince the Captain of As the Princess of Judaea, she is not used composed it in Tod und Verklärung.” the Guard, Narraboth, to bring Jochanaan to this very bold ‘No!’ from Jochanaan, who to her. Increasingly attracted to the wild- pushes her away in a very ugly way because If anything could subvert Tod und talking prophet as he rejects her, Salome he’s not very polite. Strauss’ music shows Verklärung’s romanticism, it’s the end of watches the prophet retreat to the well as me that she is someone helpless who is Strauss’ Salome, which was the namesake her stepfather and mother enter. getting excited in a crescendo of emotions. opera set to Oscar Wilde’s French play Being told no is something new, and it’s kind written in 1891. Wilde’s play is based on the Herod, who seems more interested in of refreshing and exciting. It opens a door Biblical story of John the Baptist’s death, Salome than in his own wife, promises inside of her that she never walked through but Wilde gave the story quite a twist with a Salome that he will grant her whatever before.” violent and erotic adaptation of this Christian she wants if she will dance for him. Our biblical setting. performance begins with Salome’s dance. “At the end of the story,” Gun-Brit adds, As Salome lies naked before her stepfather, “when she finally kisses Jochanaan’s mouth, Naturally, this shocked audiences — and she demands the head of the prophet on a she says this is not really what I wanted. This many performers as well — after the opera’s silver platter. In the extended final scene, she is a very common experience: we wish so premiere in December 1905. Some opera declares her love for Jochanaan’s severed much for a thing, and when we finally get houses either banned Salome outright or, in head. After kissing its blood-drenched it after a long fight and struggle, we realize the case of New York’s Metropolitan Opera, lips, she concludes with one of the most that it is not exactly what we thought it would withdrew it after one performance and kept radiant and glorious of Straussian climaxes be. Not everyone sees Salome the way I do, it under wraps for 27 years. At the time of the — the apotheosis of romanticism — which but I don’t care; I do it my way and, for me, premiere, one singer refused to enact the so disgusts Herod that he calls for her it works. Of course, the vocal part is very Dance of the Seven Veils, which is where immediate death. demanding, with all these huge lines that Dausgaard will begin this performance. call for stamina, a good technique, and a Our Salome, Gun-Brit Barkmin, has sung the good idea of what you want to express. The Set in 1st century AD, the tale centers on role for nine years, including with Thomas performance has to be emotional. It has to the adolescent Salome, also known as the Dausgaard in São Paulo, with the Vienna catch people inside of their souls.” Princess of Judaea. She is the daughter of State Opera and at Carnegie Hall. “For me, Queen Herodias and step-daughter of King she is more child-like and innocent than in Get your tickets now to join Thomas, Herod. Fascinated by the voice of John the the clichéd sense,” Barkmin says. “She is not Gun-Brit and the orchestra for this concert on Baptist (Jochanaan), who is imprisoned in a a vamp or something frightful. She is cruel, March 19 and 21. cistern in Herod’s palace, Salome uses her but she is somehow curious and innocent. encorespotlight.com 13 1/30–2/1 THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 2020, AT 7:30PM SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2020, AT 8PM Shostakovich Violin The Scan|Design Foundation Concerto No. 1 proudly sponsors the Thomas Dausgaard, conductor 2019–2020 concerts Patricia Kopatchinskaja, violin conducted by Seattle Symphony

Thomas Dausgaard. EDVARD GRIEG Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46 15’ Morning Mood Åse’s Death Anitra’s Dance The Scan|Design In the Hall of the Mountain King Foundation is DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 77 (99) 39’ committed to fostering Nocturne: Moderato Scherzo: Allegro mutual understanding Passacaglia: Andante— Burlesca: Allegro con brio between Denmark PATRICIA KOPATCHINSKAJA, VIOLIN and the U.S. through INTERMISSION 20’ CARL NIELSEN Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Op. 7 27’ educational and Allegro orgoglioso cultural activities. Andante Allegro comodo— Finale: Allegro con fuoco

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Reflections from Thomas Dausgaard Grieg’s Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 Reading Ibsen’s dramas, like Peer Gynt, as a teenager, I was particularly happy that I could read them in their original language, because Norwegian and Danish are so close. I loved playing Grieg’s piano music, and I conducted this suite in my professional orchestra conducting debut. Ibsen’s texts inspired Grieg to write some of his most striking orchestral music — within each movement a new atmosphere is set.

Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No. 1 Realizing my growing interest in classical music, my piano teacher suggested that I ask to attend a rehearsal with the Danish National Orchestra, where her sister played violin. I was let out of school early almost every Wednesday so that I could do this. I was totally in love with following the process like that, often also attending the concert or hearing it on the radio. I would often be the only person in the audience for rehearsals, and I sometimes had an opportunity to ask the performers questions. One day, shortly after Shostakovich had died, his First Violin Concerto was to be rehearsed, but to my great disappointment the session I was going to attend had been cancelled because rehearsals had been going so well. This raised my expectations for the performances, and I was blown away: tragic, serious music — inspired partly by horrors of World War II — eventually paring down to a long solo on the violin, and finally exploding in an unstoppable, very fast and grotesque movement.

© Philip Newton Nielsen’s Symphony No. 1 Going to orchestral concerts, I began to realize the joy it must be to play with so many musicians together, so I began In Italian with English subtitles. playing the cello. My teacher was principal OPERA’S QUINTESSETIAL LOVE STORY Evenings 7:30 PM cello with one of the Copenhagen An audience favorite for over a century, this tale of Sundays 2:00 PM orchestras and I found him deeply inspiring four young Parisians who dedicate their lives to Tuesday 11:00 AM — I had so much to learn! He was a deep art and love is guaranteed to touch your heart. musician with little interest in pedagogical Featuring the Seattle Opera Chorus Puccini’s lush score—performed by a 60-piece shortcuts; I was immediately faced with orchestra—perfectly captures their simple joys and members of Seattle Symphony Orchestra. very challenging works — and eventually and heartbreaking sorrows. The “full-bore, made my way into the youth orchestra traditional production” (DC Metro Week) fills the in Copenhagen. One of my happiest stage with nearly 100 performers and plenty of MCCAW HALL memories is playing Nielsen’s ever-youthful period detail, resulting in “genuine theatrical 206.389.7676 First Symphony — being a tiny part of this magic” (The Washington Post) SEATTLEOPERA.ORG euphoric sound of us all playing together

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EDVARD GRIEG DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH striking. Instead of fighting, he began to Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46 Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. churn out nationalistic works. Included in 77 (99) his rehabilitation period were choral works BORN June 15, 1845 to the texts of poet Yevgeny Dolmatovsky DIED September 4, 1907 and an oratorio on the Soviet’s BORN September 25, 1906 WORK COMPOSED 1875; compiled as suites in reforestation act that won him a Stalin DIED August 9, 1975 Prize. Shostakovich’s efforts succeeded 1888 WORK COMPOSED 1947–48 and the composer was able to return to his WORLD PREMIERE February 24, 1876 (as WORLD PREMIERE October 9, 1955 more complex music following the death incidental music) of Stalin in 1953.

Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No. 1 What to Listen For What to Listen For was directly impacted by the composer’s Note the majestic brass chords and Note how often the soloist plays — career turmoil in the 1940s. He had arpeggiating strings in Morning they rarely get a chance to rest! originally begun work on the concerto in Mood, which paint a North African sunrise. July of 1947, inspired by the violinist David Listen for the dramatic cadenza at the end Oistrakh. Following the publication of the Listen for the cymbal crashes and of the third movement that shows off the Zhdanov Doctrine, however, Shostakovich increasing tempo as the trolls become performer’s virtuosity and leads, without shelved the Violin Concerto until the increasingly irate in the final movement. pause, into the finale. artistic climate began to relax in the 1950s. As a result, the work finally premiered with the "Leningrad Symphony" — featuring Tonight’s program includes three pieces A child of early 20th-century Russia, Oistrakh as the soloist — almost a decade that expanded traditional forms and genres Dmitri Shostakovich lived through a wave after its initial conception. while grappling with the cultural and of changes, including World War I, the political climates of their times. Throughout Bolshevik Revolution, World War II and the Unlike a traditional concerto, the late 19th century, Grieg helped craft the Cold War. As Russia transformed into the Shostakovich’s work features four national musical identity of Norway and his Soviet Union, the ideals of communism movements instead of the expected three. Peer Gynt music is seen as an expansion penetrated all things, including musical The work is dark and tumultuous; violinist of the tone poem — a symphonic work that composition. Shostakovich yearned to Venyamin Basner, who workshopped the follows a program. And yet, Grieg originally challenge conventional forms and genres, concerto with Shostakovich, described composed the work as incidental music for but he often faced backlash from the the work as “relentlessly hard.” The Henrik Ibsen’s 1867 play. Later, he crafted political and cultural leaders of the USSR. first movement, entitled Nocturne, cries the music into two suites that follow the out in its lyricism. The violin is primarily lying and cheating antihero, Peer Gynt, on One of the great tragedies surrounding accompanied by lower woodwinds along his quest for identity and meaning. Shostakovich is his fall from grace with the with the harp, celeste and tam-tam — the Lady Macbeth of the premiere of his opera, only movement that requires this particular Mtsensk District The first movement, Morning Mood, finds . The work premiered in instrumentation. The second stands Peer in the North African desert, filled with 1936 amidst the Great Terror — a period of in stark contrast to the first, presenting bird song. The second movement traces political repression that swept throughout a lively, sardonic scherzo. The soloist Peer’s return home to find his mother, the Soviet Union. Following the opera’s scrapes on their strings, frantically beating Åse, dying, accompanied by lamenting opening, an anonymous article appeared in out its melody that was inspired by Jewish Pravda strings and a plodding tempo. Sitting with the Soviet propaganda magazine, , folk dances. The third movement, however, Lady Macbeth Åse, Peer tells an engaging fantasy to which declared as “muddle is slow, steady and solemn. Shostakovich her, including them riding on horseback instead of music.” presents this movement — often referred to meet with St. Peter. He then returns to Though Shostakovich rallied a year later to as the heart of the concerto — as a North Africa in the third movement, a lively passacaglia, an old musical form that often Polish mazurka entitled Anitra’s Dance. with his Fifth Symphony, his tumultuous career continued to rest on political was set in triple meter over a repeating The final movement, In the Hall of the bass. There are nine repetitions of the Mountain King, follows Peer’s adventures instability. The composer sought to push boundaries of music by combining ostinato, which could be interpreted as in the Kingdom of the Trolls as he defies Jews processing to the gas chambers in their rulers and is furiously pursued. experimentalism with established compositional disciplines, but the Soviet the Holocaust. Shostakovich’s gripping Scored for 2 flutes and piccolo; 2 oboes; 2 Union saw these pursuits as risky. concerto ends with a burlesque, a folk clarinets; 2 bassoons; 4 horns; 2 trumpets; Shostakovich was once more blacklisted, dance that seems to be breaking free in 3 trombones; tuba; timpani and percussion; this time by a decree issued on February wild abandon — sometimes desperate, strings. 20, 1948 that was known as the Zhdanov other times joyful and all the while showing Doctrine. Named for its developer, Andrei off the violinist’s virtuosity and spirit. Zhdanov, the decree targeted “formalistic” Scored for solo violin; 3 flutes (the 3rd flute music (including the works of Shostakovich) doubling piccolo); 3 oboes (the 3rd oboe that did not serve the purposes of the doubling English horn); 3 clarinets (the 3rd Soviet Union. clarinet doubling bass clarinet); 3 bassoons (the 3rd bassoon doubling contrabassoon); Shostakovich’s reaction to this doctrine was 4 horns; tuba; timpani and percussion; harp; celeste; strings.

encorespotlight.com 17 PATRICIA KOPATCHINSKAJA PROGRAM NOTES Violin With a combination of depth, brilliance and CARL NIELSEN beats with joy and is crushed by torment. humor, Patricia And all this is given enchanting expression Kopatchinskaja brings Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Op. 7 in music, bold and yet undemonstrative, an inimitable sense of BORN June 9, 1865 flashy and yet refined. This symphony is a theatrics to her music. DIED October 3, 1931 whole marvelous and captivating series of Whether performing a moods…a work from which there already violin concerto by WORK COMPOSED 1890–91 Borggreve Marco Photo: flashes a summer lightning of talent and Tchaikovsky, Ligeti or WORLD PREMIERE March 14, 1894 which seems to promise a coming storm of Schoenberg, or presenting an original genius…no one could be in any doubt that staged project deconstructing Beethoven, Carl Nielsen has here, in the most beautiful What to Listen For Ustwolskaja or Cage, her distinctive and convincing way, honored the many approach always conveys the core of the Nielsen uses folk music throughout great promises of the past.” his symphony. Note the simple, tonal work. In addition to her regular melodies in each of the movements to Entitled Allegro orgoglioso (haughtily performance schedule, Kopatchinskaja hear Nielsen’s Danish roots. joyful), the first movement introduces a curates interesting and original projects playful, breathless melody that harkens including her most recent, Pierrot Lunaire, The devil is in the details: listen for back to the Danish folksongs of his which was performed with the Berliner Nielsen’s recurring themes and motives childhood. The composer was born on Philharmoniker this summer following the inspired by Beethoven. the Island of Funen and later wrote in success of Dies Irae and Bye Bye his autobiography, Min Fynske Barndom Beethoven. In 2018 she won a Grammy (My Childhood on Funen), of his mother Award for Death and the Maiden with The Carl Nielsen — who is recognized as singing folksongs as they sat together. one of Denmark’s greatest composers Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra (Alpha) and Though he soon departed from the island — showcased a mastery of form and was nominated in 2014 in the Best to study music in Cophenagen, Nielsen tonality through his entire musical output. Classical Instrumental Solo category often reflected on his idyllic childhood Nielsen came to age during Romanticism (Naïve). Recent releases include Michael scenery. In his diary, Nielsen wrote: “I enjoy — a period when emotion reigned Hersch Violin Concerto recorded with seeing that world again, and often it pulls supreme and composers like Johannes International Contemporary Ensemble and so deeply at my heartstrings!” The second Brahms and Richard Wagner battled over Deux, a duo recital disc with Polina movement, Andante, opens with lush musical form and aesthetics. Touring Leschenko and Time and Eternity with strings before passing the simple, yearning Europe on a scholarship, Nielsen was Camerata Bern (Alpha). melody to the woodwinds and horns. surrounded by this constant debate but Listen for the swaying strings in the middle chose a third path: Beethoven. Rather of this movement, which seem reminiscent than engaging with programmatic music, of waves in the ocean. In contrast, the Nielsen marveled at the cyclical nature third movement, Allegro comodo, uses of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5, noting Danish folk tunes for a spirited scherzo. See Thomas Dausgaard's bio on page 6. his over-arching tonal scheme and use of A recurring rhythmic motive pulses small rhythmic motives. Nielsen later went throughout the movement, reminiscent on to incorporate similar structures into his of the “knock of fate” from Beethoven’s own music, including tonight’s Symphony Symphony No. 5. The fourth movement No. 1, to “do some good and open ears is stormy and passionate, featuring and eyes to all the German gravy and fat emphatic string melodies punctured by among Wagner’s imitators.” During his tour brief brass declarations. There’s a moment through Europe, Nielsen met and married of respite, aided by lyrical woodwinds, Danish sculptress Anne Marie Brodersen. but the lyricism is soon swept away. The Following their honeymoon and symphony culminates with a whirling finale subsequent move to Copenhagen, Nielsen that combines Nielsen’s symphonic form, wrote his first symphony and dedicated tonality, and emotion for a dramatic end. the work to his new wife. Scored for 3 flutes (the 3rd flute doubling The symphony premiered several years piccolo); 2 oboes; 2 clarinets; 2 bassoons; later, performed by the Royal Danish 4 horns; 2 trumpets; 3 trombones; timpani; Orchestra with Nielsen sitting as a second strings. violin. The premiere received enthusiastic feedback, including one particularly raving © 2020 Megan Francisco review by critic Charles Kjerulf: “In this music there are the finest effects of light — cloud shadows hastening over-flowing water. The sun breaks forth and the sun hides. Waves tower up and subside again. There are the eternally shifting moods of an easily moved human mind, from tears to smiles, from weeping to laughter. 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Thomas Hampson, baritone Lara Downes, piano Beyond Liberty Players Stephen Buck, synthesizer & percussion Judy Kang, violin Jesús Morales, cello Alex Laing, clarinet

JOHN “The Star-Spangled Banner” INTERMISSION STAFFORD SMITH TRADITIONAL “The Candidate’s a Dodger” /arr. Stephen Buck /arr. Stephen Buck FRANCIS HOPKINS “My Days Have Been so CHARLES IVES “Memories” Wondrous Free” KURT WEIL “River Chanty” STEPHEN FOSTER “Beautiful Dreamer” /arr. Stephen Buck MARGARET BONDS “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” /arr. Stephen Buck TRADITIONAL “Shenandoah” /arr. Stephen Buck CHARLES IVES “Charlie Rutledge” /arr. Stephen Buck ARTHUR FARWELL “Song of the Deathless Voice” JOHN CORIGLIANO “One Sweet Morning” TRADITIONAL “Erie Canal” LEE HOIBY “Lady of the Harbor” SIDNEY HOMER “General Booth Enters into Heaven” /arr. Stephen Buck /arr. Stephen Buck “The Star-Spangled Banner” ELINOR “God Be in my Heart” REMICK WARREN HARRY T. BURLEIGH “Ethiopia Saluting the Colors” /arr. Stephen Buck LEONARD BERNSTEIN “To What you Said” /arr. Stephen Buck MICHAEL DAUGHERTY “Letter to Mrs. Bixby” Medley: “America the Beautiful” —“Lift Up Your Voice”— “The Star-Spangled Banner”

This performance is approximately two hours including one 20-minute intermission.

For more information on the music included in tonight’s program or on the history and context of American poetry and song, please visit www.songofamerica.net a resource provided by The Hampsong Foundation.

Lighting Designer: Rick Siegel Sound Designer: Chace Deschene

Song of America: Beyond Liberty originally premiered at the 2018 Glimmerglass Festival in a production by Francesca Zambello with an original libretto by Royce Vavrek.

Thomas Hampson’s performance is generously underwritten by Paul Leach and Susan Winokur through the Seattle Symphony’s Guest Artists Circle.

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No art form is more deeply What is American music? This is a question people. The origin of the folk-classic tune intertwined with the American spirit that scholars regularly confront as one tries "Shenandoah" is unknown, though many than America Song. Poetry and music, and to understand the deep culture and history scholars agree that the song references people joining in the democratic action of of the United States. Conductor Michael the Oneida Iroquois chief John Skenandoa singing together, have given us strength Tilson Thomas described American music as it traces a fur trader’s love for the chief’s in battles at home and abroad, united as essential to the country’s identity: daughter. Many versions of this piece exist, us in times of social and political turmoil, “The whole path of American music has including renditions sung by riverboat “and kindled our sense of community and been so much about the recognition of workers, traders and Civil War soldiers. empathy for others. stylistic diversity, and the recognition of Minnesota-born composer Arthur Farwell the importance of music which was from also uses Indigenous music and stories in The stories told through the music in this one of the vernacular traditions.” Tonight’s his “Song of the Deathless Voice.” Farwell program are, in a sense, a diary of the program will embrace this diversity, moving participated in the “Indianist” movement; American experience — inspiring through from pieces passed through the oral that is, a pursuit of American composers the beautiful profundity of word and music tradition to nineteenth-century parlor songs to incorporate Indigenous music with that and illuminating the truths of a nation and finishing with twenty and twenty-first of western Europe. This song, composed born of an ideology which celebrates and century works. Most of the songs are in 1908, is the first of of his Three Indian uplifts the individual. In our songs, the strophic (that is, have the same repeating Songs, Op. 32. language of heart and mind, freedom and music), but each are unique. Still, each one purpose, resonates from the culture that is distinctly American. “Erie Canal,” a traditional song, speaks created it. The Song of America Project to the wonders of American progress and which I have curated in several forms, first We begin our program tonight with our industry in the nineteenth-century. The with the Library of Congress and now as national anthem, “The Star-Spangled work on the Erie Canal, which connected an independent staged concert, highlights Banner.” Though not officially adopted western waters with the Atlantic Ocean, the many different developments and as the United States’s anthem until March was incredibly popular and inspired a changes in American culture and is a 3, 1931, both music and text date back to multitude of songs. Parodies like “A Life on celebration of our unity as seen through the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. the Raging Canal” and “I’m Afloat on the the eyes of our poets and the ears of our The tune was originally composed by Erie Canal” existed, but perhaps the most composers. At its core, Beyond Liberty is the British John Stafford Smith for a famous of the songs was Thomas Allen’s a night of stories. Stories about the songs, gentleman’s club in 1778, but was later “Low Bridge, Everybody Down.” songs that are about the stories, and combined with Francis Scott Key’s text, Contrasting the lighthearted folk tunes like never straying far from the experience “Defense of Fort McHenry” (1814) to create “Erie Canal,” Sidney Homer’s “General of the people who wrote them. When we the version still used today. Francis Booth Enters into Heaven” is march- know our stories, we know who we are as Hopkinson’s “My Days Have Been so like and dramatic. William Booth was the Americans. Wondrous Free” similarly reaches back to eighteenth-century and stands as one of founder of the Salvation Army and was its first leader, or general. Upon his death, So, sit back, hum along (quietly), tap your the oldest surviving American art songs. poet Vachel Lindsay wrote what it would foot, enjoy your memories and if you find Hopkinson, a close friend of George be like when General Booth encountered yourself smiling or sniffling just know it’s Washington and signer of the Declaration heaven. Lindsay returned to the phrase all part of our Song of America. of Independence, wrote the song in 1759 and set the text (by Thomas Parnell) to a “washed in the blood of the lamb” lilting, graceful melody. throughout his poem, which Homer set as Warmly, a recurring phrase in his song. In contrast, One cannot have a concert detailing Harry Burleigh turns to the South for Thomas Hampson the songs of America without including inspiration in his song, “Ethiopia Saluting a song by the esteemed composer the Colors.” The piece quotes Civil War Stephen Foster. Known as the “Father of tunes like “Marching through Georgia” as ” American Music,” Foster came to fame in the singer recounts an African-American the nineteenth-century and was a prolific woman meeting a Union soldier. composer. Foster wrote over 200 songs, many which detail the trials, tribulation, Returning to works from the previous and heartache of the American people. century, “The Candidate’s a Dodger” “Beautiful Dreamer” is a parlor song—a is a traditional piece from 1884 with a slow piece with a sentimental text—that controversial history. The work was Foster composed near the end of his life. written in protests after the Civil War This folk-like ballad traces the pleas of a and supported the presidential bid of lover, asking a dreamer to “wake unto me.” Democrat Grover Cleveland. The song belittles Cleveland’s opponent, James The next few works on tonight’s program Blaine, and suggests that he does not care pull from the music of Indigenous about his constituents. Though the author

22 SEATTLESYMPHONY.ORG THOMAS HAMPSON LARA DOWNES PROGRAM NOTES Baritone Piano Thomas Hampson, Lara Downes is among America’s foremost the foremost American is unknown, Charles Seeger transcribed baritone, has received pianists of her the work after a Library of Congress international honors and generation, a trailblazer recording in which Arkansas native Emma awards for his on and off-stage Dusenberry recounts the song from her captivating artistry and whose musical childhood. cultural leadership. roadmap seeks Lauded as a inspiration from the Photo: Jiyang Chen Jiyang Photo: Shervin LainezPhoto: The final two works on tonight’s program Metropolitan Opera legacies of history, are from early twentieth-century Guild “Met Mastersinger” and inducted into family and collective memory. experimental composers. Charles Ives both the American Academy of Arts and is known as a great American composer Sciences and Gramophone’s “Hall of Fame,” Downes’ playing has been called who pushed the boundaries of music and Fanfare Magazine wrote over 175 songs. Ives composed Hampson is one of the most respected and “ravishing” by , The “Memories” during his student years at innovative musicians of our time. With an “luscious, moody and dreamy” by Yale University, perhaps representing the operatic repertoire of over 80 roles sung in New York Times, and “addicting” by excitement of performance. “Memories” all the major theaters of the world, his The Huffington Post. As a chart-topping breaks into two distinct halves: the discography comprises more than 170 recording artist, a powerfully charismatic opening traces a performer anxious albums, which include multiple nominations performer, a curator and tastemaker, waiting for the curtain to open while the and winners of the Grammy Award, Edison Downes is recognized as a cultural second half is a nostalgic parlor song Award and the Grand Prix du Disque. He visionary on the national arts scene. depicting the performance itself. was appointed the New York Philharmonic’s Downes’ forays into the broad landscape first-ever Artist-in-Residence and was of American music have created a series The last piece is not from an American- honored with a Living Legend Award by the of acclaimed recordings, including born musician, but rather one who chose Library of Congress, where he has served America Again, selected by NPR as one of to be American. German-Jewish composer as Special Advisor to the Study and “10 Albums that Saved 2016,” and hailed Kurt Weill emigrated to the United States Performance of Music in America. as “a balm for a country riven by disunion” in 1933 following the rise of Hitler and Boston Globe became entranced with American culture. by the . Her recent Sony For Lenny Tonight’s song, “River Chanty,” is a piece Highlights of Hampson’s 2019–2020 season Classical debut release debuted from his unfinished musical based on Mark include performances of La Traviata at the in the Billboard Top 20 and was awarded Twain’s celebrated novel, Adventures of Vienna State Opera, and his debut as Altair the 2017 Classical Recording Foundation Huckleberry Finn. The song showcases an in Strauss’ Die ägyptische Helena at the Award. idyllic voyage through the middle of the Teatro alla Scala. At the Opernhaus Zürich, country: the Mississippi River. he creates the role of Jan Vermeer in the Her Sony Masterworks recording Holes in world premiere of Stefan Wirth’s Girl with a the Sky, a celebration of the contributions © 2020 Megan Francisco Pearl Earring. Concert engagements include of phenomenal women to the past, Schumann’s Dichterliebe with pianist Jan present and future of American music, Lisiecki and a performance with the Verbier was released in March 2019, debuting Festival Chamber Orchestra at the Tsinandali at the top of the Billboard charts. Her Festival; Schubert lieder with the Orchester newest release For Love Of You marks her Wiener Akademie; Beethoven’s An die concerto recording debut, and celebrates ferne Geliebte on tour with the Amsterdam the 200th birthday of the great pianist and Sinfonietta; and his debut at the Royal composer Clara Schumann. Opera House Muscat in a gala concert with soprano Angel Blue. Downes’ fierce commitment to arts advocacy, mentorship and education Hampson and his son-in-law, bass-baritone sees her working in support of non-profit Luca Pisaroni, take their No Tenors Allowed organizations including PLAN International, program to Utah and the Teatro Colón. the Sphinx Organization, the Lower Hampson also returns to Berlin’s Boulez Eastside Girls Club, Washington Performing Saal for his Schubert Week, which includes Arts and NPR’s From The Top, where she a program of Schubert’s Winterreise with appears as a rotating guest host. Wolfram Rieger. His Song of America: Beyond Liberty project continues this In 2020 Downes celebrates the Year season with performances in Tucson and Of The Woman with world premieres of Seattle. newly discovered works by Florence Price and Margaret Bonds, and large- scale commissions from Paola Prestini and Clarice Assad, in collaboration with the Chicago Symphony and the Louisville Orchestra. Lara Downes is a Yamaha Artist.

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2/6–8 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2020, AT 7:30PM SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2020, AT 8PM REFLECTIONS

Dvořák Symphony No. 8 Reflections from Thomas Dausgaard Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Thomas Dausgaard, conductor Overture One of my favorite conductors who came Gidon Kremer, violin to Copenhagen often in my youth was the Seattle Symphony Italian Carlo Zecchi, who had started out as a brilliant pianist, but due to an accident PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture 21’ had lost control over two fingers on his left hand and had begun conducting. He MIECZYSŁAW WEINBERG Violin Concerto, Op. 67 26’ became a beloved conductor — particularly Allegro molto of Baroque and Classical repertoire — Allegretto— always coming on stage with crutches, and Adagio sitting down while conducting. He had a Allegro risoluto way of making musicians listen to each other, with his gentle yet lively movements, GIDON KREMER, VIOLIN which created magic. In what was to be one INTERMISSION 20’ of his last concerts, he ended the program, unusually, with Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88, B. 163 35’ Juliet. At the music’s biggest and most Allegro con brio impassioned climax, he extraordinarily Adagio rose from his chair and thus created an Allegretto grazioso incredible intensity and drama, reminding Allegro, ma non troppo us that this music isn’t just about love, life and death, but demands this from its Pre-concert Talk one hour prior to each performance. performers too. Speaker: Claudia Jensen, Affiliate Instructor, Slavic Languages, University of Washington Weinberg’s Violin Concerto Gidon Kremer’s performances are generously underwritten by Element47 though the Seattle Like Shostakovich is unthinkable without Symphony’s Guest Artists Circle. Mahler, Weinberg is unthinkable without Thomas Dausgaard’s performances are generously underwritten by Ilene and Elwood Hertzog. Shostakovich. And similarly do Weinberg’s Additional support is provided by the Scan|Design Foundation by Inger and Jens Bruun. works have their own individual tone — now experiencing a revival by several artists championing them. None more so Please note that the timings provided for this concert are approximate. than our soloist, the legendary violinist Please turn off all electronic devices and refrain from taking photos or video. Gidon Kremer. I have very fond memories Performance ©2020 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. of performing Sofia Gubaidulina’s Offertorium together with him and look forward to learning more from him about Weinberg.

Dvořák’s Symphony No. 8 For many years I heard this favorite symphony from the cello line, having enjoyed enormously playing it on the cello in the youth orchestra in Copenhagen. I had enjoyed the many beautiful passages where the cellos have the melody — and I tended to see any other passages as interludes for us in the cello group just to get ready for the next pouring out of our souls. Conducting it I have come to realize what a wonderful work it is for all instruments! This was confirmed for me in a memorable way at my first visit among several to a youth orchestra in the favelas of Brazil’s São Paulo. The musicians knew it so well that they lived the music — mostly playing it by heart and having eye-contact with each other, passing the melodies between them, and shaping and breathing the music in sync with me.

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PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY beautiful, romantic melodies. The relative freedom that Soviet artists Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture enjoyed during World War II vanished in Scored for 2 flutes and piccolo; 2 oboes and 1948 with a renewed crackdown by Stalin, English horn; 2 clarinets; 2 bassoons; 4 horns; BORN May 7, 1840, in Kamsko-Votkinsk, Russia 2 trumpets; 3 trombones; tuba; timpani and and Weinberg fared no better than more DIED November 6, 1893, in Saint Petersburg, percussion; harp; strings. famous composers like Shostakovich and Russia Prokofiev. Weinberg’s place in Moscow’s Jewish community made life even more WORK COMPOSED 1869, revised 1880 precarious, a fact that he could not avoid WORLD PREMIERE March 4, 1870, in Moscow MIECZYSŁAW WEINBERG after his father-in-law, the director of the local Jewish theater, was assassinated on Violin Concerto, Op. 67 Stalin’s orders in 1948. Weinberg himself What to Listen For was detained in 1953, and he was likely BORN December 8, 1919, in Warsaw, Poland Expanding from a solemn hymn, headed for a similar fate were it not for DIED February 2, 1996, in Moscow, Russia the slow introduction evokes the two intervening factors: a letter from wisdom and holiness of Friar Laurence, WORK COMPOSED 1960 Shostakovich coming to his defense, who tried to protect Shakespeare’s WORLD PREMIERE 1961 in Moscow and Stalin’s own death a month after star-crossed lovers. Weinberg’s arrest.

The fast and agitated music that arrives What to Listen For Even during the “thaw” that followed, as the overture’s main theme captures Starting with a percussive bang, Weinberg never enjoyed significant the violence of the warring Montague and this concerto arrives at full intensity, support from Soviet authorities. His Capulet families. using violin double-stops and aggressive strongest champions were fellow themes that could easily be mistaken for musicians who kept him afloat with music by Shostakovich, Weinberg’s closest continual requests for new music, including Early in his career, Tchaikovsky confidante. the Violin Concerto that Weinberg wrote in sought support from Mily Balakirev, a 1960 for the star violinist Leonid Kogan. No composer and critic best known today Weinberg’s family roots in Jewish theater less an authority than Shostakovich was as the ringleader of “The Russian Five.” come through in passages like the “very impressed” with this “magnificent Tchaikovsky might have fallen into that opening tune of the second movement work,” and yet the concerto failed to clique that included Mussorgsky and with its pungent raised-fourth tone in the escape the Soviet bubble, and the few Rimsky-Korsakov, but eventually his scale, a sound familiar from Klezmer and Americans who ever encountered the embrace of European traditions (like other Jewish folk traditions. work were limited to Kogan’s premiere Viennese symphonies and Parisian ballets) recording or other obscure discs that put him at odds with his nationalist peers, followed. The Latvian superstar Gidon setting him on his own cosmopolitan When the ten-year-old Mieczysław Kremer finally remedied that injustice by course. Weinberg began playing piano at the performing the American debut of the Jewish theater in Warsaw where his Violin Concerto in 2015, and his efforts After conducting Tchaikovsky’s early tone father worked, it marked the start of have sparked a long overdue Weinberg poem Fate, Balakirev was impressed an improbable career that is only now renaissance. enough to take an active interest in the earning the acclaim it has long deserved. budding composer. Not only did he Weinberg had hoped to study in America, A tireless violin part drives the concerto’s propose a new orchestral overture based but when the Nazis invaded Poland in muscular first movement, using an on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, 1939 the 20-year-old music student was abundance of double-stops (and a pittance but he even went so far as to outline fortunate to find any way out. He left to of rests) to push forward the angular a particular way the themes should be enroll at the Minsk Conservatory in the themes. Many of Weinberg’s themes organized. Tchaikovsky sought feedback Soviet republic of Belarus, while the rest seem steeped in folk music, including from Balakirev on the work-in-progress of his family remained in Warsaw and ones that reflect his own Jewish heritage, in 1869, and after the premiere the next ultimately perished in the Holocaust. imparting a distinctive pungency in the year he honored him with the score’s second movement. This music functions dedication. In 1943, Weinberg found a new father as a restrained scherzo in the concerto’s figure of sorts when he sent his Symphony four-movement plan, and then a cadenza The Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture No. 1 to Dmitri Shostakovich, who was links directly to the slow movement, a features three main themes, representing so impressed that he invited his young patient and endlessly lyrical Adagio. Within Friar Laurence, the struggle between colleague to Moscow, initiating a lifelong the heroics of the fast and resolute finale, the Montagues and the Capulets, and friendship. Weinberg stayed in Moscow to streaks of irony underscore Weinberg’s Romeo and Juliet’s love. The “Friar launch a freelance career as a composer affinity with Shostakovich. Laurence” music, in a hymn-like setting, and pianist, and he later wrote that occupies the slow introduction, while the Shostakovich was always the first to Scored for solo violin; 2 flutes and piccolo; faster “struggle” material serves as the see his new works — which came at an 2 oboes; 2 clarinets and bass clarinet; 2 bassoons and contrabassoon; 4 horns; 2 primary theme for the ensuing body of astonishing pace, eventually reaching the overture, its bellicosity emphasized by trumpets; timpani and percussion; harp; a total of 25 symphonies and 17 string celeste; strings. crashing cymbals. The tranquil theme that quartets, along with a wide array of represents “love” is an early example of concertos, sonatas, operas, film scores Tchaikovsky’s special talent for concocting and more.

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To learn more about the Endowment, please contact Becky Kowals at [email protected] or 206.215.4852. GIDON KREMER PROGRAM NOTES Violin Driven by his strikingly uncompromising artistic ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK proper key all along. A brief chorale from philosophy, Gidon the violas and cellos adds another melodic Kremer has established Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88, delight, and then another climb leads to a worldwide reputation B. 163 a full-throated arrival of the flute’s triad/ as one of his

BORN September 8, 1841, near Prague, Bohemia birdcall theme. generation’s most original and compelling DIED May 1, 1904, in Prague, Bohemia Angie Kremer Photo: The entire symphony is characterized by artists. His repertoire WORK COMPOSED 1889 this abundance of melody and freedom encompasses standard classical scores WORLD PREMIERE February 2, 1890, in Prague of movement. In the slow second and music by leading 20th and 21st- movement, an initial string hymn (starting century composers. He has championed with four rising notes) is juxtaposed with a the works of Russian and Eastern What to Listen For woodwind-led response (again prefaced European composers and performed many A flute solo early in the first by four rising notes), with the flute adding movement, with a rising triad moving bird-like alternations that recall the first important new compositions, several of to a series of twittering leaps, echoes movement. These basic gestures populate which have been dedicated to him. It is fair the bird calls that so delighted Dvořák the whole movement, creating organic to say that no other soloist of comparable while he was composing this work in the cohesion among the diverse passages. international stature has done more to Bohemian countryside. promote the cause of contemporary Instead of a rowdy scherzo, the Allegretto composers and new music for violin. “In Bohemia the trumpets never call to grazioso third movement begins as a Kremer has recorded over 120 albums, battle — they always call to the dance!” So debonair waltz in G-minor. The melody many of which have received prestigious said the Czech conductor Rafael Kubelík, enters with the three preparatory notes international awards. His long list of honors a comment that certainly applies to the that rise up an arpeggio, a familiar gesture and awards include the Ernst von Siemens joyous fanfare that launches the finale. that underscores the careful connections Musikpreis, the Bundesverdienstkreuz, unifying the separate movements. The Moscow’s Triumph Prize, the Unesco Prize central trio section moves to G-major, and the Una Vita Nella Musica – Artur Antonín Dvořák came from a small starting with a transition that seamlessly Rubinstein Prize. In 2016 Gidon Kremer Bohemian village, where his zither- initiates a new rhythmic pattern. Dvořák playing father was the local butcher and recycled the melody shared here by flute has received a Praemium Imperiale prize innkeeper. Over time, Dvořák’s devotion to and oboe from an earlier comic opera. that is widely considered to be the Nobel his Czech musical roots would be seen as The movement ends unexpectedly with Prize of music. a defining virtue, but for years he battled a very lively coda that transforms the trio prejudice that he was not an “international” section’s smooth melody into a dancelike composer — that is to say, one who pattern of repeated notes first pecked out worked squarely within the German- by a quartet of oboes and bassoons. Austrian musical language. In the 1880s See Thomas Dausgaard's bio on page 6. he found his strongest champions off the As the Czech conductor Rafael Kubelík mainland in London, where he was viewed once said, “In Bohemia the trumpets as a true heir to Beethoven. never call to battle — they always call to the dance!” After the trumpets’ brilliant Proceeds from his London trips and announcement to start the finale, the cellos publishing deals allowed Dvořák to fulfill enter with a graceful theme that once his dream of buying a country house again starts with a rising triad. It is another near his in-laws in the Bohemian village reminder that this symphony, so relaxed of Vysoká, where he spent his summers and indubitably Czech, operates beneath composing, walking through the woods the surface with as much rigor and integrity and tending to his garden and pigeons. as any Germanic masterpiece. He composed his Eighth Symphony there in 1889, filling the score with sunny tunes, Scored for 2 flutes (the 2nd flute doubling piccolo); 2 oboes (the 2nd oboe doubling bright fanfares and bird calls. English horn); 2 clarinets; 2 bassoons; 4 horns; 2 trumpets; 3 trombones; tuba; timpani; The symphony’s home key is G-major, and strings. its starting tempo is Allegro con brio (Fast, with vigor), but the deceptive opening gives the impression that the expressive, © 2020 Aaron Grad G-minor theme in the cellos constitutes a slow introduction. A solo flute responds by rising up the three notes of the G-major arpeggio and then bouncing through a series of bird-like chirps. Its last note seems to sustain indefinitely (thanks to a piccolo that takes over), and the orchestra gathers strength until it becomes clear that we have been in the fast tempo and

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Thomas Dausgaard, conductor Jonathan Green, host Seattle Symphony

PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture 21’

ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88, B. 163 35’ Allegro con brio Adagio Allegretto grazioso Allegro, ma non troppo

See program notes on pages 26 & 28.

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encorespotlight.com 29 THOMAS DAUSGAARD, MUSIC DIRECTOR

Dear friends of the Seattle Symphony,

It is a great pleasure to continue my support of the Seattle Pops series, a favorite in this season of music. The Seattle Symphony plays an integral role in the strength and vitality of the Puget Sound region, bringing people together to share the incredible experience of live performances. I take pride in living and working in a city with a world-class, award-winning symphony orchestra, and I am honored to have supported the Seattle Pops series since 2013 and for many years to come.

With gratitude,

John 2/14–16 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2020, AT 8PM SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2020, AT 8PM SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2020, AT 2PM The Best of Quincy Jones POPS SERIES TITLE SPONSOR

Jules Buckley, conductor Horace Bray, guitar Sheléa, vocals Rob Gentry, keyboard Jonah Nilsson, vocals Nolan Byrd, bass Vula Malinga, vocals Mike Luzecky, drums Tiffany Smith, vocals Seattle Symphony Brandon Winbush, vocals

QUINCY JONES Opening Medley— JOHN MADARA & “You Don’t Own Me” /arr. Evan Jolly Roots Theme, /arr. Rob Taggart SHELÉA Sanford and Son, Ironside INTERMISSION PART 1: SOUNDTRACKS AND BREAKING BARRIERS PART 3: POP COLLABORATIONS/THE HITS

QUINCY JONES Call Me Mister Tibbs! from ROD TEMPERTON “Give Me the Night” /trans. & arr. Jules Buckley They Call Me Mister Tibbs! /arr. Jerry Hey, Randy BRANDON WINBUSH Waldmann, David Foster & VULA MALINGA QUINCY JONES Shoot to Kill from Mirage Damiano Pascarelli TIFFANY SMITH /trans. & arr. Stefan Behrisch QUINCY JONES “Betcha Wouldn’t Hurt Me” QUINCY JONES The Separation from /arr. Tom Richards VULA MALINGA /trans. & arr. Jules Buckley The Color Purple TIFFANY SMITH BRANDON WINBUSH QUINCY JONES Theme from /trans. & arr. Stefan Behrisch The Pawnbroker STEVE PORCARO & “Human Nature” SHELÉA JOHN BETTIS JONAH NILSSON /arr. Jules Buckley PART 2: JAZZ AND EARLY POP COLLABORATIONS MICHAEL JACKSON “Billie Jean” QUINCY JONES Soul Bossa Nova /arr. Rob Taggart JONAH NILSSON /adapted & orch. Vellu Halkosalmi ROD TEMPERTON “The Lady in My Life” /arr. Tommy Laurence SHELÉA ERROL GARNER & JOHNNY BURKE “Misty” /arr. Quincy Jones/trans. & adapted SHELÉA ROD TEMPERTON “You Put a Move on my Heart” Damiano Pascarelli /arr. Tim Davies SHELÉA

J. LEHMANN & J. LEWIS “Love Me” ROD TEMPERTON “I Just Can’t Stop Loving You” /arr. Quincy Jones/trans. & adapted SHELÉA /arr. Tommy Laurence SHELÉA Damiano Pascarelli JONAH NILSSON

JAY LIVINGSTON & RAY EVANS “Never Let Me Go” ROD TEMPERTON “Thriller” /arr. Quincy Jones/trans. & adapted VULA MALINGA /arr. Tom Richards JONAH NILSSON Damiano Pascarelli

LEONARD BERNSTEIN “Somewhere” /lyric Stephen Sondheim SHELÉA /arr. Quincy Jones

This performance is approximately two hours including one 20-minute intermission. Program order subject to change. Pops Series Title Sponsor: the John & Ginny Meisenbach Foundation Additional support for the Saturday performance is provided by Microsoft and Holland America Line.

Please note that the timings provided for this concert are approximate. Please turn off all electronic devices and refrain from taking photos or video. Performance ©2020 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. encorespotlight.com 31 JULES BUCKLEY lifetime. Through his mastery of non- he joined in 2008. At the helm of these Conductor classical orchestral music, he has pushed two orchestras, Buckley’s career has the boundaries of almost all musical seen a string of successive highlights and Conductor, arranger, genres by placing them in an orchestral remarkable achievements. curator and composer, context, earning himself a reputation as a Jules Buckley is a pioneering genre alchemist and agitator of unique and rare breed musical convention. of artist. Not yet forty, SHELÉA Jules Buckley leads two of the world’s he has collaborated Vocals most in-demand and high-profile with some of music’s From the moment she orchestras. He is the co-founder of the most important and became a buzzed- Photo: Suki Danda Suki Photo: Heritage Orchestra, a chamber ensemble credible names, about up-and-comer dedicated to performing new music with trailblazing his way through a staggering crooning her heart- a daring approach to crossing and linking discography of almost 70 albums — more tugging, self-penned musical genres, and Chief Conductor of than most artists achieve in a “Love Fell On Me” (the the Netherlands’ Metropole Orkest which end credits theme to the romantic comedy Jumping the Broom), singer/songwriter/keyboardist Sheléa THOMAS DAUSGAARD, MUSIC DIRECTOR snapped up the attention and support of music’s most powerful icons, including Quincy Jones, Stevie Wonder, David Foster, Narada Michael Walden, Ricky Minor and Dave Koz. The depth of emotion she plumbs vie her vocal interpretations, her composing and her piano playing has been steadily making her an artist to be reckoned with across the top shelf of the “beyond category” international pop music spectrum. This led to her debut album, Love Fell On Me (Breath of Life Records, 2013).

JONAH NILSSON Vocals

Jonah Nilsson is the vocalist/keyboardist for the international Pop-Jazz band, Dirty Loops. Nilsson has toured the world on headlining tours, performed on national television in front of TO GET ANY CLOSER, millions and supported artists ranging from Maroon 5 to Dirty Loops producer, David YOU’D HAVE TO AUDITION! Foster. Fans range from the EDM/Pop hit Producer, Avicii (known for his massive hit Principals Club donors are invited to join the orchestra for an “Wake Me Up”) to luminaries like Stevie Onstage Rehearsal on the afternoon of March 4. Wonder and Quincy Jones. His songwriting and music production skills caused him to be well sought after by many, including Join the Club and go behind the scenes with your Seattle Symphony! Jenny Berggren, a former member of the band, Ace of Base. He has attended Your support allows us to bring extraordinary concerts to life — and we various music schools including Sodra invite you to take your seat on stage for this special recognition event. Latin, Adolf Fredrik School of Music, Betel College and the Royal Music Academy in Seattle Symphony supporters at the Principals Club level and above ($2,400+ or $200/month) Stockholm. receive invitations to insider events, including Onstage Rehearsals, throughout the season. seattlesymphony.org/club | 206.215.4832

32 SEATTLESYMPHONY.ORG 2/18 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2020, AT 7:30PM LEE MILLS Conductor

Resident Conductor of the Brazilian Symphony Time For Three with the Orchestra and winner of the Solti Foundation U.S. Seattle Symphony Career Assistance Award SPECIAL PERFORMANCES in both 2014 and 2017, Lee Mills is internationally Lee Mills, conductor Rodrigues Cicero Photo: recognized as a Time For Three passionate, multifaceted and energetic Ranaan Meyer, bass conductor. His conducting engagements Nick Kendall, violin outside of the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra include the National Symphony Orchestra, Charles Yang, violin the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the São with special guest Matthew Scarano, drums Paulo State Symphony Orchestra, the Saint Seattle Symphony Louis Symphony Orchestra and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. GEORGE GERSHWIN Promenade (Walking the Dog; The Real McCoy) /arr. Sol Berkowitz from Shall We Dance Starting as Assistant Conductor of the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra in 2014, CHRIS BRUBECK Travels in Time for Three he was promoted to Resident Conductor Thematic Ride after only 18 months. Also in 2014, he Irish Folk in Odd Times conducted alongside David Robertson in Suspended Bliss the highly acclaimed U.S. Premiere of John Clouseau’s Mardi Gras, Cage’s Thirty Pieces for Five Orchestras “Laissez les Bon Temps Rouler” with the Saint Louis Symphony. At the TIME FOR THREE invitation of Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Music Director Marin Alsop, he received INTERMISSION the prestigious BSO-Peabody Institute Conducting Fellowship in 2011. The second half of the program will be announced from the stage.

The program is approximately one hour and 40 minutes, including one 20-minute intermission TIME FOR THREE Bonded by an uncommon blend of Please note that the timings provided for this concert are approximate. Please turn off all electronic devices and refrain from taking photos or video. instruments and vocals, Charles Yang Performance ©2020 Seattle Symphony. Copying of any performance by camera, audio or video recording equipment, and (violin), Nick Kendall (violin), and Ranaan any other use of such copying devices during a performance is prohibited. Meyer (double bass), have found a unique voice of expression. To experience Time For Three live is to hear the various eras, styles and traditions of Western music fold in on themselves and emerge anew. Earning praise from NPR, NBC and The Wall Street Journal, Time for Three is renowned for their charismatic and energetic performances in venues including Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center and The Royal Albert Hall. They have collaborated with artists as diverse as Ben Folds, Branford Marsalis and Joshua Bell, and have premiered original works by composers Chris Brubeck and Pulitzer Prize-winners Jennifer Higdon and William Bolcom. An upcoming commission by Pulitzer Prize-winner Kevin Puts will be premiered with the San Francisco Symphony and the Philadelphia Orchestra in summer 2020. The band has new music releases planned in 2019 through Warner Music.

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Ranaan Meyer is Nick Kendall is a Described by the through and through a founding member of Boston Globe as one Jersey Boy — born in Time for Three and who “plays classical southern New Jersey connects people violin with the charisma — and wears it with through music. He of a rock star,” Juilliard pride. However, Meyer picked up his first violin graduate Charles Yang spent most of his time at the age of three. began his violin studies developing musically in With an insatiable with his mother in Philadelphia where he appetite for a diversity Austin, Texas, and has mainly was found playing in local jazz of expression, he went to the streets of since studied with world-renowned clubs with some of the top jazz artists Washington DC to play trash cans for lunch pedagogues Kurt Sassmanshaus, Paul today. money as a teenager. By college, he was Kantor, Brian Lewis and Glenn Dicterow. forming pick-up rock bands at Curtis He has performed as a soloist with He is an alumnus of The Philadelphia Institute between concert debuts at the orchestras and in recitals in the United Youth Orchestra, Temple Prep, Manhattan most prestigious halls in the world. States, Europe, Brazil, Russia, China and School of Music, and the Curtis Institute Taiwan, and is the recipient of numerous of Music. Meyer co-founded Time for Kendall is one of our generation’s most awards and honors. On June 9th of 2005, Three while at Curtis, but prior to the persuasive champions of bringing new the Mayor of Austin presented Yang with band’s demanding tour schedule, he spent audiences to concert halls across America. his own “Charles Yang Day.” 10–15 weeks per year performing and Irreverent, funny, and relentless, Kendall touring in the double bass section of the has become a force for bringing people Yang has been a frequent guest on the Philadelphia Orchestra. Although his core together through music, on stage and off. Emmy Award winning PBS show From training was in Classical and Jazz, Meyer’s His work is based on the simple idea that the Top and has also been heard on curiosity has allowed him to explore the energy you exude greatly impacts the National Public Radio in Washington, multiple genres of music. relationships that you build. DC and Boston. Not only confined to classical violin, Yang’s improvisational Meyer is the founder, artistic director, and a Kendall’s leadership comes from a long crossover abilities as a violinist, electric teacher at the Wabass Institute in Wabash, personal history with collective action. violinist, and vocalist have led him to Indiana as well as the Utah Symposium for Years ago, Kendall gathered his friends featured performances with a variety Double Bass in Salt Lake City, Utah. Both to form a band whose direction comes of artists in such festivals as The Aspen programs provide full scholarships, funded from the power of the collective, now the Music Festival, The Cayman Arts Festival, by the generosity of socially conscience critically acclaimed East Coast Chamber The YouTube Music Awards, The Moab philanthropists. In addition to his personal Orchestra. Trained in the Suzuki method, Music Festival, TED, Caramoor, The EG education projects, Meyer is Guest Artist which his grandfather, John Kendall, Conference, Oncue Conference, Google in Residence at The University of Michigan brought to America in the 1960s, Nick Zeitgeist, YouTube Space Los Angeles and School of Music, Theatre, Kendall continues the teaching tradition. Interlochen. and Dance in Ann Arbor, Michigan. As a caretaker of his craft, he is passing Meyer has been in demand around on the vitality of classical music to a new He has performed in the presence of the globe, presenting workshops in generation. two former US Presidents, the Queen improvisation, teamwork, and outside-the- of Denmark and has recently shared box learning. He has also recorded on the stage in collaborations with artists a Michael Jackson gold record and has including Peter Dugan, CDZA, Steve Miller, made multiple recordings with NFL Films. Jesse Colin Young, Jake Shimabukuro, Ray Throughout his career, Meyer has been Benson, Michael Gordon, Bang on a Can commissioned to compose over 50 works All-Stars, Marcelo Gomes, Twyla Tharp, and tunes, additionally writing simply for Misty Copeland and Jon Batiste. the joy of music. Currently, he is making music with his wife Emily in a vocal/ instrumental duo called The Rockwins.

34 SEATTLESYMPHONY.ORG 2/21–23 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2020, AT 8PM JASON WEINBERGER SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2020, AT 8PM Conductor SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2020, AT 7:30PM As a conductor, harpsichordist and concert producer, Jason Weinberger Brandi Carlile with the stands out among musicians of his Seattle Symphony: generation for his passionate commitment Photo: O’Neill Arnold O’Neill Photo: to the entire life of the Right Now Is At The Speed art form. These interests coalesce in The New Live, which Jason founded to bring sophisticated multimedia projects to Of Light orchestras, and in Iowa’s pioneering SPECIAL PERFORMANCES ensemble wcfsymphony, where Jason is the Pauline Barrett Artistic Director.

Jason Weinberger, conductor Jason is dedicated to reinvigorating the Brandi Carlile, vocals, guitar & piano symphonic tradition. He collaborates Tim Hanseroth, guitar & backing vocals regularly with Grammy®-winning singer- Phil Hanseroth, bass & backing vocals songwriter Brandi Carlile — they have appeared together multiple times at the Josh Neumann, cello Seattle Symphony, Oregon Symphony, Chris Powell, drums Edmonton Symphony and Nashville Jacob Hoffman, piano & keyboards Symphony — and has partnered with a The Secret Sisters host of artists and bands including Gary Kelley, Mochilla, PROJECT Trio and Laura Rogers, vocals Calexico. He is also active as a live film Lydia Slagle, vocals & guitar conductor and has led screen-coordinated Seattle Symphony performances of scores from The Wizard of Oz, Fantasia, The Nightmare Before Christmas and others. The Secret Sisters LAURA ROGERS, VOCALS LYDIA SLAGLE, VOCALS & GUITAR BRANDI CARLILE Vocals INTERMISSION Brandi Carlile Acclaimed singer- BRANDI CARLILE, VOCALS, GUITAR & PIANO songwriter Brandi Carlile is having a momentous year. Her latest release Program will be announced from the stage and is approximately two hours is the GRAMMY®- By The and 30 minutes, including one 30-minute intermission. winning album, Way, I Forgive You. Recorded at Please note that the timings provided for this concert are approximate. Alysse Gafkjen Photo: Please turn off all electronic devices and refrain from taking photos or video. Nashville’s historic RCA Performance ©2020 Seattle Symphony. Copying of any performance by camera, audio or video recording equipment, and Studio A, the album includes ten new songs any other use of such copying devices during a performance is prohibited. written by Carlile and longtime collaborators and bandmates Tim and Phil Hanseroth, including “The Joke.” Carlile also recently released the official music video for her song, “The Mother,” which was produced and created by an all-female crew. Over the course of their acclaimed career, Carlile and her band have released six albums, including 2015’s The Firewatcher’s Daughter, which garnered a GRAMMY® nomination for Best Americana Album. Additionally, in 2017, they released Cover Stories: Brandi Carlile Celebrates 10 Years of the Story (An Album to Benefit War Child), which features 14 artists covering songs from their breakthrough album, The Story.

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WOLFGANG AMADEUS Mozart Concerto for MOZART Fugue in C minor for Two Pianos, Two Pianos K. 426 BORN January 27, 1756, in Salzburg DIED December 5, 1791, in Vienna Ryan Wigglesworth, conductor & piano WORK COMPOSED 1783 Marc-André Hamelin, piano One year after his permanent move to Seattle Symphony Vienna in 1781, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart met Baron Gottfried van Swieten, librarian WOLFGANG Fugue in C minor for Two Pianos, K. 426 4’ at the imperial court and a knowledgeable AMADEUS MOZART RYAN WIGGLESWORTH, PIANO amateur musician. As he would do later MARC-ANDRÉ HAMELIN, PIANO for Beethoven, van Swieten shared his collection of masterworks by Bach with WOLFGANG Concerto for Two Pianos in E-flat major, 24’ Mozart, who was shaken and greatly AMADEUS MOZART No. 10, K. 365 (316a) impressed by this encounter with the Allegro music of the Cantor of Leipzig. Though Andante composition came easily to Mozart, he Rondo: Allegro had to work hard to assimilate the lessons RYAN WIGGLESWORTH, PIANO gained from study of Bach’s complex MARC-ANDRÉ HAMELIN, PIANO polyphonic scores. We know this not so much from Mozart’s letters, but rather from the crossings-out and reworkings of his INTERMISSION 20’ Bach-inspired scores.

One of the immediate results of his RYAN WIGGLESWORTH Piano Concerto (U.S. Premiere) 22’ “meeting” with Bach, was the Fugue Arioso in C minor for two pianos, K. 426. Its Scherzo theme bears a striking resemblance Notturno to the chorus, “And with his stripes we Gigue are healed” from Handel’s Messiah, MARC-ANDRÉ HAMELIN, PIANO a work Mozart loved and eventually re-orchestrated), as well as to the Kyrie FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN Symphony No. 103 in E-flat major, 30’ from his own unfinished Requiem. Clearly “Drumroll”, Hob. I:103 beholden to Baroque practice, the Fugue Adagio—Allegro con spirito nonetheless projects a fire and turbulence

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Concertante for Violin and Viola, K. 364, high spirits. Its recurring principal theme is by a simple canon at the piano’s first entry, and the Concerto for Two Pianos, K. 316a. presented by the orchestra, which enjoys contains its own internal, repetitive echoes a more substantial role here than in the which in my version I give to the harp. Both of these works seem to have previous two movements. But it is the originated in 1779, though we cannot sparkling play of the soloists that carries Increasingly, as the movement progresses, date them with assurance. Both are the music, and Mozart rewards them, as he the harp takes on the role of the soloist’s concertos for a pair of soloists, one of had in the opening movement, with a brief “shadow.” At the close, the song in its whom, originally, was undoubtedly Mozart cadenza before the concerto is done. canonic form ascends into the highest himself. (The composer, as violist, would register of the piano, barely audible. have performed the Sinfonia Concertante Scored for 2 solo pianos; 2 oboes; 2 clarinets; Gigue with his father, and as pianist played the 2 bassoons; 2 horns; 2 trumpets; timpani; The harks back to the 6/8 dance strings. Concerto for Two Pianos with Nannerl.) form of the same name which, in the And both pieces are in E-flat major, a hands of Baroque composers, often key that had for Mozart a character © 2009 Paul Schiavo contained contrapuntal elements — as either broadly majestic or, alternatively, mine does too. The woodwind’s lively comfortable and even familial. fugal opening recalls the first movement’s RYAN WIGGLESWORTH initial obsessive figures, now expanded to Although Mozart and his sister most likely full melodic status. The piano immediately Piano Concerto played the double-keyboard concerto counters by introducing a more cantabile together in Salzburg, we have no record of BORN 1979, in Yorkshire theme which struggles to establish itself against the more dominant 6/8 material. A any performances there, nor knowledge of WORK COMPOSED 2019 how the work might have been received. brief battle between piano and orchestra WORLD PREMIERE August 28, 2019, at the Undocumented by the letters he wrote is initially won by the latter, only for the BBC Proms. Ryan Wigglesworth led the Britten when he was away from home, Mozart’s piano to launch into an explosive cadenza. life in his native city remains, in its details, Sinfonia and pianist Marc-André Hamelin. This traverses the movement’s two main relatively obscure to us. But we do know These are the U.S. premiere performances. themes before a crash from the orchestra that the composer thought highly of this freezes the music into a short recollection piece. In 1781, shortly after taking up of the Arioso chorale. The piano, left alone, residence in Vienna, he had his father wanders to the concerto’s close. send him a copy of the music, and he Notes From the Composer Scored for solo piano; flute and piccolo; played it publicly, with his student Josepha oboe and English horn; clarinet and bass von Auernhammer, in the Austrian capital clarinet; bassoon and contrabassoon; 4 horns; This work falls into four movements. The on at least two occasions. 2 trumpets; timpani and percussion; harp; opening Arioso pits quiet, obsessive strings. Both the ceremonious and intimate rhythmic figures against the piano’s brief qualities that Mozart seems to have chorale-like utterances. The argument © 2020 Ryan Wigglesworth associated with E-flat major are apparent becomes more contrapuntally involved, in the concerto’s first movement. The initial reaching a tentative climax, before dissolving back into the hazy mood of the measures of the orchestral exposition FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN convey a distinct grandeur, the opening beginning. phrase being essentially a proud flourish Symphony No. 103 in E-flat major, on the tonic, or “home” chord of E-flat The second movement, the longest of the “Drumroll,” Hob. I:103 Scherzo major. But almost at once, as so often with four, is a Classically designed and Trio BORN March 31, 1732, in Rohrau, Austria Mozart, the melodic line becomes more . Here the piano weaves an insistent pliant, the harmonies more expressive, pattern of quick, cascading figures, DIED May 31, 1809, in Vienna and we find ourselves charmed as well oblivious to the short, sharp attacks of the WORK COMPOSED 1795 orchestra. The Trio that follows consists as impressed by the opening theme. A WORLD PREMIERE March 2, 1795, in London; of two sections: the first involves imitative second subject presently appears in the Haydn conducting low strings and soon is taken up by the games played out between piano, solo woodwind and eventually all the violins; entire ensemble. Having concluded its Franz Joseph Haydn worked in and exposition of the movement’s thematic next, after a short transition, comes a languorous waltz which winds down around Vienna for most of his career. material, the orchestra retires to the But in the 1790s, Haydn twice accepted background, allowing the two soloists to near stasis. A return to the scherzo material closes the movement. invitations to visit London, where he to explore these ideas and several new presided over concerts that featured a melodies in friendly repartee, first one and The Notturno reduces the orchestra to series of 12 new symphonies, the last then the other instrument taking the lead. strings and harp and is a kind of fantasia of the more than 100 such works the composer wrote over the course of his In contrast to this “brilliant contest,” as the on a Polish folk song I first heard sung, career. Haydn composed the work we eminent Mozart scholar Alfred Einstein movingly, around a late-night campfire. hear now during his second English described the relation of the two pianos in The song’s (for me) resulting association sojourn. It was heard for the first time the first movement, the ensuing Andante with night-time accounts for the dreamlike in March 1795. The next day, a London finds them in relaxed conversation. The and sometimes nightmarish quality of the newspaper reported that “Another new finale, on the other hand, is full of wit and free variations based around its melody. This theme, which is first heard adorned Overture [symphony], by the fertile and

38 SEATTLESYMPHONY.ORG RYAN WIGGLESWORTH MARC-ANDRÉ HAMELIN PROGRAM NOTES Conductor & piano Piano Ryan Wigglesworth has “A performer of near- established himself as superhuman technical enchanting Haydn, was performed; which, one of the foremost prowess” (The New York as usual, had continual strokes of genius, composer-conductors Times), pianist Marc- both in air and harmony.” of his generation. He André Hamelin is known was Principal Guest worldwide for his London audiences had come to expect Conductor of the Hallé unrivaled blend of “strokes of genius” in the symphonies Orchestra from 2015 to consummate musicianship Photo: Sim Cannety Clarke Sim Photo: Haydn wrote for them, and the famous Siem Sophie Photo: 2018 and Composer in and brilliant technique in visitor took pains not to disappoint them. Residence at English National Opera. He the great works of the established repertoire, What we now call his “London” symphonies held the Daniel R. Lewis Composer as well as for his intrepid exploration of the are beautifully constructed and replete rarities of the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries — with original touches. Within the formal and Fellowship with the Cleveland Orchestra stylistic conventions that he himself had for the two seasons 2013–2014 and in concert and on recordings — earning his done much to establish for the symphony, 2014–2015 and was Composer-in- place as a true icon of the piano. An exclusive Haydn offers myriad surprises: unforeseen Residence at the 2018 Grafenegg Festival. recording artist for Hyperion Records, his turns of melody or harmony, sudden In close partnership with the Royal discography includes more than 60 albums, pauses, thematic cross-references and Academy of Music, he recently founded with notable recordings of a broad range of the like. Indeed, it is the tension between the Knussen Chamber Orchestra which repertoire. Hamelin has composed nearly 30 the clarity and accessibility of these makes its Aldeburgh Festival and Proms works throughout his career, including the compositions, on the one hand, and their debuts in summer 2019. Born in Yorkshire, Études and Toccata on L’Homme armé which avoidance of the predictable or bland, on he studied at New College, Oxford and was commissioned by the Van Cliburn the other, that makes them “classical” in the the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. International Piano Competition. Hamelin is best and broadest sense of the term. Between 2007–09 he was a Lecturer at the recipient of a lifetime achievement award Cambridge University where he was also from the German Record Critics’ Association The present symphony’s first surprise is a Fellow of Corpus Christi College. In and has received seven Juno Awards and 11 not long in coming. This is the timpani Grammy nominations. He is an Officer of the roll that begins the work and gives it the January 2019 he took up the position of name by which it is popularly known. Sir Richard Rodney Bennett Professor at Order of Canada, a Chevalier de l’Ordre du Haydn’s dramatic opening gesture, the Royal Academy of Music. Québec, and a member of the Royal Society which seems so simple and so obvious, of Canada. was unprecedented when he wrote this work, and it remains practically unique in the symphonic literature. It launches an introductory passage in slow tempo that precedes the main body of the first movement, and whose music returns unexpectedly near the movement’s close.

The second movement takes the form of a double theme-and-variations set, with the peculiar feature of using two closely related melodies in the minor and major modes respectively. Since Haydn varies these themes in an alternating sequence, the tonal complexion of the music continually shifts between darker and lighter hues.

As Haydn scholar H.C. Robbins Landon observes, the ensuing minuet is not so much a courtly dance as a broad symphonic movement in 3/4 time. The finale, like the Allegro portion of the opening movement, derives much of its character from its initial motif, in this case a horn call that introduces, and then accompanies, the movement’s theme. Haydn develops this single subject in bracing contrapuntal textures, punctuating it at crucial moments with recollections of the horn-call motif.

Scored for pairs of woodwinds, horns and trumpets; timpani; strings.

encorespotlight.com 39 2/28 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2020, AT 10PM PROGRAM NOTES [untitled] 2 [UNTITLED] SERIES Grand écart Ballet for String Orchestra Lee Mills, conductor By Flo Menezes Lina Gonzalez-Granados, conductor Gail GRANT. Technical Manual and Cristina Valdés, piano Dictionary of Classical Ballet. Dover Andy Liang, violin Publications, NY, 1982, p. 42: Brittany Breeden, violin Écart, grand. Large écarté. The split. Mara Gearman, viola Separated, thrown wide apart. Nathan Chan, cello Écarté: Écarté is one of the eight directions of Seattle Symphony the body, [Enrico] Cecchetti method. In this position the dancer faces either one FLO MENEZES Grand écart Ballet for String Orchestra 12’ of the two front corners of the room. The (U.S. Premiere) leg nearer the audience is pointed in LEE MILLS, CONDUCTOR the second position à terre or raised to the second position en l’air. The torso is EDDIE MORA BERMÚDEZ plegaria for String Quartet, 14’ held perpendicular. The arms are held en String Orchestra and Percussion attitude with the raised arm being on the (U.S. Premiere) same side as the extended leg. The head is raised slightly and turned toward the LEE MILLS, CONDUCTOR raised arm so that the eyes look into the ANDY LIANG, VIOLIN palm of the hand. BRITTANY BREEDEN, VIOLIN MARA GEARMAN, VIOLA Inspired by the above definition while NATHAN CHAN, CELLO composing this work, I was interested in the extreme tearing of the register of the CARLOS Short Stories II (World Premiere) 11’ instruments, as well as the fact that it is one of the 8 fundamental positions of the body SANCHEZ-GUTIERREZ LEE MILLS, CONDUCTOR in the dance: in my work, two harmonic CRISTINA VALDÉS, PIANO entities (two aggregates), each subjected to distinct compressions of the pitch range, JUAN DAVID OSORIO El Paraíso según Maria (“The Paradise 11’ establish 8 resultant aggregates, from the According to Mary”) (World Premiere) most extended to the most compressed one, LINA GONZALEZ-GRANADOS, CONDUCTOR to be reached at the end of the piece, in a contractive directionality that takes place Musician biographies may be found at seattlesymphony.org. in 8 stages, each one with an absolutely distinct sound texture from the other. Please note that the timings provided for this concert are approximate. Please turn off all electronic devices and refrain from taking photos or video. The title also brings subtle reference to one Performance ©2020 Seattle Symphony. Copying of any performance by camera, audio or video recording equipment, and of my works of the 1980s, Profils écartelés, any other use of such copying devices during a performance is prohibited. for piano and tape, in which I worked the melodic profile and its laceration by distinct harmonic techniques. In Grand écart, I use mainly my proportional projections (technique by which I extend or contract the range of entities), and a cyclic module (another of my techniques) is derived from one of the two main Harmonic Entities (which is derived, in turn, by merging the Pulsares and Mahler in Transgress entities), constituting the interval material of the two double-bass soloists already nearing the completion of the work, instruments that lie outside the orchestral body, in public view, on the stage, and which are amplified. The writing is textural, but based on clear harmonic directionality, so that I decided to write for 22 “soloists” rather than writing for a “string orchestra.”

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plegaria for String Quartet, Short Stories II the opportunity to work with friends than in the somewhat anonymous environment By Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez String Orchestra and of established ensembles. This is why Percussion I wrote this piece for the extraordinary composing for Cristina, or for marimbist Makoto Nakura, with whom I often By Eddie Mora Bermúdez Cuban-American pianist Cristina Valdés. Cristina and I have work together on a collaborate, is much more than a “job”, and Each voice of the string quartet emerges number of projects, and it was for Cristina brings a special emotional dimension to and blossoms as separate actors which that I wrote …ex Machina, for piano, my work—it makes it a two-way street. gather all together in one single voice: marimba and orchestra. As time goes by, For me, music works more as a narrative the composer's voice which reveals itself I find myself much happier when I have from his own inner world. In Mora's own experience than as a finished object. This words: "There are four pleads, one for each soloist. Each of them is unfolded with its own narrative, setting the atmosphere for a unison plead. The orchestra works as the THOMAS DAUSGAARD, MUSIC DIRECTOR quartet's spokesperson, which becomes one unified musical thought."

Furthermore, the listener is also invited to be part of the music by submitting their own Free! plead. COMMUNITY plegaria was commissioned by the José White String Quartet from Mexico. It was CONCERTS premiered on 2014 along with the Heredia The Seattle Symphony in your neighborhood Symphony Orchestra (Costa Rica) and was conducted by the composer. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, at 7PM © 2020 Eddie Mora Bermúdez Community Concert in Haller Lake Ingraham High School Lee Mills conductor | Seattle Symphony

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, at 7PM Community Concert in Renton Renton IKEA Performing Arts Center Lee Mills conductor Minsoo Kwon flute | Seattle Symphony

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, at 12 NOON Community Concert at Seattle City Hall Seattle City Hall Lee Mills conductor Minsoo Kwon flute | Seattle Symphony

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encorespotlight.com 41 PROGRAM NOTES SEATTLE SYMPHONY is why my pieces are intuitive, and are El Paraíso según Maria composed “from left to right”, as if telling a DONORS story. The nature of my gestures tends to (“The Paradise According be, similarly, more reactive than discursive. to Mary”) PRINCIPAL BENEFACTORS My work could thus be described as a By Juan David Osorio The Seattle Symphony acknowledges with gratitude the sort of dramatic dialogue where gesture is following donors who have made lifetime commitments of more than $1 million as of December 12, 2019. the main protagonist within a network of This work is a special commission written actions and reactions, with which I try to and dedicated in 2019 to the Colombian 4Culture maintain the energy of the piece alive, and conductor Lina Gonzalez-Granados, to be Dr.* and Mrs.* Ellsworth C. Alvord, Jr. always in motion. Andrew W. Mellon Foundation premiered by the Seattle Symphony on ArtsFund February 28, 2020. The piece is inspired ArtsWA The writing on this piece is virtuosic, by the novel María by Colombian writer Beethoven, A Non Profit Corporation/Classical KING FM 98.1 angular, and full of contrasts, ruptures and Alan Benaroya Jorge Isaacs (1837–95), which deals surprises. The main motive contains the Sherry and Larry Benaroya with the failed love between its two The Benaroya Family “soggetto cavato” CUBA LIBRE (C-sharp, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation protagonists: María and Efraín. The story Ut, B-flat, A, La-flat, Mi, B-flat, Re, E), as The Boeing Company takes place in the Cauca Valley region an homage to Cristina Valdés and is an C.E. Stuart Charitable Trust in southern Colombia in the middle of Charles Simonyi Fund for Arts and Sciences example of how perspective may define Leslie and Dale Chihuly the 19th century. Some of the traditional how we observe the “Cuban condition”: The Clowes Fund, Inc. music of this region are the foundation of Priscilla Bullitt Collins* either free of alien intervention or of a this work. Divided into two large sections, Jane* and David R. Davis dictator’s oppression. Delta Air Lines it begins with a melody inspired by the Estate of Marjorie Edris The work is written in one movement, but "alabaos," which are funeral songs that are Judith Fong and Mark Wheeler sung throughout the Colombian Pacific. The Ford Foundation contains three “stories” that are played Dave and Amy Fulton without interruption, all based on the This motif is developed through the William and Melinda Gates same initial material, but each with its own different families of the orchestra, which Lyn and Gerald Grinstein in some moments participate not only by Lenore Hanauer peculiar narrative. David J. and Shelley Hovind playing but also singing. The second part, Illsley Ball Nordstrom Foundation of a very rhythmic and energetic character, Kreielsheimer Foundation © 2020 Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez is based on the rhythms of currulao and Dana and Ned Laird The Kresge Foundation bambuco viejo, which are a courtship Marks Family Foundation dances typical of the region of the South Bruce and Jeanne McNae Colombian Pacific. Paradise according Microsoft Corporation Microsoft Matching Gifts Program to Maria, is not intended to be a literal M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust representation of the novel, rather it is a National Endowment for the Arts personal interpretation of the composer Nesholm Family Foundation The Norcliffe Foundation based on the traditional music of the PONCHO region in which the whole story takes James and Sherry Raisbeck place. Estate of Gladys Rubinstein Gladys* and Sam* Rubinstein S. Mark Taper Foundation © 2020 Juan David Osorio Jeff and Lara Sanderson Seattle Office of Arts & Culture Seattle Symphony Foundation Seattle Symphony Women’s Association Leonard* and Patricia Shapiro Eliza and Brian Shelden Dr. Joseph S. Spinola Samuel* and Althea* Stroum Dr. Robert Wallace The Wallace Foundation Joan S. Watjen, in memory of Craig M. Watjen Stephen Whyte Virginia and Bagley* Wright Anonymous (6)

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Dana and Ned Laird Katharyn Alvord Gerlich ¹⁵ Paul Leach and Susan Winokur Betty Graham ⁵ Benjamin and Kelly Martz Lynn and Brian Grant Family ¹⁰ The Nakajima Family Lyn and Gerald Grinstein ^ ¹⁵ Mika Nakamura and Gary Wood Ilene and Elwood Hertzog ¹⁵ Nesholm Family Foundation Dr. Kennan H. Hollingsworth ^ ¹⁵ Melvyn Poll Tenors Fund Nader and Oraib Kabbani ° ⁵ I GIVE BECAUSE ... James and Sherry Raisbeck Dana and Ned Laird ° ¹⁵ Patricia and Jon Rosen Benjamin and Kelly Martz ° Eric and Margaret Rothchild Harold Matzner ⁵ Grant and Dorrit Saviers Pamela Merriman ¹⁰ Elizabeth and Justus Schlichting John and Laurel Nesholm ¹⁵ Charles and Maria Schweizer Sheila B. Noonan and Peter M. Hartley ¹⁵ Yuka Shimizu Linda Nordstrom ¹⁵ Mel and Leena Sturman Patricia and Jon Rosen ¹⁰ Atsuhiko and Ina Goodwin Tateuchi Foundation Eric and Margaret Rothchild ¹⁰ Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation Grant and Dorrit Saviers ⁵ I went to Muriel Van Housen and Tom McQuaid Elizabeth and Justus Schlichting Stephen Whyte and Rebecca Ralston Yuka Shimizu Anonymous Mel and Leena Sturman ⁵ Patricia Tall-Takacs and Gary Takacs ^ ¹⁵ For more information about sponsorship, please contact Atsuhiko and Ina Goodwin Tateuchi Foundation ¹⁰ my first Becky Kowals at 206.215.4852. Muriel Van Housen and Tom McQuaid ⁵ M. Barton Waring ⁵ INDIVIDUALS Rick and Debbie Zajicek ⁵ Anonymous (4) symphony The Seattle Symphony gratefully recognizes the following people for their generous Annual Fund and Special Event FOUNDERS CIRCLE gifts through December 12, 2019. Supporters fulfill our mission of bringing people together and lifting the human Gold ($10,000 - $24,999) last Thursday spirit through the power of music. Thank you! René and April Ancinas ° ⁵ For information about supporting the Seattle Symphony, Peter Russo and Kit Bakke ° ⁵ please visit us online at seattlesymphony.org/give or contact Jeanne Berwick and James Degel, night and Donor Relations at 206.215.4832. Berwick Degel Family Foundation ¹⁰ Kathy Binder STRADIVARIUS CIRCLE Jim and Marie Borgman ¹⁵ Phillip and Karla Boshaw ⁵ was blown Platinum ($100,000+) Matt Brannock and Claire Taylor ⁵ Steve and Sylvia Burges ¹⁵ Chap and Eve Alvord ¹⁵ Dr. and Mrs. John E. Caner The Benaroya Family ¹⁵ Children Count Foundation ° ¹⁰ Leslie and Dale Chihuly ¹⁵ Ida Cole away by the Susan Johannsen and Stephen Elop ⁵ Sue and Robert Collett ^ ¹⁵ Judith Fong and Mark Wheeler ° ¹⁰ Isiaah Crawford and Kent Korneisel ° Lenore Hanauer ¹⁵ John Delo and Elizabeth Stokes ¹⁰ David J. and Shelley Hovind ^ Dr. Susan Detweiler and Dr. Alexander Clowes* ° ¹⁵ performance. Leonard and Norma Klorfine Foundation Brooke Benaroya Dickson and Josh Dickson Paul Leach and Susan Winokur ° ¹⁵ Brittni and Larry Estrada ° ⁵ Jeff Lehman and Katrina Russell ⁵ Senator and Mrs. Daniel J. Evans ^ ¹⁵ Marks Family Foundation ° ⁵ Kathy Fahlman Dewalt and Stephen R. Dewalt ⁵ I can’t wait John and Ginny* Meisenbach Jerald Farley ° ¹⁵ Melvyn* and Rosalind Poll ⁵ William E. Franklin ⁵ Martin Selig and Catherine Mayer ^ Andrew and Molly Gabel ° Eliza and Brian Shelden ⁵ Katie and Jason Garms to come back Joan S. Watjen, in memory of Craig M. Watjen ¹⁵ William Gates Sr. and Mimi Gardner Gates ° ⁵ Stephen Whyte ° ¹⁰ Mauricio Gonzalez de la Fuente ° Anonymous (3) Neil M. Gray and Meagan M. Foley ¹⁵ Elizabeth and Laurent Guez over and over Gold ($50,000 - $99,999) Leslie and Nick Hanauer Dr.* and Mrs.* Ellsworth C. Alvord, Jr. ⁵ Michael R. Hatch ° ∞ Marco Argenti ° Terry Hecker and Dan Savage ° ⁵ Sherry and Larry Benaroya ^ ⁵ Richard and Elizabeth Hedreen ¹⁵ again! Dave and Amy Fulton ^ ⁵ Bob Hoelzen and Marlene Botter ⁵ Jean-François and Catherine Heitz ° ¹⁰ Chuck* and Pat Holmes ^ ¹⁵ Parul and Gary Houlahan ° ⁵ Hot Chocolate Fund ¹⁰ Jeffrey S. Hussey Dustin and Michelle Ingalls ¹⁵ – Brian The Nakajima Family ° ⁵ Aimee and Wil Johnson ° James and Sherry Raisbeck ^ ¹⁵ Juniper Foundation ¹⁵ Douglas* and Theiline Scheumann Viren Kamdar and Srilakshmi Remala ° Charles and Maria Schweizer ° ⁵ Jeanne Kanach ⁵ Charles and Lisa Simonyi Janet Wright Ketcham Foundation ⁵ H.S. Wright III and Katherine Janeway ¹⁵ Sally Schaake Kincaid ⁵ Anonymous (2) Nancy Neraas and Michael King ° ¹⁰ WHY DO YOU GIVE? Lisa Ann Mikulencak and Bernhard Kohlmeier Silver ($25,000 - $49,999) Ron Koo and Lisa Olmos de Koo ° Moe and Susan Krabbe ¹⁵ Elias and Karyl Alvord ⁵ Dr. Ryo and Kanori Kubota ° Warren A. and Anne G. Anderson ¹⁰ Steve Kutz and Courtney Womack ° ¹⁰ Bob and Clodagh Ash ^ ¹⁵ Frances Kwapil Paula Boggs and Randee Fox ° John Laughlin Thomas and Susan Bohn Rhoady* and Jeanne Marie Lee ¹⁵ Joe Clark Flora Ling and Paul Sturm ⁵ SEATTLESYMPHONY.ORG/GIVE Rebecca and Barney* Ebsworth ° ⁵ Dr. Pierre and Mrs. Felice Loebel ^ ¹⁵ William and Carole Ellison Foundation ⁵ Everil Loyd, Jr. and Joanne DelBene 206.215.4832 Jan and Brit Etzold ⁵ William and Anna Maynard Dennis Gannon and Sarah Burns ⁵

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Scott and Tracy McCammant ° Andrew Faulhaber ¹⁰ Harry* and Ann Pryde Bob and Bobbi Bridge ⁵ John and Gwen McCaw Judith Z. Feigin and Colin Faulkner ⁵ Douglass and Katherine Raff ¹⁵ April Cameron Jerry Meyer and Nina Zingale ⁵ David and Dorothy Fluke ^ ¹⁵ Dick and Alice Rapasky ¹⁰ Karen Cameron ⁵ Richard Meyer and Susan Harmon ⁵ Gerald B. Folland ⁵ Sue and Tom Raschella ^ ¹⁵ Diana Carey Yoshi and Naomi Minegishi ^ ¹⁵ John and Nancy Freeman Edward* and Vicki M Rauscher Vicente Cartas Espinel Ghizlane and Ludovic Morlot Jane and Richard Gallagher ⁵ Richard* and Bonnie Robbins ⁵ Edith Cheng Mika Nakamura and Gary Wood ⁵ Doris H. Gaudette ¹⁵ Jonathan and Elizabeth Roberts ¹⁵ Robert E. Clapp ∞ ⁵ Erika J. Nesholm ⁵ William and Cheryl Geffon John Robinson and Maya Sonenberg ¹⁵ John Clawson ⁵ Gary and Susan Neumann ¹⁵ Natalie Gendler* ¹⁵ Mike and Marcia Rodgers ⁵ Kelly Coffing and Alison Hoffarth Molly Nordstrom Janice A. and Robert L. Gerth ¹⁵ Jack Rodman and Koh Shimizu Ellen and Phil Collins ¹⁵ Laurie and Scott Oki George Gilman ⁵ Helen and Ivan Rouzanov ⁵ Samuel and Helen Colombo ¹⁵ Lourdes M. Orive Phyllis Golden Braxton E. Rowe ⁵ Mr. and Mrs. Ross Comer ¹⁰ Dick and Joyce Paul ¹⁰ Michele and Bob Goodmark ⁵ Dr. and Mrs. Werner E. Samson ⁵ Mr. and Mrs. Frank Conlon ⁵ Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Pigott ¹⁵ Donald G. Graham, Jr. ¹⁵ John and Margaret Sanders Rosalie Contreras and David Trenchard ¹⁰ Dana M. Reid ° ⁵ Dr. Martin L. Greene and Kathleen Wright ⁵ Norm and Elisabeth Sandler/ Herb and Kathe Cook ⁵ Jon and Judy Runstad ^ ⁵ Ted and Sandy Greenlee ¹⁵ The Sandler Foundation ° ⁵ Susan Coughlin and John Lauber Kathy Savitt and Adam Diamond ° Jeremy Griffin David Schiffrin Nancy Davidson Vivian and Jim Schwab ° Marilyn Gustafson ¹⁵ Eckhard Schipull ¹⁵ Matt Decker ♫ Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Snyder ° ⁵ Margaret Haggerty Susan Schroeter-Stokes and Derek Deeter Neil and Margaret Storey William Haines ¹⁵ Robert Stokes ⁵ Mr. John Delaney Mary Anne Strong Mark and Stacy Harrington Seattle Symphony Volunteers Hilary Doherty Louise Tolle Michèle and Dan Heidt ¹⁰ Jan* and Peter Shapiro Sue Donaldson and Paul Fletcher ¹⁵ Kirsten and Bayan Towfiq Robert and Eileen Hershberg ⁵ Jeffrey C. Sherman Patrice Donohue ⁵ Dr. Robert Wallace ⁵ Margaret M. Hess ⁵ Barbara and Richard Shikiar ¹⁵ Matthew Doxey and Tiffany McNees Mr. and Mrs. Michael Werner Michelle and William Hilf Frank and Harriet* Shrontz ¹⁵ Ken Duncan and Tanya Parish ¹⁰ Selena and Steve Wilson ¹⁵ Glen and Ann Hiner ⁵ Michael Slonski and Jennifer Wilson ° ¹⁰ Zart Dombourian-Eby and Jeff Eby♫ ¹⁰ Woodworth, Charleson Charitable Fund ⁵ Dick and Nora Hinton ⁵ Buz* and Helen Smith ¹⁵ Dr. Lewis and Susan Edelheit Virginia and Bagley* Wright ¹⁵ Endre Holen Nepier Smith and Joan Affleck-Smith ⁵ Charles Engelke and Laurie White Anonymous (8) Thomas Horsley and Cheri Brennan ⁵ Ms. Barbara Snapp and Junko and Glen Ferguson ⁵ Carole and Rick Horwitz Dr. Phillip Chapman ⁵ Gerard Fischer Silver ($5,000 - $9,999) Norm and Carla Hubbard ∞ Margaret W. Spangler ¹⁵ Ernest and Elizabeth Scott Frankenberg ¹⁰ Joni, Scott, and Aedan Humphreys ∞ Jack Freelander ⁵ Richard and Constance Albrecht ^ ¹⁵ Sonia Spear ¹⁵ Richard and Roberta Hyman ⁵ Walter Gray ♫ Harriet and Dan Alexander ⁵ Lorna Stern ¹⁵ Robert C. Jenkins Ken Hayashi ∞ ⁵ Jim and Catherine Allchin Craig and Sheila Sternberg ⁵ JNC Fund ⁵ Ms. Jill Heerensperger Terry Allen Alexander* and Jane Stevens James and Sirkku Johnson Joaquin and Jennifer Hernandez Ignacio Alvarado-Cummings ∞ ⁵ John and Sherry Stilin ¹⁵ Mr. Daniel Kerlee and Linda Rae Hickey and Mark Grant Eddy and Osvaldo Ancinas The Stretch Fund Mrs. Carol Wollenberg Alice and Paul Hill Drs. Linda and Arthur Anderson ∞ ⁵ Isabel and Herb Stusser ¹⁵ Will and Beth Ketcham Candyce Hogan Richard Andler and Carole Rush ¹⁰ Esther M. Su ∞ ⁵ Michael A. Klein and Catherine A. Melfi ⁵ William P. and Ruth L. Ingham Geoffrey Antos ¹⁰ Michel and Christine Suignard ⁵ Thomas and Kathleen Koepsell Geoffrey Jackson and Fred and Dita Appelbaum Sympaticos Sarah Kohut Jane Leeson-Jackson* ∞ Susan Y. and Charles G. Armstrong ^ ⁵ Ronald and Pamela Taylor ∞ ⁵ Karen Koon ¹⁰ Elizabeth Johnson and Matt Uyttendaele Bill* and Nancy Bain ^ Krishna and Joanna Thiagarajan + Joan Krajewski Don and Janice Kline ⁵ Kendall and Sonia Baker ¹⁰ Betty Tong ∞ ⁵ Drs. Kotoku and Sumiko Kurachi ⁵ Drs. Peter H. and Susan M. Knutson ⁵ Thomas Barghausen and Sandra Bailey ⁵ S. Vadman ¹⁰ Eva and Jon LaFollette ¹⁰ Michael Krene Kris Barker ⁵ Hans and Joan* van der Velden ¹⁵ Kathleen Leahy ¹⁵ Bryan LaPorte ∞ ⁵ Suzanne M. Barker ⁵ Moya Vazquez ⁵ Elizabeth Lee Justin Lee Carol Batchelder ¹⁵ Nimrod Vered and Lyatt Jaegle Eugene and Martha Lee ⁵ Chien Li Dr. Melvin Belding and Dr. Kate Brostoff ∞ ⁵ Jean Baur Viereck ¹⁰ Alan and Sharon Levy ¹⁰ Gina Linden ∞ ⁵ Karin M. Weekly and Bryan H. Bell Steve Vitalich ⁵ Steve Lewis ¹⁵ Kori Loomis ⁵ Donna Benaroya ⁵ Jan and Nancy Wanamaker ⁵ Mark Linsey and Janis Traven ⁵ Kelli and William Loughrin Maureen and Joel Benoliel Gary and Karla Waterman ^ ⁵ Christina and James Lockwood Susan and Jeff Lubetkin Janice Berlin ⁵ John and Fran* Weiss ¹⁵ Richard and Francine Loeb ⁵ Kjristine R. Lund ° ⁵ Bernstein Family Foundation ⁵ Laurie and Allan Wenzel ¹⁰ Bryan Lung ⁵ Mark P. Lutz ¹⁵ Robert Bismuth ⁵ Stephen and Marcia Williams ⁵ Rebecca and Laird Malamed Malcolm and Diane McCallum ⁵ Rebecca Galt Black ¹⁵ Rosalind Horder Williams Russ and Diena Mann ° Charles Montange and Barbara BonJour ¹⁵ Kenneth and Rosemary Willman ⁵ Mark H. and Blanche M. Kathleen Patterson ¹⁵ Rosanna Bowles ° ⁵ Wayne Wisehart ⁵ Harrington Foundation ¹⁵ Christine B. Moss ¹⁵ Zane and Celie Brown ¹⁵ Christine Wood + ⁵ Judsen Marquardt and Constance Niva ⁵ Jarick and Tim Noonan Susan Y. Buske ∞ ⁵ Jeff Wood and Diane Summerhays ⁵ Frank and Judith Marshall Foundation ⁵ Isabella and Lev Novik ⁵ Glen and Anita Campbell ⁵ Barbara and Richard Wortley ⁵ Corrinne Martin Kathryn and John O’Brien Dr. Mark and Laure Carlson ¹⁰ Marcia and Klaus Zech David Mattson ⁵ Jerald E. Olson ¹⁵ Cecily Carver ⁵ Christian and Joyce Zobel ¹⁵ Bill and Colleen McAleer ¹⁵ Meg Owen ⁵ Ping Chee and Maritta Ko Robert and Eileen Zube ⁵ JoAnn McGrath Brian Pao and Susan Leu Rashmi and Gagan Chopra Igor Zverev ¹⁵ Mr. and Mrs. Fred Merritt ⁵ Path Forward Leadership Development Joshua D. Closson ∞ Anonymous (6) Justine and John Milberg ⁵ Allan and Jane Paulson ¹⁵ Cogan Family Foundation ¹⁰ Carolyn R. Miller ¹⁵ Nancy and Christopher Perks ¹⁵ Donald and Ann Connolly ⁵ SYMPHONY CLUB Ronald Miller and Murl Barker ¹⁰ Marcus Phung ¹⁰ David B. Cross ⁵ Drs. Pamela and Donald Mitchell ¹⁵ Mary Pigott Beryl and Nick Crossley ⁵ Principals Club ($2,400 - $4,999) Laina* and Egon Molbak ¹⁵ Joyce and John Price James and Barbara Crutcher ⁵ Mr. and Mrs. Richard Moore Jennifer and Kurt Adair + Randolph Rademaker Scott and Jennifer Cunningham ⁵ Reid* and Marilyn Morgan ^ ¹⁵ John and Andrea Adams ⁵ Deborah and Andrew Rimkus ⁵ Jane* and David R. Davis ^ Gary Morse and Ellen Bowman ⁵ Alhadeff Companies Ed and Marjorie Ringness ¹⁵ Patricia Davis Susan and Furman Moseley Susan Allan and Keylor Eng ⁵ E. Paul and Gayle Robbins Carl de Marcken and Marina Meila ⁵ René and Chuck Murry Mr. and Mrs. John Amaya Ms. Jean C. Robinson Calisle Dean ⁵ Akino and Bill Neubauer Carlton and Grace Anderson ¹⁰ Nancy M. Robinson ¹⁵ Frank and Dolores Dean ¹⁵ Thomas and Judith Noble Patrick Andre ∞ ⁵ Dr. John Schneider Dr. Stella Desyatnikova ⁵ Bruce and Jeannie Nordstrom ⁵ Dr. and Mrs. Terrence J. Ball ¹⁰ Jo Ann Scott Mr. Steve S. Dietz ♫ Eric Noreen and Suzi Hill ⁵ Jeffrey Barker Janet and Thomas Seery ¹⁵ Cindy Dobrow Anna and Jonas Barklund ⁵ Marc and Sally Onetto Julie Shankland The Martine and Dan Drackett Jane and Peter Barrett ⁵ Gerald and Melissa Overbeck Charles Shipley ¹⁵ Family Foundation ⁵ Patty and Jimmy Barrier ⁵ Bob and Annette Parks ⁵ Jeff Shipman ∞ Liz and Miles Drake ¹⁰ Elisa Barston and Jim Hsu ♫ Lisa Peters and James Hattori Evelyn E. Simpson ∞ ¹⁵ Jim and Gaylee Duncan ⁵ William and Beatrice Booth Andrew Pilloud Douglas Smith and Stephanie Ellis-Smith John D. Evans Rosemary and Kent Brauninger ¹⁰ Dr. and Mrs. Richard D. Prince ¹⁵ Mary Snapp and Spencer Frazer

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Christopher Snow ¹⁰ Anthony DiRe Hock Lee and Sok Seah Reverend Kerry and Robin Reese ¹⁵ Carlyn K. Stark Dwight and Susan Dively ¹⁰ Christoph Lemoine Cecilia Paul and Harry Reinert ¹⁰ Victoria Sutter ¹⁰ Richard Dobrow Virginia and Brian Lenker ∞ ¹⁵ Jason Reuer ⁵ Courtney Thurston Everett and Bernie DuBois ¹⁵ Carol Lewis and Tom Byers Hollace and James Rhodes Betty Lou and Irwin* Treiger ¹⁵ Donna and Robert Dughi Don and Carla Lewis ¹⁰ Jean A. Rhodes ⁵ Dolores Uhlman ¹⁵ Maria Durham and Viva la Música Club ¹⁵ Jerry and Marguerite Lewis ⁵ Valerie Rice Manijeh Vail ¹⁰ Mr. Scott Eby ∞ ¹⁰ Betty Lewis ¹⁰ John Richardson II ⁵ Mary Lou and Dirk van Woerden ⁵ Branndon R. Edwards ∞ ⁵ Mike Lewis Mr. and Mrs. Charles Riley ⁵ Charlie Wade Donna Richman and Mike Ehrenberg ⁵ Henry Li Joel Rindal Gregory Wallace and Craig Sheppard ∞ Thomas* and Ruth Ellen Elliott ¹⁵ John Lillard and Julia Kalmus ⁵ Mark Robbins ♫ Jessie and David Woolley-Wilson ⁵ Bill and Erin Ellis ⁵ Michael Linenberger and Sallie Dacey ⁵ Dr. and Mrs. Tom Robertson ⁵ Jerry and Nancy Worsham ¹⁰ Leila El-Wakil Anamaria T. Lloyd Chuck and Annette Robinson ¹⁰ Sally and David Wright Walter Euyang, Jr. Steve Loeb Eric Robison Lee and Barbara Yates ¹⁵ Dr. and Mrs. R. Blair Evans ¹⁵ Mr. and Mrs. Bruce C. Lorig ⁵ Mr. and Mrs. Robert Roemer Keith Yedlin ⁵ Karen and Bill Feldt ⁵ Sharon and Marty Lott ⁵ Stan and Michele Rosen ⁵ Anonymous (13) Al Ferkovich and Lovett-Rolfe Family Trust ⁵ David Said Martinez Joyce Houser-Ferkovich ¹⁵ Richard* and Beverly Luce ¹⁵ Michael Sandoval Musicians Club ($1,200 - $2,399) Steven Fetter and Bonnie Kellogg Thomas and Virginia Hunt Luce Sara Delano Redmond Fund Jerry and Gunilla Finrow ¹⁵ Lt. Col. Nathan Ray Sawyer Bill and Janette Adamucci Mr. and Mrs. Louis Lundquist ¹⁰ Ashley Myers and Andrew Fitz Gibbon Kate and Matthew Scher Nance and Steve Adler ⁵ Maria Mackey Frederick Edward Forrest Jill Scheuermann and Russell Paquette Peter Aiau and Susan Ormbrek ⁵ Ana and Gustavo Mahler ⁵ Jon Fourre Thomas and Collette Schick Robert and Ali Alexander Rhonda Maloney ∞ ¹⁰ Jane H. Fox ¹⁵ Art Schneider and Kim Street ⁵ Daniel Alexander II Mary Ann and Ted Mandelkorn Steve Francks Dr. and Mrs. Jason Schneier ¹⁰ Aditya Anchuri Zoey Mann Donald and Ann Frothingham Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Schocken ⁵ Eve Gordon Anderson and Mark Anderson Elliot Margul ⁵ Lydia Galstad Judith Schoenecker and Phoebe Andrew Mark Litt Family DAF of the Jewish Jacob Garcia Christopher L. Myers ¹⁰ Richard and Dianne Arensberg Federation of Greater Seattle ¹⁰ Ruth and Bill* Gerberding ^ ⁵ Steve Schroeder and Cheryl Beighle ⁵ Bridget Aumell Charles T. Massie ∞ ¹⁵ Gail Giacomazzi ⁵ Nancy and James Schultz + ¹⁰ Tracy L. Baker Anne and Rick Matsen Catherine E. Gleason ⁵ Janet Sears ∞ ¹⁵ Carol and Peter Balousek Carolyn and Richard Mattern ¹⁰ Jeffrey and Martha Golub ¹⁵ Maria Semple Charlie Barbour and Diana Lynn Kruis ⁵ Lois Mayers Erica L. Gomez ⁵ Virginia Senear ¹⁵ Joel Barduson ⁵ Dr. and Mrs. Paul McCullough Bill and Joy Goodenough ¹⁵ Stephanie and Evan Sent Josh and Megan Barnard John McGarry and Michelle Wernli Donna Graddon Shiva Shafii + Cornelius Barnett ⁵ Brooke and Dre McKinney-Ratliff Robert Greco Anne Shinoda-Mettler Michael Barras Karen and Rick McMichael ∞ ¹⁵ Maridee Gregory ∞ ⁵ Cindy Shoffner Marilee Barth Melinda McNeely Marjorie and Samuel Gulkis Sill Family Foundation Douglas and Maria Bayer ¹⁵ Christine B. Mead ⁵ Megan Hall and James Janning ⁵ Yara Silva Paula Begoun ∞ Gunda and Uwe Meissner ⁵ Gregory Hamblin Julie Silvers Joyce and Alan Bender Gail and John Mensher ¹⁰ Drs. Eugene* and Rena Hamburger ⁵ John and Jane Simpson Judith and Arnold Bendich ⁵ Karen and James Mhyre ⁵ Deena and Don Hanke ∞ ⁵ Dr. Charles Simrell and Deborah Giles ¹⁵ Kurt Berglund Mary Mikkelsen ¹⁵ Barbara Hannah ¹⁵ Jonathan Slawson Dr.* and Mrs. Jeffrey Bernstein Bruce Miller and Sandra Kroupa Dave and Sandy Hanower Stephen and Susan Smith ⁵ Capt. and Mrs. Paul Bloch ¹⁰ Laurie Minsk and Jerry Dunietz Linda and Wolfram Hansis ¹⁵ Michele Souligny ∞ ⁵ Audrey and David Bolson Chie Mitsui ∞ Dr. and Mrs. James M. Hanson ⁵ Fawn and Jim Spady Robert* and Karen Bonnevie Phoebe Moon Walter Harley and Anne Sustar ¹⁵ Kathleen and Robert Spitzer ⁵ Raymond and Ann Borelli ⁵ Andrei Moor Doug and Barbara Herrington Doug and Katie Sprugel ⁵ Marilyn Braarud ⁵ Gary Moresky ⁵ James R. Harvey Stella Stamenova and Chani Johnson Bob* and Jane Ann Bradbury ¹⁰ Terri Muharsky ⁵ Drs. Robert and Sally Hasselbrack Sylvia Sterne Daniel H. Brown Janet Murphy ⁵ Ken* and Cathi Hatch ^ ⁵ Steve and Sandy Hill Family Fund Cy and Kathleen Butler Kevin Murphy and Karen Freeman ¹⁵ Pat Hayenga at the Seattle Foundation ^ ¹⁵ Mary and Patrick Callan ⁵ Andrew Murray and Kevin Hardie Admiral and Mrs. Thomas B. Hayward ⁵ Delphine and Charles Stevens Corinne A. Campbell ⁵ Marcia Murray Joshua Hemphill Diane Stevens ⁵ Craig and Jean Campbell ¹⁵ Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Naughton ¹⁵ Ralph and Gail Hendrickson ⁵ Bert Sullam Mary Campbell ⁵ David Neagle Terrill and Jennifer Hendrickson ⁵ Mike and Mary Lynn Sutherlin Wally and Sally Campbell Paul Neal and Steven Hamilton ∞ ⁵ Gabriel and Raluca Hera G. M. Teichert Dr. Lysanne Cape ∞ ¹⁰ Mark Nelson Mark Hill Bob and Mimi Terwilliger ¹⁰ Cory Carlson Kirsten Nesholm ⁵ Marvin and Elizabeth Hoekstra Peter Chuang and Elaine Tsai ⁵ Carol and John Austenfeld Robert Ness Erik Holt Warren and Nancy Tucker ⁵ Charitable Trust ¹⁰ Marilyn Newland ¹⁰ Bob Holtz and Cricket Morgan ⁵ Dr. and Mrs. H. B. Tukey ¹⁵ Barbara Carr Karen and Sam Ng Gwen and Randy Houser ¹⁰ Raymond Tymas-Jones Dr. William Catterall Martha Noerr and T. Jeffrey Keane ⁵ Mr. Roy Hughes ∞ ¹⁰ Marcia Van Doren ⁵ Andres Felipe Chacon Ken and Pearl Noreen ⁵ Dan Hungate Gretchen Van Meter ¹⁵ Kent and Barbara Chaplin ¹⁵ Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Olson Patricia Hunter Johanna P. Van Stempvoort ¹⁵ Virginia D. Chappelle ¹⁵ Mrs. Jackie A. O’Neil ⁵ Jo Anne Iaciofano Carol Veatch ⁵ Jorge Chavez Thomas Ortenzi Ralph E. Jackson ¹⁵ Donald J. Verfurth ⁵ Dawn Chesbro Jae Hyun Paek ∞ Anne Janes-Waller and Fletch Waller ¹⁰ Sacia and Neil Vik David and Leigh Anne Clark John Palo Martha Jaworski Silvia Waltner Ms. Constance Clarke ⁵ Dr. Russell Paravecchio ¹⁵ Baochun Jin Connie Wang and Zachary Pollack Michelle Codd Richard and Sally Parks* ⁵ Charles and Joan Johnson ¹⁵ Debra Ward ∞ Robert and Janet Coe Neal Patel Clyde and Sandra Johnson ¹⁰ Judith F. Warshal and Wade Sowers Susan and Laurence Commeree ¹⁵ David F. Peck ¹⁵ Martha Choe John Watson ¹⁰ Peter and Lori Constable ⁵ Susan and Brian Pessolano Roberth Karman ⁵ Marc Wautier ⁵ Jeffrey and Susan Cook ⁵ Don and Sue Phillips ⁵ Sean and Lisa Kelly ⁵ Eugene and Marilyn Webb ⁵ Richard Cuthbert and Dr. David and Dona Pierson Mike and Mary Killien ¹⁵ Norma Wells ⁵ Cheryl Redd-Cuthbert ⁵ Valerie and Stanley Piha Dr. and Mrs. Michael Kimmey ¹⁰ Chris Wendt ¹⁵ Robert Darling ⁵ Donald Pogoloff ⁵ Virginia King ¹⁰ Mr. Josef Wernli Caroline L. Feiss* and Gordon B. Davidson Bec Powell W. M. Kleinenbroich ⁵ Greg Wetzel ⁵ Melissa Davis Ruth Ann and Jim Powers Albert and Elizabeth Kobayashi ∞ ¹⁵ Caleb Whitmore Cami and Ray Davis Lori and Bill Price Dr. and Mrs. Masato Koreeda ⁵ Roger and June Whitson ⁵ Douglas Dawson and Paola Diano Alexander Prior Andrew N. 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Mark Wittow Mary Lynch and the Oboe section, by Toshio Uno, by Norman Lipsky, by Marsha Wolf and Ken Linkhart + Mark Linsey and Janis Traven Anthony Uno Benjamin and Donna Lipsky Peggy Wolff Marcia Mason, by Stephen Whyte, by Hubert Locke, by Elizabeth and Troy Wormsbecker ⁵ Kathleen and Eric Ottum Mr. and Mrs. Butch Blum Leslie J. Chihuly, Chair Emerita Mrs. Sarah Yeager ⁵ Ludovic Morlot, by Sherry Tyler Llewelyn G. and Joan Ashby Pritchard Ming Yuan René and April Ancinas Jim and Mary Lou Wickwire, by Richard Lundquist, by Rebecca and Joseph Zalke Patty and Jimmy Barrier Melissa and David Wickwire Jinja Yutzy Kay H. Zatine ¹⁵ Rebecca Benaroya Ko-ichiro Yamamoto, by Brother Abe Utu Malae, by Mr. and Mrs. George* Zonoff ⁵ The Larry Benaroya Family Foundation Gregg Hirakawa Robert Malae Anonymous (21) Paula Boggs and Randee Fox Kenneth Martin, by Rosemary and Kent Brauninger MEMORIAL GIFTS Leslie J. Chihuly, Chair Emerita 5 5 years of consecutive giving Steve and Sylvia Burges Betty McKenzie, by Gifts were made to the Seattle Symphony 10 10 years of consecutive giving Dr. William Catterall Margaret Spicer to remember those listed below between 15 15 years or more of consecutive giving Kent and Barbara Chaplin Virginia Rae McNay, by November 1, 2018 and December 12, 2019. ∞ Monthly Sustaining Donor John Delo and Elizabeth Stokes The Gilbert Family For information on remembering a friend or ♫ Musician Dr. Susan Detweiler R. Joseph Monsen, by ° Board Member Liz and Miles Drake loved one through a memorial gift, please Llewelyn G. and Joan Ashby Pritchard ^ Lifetime Director Jim and Gaylee Duncan contact Donor Relations at 206.215.4832 or Reid Morgan, by + Staff Jan and Brit Etzold [email protected]. Linda Allen * In Memoriam Senator and Mrs. Daniel J. Evans Carol Batchelder Judith A. Fong Ginger Ackerly, by Betty and Bill Bonnett To our entire donor family, thank you for your William Gates Sr. and Mimi Gardner Gates Leslie J. Chihuly, Chair Emerita Sue and Robert Collett support. You make our mission and music Catherine E. Gleason Paul Allen, by Diane Curtis Leslie J. Chihuly, Chair Emerita a reality. William Haines Susanne Foster Lenore Hanauer Nancy Alvord, by Jane Hargraft and Elly Winer Leslie J. Chihuly, Chair Emerita Did you see an error? Jean-François and Catherine Heitz Ilene and Elwood Hertzog Clodagh Ash, by Help us update our records by contacting Doug and Barbara Herrington Dr. Kennan H. Hollingsworth Rebecca Benaroya [email protected] or Alice and Paul Hill Llewelyn G. and Joan Ashby Pritchard Sherry and Larry Benaroya 206.215.4832. Thank you! Norm Hollingshead Stanley R. Oldham, by Nancy Neraas and Michael King Jane Hargraft and Elly Winer Margaret and John Albin Dana and Ned Laird Dr. Kennan H. Hollingsworth Opa, by Llewelyn G. and Joan Ashby Pritchard Mr. Michael Holst HONORARIUM GIFTS Jeff Lehman and Katrina Russell Marks Family Foundation Elizabeth Bachelor, by Frank Powers, by Gifts to the Seattle Symphony are a wonderful Benjamin and Kelly Martz Margaret Imhoff Jane Powers way to celebrate a birthday, honor a friend or Yoshi and Naomi Minegishi William Bain, by L.E. and R.M. Reese, by note an anniversary. In addition to recognition Gary Morse and Ellen Bowman Llewelyn G. and Joan Ashby Pritchard Valerie and Todd Yerkes in the Encore program, your honoree The Nakajima Family Katherine and Eric Merrifield Bernice Mossafer Rind, by will receive a card from the Symphony John and Laurel Nesholm Dr. Aaron Bernstein, by Howie Barokas acknowledging your thoughtful gift. Rosalind Poll Ruth Mendelsohn Bernstein Lou and Doris Berg Lucy and Herb Pruzan Jeanne Ehrlichman Bluechel, by Leslie J. Chihuly, Chair Emerita Gifts were made to the Seattle Symphony in Dana Reid and Larry Hitchon Gwen and Larry Brown, and family Miriam Gray recognition of those listed below between Vivian and Jim Schwab Jo Haldeman Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Harris November 1, 2018 and December 12, 2019. Seattle Symphony Volunteers Dawn and Paul Meiklejohn Dr. Kennan H. Hollingsworth Please contact Donor Relations at Janet and Thomas Seery Louise and Stafford Miller Charles and Joan Johnson [email protected] or Evelyn E. Simpson Gus and Rachel Pineda Mr. Steve Loeb Llewelyn G. and Joan Ashby Pritchard 206.215.4832 if you would like to recognize Carlyn K. Stark Ms. Sandy Lundberg Linda and Wayne Townsen, and family someone in a future edition of Encore. Mel and Leena Sturman Isa Nelson Patricia Tall-Takacs and Gary Takacs Kenneth and Rosemary Willman Susan and James Pass Bob Bradbury, by Sarah Andrabi, by Dr. Robert Wallace Margaret Pearl Jane Ann Bradbury Robin Goldstein and Tim Root Llewelyn G. and Joan Ashby Pritchard Herb Bridge, by Mary Austin, by Thank you to everyone who made a gift in Rind Family Foundation Leslie J. Chihuly, Chair Emerita Janice and Neill Urano June 2019 in response to Ludovic’s invitation Jo-Ellen and Gregory Smith Robert D. Brown, by Michael H. Beck, by to support the Seattle Symphony. A full listing Mr. David Thompson James Wiggins Patricia and Jon Rosen of supporters to this campaign can be viewed Richard Rosalie Santos, by Rev. Frank M. Byrdwell, by Rebecca Benaroya, by at seattlesymphony.org/ludovic-legacy. Anonymous Frank and Phyllis Byrdwell Vicki Rauscher Deborah Dawn Schaffer, by Alec Clowes, by Jean Baur Viereck Kristen Nyquist, by Amanda Schaffer Anonymous Alexi Chou, by Senator and Mrs. Daniel J. Evans Jan Shapiro, by Margaret “Peggy” Corley, by Alex Chou Pat Prinz, by Peter Shapiro Anonymous David Davis, by Hugh Macmahon Landry Slade, by Kersti Covert, by Carissa Hussong Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky, by Gretchen Van Meter Cristina Covert James Feddeck, by Mike Craig Dr. Meredith “Buz” P. Smith, by Richard Cross, by Martha and Michael Laslavic James and Sherry Raisbeck, by Katherine and Eric Merrifield Carla Cross Alexandra Gardner, by Members of the combined arts and Dr. Belinda Towns, by John and Elizabeth Current, by Keith Gardner aviation community: Susan Johannsen, Jane Hargraft and Elly Winer Jay Wang and Nancy Current Brian Goodwin, by Stephen Elop, Joe Clark, Susan Gibbons Llewelyn G. and Joan Ashby Pritchard Ralph Dockham, by William E. Franklin and Tom Gibbons Patricia and Jon Rosen Ms. Andrea Smith-Clarke Nancy Paige Griffin, by Maurice Ravel, by John L. Vifian, by Barney Ebsworth, by Michael Schick and Katherine Hanson Kathleen S. Morris Karen and Larry Gookin Leslie J. Chihuly, Chair Emerita Megan Hall, by Chris and Becca Riley, by Beverly Vifian John Fado, by Evan Cartwright Tanna Williams B.K. Walton, by Peggy Wolff Samantha DeLuna and Jesse Bearden Jerome L. Rubin, by Penelope Yonge James D. Fouts Sr., by Patty Hall, by Patricia and Jon Rosen Gwen Jones Whyte, by Deborah Lee Fouts Michael Hershey Elisabeth Sandler, by Stephen Whyte David Kanofsky, by Jane Hargraft, by John and Laurel Nesholm Rae and Howard Mintz Senator and Mrs. Daniel J. Evans Maery Simmons and Jacob Roy, by Andrew Willinger Emily R. Hunter, by Betsy Groat Serge Kardalian, by Anonymous T.E. and Peggy Spencer, by Dr. William and Suzanne Phillips Martin Johansson, by John and Nancy McConnell Martin Kohlleppel, by Evan Cartwright Krishna Thiagarajan, by Weiying Chen Silas Josephson, by Russ Mann Jane Leeson-Jackson, by Linda Josephson Charissa Thompson, by Geoffrey Jackson Diena Lukawski, by Antonio Maldonado Gregory J. Linscott, by Russ Mann Neal Traven and Elizabeth Gray, by Barbara Krause Mark Linsey and Janis Traven

46 SEATTLESYMPHONY.ORG ESTATE GIFTS We gratefully remember the following individuals for their SEATTLE SYMPHONY generosity and forethought, and for including the Seattle Symphony in their estate or endowed fund. Their generosity provides vital support for the Symphony now and for future ENDOWMENT FUND generations. (Estate gifts since September 1, 2017.) The Seattle Symphony is grateful to the following donors who have made commitments of $25,000 or more to the Endowment Shirley Birchfield Fund since its inception. The following list is current as of December 12, 2019. For information on endowment gifts and naming Barbara and Lucile Calef opportunities in Benaroya Hall, please contact Becky Kowals at 206.215.4852 or [email protected]. Phyllis B. Clark Frances L. Condie Trudel Dean $5 Million + $50,000 – $99,999 Beverly Jean Deckelmann Carmen Delo The Benaroya Family Dr.* and Mrs.* Ellsworth C. Alvord, Jr. Muriel Anita Eisen Charles Simonyi Fund for Arts and Sciences Estate of Mrs. Louis Brechemin Sherry Fisher Anonymous Estate of Edward S. Brignall Marvin J. Flaherty Frances O. Delaney* $1,000,000 - $4,999,999 Jane B. Folkrod John and Carmen* Delo Estate of Lenore Ward Forbes Jean Frankland Leslie and Dale Chihuly Estate of George A. Franz Natalie Gendler The Clowes Fund, Inc. Jean Gardner Elizabeth C. Giblin Priscilla Bullitt Collins* Estate of Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Gattiker Merle P. Griff and Nadine Griff Mack Judith Fong Anne Gould Hauberg* Ursula Grosser The Ford Foundation Estate of William K. and Edith A. Holmes Carol Hahn-Oliver Dave and Amy Fulton Susanne F. Hubbach Sarah C. Hamilton Kreielsheimer Foundation John Graham Foundation Christian Heesemann Marks Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Stanley P. Jones Anita Hendrickson Estate of Gladys and Sam Rubinstein Estate of Betty L. Kupersmith Dr. Charles E. Higbee and Mr. Donald D. Benedict Samuel* and Althea* Stroum John and Cookie* Laughlin Susanne F. Hubbach Dr. Robert Wallace Edward A. Hudson E. Thomas McFarlan Raymond L. Ingram $500,000 – $999,999 Estate of Alice M. Muench Betty Jane Kreager Nesholm Family Foundation Alex Walker III Charitable Lead Trust Mrs. Sylvia B. Kuebler Estate of Opal J. Orr Mrs. John M. Fluke, Sr.* Nebahat Kuerzel-Themann M. C. Pigott Family Douglas F. King Marian E. Lackovich PONCHO Estate of Ann W. Lawrence Arlyne Loacker Estate of Mrs. Marietta Priebe The Norcliffe Foundation Fred J. Lorenz Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Smith Estate of Mark Charles Paben Fern Martin Seattle Symphony Volunteers James D. and Sherry L. Raisbeck Foundation Jean and Peter J. McTavish Estate of Frankie L. Wakefield Joan S. Watjen, in memory of Craig M. Watjen Aileen Miholovich Estate of Marion J. Waller Washington Mutual Helen A. Overton $100,000 – $499,999 Richard Robbins Anonymous Dorothy Faye Scholz Estate of Glenn H. Anderson $25,000 – $49,999 DJ Smith-Brooks Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Phillip Soth Bob and Clodagh* Ash Edward and Pam Avedisian Dr. Joseph S. Spinola Dr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Beck Estate of Bernice Baker Marion G. Stamper Drs. Janet P. and George* Beckmann Estate of Ruth E. Burgess Samuel and Althea Stroum Alan Benaroya Barbara and Lucile Calef William C. White Estate of C. Keith Birkenfeld Mrs. Maxwell Carlson Anonymous Mrs. Rie Bloomfield* Alberta Corkery* The Boeing Company Norma Durst* C.E. Stuart Charitable Trust Estate of Margret L. Dutton Sue and Robert Collett Estate of Floreen Eastman Richard* and Bridget Cooley Hugh S. Ferguson* THOMAS DAUSGAARD, MUSIC DIRECTOR Dr. Susan Detweiler and Dr. Alexander Clowes* Mrs. Paul Friedlander* Mildred King Dunn Adele Golub E. K. and Lillian F. Bishop Foundation Patty Hall Estate of Clairmont L. and Evelyn Egtvedt Thomas P. Harville Estate of Ruth S. Ellerbeck Harold Heath* The Seattle Symphony Senator and Mrs. Daniel J. Evans George Heidorn and Margaret Rothschild* Fluke Capital Management Phyllis and Bob* Henigson gratefully remembers the Estate of Dr. Eloise R. Giblett Michael and Jeannie Herr Agnes Gund Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Hornbeck cherished members of Helen* and Max* Gurvich JNC Fund our Board and Lifetime Richard and Elizabeth Hedreen Sonia Johnson* Dr. Charles E. Higbee and Mr. Donald D. Benedict David and Karen Kratter Director families we lost Harold* and Mary Fran Hill The Keith and Kathleen Hallman Fund Estate of Mrs. James F. Hodges Estate of Marlin Dale Lehrman this season and last. Estate of Ruth H. Hoffman Estate of Coe and Dorothy Malone You will be missed. Estate of Virginia Iverson Estate of Jack W. McCoy Estate of Peggy Anne Jacobsson Estate of Robert B. McNett Robert C. Jenkins Jean and Peter J. McTavish Dana and Ned Laird Estate of Shirley Callison Miner Estate of Charlotte M. Malone PACCAR Foundation Bruce R. McCaw Family Foundation Estate of Elizabeth Parke Clodagh Ash Bruce and Jeanne McNae Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Purdy Microsoft Corporation Keith and Patricia Riffle National Endowment for the Arts Rita* and Herb* Rosen and the Rosen Family Northwest Foundation Jerry and Jody Schwarz Bill Bain Helen A. Overton Seafirst Bank Peach Foundation Security Pacific Bank Estate of Elsbeth Pfeiffer Seattle Symphony Women’s Association Estate of Elizabeth Richards Patricia Tall-Takacs and Gary Takacs Jon and Judy Runstad U S WEST Communications Reid Morgan Estate of Joanne M. Schumacher Estate of Dr. and Mrs. Wade Volwiler Weyerhaeuser Company Estate of Marion G. Weinthal The William Randolph Hearst Foundations Estate of Ethel Wood Estate of Helen L. Yeakel Lee and Barbara Yates Belinda Towns Estate of Victoria Zablocki Anonymous (2) Anonymous (3) * In Memoriam

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We offer our sincere thanks to the following individuals who have remembered the Seattle Symphony with a future gift through their estate. Legacy donors help preserve the beauty of symphonic music and enrich the next generation through the sights and sounds of the orchestra. To let us know you have remembered the Seattle Symphony in your planning or to learn more, please contact Director of Major Gifts & Planned Giving Becky Kowals at 206.215.4852 or [email protected]. The following list is current as of December 12, 2019.

Charles M. and Barbara Clanton Ackerman Jim Fox and Rodney Reagor Bonnie Berry and Peter Lara Thomas H. Schacht John and Andrea Adams Jane H. Fox Paul Leach and Susan Winokur Judith Schoenecker and Christopher L. Myers Peter Aiau and Susan Ormbrek Ernest and Elizabeth Scott Frankenberg Kathleen Leahy Linda and Bruce Scott Harriet and Dan Alexander William E. Franklin Lu Leslan Annie and Leroy Searle Joan P. Algarin Cynthia L. Gallagher Marjorie J. Levar Virginia and Allen* Senear Kathleen Amberg Jane and Richard Gallagher Mel Longley and Tanya Wanchena-Longley Leonard* and Patricia Shapiro Richard Andler and Carole Rush Jean Gardner Thomas and Virginia Hunt Luce Jan* and Peter Shapiro Ron Armstrong Cheryl and Billy Geffon Ted and Joan Lundberg John F. and Julia P.* Shaw Elma Arndt Natalie Gendler* Judsen Marquardt and Constance Niva Barbara and Richard Shikiar Bob and Clodagh* Ash Carol B. Goddard Ian and Cilla Marriott Seymour Silberstein and Julie Grosnick Susan A. Austin Frances M. Golding Doug and Joyce McCallum Valerie Newman Sils Rosalee Ball Jeffrey Norman Golub Tom McQuaid Evelyn E. Simpson Dr. and Mrs. Terrence J. Ball Dr. and Mrs. Ulf and Inger Goranson William C. Messecar Betty J. Smith David W. Barker Betty Graham Jerry Meyer and Nina Zingale Jo-Ellen and Gregory Smith Murl G. Barker and Ronald E. Miller Catherine B. Green Charles N. Miller Katherine K. Sodergren Donna M. Barnes Dr. Martin L. Greene Elizabeth J. Miller Margaret W. Spangler Carol Batchelder Susan B. and Richard A. Hall Mrs. Roger N. Miller Sonia Spear Drs. Janet P. and George* Beckmann James and Darlene Halverson Charles Montange and Kathleen Patterson Mary and Gordon Starkebaum Madeline Beery Barbara Hannah Reid* and Marilyn Morgan Karen J. Stay Rebecca Benaroya Martha W. Hanscom George Muldrow Diane Stevens Donald/Sharon Bidwell Living Trust Harriet Harburn Marr and Nancy Mullen Elizabeth Stokes Dona Biermann Ken* and Cathi Hatch Isa Nelson Victoria Sutter Karen Bonnevie Michele and Dan Heidt Carolyn Niva Patricia Tall-Takacs and Gary Takacs Jay and Carol Bowditch Ralph and Gail Hendrickson John and Joyce O’Connell Gayle and Jack Thompson Bob* and Jane Ann Bradbury Deena J. Henkins Gina W. Olson Andrew and Shana Tischaefer Rosemary and Kent Brauninger Harold* and Mary Frances Hill Miles Olson Art and Louise Torgerson Sylvia and Steve Burges Bob Hoelzen and Marlene Botter Sarah M. Ovens Betty Lou and Irwin* Treiger Dr. Simpson and Dr. Margaret Burke Frank and Katie Holland John Palo Muriel Van Housen Dr. Mark and Laure Carlson Dr. Kennan H. Hollingsworth Donald and Joyce Paradine Sharon Van Valin Dr. William and Mrs. Mary Ann Champion Chuck* and Pat Holmes Dick and Joyce Paul Jean Baur Viereck Sue and Robert Collett David and Shelley Hovind Jane and Allan Paulson Dr. Robert Wallace Patricia Cooke Richard and Roberta Hyman Margaret Pepin-Donat Nicholas A. Walls Dr. Marshall Corson and Mrs. Lauren Riker Geoffrey Jackson Lisa Peters and James Hattori Jeffrey Ward and Charles Crain Betsey Curran and Jonathan King Janet Aldrich Jacobs Stuart N. Plumb Judith Warshal and Wade Sowers Frank and Dolores Dean Jennifer James, MD Roger Presley and Leonard Pezzano Douglas Weisfield Robin Dearling and Gary Ackerman Robert C. Jenkins Mrs. Eileen Pratt Pringle James and Janet Weisman John Delaney Clyde and Sandra Johnson Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Purdy John and Fran* Weiss Lorraine Del Prado and Thomas Donohue Dr. Barbara Johnston John and Suzanne Rahn Robert T. Weltzien John Delo Norman J. Johnston* and James and Sherry Raisbeck Dorothy E. Wendler Dr. Susan Detweiler and Dr. Alexander Clowes* L. Jane Hastings Johnston Mary C. Ransdell and Keith B. Wong Gerald W. and Elaine* Millard West Fred and Adele Drummond Atul R. Kanagat Dana Reid and Larry Hitchon Katherine B. and Hollis R. Williams Renee Duprel Don and Joyce Kindred J. Stephen and Alice Reid Selena and Steve Wilson Sandra W. Dyer Dell King Richard* and Bonnie Robbins Ronald and Carolyn Woodard Ann R. Eddy Douglas F. King Bill* and Charlene Roberts Arlene A. Wright David and Dorothy Fluke Stephen and Barbara Kratz Junius Rochester Janet E. Wright Gerald B. Folland Tom Kuebler Jan Rogers Rick and Debbie Zajicek Judith Fong Drs. Kotoku and Sumiko Kurachi Patricia and Jon Rosen Anonymous (64) Jack and Jan Forrest Frances J. Kwapil James T. and Barbara Russell Russell and Nancy Fosmire M. LaHaise Peter Russo and Kit Bakke * In Memoriam Jon Fourre Ned Laird Mary Ann Sage

■ THANK YOU MUSICAL LEGACY SOCIETY MEMBERS! The Seattle Symphony thanks all the individuals and families who have notified us that they have remembered the Symphony with a legacy gift.

By making a gift through your estate you join people like you who care deeply about the future of the Seattle Symphony and want to ensure that audiences experience the magic of the orchestra for generations to come. Your gift will help the Seattle Symphony unleash the power of music, bring people together, and lift the human spirit.

To notify us of your planned gift or to learn more about the Musical Legacy Society, please contact Director of Major Gifts & Planned Giving Becky Kowals at 206.215.4852 or [email protected].

48 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 December 12, 2019. Thank you for your support — our donors make it all possible!

$500,000+

Seattle Symphony Foundation

$100,000 – $499,999

Arakawa C.E. Stuart Foundation Charitable Trust

$50,000 – $99,999 $15,000 – $24,999 $5,000 – $9,999 $1,000 – $2,999 Boeing Company Aaron Copland Fund For Music Amphion Foundation Addo † Google Inc. † Chihuly Garden + Glass Apex Foundation Alfred & Tillie Shemanski Trust Fund John Graham Foundation D.A. Davidson & Co. The Capital Grille † Bank of America Foundation Laird Norton Wealth Management Davis Wright Tremaine Citi Community Capital Matching Gifts Program League of American Orchestras Futures Fund Foster Pepper PLLC Fales Foundation Butler Valet † Microsoft Corporation K&L Gates † GE Foundation Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Seattle Microsoft Matching Gifts KCTS 9 † Glazer's Camera † Ebay Matching Gifts Nesholm Family Foundation Rosanna, Inc. † Google Matching Gifts Educational Legacy Fund Precept Wine ◊ Wells Fargo Foundation Heartwood Provisions † Eli Lilly & Company Foundation Scan|Design Foundation Wild Ginger Restaurant ◊ Jean K. Lafromboise Foundation Ethan Stowell Restaurant Group † by Inger and Jens Bruun The Lark Ascends † Genworth Foundation Seattle Foundation $10,000 – $14,999 Martin Selig Real Estate Heritage Distilling † Aetna Morgan Stanley $25,000 – $49,999 Ivar’s † The Benaroya Company Muckleshoot Indian Tribe JTM Construction Bank of America Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Music 4 Life † Lagunitas Brewing Company † Boeing Matching Gifts Program Matching Gifts Peg and Rick Young Foundation MG2 Foundation Chihuly Studio † The Cricket Foundation Puyallup Tribe of Indians Northwest Security Services Classic Pianos ◊ Fran’s Chocolates † Starbucks Coffee Company ◊ PONCHO Foundation DSquared † Garvey Schubert Barer † The Westin Hotel, Seattle † The Ruth and Robert Satter Encore Media Group † Helsell Fetterman Wells Fargo Private Bank Charitable Trust League of American Orchestras Catalyst Fund Holland America Line ◊ Tolo Events † Nordstrom Lakeside Industries $3,000 – $4,999 UBS Employee Giving Programs Peach Foundation Perkins Coie LLP Alaska Airlines Vital Mechanical Atsuhiko & Ina Goodwin Tateuchi Foundation Port Blakely Audi USA Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Foundation Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation Robert Chinn Foundation Grand Image Art † Wright Runstad Snoqualmie Tribe Yamaha Windstar Cruises † T.E.W. Foundation Wyman Youth Trust Treeline Foundation U.S. Bank Foundation † In-Kind Support Weill Music Institute † ◊ Financial and In-Kind Support Windstar Cruises † Anonymous

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.

encorespotlight.com 49 SEATTLE SYMPHONY BENAROYA HALL GUIDE 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 Special Events provide significant funding each season SERVICES FOR PATRONS WITH DISABILITIES: all Seattle Symphony performances through intermission. to the Seattle Symphony. We gratefully recognize Benaroya Hall is barrier-free and meets or exceeds all our presenting sponsors and committees who make PARKING: Prepaid parking may be purchased criteria established by the Americans with Disabilities these events possible. Individuals who support the online or through the Ticket Office. Act (ADA). Wheelchair locations and seating for those events below are included among the Individual with disabilities are available. Those with oxygen COAT CHECK: The complimentary coat check Donors listings. Likewise, our corporate and foundation tanks are asked to please switch to continuous partners are recognized for their support in the is located in The Boeing Company Gallery. flow. Requests for accommodations should be 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 at appropriate pauses in the performance, and are accommodations, please visit seattlesymphony.org. 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. OPENING NIGHT GALA, SEPTEMBER 14, 2019 An infrared hearing system is available for patrons CAMERAS, CELL PHONES & RECORDERS: who are hard of hearing. Headsets are available SUPPORTING SPONSOR The use of cameras or audio-recording equipment at no charge on a first-come, first-served basis Nordstrom in The Boeing Company Gallery coat check and is strictly prohibited. Patrons are asked to turn off all CO-CHAIRS personal electronic devices prior to the performance. at the Head Usher stations in both lobbies. Jon Rosen ADMISSION OF CHILDREN: Children under the age of LOST AND FOUND: Please contact the Head Elisabeth Sandler 5 will not be admitted to Seattle Symphony performances Usher immediately following the performance or COMMITTEE except for specific age-appropriate children’s concerts. call Benaroya Hall security at 206.215.4715. April Ancinas Judith Fong EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBER: Please leave the HOST YOUR EVENT HERE: Excellent dates are Leslie Jackson Chihuly Parul Houlahan appropriate phone number, listed below, and your exact available for those wishing to plan an event in the S. Mark Linda Cole Ned Laird seat location (aisle, section, row and seat number) with Taper Foundation Auditorium, the Illsley Ball Nordstrom Zart Dombourian-Eby your sitter or service so we may easily locate you in Recital Hall, the Samuel & Althea Stroum Grand the event of an emergency: S. Mark Taper Foundation Lobby and the Norcliffe Founders Room. HOLIDAY MUSICAL SALUTE, DECEMBER 3, 2019 Auditorium, 206.215.4825; Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Visit seattlesymphony.org/benaroyahall CO-CHAIRS Hall, 206.215.4776. for more information. Michelle Codd Rebecca Ebsworth

COMMITTEE Bridget Aumell DINING AT BENAROYA HALL Roberta Downey Ronald Koo Tiffany Moss Alexander White LOBBY BAR SERVICE: Food and beverage bars in the Samuel & Althea Stroum Grand Lobby are open 75 minutes prior to Seattle Symphony performances and during intermission. Pre-order at the lobby bars before the performance to avoid CELEBRATE ASIA, MARCH 8, 2020 waiting in line at intermission. CO-CHAIRS MUSE, IN THE NORCLIFFE FOUNDERS ROOM AT BENAROYA HALL: Muse blends the elegance of downtown dining Martha Lee with the casual comfort of the nearby Pike Place Market, offering delicious, inventive menus with the best local and Yoshi Minegishi seasonal produce available. Open two hours prior to most Seattle Symphony performances and select non-Symphony performances. Reservations are encouraged, but walk-ins are also welcome. To make a reservation, please visit COMMITTEE opentable.com or call 206.336.6699. Eunju Kim Yuka Shimizu DAVIDS & CO.: Davids & Co. presents a mashup of barbecue traditions which includes choices like spoon tender pulled Julie Sun pork, homemade quiche of the day, smoked sliced brisket and other delightful surprises, offering the perfect spot to grab Susanna Tran a quick weekday lunch or a casual meal before a show. Davids & Co., located in The Boeing Company Gallery, is open Esther Wu weekdays from 11am–2pm and two hours prior to most performances in the S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium.

HONOR COFFEE: High-end espresso, served exceptionally well, in a warm and welcoming environment. Honor Coffee, located in The Boeing Company Gallery, is open weekdays from 6:30am–3:30pm and two hours prior to most performances in the S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium.

DELICATUS: Delicatus is Seattle’s own 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 open weekdays from 8am–4pm and two hours prior to most performances in the S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium.

TICKET OFFICE: The Seattle Symphony Ticket Office is located at Third Avenue & Union Street and is open weekdays 10am–6pm, Saturdays 1–6pm, and two hours prior to performances through intermission. seattlesymphony.org | 206.215.4747 or 1.866.833.4747 | PO Box 2108, Seattle, WA 98111-2108

GROUP SALES: [email protected] | 206.215.4818

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 PO Box 21906, Seattle, WA 98111-3906.

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