JUNE/JULY 2018

LUDOVIC MORLOT, MUSIC DIRECTOR

BERNSTEIN WONDERFUL TOWN MORLOT C O N D U C T S COPLAND'S THIRD SYMPHONY PLUS JAWS & STAR WARS PRESENTING SPONSOR OF THE SEATTLE SYMPHONY CONTENTS

MASTERWORKS SEASON SPONSOR OF THE SEATTLE SYMPHONY

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4 / CALENDAR

6 / THE SYMPHONY

10 / NEWS

FEATURES 12 / SYMPHONY IN METAMORPHOSIS

14 / BERIO’S SINFONIA

CONCERTS 15 / June 6 & 7 JAWS–IN CONCERT

16 / June 8, 9 & 10 THE SOUNDS OF SIMON & GARFUNKEL

18 / June 14 & 16 BERNSTEIN WONDERFUL TOWN

25 / June 15 [UNTITLED] 3

29 / June 18 WAYNE MARSHALL

32 / June 21 & 23 COPLAND SYMPHONY NO. 3

36 / June 22 COPLAND UNTUXED 32 / JOHANNES MOSER Photo: Uwe Arens Uwe Photo: 37 / June 28, 30 & July 1 SAINT-SAËNS SYMPHONY NO. 3 ORGAN

40 / July 11 BRAHMS V. RADIOHEAD

41 / July 13–15 STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE IN CONCERT

50 / GUIDE TO THE SEATTLE SYMPHONY

29 / WAYNE MARSHALL 37 / BENJAMIN GROSVENOR Photo: Charles Best Photo: Photo: Patrick Allen/ Omnia Allen/Opera Patrick Photo: 51 / THE LIS(Z)T

ON THE COVER: Bernstein’s Wonderful Town COVER DESIGN: Helen Hodges EDITOR: Heidi Staub

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■ JUNE 2pm Seattle Philharmonic 8pm Orchestra Brahms & Schumann 8pm Sibelius Kullervo

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2pm 7pm 7:30pm 7:30pm 10:30am Tiny Tots: 9:30, 10:30 & 11:30am Sibelius Kullervo Young Composers Jaws–in Concert Jaws–in Concert The Three Little Pigs Tiny Tots: The Three Workshop Concert Little Pigs 7:30pm Northwest Sinfonietta 8pm 8pm The Sounds of The Sounds of Simon Simon & Garfunkel & Garfunkel 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

2pm 7:30pm 7pm 10am & 12pm Sensory The Sounds of Simon Bernstein Wonderful Puget Sound Music Friendly Concert & Garfunkel Town Academy 2pm Northwest Girlchoir Post-concert 10pm 7:30pm SRJO Founders Circle Party* [untitled] 3 8pm Bernstein Wonderful Town 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

10am & 12pm 1pm 6pm 7:30pm 5pm 8pm Sensory Friendly Benaroya Hall Tour Friends Recital* Copland Symphony Volunteer Copland Symphony Concert: Journey of No. 3 Appreciation Event* No. 3 Invention & Discovery 7:30pm Wayne Marshall in 7pm Recital Copland Untuxed

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7:30pm 9am 7:30pm 8pm Andrea Bocelli with Friends Open Saint-Saëns Saint-Saëns the Seattle Symphony Rehearsal & Symphony No. 3 Symphony No. 3 at Key Arena Discussion* Organ Organ

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■ JULY 8pm 7:30pm Mormon Tabernacle Ensign Symphony & 2pm Choir and Orchestra at Chorus presents Saint-Saëns Temple Square God Bless America Symphony No. 3 Organ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

8pm 8pm 2 & 8pm Brahms V. Radiohead Star Wars: A New Star Wars: A New Hope in Concert Hope in Concert

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2pm Star Wars: A New Hope in Concert

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1pm Benaroya Hall Tour

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French conductor Ludovic The orchestra has many successful recordings, available Morlot has been Music Director on their own label, Seattle Symphony Media. A box set of of the Seattle Symphony music by Dutilleux was recently released to mark the 100th since 2011. Amongst the anniversary of the composer’s birth. many highlights of his tenure, the orchestra has won three Ludovic Morlot was Chief Conductor of La Monnaie for Grammy Awards and gave an three years (2012–14). During this time he conducted several exhilarating performance at new productions including La Clemenza di Tito, Jenu°fa Carnegie Hall in 2014. and Pelléas et Mélisande. Concert performances, both in Brussels and Aix-en-Provence, included repertoire by During the 2017–2018 season Beethoven, Stravinsky, Britten, Webern and Bruneau. Morlot and the Seattle Symphony will continue on their incredible musical Trained as a violinist, Morlot studied at the journey, focusing particularly Royal Academy of Music in London and then at the Royal College of Music as recipient of the Norman del Mar Photo: Lisa-Marie Mazzucco Lisa-Marie Photo: on the music of Berlioz, Stravinsky and Bernstein. In Conducting Fellowship. Morlot was elected a Fellow of addition, they will be presenting some exciting new works by John the Royal Academy of Music in 2014 in recognition of his Luther Adams, David Lang and Composer in Residence Alexandra significant contribution to music. He is Chair of Orchestral Gardner. The orchestra will also be performing on tour in California, Conducting Studies at the University of Washington School including a two-day residency at the University of California, Berkeley. of Music.

SEATTLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ROSTER

LUDOVIC MORLOT Thomas Dausgaard, Principal Guest Conductor Pablo Rus Broseta, Douglas F. King Associate Conductor Harriet Overton Stimson Music Director Joseph Crnko, Associate Conductor for Choral Activities Gerard Schwarz, Rebecca & Jack Benaroya Conductor Laureate

FIRST Mara Gearman PICCOLO HORN HARP Open Position Timothy Hale Zartouhi Dombourian-Eby Jeffrey Fair Valerie Muzzolini Gordon David & Amy Fulton Concertmaster Penelope Crane Robert & Clodagh Ash Piccolo Charles Simonyi Principal Horn Principal Open Position Wes Dyring Mark Robbins Clowes Family Associate Concertmaster Sayaka Kokubo Associate Principal KEYBOARD Cordula Merks Rachel Swerdlow Mary Lynch Jonathan Karschney Joseph Adam, organ + Assistant Concertmaster Julie Whitton Principal Assistant Principal Simon James Supported by anonymous donors Jenna Breen PERSONNEL MANAGER Second Assistant Concertmaster Ben Hausmann John Turman Scott Wilson Jennifer Bai Efe Baltacıgil Associate Principal Danielle Kuhlmann Mariel Bailey Marks Family Foundation Principal Cello Chengwen Winnie Lai ASSISTANT PERSONNEL Cecilia Poellein Buss Meeka Quan DiLorenzo Stefan Farkas MANAGER Ayako Gamo Assistant Principal David Gordon Keith Higgins Timothy Garland Nathan Chan ENGLISH HORN The Boeing Company Principal Trumpet Leonid Keylin Eric Han Stefan Farkas Alexander White LIBRARY Mae Lin Bruce Bailey Assistant Principal Robert Olivia Mikhail Shmidt Roberta Hansen Downey Christopher Stingle Associate Librarian Clark Story Walter Gray Benjamin Lulich Michael Myers Jeanne Case John Weller Vivian Gu Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. Smith Principal Librarian Jeannie Wells Yablonsky Joy Payton-Stevens Clarinet Rachel Swerdlow Emil Khudyev Arthur Zadinsky David Sabee Ko-ichiro Yamamoto Assistant Librarian Associate Principal Principal SECOND VIOLIN BASS Laura DeLuca TECHNICAL DIRECTOR David Lawrence Ritt Elisa Barston Joseph E. Cook Jordan Anderson Dr. Robert Wallace Clarinet Stephen Fissel Principal Mr. & Mrs. Harold H. Heath Eric Jacobs ARTIST IN ASSOCIATION Michael Miropolsky Principal String Bass BASS TROMBONE Dale Chihuly John & Carmen Delo Joseph Kaufman E-FLAT CLARINET Assistant Principal Second Violin Stephen Fissel Assistant Principal 2017–2018 SEASON Laura DeLuca Kathleen Boyer Ted Botsford ** COMPOSER IN RESIDENCE Gennady Filimonov Alexandra Gardner Jonathan Burnstein Evan Anderson John DiCesare Brendan Fitzgerald * HONORARY MEMBER Natasha Bazhanov Eric Jacobs Principal Jennifer Godfrey Cyril M. Harris † Brittany Boulding Breeden Travis Gore Stephen Bryant Jonathan Green Linda Cole Seth Krimsky Open Position + Resident Principal Xiao-po Fei Principal † In Memoriam Artur Girsky Paul Rafanelli Demarre McGill Matthew Decker ** On Leave Andy Liang Mike Gamburg Assistant Principal Principal * Temporary Musician for 2017–2018 Andrew Yeung Supported by David J. and Shelley Hovind season Jeffrey Barker PERCUSSION Associate Principal Mike Gamburg Michael A. Werner Susan Gulkis Assadi Judy Washburn Kriewall Principal PONCHO Principal Viola Zartouhi Dombourian-Eby Michael Clark Arie Schächter Matthew Decker Assistant Principal

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When he has a few minutes at home, Benjamin Lulich looks forward to spending Seattle time with his wife and one-year-old daughter, Anna. “I’ve been enjoying watching my daughter grow,” he says. “She is just starting to walk, so that is keeping me and my wife busy these days!” Institute He met his wife Saisai, a fellow clarinetist, through mutual friends from his alma mater, the Interlochen Arts Academy. “She attended Interlochen right after I graduated, so we just missed each other. We’re not exactly high school sweethearts, but I like to think of directed by Robin McCabe us as high school reunion sweethearts,” he says. and Craig Sheppard, They met again a couple months later when Benjamin was in China for a festival. is delighted to share the His wife was visiting her family in Xi’an and showed him around her hometown. But achievements of our advanced Benjamin doesn’t speak fluent Mandarin — at least, not yet. “I guess you could say I’m learning with Anna,” he grins. “She learns some new words, I pick up a few. So far it’s students in a final showcase mostly mama, dada, and yaya, which means duck in Chinese. Anna loves ducks.” recital at Meany Theater on the UW campus. When he’s not at home with his family, Benjamin loves to hike. “I know some people like to hike for the exercise, but that’s kind of a nice byproduct for me,” he laughs. “For Wednesday, July 18—12:30pm me, it’s about the scenery and getting out and experiencing the amazing beauty of the mountains or lakes. I think the best hikes have a great view at the end.” Come and hear gifted, aspiring pianists from throughout the US and For more on the Seattle Symphony, visit seattlesymphony.org/stories. abroad, in a rich variety of repertoire. Free and open to the public For further information, please contact www.seattlepianoinstitute.org

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“They loved [the concert]! The family is in our housing program while mom attends South Seattle Community College. Her mother came up from California to see them this week for Mother’s Day, so three generations (mom, her mother, and her 17-year-old daughter) were able to enjoy a

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LESLIE JACKSON CHIHULY Chair* Jon Rosen Woody Hertzog Dick Paul Secretary* Vice Chair, Development* Vice Chair, Governance* RENÉ ANCINAS, Chair-Elect* Michael Slonski Kjristine Lund Stephen Whyte Treasurer* Vice Chair, Audiences & Communities* Vice Chair, Finance*

DIRECTORS Viren Kamdar Open Position, David Davis Marlys Palumbo Marco Abbruzzese Ronald Koo President & CEO Nancy Evans Sally Phinny Sherry Benaroya Ryo Kubota Zartouhi Dombourian-Eby, Dorothy Fluke James Raisbeck Musician Representative James Bianco Stephen Kutz David Fulton Sue Raschella Jonathan Karschney, Ned Laird* Jean Gardner Bernice Rind Paula Boggs Musician Representative Rosanna Bowles Paul Leach* Ruth Gerberding Jill Ruckelshaus Renée Brisbois Brian Marks LIFETIME DIRECTORS James Gillick Jon Runstad Isiaah Crawford Michael Mitrovich Llewelyn Pritchard Jerry Grinstein Martin Selig Susan Detweiler Hisayo Nakajima Chair Patty Hall John F. Shaw Rebecca Ebsworth Cookie Neil Richard Albrecht Cathi Hatch Linda Stevens Larry Estrada Nancy Neraas Susan Armstrong Steven Hill Patricia Tall-Takacs Jerry Farley Laurel Nesholm* Robert Ash Ken Hollingsworth Marcus Tsutakawa Molly Gabel Jay Picard William Bain Patricia Holmes Cyrus Vance, Jr. Martin Greene Dana Reid* Bruce Baker David Hovind Karla Waterman Jeremy Griffin Elisabeth Beers Sandler Cynthia Bayley Henry James Ronald Woodard Terry Hecker Jim Schwab Alexandra Brookshire Hubert Locke Arlene Wright Jean-François Heitz* Robert Wallace Phyllis Byrdwell J. Pierre Loebel Joaquin Hernandez Phyllis Campbell Kenneth Martin+ DESIGNEES Parul Houlahan* Mary Ann Champion Yoshi Minegishi * Executive Committee Member Sasha S. Philip, Marilyn Morgan Douglas Jackson President, Robert Collett + In memoriam Susan Johannsen Seattle Symphony Chorale Isa Nelson Aimee Johnson Bonnie Peterson, President, Nader Kabbani Seattle Symphony Volunteers

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JEAN-FRANÇOIS HEITZ Kathleen Wright Vice Chair Marco Abbruzzese Joaquin Hernandez David Tan Chair Muriel Van Housen Secretary Brian Grant Leslie Jackson Chihuly Rick White Michael Slonski Treasurer

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encoremediagroup.com/programs 11 SYMPHONY IN METAMORPHOSIS Leslie Jackson Chihuly’s remarkable tenure as Board Chair

BY ROSALIE CONTRERAS & HEIDI STAUB Photo: Tracey Salazar Tracey Photo: Chihuly courtesyPhoto of Leslie Jackson Leslie Jackson Chihuly, Becky Benaroya and Ludovic Morlot at a pre-gala event in Chihuly with in Berkeley after the September 2012. California premiere of Become Desert in April 2018.

The Seattle Symphony’s transformation over the past decade, The organization underwent many changes and the past few from tremendous artistic growth to community relevance and years have been marked by exciting moments of collaboration, financial stability, is the result of the dedication and innovative with a crowning achievement in March where, at the Annual spirit of hundreds of people involved in the organization, and Meeting, the Symphony and musicians announced a four- many more thousands of supporters. In large measure this year extension of the musicians’ contract and innovative metamorphosis is due to the tenacity of Board Chair Leslie solution to financing the orchestra’s pension program — five Jackson Chihuly, who concludes her nine-year leadership of months prior to the expiration of the current contract. the Seattle Symphony this August. In her years as Chair, Chihuly methodically and courageously steered the organization “The Seattle Symphony has totally transformed under from a time of instability to the thriving institution it is today. Leslie’s leadership. We have stretched and grown in every way imaginable, and our internal culture has changed Like many volunteers starting to get involved with the remarkably,” Seattle Symphony Flute and Piccolo Zartouhi Seattle Symphony, Chihuly joined a special events Dombourian-Eby said. “One thing that really stands out committee in the early 2000s and in 2004 was invited about Leslie to all of the orchestra musicians is her deep to join the Seattle Symphony Board of Directors. love for music and her deep love and respect for the musicians of the orchestra. That means the world to us.” In 2009 Chihuly was elected Board Chair. It was a time of transition not only in board leadership, but in both the Music In addition to using the mission and values of the orchestra Director and Executive Director positions, as well as a time as guiding principles for all decisions, Chihuly leads with her of difficult financial circumstances which contributed to belief that the Seattle Symphony and Benaroya Hall should be a many issues including a strained relationship with musicians. home for all kinds of music and that everyone in the community Chihuly’s bold strokes in hiring visionary new leaders, including should be invited to experience its transformational power. Music Director Ludovic Morlot and (now former) President & CEO Simon Woods, created a catalyst for positive change in “I’ve had the opportunity to serve beside Leslie throughout her the organization. In addition to appointing new leadership, entire tenure as Board Chair and watched her make one critical Chihuly worked tirelessly to create a new relationship with decision after another during some pretty stressful times,” said musicians and collaborated with her fellow board members Dick Paul, the Board’s Vice Chair of Governance for the past to systematically build a strong and effective board. 10 years. “There are so many adjectives to describe Leslie’s leadership style, but the ones that pop to the forefront for me

12 SEATTLESYMPHONY.ORG Photo: Brandon Patoc Brandon Photo: Foundation You Why Not courtesyPhoto of the Chihuly with WQXR’s Elliott Forrest at the orchestra’s Carnegie Hall Larry Estrada, Macklemore, Chihuly, Russell Wilson and Ryan Lewis in May 2017 at an performance in February 2014. event announcing the Youth, Equity and Access to the Arts benefit concert. Photo: Alan Alabastro Photo: Phototainment Photo: René Ancinas, Renée Fleming, Dale Chihuly, Leslie Jackson Chihuly and Charles Chihuly at the first Club Ludo in 2012 taking a photo of Ludovic Morlot Simonyi at the Opening Night Gala in September 2017. playing violin with Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready on guitar.

are courageous, transparent and inclusive. Our organization is Chihuly has helped to transform the Symphony’s many on an entirely different level today as compared to nine years fundraising events including the Opening Night Gala and ago, and that success can be attributed in very large part to Holiday Musical Salute, and she worked to create new events Leslie, the one constant throughout that entire period.” like Club Ludo and the recent fundraising concert featuring Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Ciara and Russell Wilson. She Chihuly has wholeheartedly supported a number of projects over has also been key in special fundraising campaigns, raising the course of her tenure as Board Chair, including endowing millions of dollars for current and future sustainability. the position of President & CEO in 2015; serving as a strong advocate for the Simple Gifts initiative launched in response to Looking forward, the Symphony is in another period of change, the Seattle/King County State of Emergency on homelessness; and able to face the coming transitions in artistic, executive supporting the effort to present Music Beyond Borders: Voices and board leadership with a strong and stable foundation. from the Seven in February 2016 in response to the travel Last November the Symphony announced that Principal Guest ban; helping to create Friends of the Desert so Seattleites Conductor Thomas Dausgaard will become Music Director in who spend the winters in Palm Desert can stay connected to September 2019 following Morlot’s farewell at the end of the the Symphony and Symphony musicians can be involved in 2018–2019 season. René Ancinas, the Symphony’s Board Chair- school activities and chamber performances there; and with her Elect, is co-chairing the CEO Search Committee with Chihuly, husband Dale, personally sponsoring the commission of John paving the way for a smooth transition for the new CEO. Luther Adams’ Become Desert, which was performed on tour in Berkeley, California this spring after its premiere in Seattle. The artistic and social initiatives of the orchestra in the past ten years reach far beyond the concert stage. The collaboration “Her personal qualities contribute to her ability to be a between board, staff, orchestra and chorale, volunteers, successful leader: she’s very smart and analytical, she has and so many others in the Symphony family has been made good vision, she’s straightforward, but she’s also got a warmth possible by an organizational culture based upon common and sincerity,” remarked Dan Baty, Chihuly’s friend and fellow values. With thanks to Leslie Jackson Chihuly’s immeasurable local community and business leader. “If she wants something, service to the Seattle Symphony, the organization will continue she asks for it. And if she asks you for something she’s to grow and expand its community long into the future. already done it herself. She’s contributing her time, and she contributed significantly financially herself to the Symphony.”

encoremediagroup.com/programs 13 BERIO’S SINFONIA Live-recording of Grammy-winning vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth with Ludovic Morlot and the Seattle Symphony will be released on July 20 BY ANDREW STIEFEL Photo: Brandon Patoc Brandon Photo: Music Director Ludovic Morlot and the Seattle Symphony performing Berio’s Sinfonia with Roomful of Teeth at Benaroya Hall on February 4, 2016.

Fifty years after the world premiere of Luciano Berio’s Sinfonia, the music still feels as vivid and contemporary as when it was written. Born of the social and cultural upheavals of 1968 and 1969, the “it creates something music responds to the crush of the events surrounding it — the struggles, protests and hopes of the era are all given voice in the completely unique and swirling textures of the Sinfonia.

The work’s enduring, modern themes are evident in a new individual. The music release due out on July 20. Featuring Grammy-winning vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth with Music Director Ludovic Morlot world was changed and the Seattle Symphony, the album provides a timely reminder of how music can respond to current events. forever after this.” Dedicated to Leonard Bernstein, who commissioned Berio in honor of the New York Philharmonic’s 125th anniversary, the Sinfonia began as a response to the assassination of civil rights from Debussy, Ravel, Berlioz, Stravinsky, Bach, Beethoven, leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in April 1968. Schoenberg and many others, the third movement evokes a wild, fractious argument between the past and present. Berio originally conceived his tribute as a small chamber work for voice, flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano, but, shortly after “I remember experiencing Berio’s Sinfonia for the first time. And completing it, he created an orchestral version that he then I didn’t quite know what to make of it,” confesses Morlot. “But it quickly integrated into the Sinfonia. Entitled “O King,” the second creates something completely unique and individual. The music movement is a keening lament filled with ringing points of light world was changed forever after this.” and haunting vocal lines. In addition to the Sinfonia, the album includes Ravel’s whirling La But the Sinfonia is most famous for its kaleidoscopic middle valse, one of the many works quoted in the middle movement of movement, a collage of musical quotations and fragments of text the Sinfonia, and Boulez’s Notations I–IV for Orchestra, a stunning from Samuel Beckett’s The Unnamable. It also includes phrases collection of short vignettes filled with elegant, radiant textures. written by students on the wall of the Sorbonne during the May 1968 revolts in Paris, which the composer witnessed. You can pre-order Berio’s Sinfonia at seattlesymphony.org/recordings starting on July 6, 2018. The album will be available through all With the scherzo movement from Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 major streaming services and online retailers, including iTunes, flowing beneath the accumulating layers of musical quotations Apple, Spotify, Amazon and Primephonic, on July 20, 2018.

14 SEATTLESYMPHONY.ORG LAWRENCE LOH

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 2018, AT 7:30PM Conductor THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 2018, AT 7:30PM Lawrence Loh, Music Director of Symphoria (Syracuse, NY), was JAWS–IN CONCERT named Music Director of the West Lawrence Loh, conductor Virginia Symphony commencing in the Seattle Symphony 2017–2018 season. In Photo: CherylPhoto: Kaiser addition, Loh concludes his tenure as Music Director of the Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic at the conclusion of this season. Loh has had a decade-plus association with the ROY SCHEIDER Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra where he ROBERT SHAW currently leads annual pops and other select programs. RICHARD DREYFUSS JAWS Having a particular affinity for pops Co-starring LORRAINE GARY programming, Lawrence Loh has been MURRAY HAMILTON engaged for repeat performances with A ZANUCK/BROWN PRODUCTION Chris Botti, Idina Menzel and Ann Hampton Callaway. He is particularly adept at Screenplay by PETER BENCHLEY and CARL GOTTLIEB synchronizing live orchestral music with Based on the novel by PETER BENCHLEY and has led Pixar in Concert, Disney Music by JOHN WILLIAMS in Concert, Wizard of Oz and Singin’ in the Directed by STEVEN SPIELBERG Rain, among others. Produced by RICHARD D. ZANUCK and DAVID BROWN A UNIVERSAL PICTURE Lawrence Loh received his Artist Diploma in Orchestral Conducting from Yale, his Masters in Choral Conducting from Indiana Tonight’s program is a presentation of the complete film Jaws with a live performance of the film’s entire score, including music played by the orchestra University and his BA, and Certificate of during and after the end credits. Out of respect for the musicians and your fellow Management Studies, from the University audience members, please remain seated until the conclusion of the music. of Rochester.

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PRODUCTION CREDITS Jaws–in Concert is produced by Film Concerts Live!, a joint venture of IMG Artists, LLC and The Gorfaine/Schwartz Agency, Inc. Producers: Steven A. Linder and Jamie Richardson Production Manager: Rob Stogsdill Production Coordinator: Sophie Greaves Worldwide Representation: IMG Artists, LLC Supervising Technical Director: Mike Runice Technical Director: Luke Dennis Music Composed by John Williams Music Preparation: JoAnn Kane Music Service Film Preparation for Concert Performance: Ramiro Belgardt Technical Consultant: Laura Gibson Sound Remixing for Concert Performance: Chace Audio by Deluxe The score for Jaws has been adapted for live concert performance. With special thanks to: Universal Studios, Steven Spielberg, John Williams, Chris Herzberger, Noah Bergman, Paul Ginsburg, Paul Tamara Woolfork, Adrienne Crew, Darice Murphy, Mike Matessino, Mark Graham and the musicians and staff of the Seattle Symphony.

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encoremediagroup.com/programs 15 FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 2018, AT 8PM SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 2018, AT 8PM SUNDAY, JUNE 10, 2018, AT 2PM THE SOUNDS OF SIMON & GARFUNKEL SEATTLE POPS Title Sponsor

Michael Krajewski, conductor & piano ^ AJ Swearingen, vocals * Jonathan Beadle, vocals * Seattle Symphony INTERMISSION Sounds of Simon and & ART GARFUNKEL Garfunkel SIMON /arr. Gregory Prechel /arr. Gregory Prechel SIMON & GARFUNKEL “Homeward Bound” * JIMMY WEBB All I Know ^ /arr. Christopher J. Wills /arr. & orch. Gregory Prechel SIMON & GARFUNKEL “The 59th Street Bridge SIMON & GARFUNKEL “A Hazy Shade of Winter” * /arr. Christopher J. Wills Song” (“Feelin’ Groovy”) * /arr. Christopher J. Wills

FELICE & BOUDLEAUX “All I Have to Do is Dream” * SIMON & GARFUNKEL “The Dangling BRYANT /arr. Christopher J. Wills Conversation” * /arr. Christopher J. Wills SIMON & GARFUNKEL “America” * PAUL SIMON “” * /arr. Christopher J. Wills /arr. David Yackley SIMON “Scarborough Fair” * SIMON “The Sounds of Silence” * SIMON & GARFUNKEL “Old Friends”/“Bookends” * SIMON & GARFUNKEL “Cecilia” * /arr. Christopher J. Wills /arr. Christopher J. Wills

SIMON & GARFUNKEL “Bridge Over Troubled Water” * ^ SIMON “Keep the Customer /arr. Christopher J. Wills /arr. Joel Pierson Satisfied” * SIMON “Mrs. Robinson” * CHRIS KENNER; PAUL LEKA, Na Na Medley /arr. Tim Berens GARY DeCARLO & DALE FRASHUER; PAUL McCARTNEY /arr. & orch. Gregory Prechel

This concert is approximately 90 minutes with one 20-minute intermission.

Cancer Survivorship Awareness Month Sponsor: Seattle Cancer Care Alliance

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16 SEATTLESYMPHONY.ORG MICHAEL KRAJEWSKI AJ SWEARINGEN Vocals SEATTLE POPS SERIES Conductor “…his wry wit, as AJ Swearingen started TITLE SPONSOR spontaneous as a playing the guitar and stand-up comedian’s, writing songs at the age emerged to amuse the of 13 and has performed audience. Krajewski professionally since his turned to the orchestra to late teens. He recorded lead a bright, sassy six solo albums that account. It showed that showcase his soulful Photo: Photo: Tammaro Michael he is as effective and baritone and finger-style entertaining a communicator in music as he acoustic guitar playing. Swearingen now is in words.” performs in the Americana-folk duo, – Charles Ward, Houston Chronicle Swearingen and Kelli;​ an inevitable union marked with a self-produced album in 2013 Known for his entertaining programs and featuring Swearingen’s song “You’re Not clever humor, Michael Krajewski is a much Here With Me” (also recorded by folk icon THE sought-after conductor of symphonic pops. Tom Rush)​. Their sophomore album, The He is Music Director of The Philly Pops and Marrying Kind (released 2017), is replete with SEATTLE SYMPHONY Principal Pops Conductor of the Atlanta and full-throttle emotion and steeped in the THANKS MCM Jacksonville Symphonies. Previously, he was sounds of Americana and country-folk. Their Principal Pops Conductor of the Houston music is layered with lap-steel guitar, rich FOR MAKING Symphony for 16 seasons. harmonies and character voices that are a THE SEATTLE POPS modern echo of the singer-songwriters of With degrees from Wayne State University the ’60s and ’70s. SERIES POSSIBLE. in Detroit and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, Krajewski furthered his training at the Pierre Monteux JONATHAN BEEDLE Domaine School for Conductors. Krajewski Vocals lives in Orlando, Florida with his wife Darcy. For over 40 years, Jonathan Beedle has Simon & Garfunkel’s songs topped the been a performing charts in the 1960s, a time of social musician. Collaborations and political turbulence. People listening to with partners and their music at that time were coping with bandmates seasoned cataclysmic events: the Vietnam War, Beedle as a performer. assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Robert As a songwriter, Beedle’s Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr., race inspiration comes from riots, and the threat of nuclear war. Listeners the artists he was drawn to growing up in found relevance in Simon & Garfunkel’s Hellertown, Pennsylvania; , music and could relate to the messages in Johnny Cash, Mike Nesmith, John Prine, Joni Paul Simon’s lyrics. Simon & Garfunkel’s Mitchell and many others. His original CD A music, however, has transcended that time Long Day Gone is a record filled with rich because many of the messages heard in the heartfelt songs in the storytelling style he songs speak to universal human finds so compelling. Beedle’s voice was experiences such as relationships, heard in the season one finale of the HBO heartbreak, finding one’s place in life and series Big Love, singing the Civil War-era growing old. For this reason, Simon & classic, “Lorena.” Beedle has performed Garfunkel’s music is revered among people across the country and has shared the stage from many generations and will continue to with Jimmy Webb, Steve Forbert, The be appreciated long into the future. I hope Strawbs, Ellis Paul and Lucy Kaplansky. you’ll enjoy our presentation of this wonderful music as much as we’ll enjoy performing it for you.

– Michael Krajewski

encoremediagroup.com/programs 17 THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 2018, AT 7:30PM SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 2018, AT 8PM BERNSTEIN WONDERFUL TOWN

Ludovic Morlot, conductor | Benjamin Lulich, clarinet Christopher Kenney (Guide, First Editor, Frank) | Sheila Houlahan (Violet) | Kristen Choi (Ruth) | Jessica Rivera (Eileen) Kevin Deas (Robert Baker) | Thomas Meglioranza (Second Editor, Wreck) | Ross Hauck (Officer Lonigan) Ryan Bede (First Cop, Chick Clark) | Joel Cummings (Second Cop) Charles Robert Stephens (Third Cop, Cadet, Villager) | M. Scott Spalding (Fourth Cop) Joseph Crnko, stage director | Katy Tabb, choreographer | Seattle Symphony Chorale | Seattle Symphony

ALEXANDRA GARDNER Significant Others (World Premiere) 11’

LEONARD BERNSTEIN Prelude, Fugue and Riffs 9’ BENJAMIN LULICH, CLARINET

INTERMISSION

LEONARD BERNSTEIN Wonderful Town 70’ book Joseph Field Overture & Jerome Chodorov/ lyric Betty Comden Act I & Adolph Green “Christopher Street” (Guide, Tourists and Villagers) “Ohio” (Ruth and Eileen) “Conquering New York” (Ruth, Eileen and Chorus of New Yorkers) “One Hundred Easy Ways to Lose a Man” (Ruth) “What a Waste” (Ruth, Baker and Editors) A Little Bit In Love” (Eileen) “Pass the Football” (Wreck) “A Quiet Girl” (Baker and Men’s Chorus) “Conga” (Ruth and Brazilian Cadets)

Act II Opening, Act II “My Darlin’ Eileen” (Policemen and Eileen) “Swing” (Ruth and Village Hepcats) “It’s Love” (Eileen, Baker and Villagers) Ballet at the Village Vortex “The Wrong Note Rag” (Ruth, Eileen and Vortex Patrons) Finale: “It’s Love” Reprise (Eileen, Baker, Ruth and Company)

Pre-concert Talk one hour prior to Ask the Artist in the Samuel & Althea Support for Wonderful Town is generously performance. Stroum Grand Lobby, following the provided by the Judith Fong Music Director’s Fund. Speaker: Dr. Larry Starr, Ruth Sutton Saturday concert. Waters Endowed Professor and Chair of Wonderful Town is generously underwritten the American Music Studies Program at Wonderful Town is based upon the play by Dr. Pierre and Mrs. Felice Loebel in the University of Washington School My Sister Eileen by Joseph Fields and honor of Leslie Jackson Chihuly. of Music Jerome Chodorov and The Short Stories Cancer Survivorship Awareness Month by Ruth McKenney. Sponsor: Seattle Cancer Care Alliance

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Bernstein Centenary 2018 brings the 100th anniversary of the birth of Leonard Bernstein, a uniquely accomplished and singularly American musician. Bernstein was often referred to as a musical Renaissance man, and with good reason. One of the world’s pre- eminent conductors, he also distinguished himself as a composer, pianist, author and teacher. His famous “Young People’s Concerts” with the New York Philharmonic showed him to be an engaging television personality, and he proved equally capable of delivering the prestigious Charles Eliot Norton lectures at Harvard. YOUR SYMPHONY. YOUR LEGACY. The diversity of Bernstein’s compositions Making a gift through your will or estate ensures the mirror that of his career as a whole. His wide-ranging output includes songs, orchestra thrives long into the future, continuing to film scores and Broadway musicals, as bring people together and lift the human spirit through well as symphonies, choral works and chamber music. Frequently he combined the power of music. “serious” and American “popular” styles in the same composition, blending these more successfully than any musician For more information on how you can make a gift through your estate, contact since Gershwin. Becky Kowals at 206.215.4852 or [email protected] This week and next, Seattle Symphony salutes Bernstein on his centenary with performances of three of his compositions. And because he was a distinctly American artist, it seems only right to complement these works with music by other American composers. This evening’s concert begins WON’T YOU BE M Y with a new piece by Seattle Symphony’s resident composer, Alexandra Gardner. I consider this week’s and next NEIGHBOR? week’s programs to be not only a celebration of Bernstein — the artist, man, conductor, educator and innovator — but a mini festival of American music. This week, we’ll premiere Significant Others, a new work by our Composer in Residence Alexandra Gardner.

Written for jazz clarinetist Benny Goodman, Bernstein’s Prelude, Fugue and Riffs gives us a chance to highlight our incredible Principal Clarinetist Benjamin Lulich. This piece captures the energy and spontaneity of jazz improvisation. And although Bernstein’s Wonderful Town has not had as much exposure as West Side Story, in my mind it’s an equally wonderful score and a masterpiece.

– Ludovic Morlot

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ALEXANDRA GARDNER interactions. In my compositions I enjoy time Bernstein finished the commission, in exploring the different directions that a 1949, Herman had temporarily disbanded Significant Others chunk of music can take, so there are his ensemble. Prelude, Fugue and Riffs BORN: October 20, 1967, in Washington, DC sections of Significant Others that repeat, remained unperformed until 1955, when with the music traveling in a different Bernstein engaged Benny Goodman to CURRENTLY RESIDES: Baltimore direction — sometimes extremely different perform the prominent clarinet part in a WORK COMPOSED: 2018 — each time. The overall feeling is bright televised concert. WORLD PREMIERE: June 14, 2018, at Benaroya and joyful, with a clear sense of rhythm Hall, Seattle. Ludovic Morlot conducting the and pulse, but a bittersweet streak can be The piece unfolds in three sections. In the Seattle Symphony. heard as well.” first, and explore a series of rhythmic ideas while percussion Scored for 2 and piccolo; 2 and and a string bass provide accents and Alexandra Gardner is Seattle Symphony’s English horn; 2 and bass clarinet; counterpoint. This “Prelude for the Brass” Composer in Residence for the 2017–2018 2 and contrabassoon; 4 horns; 3 trumpets; 3 trombones; tuba; timpani and proceeds into the central section, where season, but her association with the percussion; harp; piano; strings. saxophones bring jazz inflections to the orchestra predates her appointment complex echoic counterpoint of a fugue. A to that post. In 2012 the Symphony rhythmic tattoo on the piano signals the third commissioned and performed Just LEONARD BERNSTEIN section, “Riffs for Everyone.” Here virtuoso Say Yes as part of the Sonic Evolution Prelude, Fugue and Riffs play dominates the music, as first the clarinet, series. Previously, in 2007, Gardner had then the piano, then other instruments race composed a piece for Seattle Chamber BORN: August 25, 1918, in Lawrence, MA through runs and other athletic figures, the Players, three of whose four members DIED: October 14, 1990, in New York kind jazz players call “riffs.” play with the Seattle Symphony. WORK COMPOSED: 1949 Scored for solo clarinet; 2 alto saxophones Gardner’s music exemplifies the best of WORLD PREMIERE: October 16, 1955, in (the 1st alto saxophone doubling on B-flat the eclecticism that characterizes so much New York, and broadcast on television. The clarinet), 2 tenor saxophones and baritone saxophone; 5 trumpets; 4 trombones; timpani composition in this new millennium. She composer led the performance by a studio and percussion; piano; one . writes for diverse ensembles, both large band, with Benny Goodman playing the and small, and sometimes incorporates important clarinet part. electronic sounds into her compositions. LEONARD BERNSTEIN Her music can be spiky and rhythmically Wonderful Town complex or lyrical and mellifluent, often in Bernstein’s Prelude, Fugue and Riffs the same piece. is a blast to play. It’s kind of a WORK COMPOSED: 1953 classical take on jazz, so you really get to WORLD PREMIERE: February 25, 1953, at the Commissioned by the Seattle Symphony, channel your inner Benny Goodman and Winter Garden Theater, New York Significant Others receives its first play as if leading a jazz band. It’s performances this week. Knowing that interesting that the featured clarinet the work would be paired with music by doesn’t play until the third part of the piece Leonard Bernstein, Gardner prepared by — Bernstein marks it Prelude for the Brass, Leonard Bernstein was born near Boston, studying the composer-conductor’s life Fugue for the Saxes and Riffs for Everyone. studied music in Philadelphia (at the and music. She was struck, she says, by The clarinet gets to bring in the first Riffs Curtis Institute) and traveled the world “the contrast between his exceedingly figure, then Bernstein weaves themes from as a celebrated orchestral conductor. charming, joyful, outgoing, brilliant musical the Prelude and Fugue leading to a But for most of his life New York was his personality, and the internal conflict he climactic finish. Be sure to listen for echoes home — not only his place of residence clearly experienced around his sexuality.” of the Prelude, Fugue and Riffs after but, more importantly, the center of his His long marriage notwithstanding, intermission (Bernstein used a few bits of musical life. It was at Carnegie Hall that Bernstein had a succession of male lovers; this music in a couple sections of his storied short-notice substitution for the ailing maestro Bruno Walter and while he felt deeply about each of Wonderful Town). them, he tended soon to move on to a new propelled him to sudden stardom; his person who captured his attention. – Benjamin Lulich subsequent tenure as music director of the New York Philharmonic proved the While certainly not representing central pillar of his conducting career. Bernstein’s romantic life through any Leonard Bernstein’s musicianship New York looms especially large in specific musical imagery, Significant Others encompassed classical and modern Bernstein’s creative work. In particular, his offers an analogy in being, Gardner notes, concert music, Broadway and jazz, whose music for the theater vividly reflects the “a single-movement romp through a variety rhythms and characteristic harmonies sights, sounds and character of the city of musical scenes that are closely related insinuated themselves into his symphonic during the mid-20th century. The ballet in sonic terms, but that explore different works and to Broadway show scores alike. Fancy Free, his score for the film On the sorts of contrast. We all have many Bernstein’s penchant for writing in a jazz Waterfront and The Age of Anxiety (a different types of relationships in our lives, vein achieved one of its most successful symphonic evocation of W.H. Auden’s through friends, family and work situations. results in Prelude, Fugue and Riffs. The poem of the same title) all strongly evoke While those connections may seem very composer wrote this piece at the request their New York settings. This is even different on the outside, there are often of the great band leader and clarinetist more true of Bernstein’s most successful similarities to be found in the nature of our . Unfortunately, by the

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Broadway musicals: On the Town, West Side Story and Wonderful Town, which we hear this evening in a concert performance.

Wonderful Town originated with a collection of autobiographical short stories by writer Ruth McKenney. Originally appearing in The New Yorker magazine, these were published in 1938 as a book titled My Sister Eileen. The tales relate the adventures of two sisters from small-town Ohio who arrive in New York to establish careers and a new life. My Sister Eileen was brought to the stage as a play in 1940, and to the silver screen two years later. Each version proved a hit, and the film’s star, Rosalind Russell, garnered an Academy Award nomination for her performance as Ruth, one of the sisters.

A decade later, Broadway producers endeavored to turn My Sister Eileen into a musical. But with opening night approaching, the composer and lyricist commissioned to create songs for the show had not produced an acceptable score. Somewhat desperately, the THE GERSHWINS’® producers turned to Bernstein and lyricists Betty Comden and Adolph Green, who had successfully collaborated on On the Town. Working at breakneck PORGY SM speed, the team wrote all the musical numbers in just over a month. AND BESS Wonderful Town, as the musical was renamed, opened in New York in February 1953. It ran over a year and won the Tony august 11–25 Award for best musical. Strangely, it then faded from view, a 1986 London production being its only significant revival for nearly half a century. But in 2000 Wonderful Town was presented by Encores!, New In English with English subtitles. York’s series of semi-staged productions THE GREAT AMERICAN OPERA Evenings 7:30 PM of neglected musicals. (This writer had the good luck of being in the audience and George Gershwin’s one-of-a-kind Sundays 2:00PM can attest to Donna Murphy’s incandescent masterpiece boasts some of the best songs Featuring members of Seattle performance as Ruth.) That prompted a ever written—including “Summertime,” Symphony Orchestra. successful 2003 Broadway revival (starring “I Got Plenty O’ Nuttin’,” “I Loves You, Porgy,” Ms. Murphy). Other productions, including and “It Ain’t Necessarily So.” Our fully- MCCAW HALL one at Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theatre in 2006, scored, unabridged presentation retains all 206.389.7676 have re-established Wonderful Town among of the superb choral and orchestral music SEATTLEOPERA.ORG/PORGY the classics of American musical theater. that enchanted sell-out McCaw Hall crowds PRODUCTION SPONSORS: Scored for 2 flutes (the 2nd flute doubling in 2011. The vibrant mix of action, humor, piccolo); 1 oboe (doubling English horn); KREIELSHEIMER ENDOWMENT FUND 2 clarinets, E-flat clarinet and bass clarinet; romance, struggle, and celebration returns ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FROM: 4CULTURE bassoon; 2 alto saxophones, 2 tenor with a “perfect” (ClassicsToday.com) new Photo: Philip Newton saxophones, baritone saxophone and bass production that will inspire you to “rise saxophone; 4 trumpets; 3 trombones; timpani and percussion; piano and celeste; strings. up singing.” © 2018 Paul Schiavo FAMILY DAY MATINEE: SUNDAY, AUGUST 19: STUDENT TICKETS JUST $20! Visit seattleopera.org/familyday for details.

encoremediagroup.com/programs 21 BENJAMIN LULICH SHEILA HOULAHAN SYNOPSIS Clarinet Mezzo-soprano Principal Clarinet of the Sheila Houlahan’s most Seattle Symphony and notable credits include Act I Seattle Opera, performing the music of Benjamin Lulich has A.R. Rahman as In New York’s Greenwich Village, in 1935, been praised for mezzo-soprano soloist tourists gawk at the bohemian denizens of “standout” with the Seattle Christopher Street. Two sisters, Ruth and performances (Seattle Symphony in the 2017 Eileen, newly arrived in the city to pursue Times) that are “expert Celebrate Asia concert Photo: Larey McDaniel Larey Photo: Ulman John Photo: careers as a writer and actress respectively, and lush” (Los Angeles and at the 2016 CES take up residence in a basement apartment. Times), and solos that are “superb” and Intel Live Show in Las Vegas; winning an The place is rocked by blasts from the “especially eloquent” (Orange County award with the Washington District digging of a new subway line, and the Register). He has held prominent positions Competition in 2014; sisters feel a wave of nostalgia for their in The Cleveland Orchestra, Pacific and singing as a featured soloist for the native Ohio. Symphony and Kansas City Symphony, 2009 Salzburg Festival. She received Nevertheless, they gain their footing in the and has performed as guest principal with a Bachelor of Music in Operatic metropolis. Eileen uses her looks and easy the Philadelphia Orchestra and frequently Performance from the Manhattan School charm to make her way, leaving Ruth to with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Lulich of Music. rue her own romantic ineptitude. Ruth also has performed on Oscar and Grammy encounters professional discouragement Award-winning albums and film scores. He but manages to leave some stories with KRISTEN CHOI has performed solo, chamber and Mezzo-soprano Bob, a magazine editor. orchestral music across the globe. Lulich attended Interlochen Arts Academy, Kristen Choi is making The sisters become entangled with their Cleveland Institute of Music and Yale neighbors and other acquaintances. Eileen her debut with the finds herself attracted to a lunch-counter School of Music, where he studied with Seattle Symphony. She worker. Helen, who lives upstairs, asks Richard Hawkins, Franklin Cohen and is currently on tour with the sisters to lodge her football-player . A native of the Pacific the Broadway Lincoln boyfriend, Wreck, while her mother is Northwest, Lulich previously performed Center production of visiting. Eileen invites her beau to dinner, with the Seattle Youth Symphony and The King and I. Choi along with Bob and Chick, a newspaper Marrowstone Music Festival and studied has made her Photo: Karli Cadel Photo: writer. Unhappily, their conversation with Seattle Symphony clarinetist Laura international debut as falters into awkward silence. Bob tries to DeLuca. He is a performing artist for Paquette in Bernstein’s Candide at the advise Ruth but only hurts her feelings. Backun Musical Services, and he plays Théâtre du Capitole in Toulouse as well as Finally Chick, hoping to be alone with Backun MoBa clarinets made from the Opéra National de Bordeaux. This Eileen, sends Ruth to the waterfront on a cocobolo wood. season she makes her Lyric Opera of bogus assignment to interview Brazilian Kansas City debut as Suzuki in Madama midshipmen. Their only interest is learning Butterfly, a role she also sang at the the latest dance craze, the conga. They CHRISTOPHER KENNEY Kennedy Center with Washington National follow Ruth home, and soon the entire cast Baritone Opera last season. is dancing through the sisters’ apartment. Police arrive and arrest Eileen for disturbing A native of the Red the peace. River Valley on the North Dakota Act II Minnesota border, At the precinct station Eileen has charmed Christopher Kenney is the officers, who serenade her. Ruth a graduate of assures her sister that she will return Concordia College and with bail money once she is paid for a the University of job promoting a local night club, where Kentucky. Kenney has the house band swings mightily. Eileen performed in many operatic venues, such is released, but the sisters regret leaving as The and Central City Ohio when they realize each fancies Bob. Opera, and recently made his Washington He, meanwhile, has tried to convince his National Opera main stage debut as publisher to buy Ruth’s stories, and Eileen Figaro in Barber of Seville. Kenney selflessly convinces him that it’s love he continues as a young artist at Lyric Opera feels for Ruth. At the nightclub, which Chicago this season. pulsates with music and dancing, Bob confesses his love to Ruth, and the cast toasts the couple’s happiness.

22 SEATTLESYMPHONY.ORG JESSICA RIVERA THOMAS MEGLIORANZA JOEL CUMMINGS Soprano Baritone Tenor

Possessing a voice Baritone Thomas With ringing high notes praised by the San Meglioranza’s roles and an easy, polished Francisco Chronicle for include Pierrot in Die technique, tenor Joel its “effortless precision tote Stadt, Chou En-Lai Cummings has and tonal luster,” in Nixon in China and charmed audiences of Grammy Award-winning Prior Walter in Eötvös’ all kinds across the soprano Jessica Rivera Angels in America. He . is one of the most also performed Cummings sings as a Photo: Shawn Flint Blair Flint Shawn Photo: Laura Rose Photo: creatively inspired Copland’s Old regular chorister with vocal artists before the public today. The American Songs with the National Seattle Opera, and is a frequent concert intelligence, dimension and spirituality with Symphony, Eight Songs for a Mad King artist and recitalist in the Seattle area. His which she infuses her performances has with the LA Philharmonic, and Harbison’s repertoire is varied from the great opera garnered Rivera unique artistic Fifth Symphony with the Boston Symphony. arias of Mozart and Verdi, to the musical collaborations with many of today’s most A frequent recitalist, he has recorded theater repertoire of Rodgers and Hart. celebrated composers and highly albums of Schubert and Fauré. esteemed conductors. Rivera regularly Meglioranza graduated from Grinnell CHARLES ROBERT STEPHENS travels throughout North and South College and the Eastman School of Music. Baritone America to perform a vast range of concert and operatic repertoire with leading ROSS HAUCK Charles Robert international . A major Tenor Stephens has been proponent of contemporary music, she has hailed by The New York performed in numerous world premieres Tenor Ross Hauck lives Times as “a baritone of and enjoys frequent performances of in the greater Seattle smooth distinction.” In works by Latin American composers. The area, is a faculty his two decades in soprano lives in Ohio with her husband member at Seattle New York City, he sang and two small children. University and is Music several roles with the Director at Covenant New York City Opera KEVIN DEAS Presbyterian Church in and on numerous occasions at Carnegie Issaquah. He is an Hall. Now based in Seattle, Stephens has Bass-baritone Anne Lindsey Photo: alumnus of Cincinnati- sung as soloist with the Seattle Symphony Praised for his elegant College Conservatory of Music and prefers six times and is very active with orchestras delivery and gently performing Handel, hymns and Irish folk throughout the Pacific Northwest including rolling bass-baritone, tunes. He can be heard on the the orchestras of Tacoma, Spokane, Kevin Deas is most Appalachian/Celtic music recording, Bellingham, Walla Walla and Yakima. acclaimed for his Sugarloaf Mountain, and is going on tour portrayal of the title this summer in the UK. He has won some M. SCOTT SPALDING role in Gershwin’s awards, but his greatest prize is his wife Tenor Porgy and Bess. He and four kids. Photo: Lisa Kohler Photo: has performed it with M. Scott Spalding grew the New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia RYAN BEDE up in a musical family in Orchestra and National Symphony, among Baritone Denver, Colorado, others, and at the Ravinia, Vail and where he began Saratoga festivals. 2017–2018 season This is baritone Ryan singing and acting highlights include Porgy and Bess with Bede’s Seattle professionally in 1990. Duisberg Philharmoniker and the Reading Symphony debut. He Since then he has Symphony Orchestra, Beethoven’s returns to Seattle performed in hundreds Photo: Mariko Photo: Symphony No. 9 with Omaha Symphony, Opera as Moralés in of concerts and stage and a new work by Al-Zand, The Prisoner, Carmen during the productions across North America, with Minnesota Orchestra. Deas will also 2018–2019 season including the 48 contiguous states and appear in concert with PostClassical after performing most of Canada. Spalding’s repertoire Photo: Danielle Barnum Danielle Photo: Ensemble with whom he is Artist in recently as Fiorello ranges from classical and operetta to jazz, Residence. Recording highlights include (The Barber of Seville), Prince Yamadori pop and rock. He is thrilled to be Wagner’s Die Meistersinger (Decca/ (Madama Butterfly), Jim Crowley (An completing his first season as a tenor with London) with the Chicago Symphony American Dream) and the Second Priest the Seattle Symphony Chorale. Orchestra under the late Sir Georg Solti, (The Magic Flute). He is a frequent and Varèse’s Ecuatorial with the principal artist with Taco ma Opera and has ASKO Ensemble under the baton of appeared as a soloist with Symphony Riccardo Chailly. Tacoma, Federal Way Symphony and Everett Philharmonic, and performed Mozart’s Requiem in Bulgaria.

encoremediagroup.com/programs 23 JOSEPH CRNKO SEATTLE SYMPHONY CHORALE Seattle Symphony Associate Conductor for Choral Activities The Seattle Symphony Chorale serves as the official chorus of the Joseph Crnko was Seattle Symphony. Over the past four appointed Associate decades, the Chorale has grown in Conductor for Choral artistry and stature, establishing itself Activities for Seattle as a highly respected ensemble. Critics Symphony in have described the Chorale’s work September 2007. as “beautiful, prayerful, expressive,” Crnko brings a wealth “superb” and “robust,” and have of choral conducting, praised it for its “impressive clarity arranging, recording and precision.” The Chorale’s 120 and education experience to his position. Photo: VanHouten Ben volunteer members, who are teachers, He has prepared the Seattle Symphony doctors, attorneys, musicians, students, bankers and professionals from all fields, bring Chorale for numerous critically acclaimed not only musical excellence, but a sheer love of music and performance to their endeavor. performances, including Bach’s St. Matthew Directed by Joseph Crnko, Associate Conductor for Choral Activities, the Chorale Passion, Britten’s War Requiem, Handel’s performs with the Seattle Symphony both onstage and in recorded performances. Messiah and Verdi’s Requiem. Crnko is currently in his 34th year as Music Director Soprano Paula Corbett Cullinane Theodore Pickard of the Northwest Choirs. During his tenure, Caitlin Anderson-Patterson Aurora de la Cruz Vijay Ramani he has established the Northwest Choirs’ Laura Ash Lisa De Luca Christopher Reed Lolly Brasseur Robin Denis Jonathan M. Rosoff reputation as one of the nation’s premier Ellen Cambron Cindy Funaro Bert Rutgers children’s choirs. Crnko tours worldwide Emma Crew Carla J. Gifford Peter Schinske with the elite Northwest Boychoir, most Erin M. Ellis Amy Gleixner Alan Sheaffer recently with concert tours throughout our Jacquelyn Ernst Kelly Goodin Spencer Small nation and Europe. Under his directorship, Kaitlyn Gervais Catherine Haddon M. Scott Spalding the Northwest Boychoir has produced four Emily Han Shan Jiang Brian Stajkowski top-selling Christmas recordings. In addition Teryl Hawk Shreya Joseph Jeremy Paul Swingle to his work with the Northwest Choirs, Elizabeth Husmann Inger Kirkman* Max Willis Crnko regularly conducts orchestral and Caitlin Hutten Sara Larson choral recording sessions for movie and Sharon Jarnigan Rachel Lieder Simeon Bass Elizabeth Johnson Monica Namkung John Allwright video game soundtracks, including those Katy Kaltenbrun Erica J. Peterson Christopher Benfield for the video games Halo, Medal of Honor Seung Hee Kim Angela Petrucci Jay Bishop World of Warcraft and . Some of his recent Lori Knoebel Karis Pratt Hal Bomgardner film projects include Boondock Saints, Meghan Limegrover Beth Puryear Andrew Cross The Celestine Prophecy, The Last Stand Kori Loomis Alexia Regner Darrel Ede and Let Me In. Janelle Maroney Valerie Rice Morgan Elliott Megan McCormick Emily Ridgway Evan Figueras Adrienne Selvy Mildon Dale Schlotzhauer Curtis Fonger Geraldine Morris Darcy Schmidt Steven Franz KATY TABB Rachel Nofziger Carreen A. Smith David Gary Choreographer Helen Odom Heather Allen Strbiak Raphael Hadac Nicolle Omiste Kathryn Tewson Kelvin Helmeid Katy Tabb is Seattle- Margaret Paul Paula Thomas Rob Jones native dancer and Sasha S. Philip JoAnn Wuitschick Ronald Knoebel choreographer. Past Kaitlin Puryear Mindy Yardy Tim Krivanek choreography credits Emily Reed KC Lee Ana Ryker Thomas C. Loomis include Newsies, Tenor Emily Sana Matthew Blinstrub Bryan Lung Singin’ In The Rain and Barbara Scheel* James Clarke Glenn Nielsen Billy Elliot at Village Laura A. Shepherd Spencer Davis Brandon John Reid Theatre, and the world

Photo: Danielle Barnum Danielle Photo: Joy Chan Tappen Anton R. du Preez Ken Rice premiere of Persuasion Catherine Thornsley Jacob Garcia Martin Rothwell* at Taproot Theatre. She has performed Andrea Wells Jim Howeth Edward Sam locally at The 5th Avenue Theatre, Village Neil Johnson Christopher Smith Theatre and Showtunes Theatre Company, Alto Kevin Kralman* Garrett Smith and at numerous notable regional theatres Cynthia Beckett Robert Kuchcinski Jim Snyder across the U.S. She graduated magna cum Cyra Valenzuela Benedict Patrick Le Quere Joseph To Ivy Rose Bostock Ian Loney Michael Uyyek laude with a BA in Dance from Chapman Nancy Brownstein James H. Lovell Jared White University and received additional training Carol Burleson Andrew Magee James Wilkinson from The Ailey School. Kathryn Cannon Miller Lucky James Middaugh Terri Chan Ed Morris * principal of section Rachel Cherem Alexander Oki Lauren Cree James Pham

24 SEATTLESYMPHONY.ORG PROGRAM FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 2018, AT 10PM NOTES [UNTITLED] 3 [UNTITLED] SERIES Alexandra Gardner (b. 1967), Composer in Residence for the Seattle Symphony, Brittany Boulding Breeden, violin has been bringing vibrant and lucid music Mae Lin, violin to Seattle for the past decade. Following a debut with the Seattle Chamber Players Mikhail Shmidt, violin in 2008 on a festival curated by The New Sayaka Kokubo, viola Yorker critic Alex Ross, she returned in Efe Baltacıgil, cello 2012 to write Just Say Yes for the Seattle Eric Han, cello Symphony and Yes drummer Alan White. In her current role, she is facilitating a Eric Jacobs, clarinet new community composition with youth Jessica Choe, piano experiencing homelessness, mentoring young composers in the Merriman ALEXANDRA GARDNER Coyote Turns 16’ Family Young Composers Workshop, and openings preparing an orchestral new work of her filigree own that will debut alongside the music of intensities Leonard Bernstein. ecstatic tumble Gardner composed Coyote Turns in 2007, MIKHAIL SHMIDT, VIOLIN with support from the Vassar College W. BRITTANY BOULDING BREEDEN, VIOLIN K. Rose Fellowship in the Creative Arts. SAYAKA KOKUBO, VIOLA Structured in five interrelated movements, ERIC HAN, CELLO this string quartet maximizes “a small amount of musical material built into several short intertwining rhythmic phrases,” as AHMET ADNAN SAYGUN Partita for Solo Cello, Op. 31 18’ Gardner described in a program note. Lento— Some sections align with a minimalist or Vivo post-minimalist approach of continual Adagio and gradual transformation, while other Allegretto passages explore rapid and whimsical Adagio moderato changes of direction that speak to the EFE BALTACIGIL, CELLO composer’s mythological inspiration.

MASON BATES Red River 17’ “While working on this music,” Gardner The Continental Divide wrote, “I was reading Native American Interstate 70 tales about the Coyote. Traditionally, the Zuni Visions from the Canyon Walls Coyote is characterized as a trickster or Hoover Slates Vegas prankster and often appears when life Running Dry on the Sonoran Floor becomes too serious. He creates elaborate MAE LIN, VIOLIN plans to achieve some goal that often EFE BALTACIGIL, CELLO end up backfiring, or taking humorous ERIC JACOBS, CLARINET unexpected turns. Some Coyote stories JESSICA CHOE, PIANO teach lessons about how to behave by showing what NOT to do! In a few stories, it is Coyote who places the stars in the Musicians’ biographies may be found at seattlesymphony.org. sky and creates the constellations. I am particularly interested in this aspect of [untitled] is generously supported by the Judith Fong Music Director’s Fund. Coyote; his artistic side, painting animals and legends with stars. Sometimes he Media Sponsor: Classical KING FM 98.1 is instructed to do so, or sometimes he takes the task upon himself, but in either situation he completes the process by flinging his bag of leftover stars into the sky. It is the playfulness and creative spirit of Coyote; the surprising twists and turns that carefully made plans often Please note that the timings provided for this concert are approximate. take — that are expressed in the music.” Please turn off all electronic devices and refrain from taking photos or video. Performance ©2018 Seattle Symphony. Copying of any performance by camera, audio or video recording Ahmet Adnan Saygun (1907–91) pioneered equipment, and any other use of such copying devices during a performance is prohibited. the merging of Western classical music with the traditions of his native Turkey. He studied in Paris in his early twenties, and in

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1936 he collaborated with the Hungarian to pay homage to the river’s source, high composer and ethnomusicologist Béla up in the Colorado Rockies at the Bartók on fieldwork to collect the folksongs Continental Divide — and that is where of Anatolia. These formative experiences this work begins. shaped the musical language that Saygun channeled into orchestral music, “Various streams accumulate as the runoff and one particularly successful oratorio on from the Rockies builds into a formidable Turkish themes that reached Paris and New body of water. The delicate musical York. amass as the first movement unfolds, with quicksilver figuration in the piano When West awarded Saygun echoed by the other instruments, and the Friedrich Schiller Medal in 1955, on the electronica beats move from ambient the 150th anniversary of the death of that trip-hop to energetic drum ‘n’ bass. These influential poet and philosopher, Saygun various musical streams unite in Interstate created the Partita for Solo Cello for a 70, an epic American freeway that parallels performance by the noted German cellist the Colorado through the state of Utah, and Martin Bochmann at the German Consulate the electronics disappear as the ensemble in Istanbul. This work with origins in German falls into a bumpy and capricious ride. culture references another high point in that country’s artistic legacy: the music of J.S. “As we arrive at the central, lyrical Zuni Bach, specifically his six Cello Suites. For a Visions, we find ourselves floating high more recent model, Saygun could look to above the river in the red rocks of Arizona’s the Sonata for Solo Cello composed in 1915 Grand Canyon. The Zuni tribe once lived by Zoltán Kodály, another Hungarian at the in caves up in the walls of the Canyon, and forefront of folk-influenced composition. the atmospheric electronics and bending clarinet melody imagine us looking down With earthy double-stops in the opening at the river with them. This ponderous Lento and lively dance rhythms in the movement ends abruptly with the arrival Vivo second movement, the Partita of enormous machinery, and the ensuing establishes its solid grounding in Hoover Slates Vegas uses all manner of folk traditions. Bookended by slow industrial beats in the electronics to conjure movements, the haunting and tuneful the building of the Hoover Dam — the Allegretto fourth movement has earned great sink of Las Vegas — with a nod to the a special following among cellists razzle-dazzle of that thirsty city. Exhausted worldwide, including Yo-Yo Ma. by all this human activity, the river (and the piece) moves to its final resting place, Mason Bates (b. 1977) is best known for his the huge Sonoran Desert in southeastern orchestral scores that merge the infectious California. The trickles of the opening have beat of electronica with the sumptuous now run dry, and all we are left with is the textures of a symphony orchestra. In many buzzing of a Sonoran cricket amidst the vast of his works he adds a laptop to the familiar emptiness of the desert.” orchestral instrumentation, triggering pre- recorded sounds and percussive beats © 2018 Aaron Grad from a digital sampler. In the case of Red River, composed in 2007 for violin, clarinet, cello and piano, electronic beats and ambient soundscapes are pre-mixed into stereo playback that the ensemble syncs up with in real time.

“Red River traces the journey of the great Colorado River to its various destinations in the Southwest — Las Vegas, the Grand Canyon, the California desert — where its overuse is a source of endless controversy,” Bates wrote in a program note. “Perhaps no body of water better illustrates the age-old confrontation of humankind and nature than the great Colorado, whose very name embodies this struggle. Its early designation as Red River was a nod to the rich color arising from its special silt, which ultimately ended up trapped behind various dams erected along its way. The name changed

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Encore media fullpage ad 5-1-18.indd 1 5/1/18 1:42 PM EAP full-page template.indd 1 5/4/18 10:37 AM PROGRAM MONDAY, JUNE 18, 2018, AT 7:30PM NOTES WAYNE MARSHALL FLUKE/GABELEIN ORGAN RECITAL SERIES As long as there have been pipe organs and organists, there has been the practice and art of improvisation. Beginning with the Greek hydraulis, played in the arenas of Wayne Marshall, organ the Roman Empire in the 3rd century B.C., through its development in medieval times to an instrument with pipes and a keyboard, and finally the Baroque era, when the organ WAYNE MARSHALL Intrada Improvisee 5’ reached a level of development that would still be recognizable today, the organ has CHARLES-MARIE WIDOR Marcia from Symphony No. 3, Op. 69 6’ relied upon its players to improvise and create music “in real time.” JEHAN ALAIN Trois Danses (“Three Dances”) 24’ Joies (“Joys”) During the Baroque era when organists Deuils (“Mourning”) performed they usually improvised, relying Luttes (“Struggles”) upon stock forms and figuration to provide a basis for their performance. When MARCEL DUPRÉ Deuxième Symphonie, Op. 26 18’ compositions were written down, they Preludio provided an example of how one might Intermezzo improvise a similar work. Improvisation, Toccata along with development of performance technique, formed the bulk of the work in INTERMISSION organ instruction even into the late 19th FRANZ LISZT Fantasy and Fugue on the Chorale 25’ century. Tonight’s program both opens “Ad nos, ad salutarem undam” and closes with contemporary examples (“Come to us, to the waves of salvation”) of this time-honored art, executed by Fantasy—Adagio—Fugue one of today’s most accomplished and extroverted practitioners.

WAYNE MARSHALL Improvisee Symphonique 20’ Rarely can a single composer be so closely identified with the creation of an entire musical genre as Charles-Marie Widor (1844–1937) and the Organ Symphony. Born in Lyon in 1844, Widor was descended from a family which included several generations of organists and organ builders. After a period of intensive private study in Brussels, he settled in Paris to build a career. In 1870 he was appointed as organist titulaire to the great Cavaillé-Coll organ at St. Sulpice. Widor found immense inspiration in Cavaillé-Coll’s masterpiece, and quickly composed four “symphonies” for organ — multi-movement works that fully exploited the resources of the modern organ with the discipline of classical compositional forms. The first set of four symphonies were completed in 1872; of them, the Symphony No. 3 is without question the most sophisticated and unified of the four. The Marcia from this work is an exuberant example of a popular contemporary form, though elevated in style, expression and idiomatic use of the organ.

The organ world of Paris between the two world wars was one of remarkable Please note that the timings provided for this concert are approximate. Please turn off all electronic devices and refrain from taking photos or video. richness, as the surviving members of one Performance ©2018 Seattle Symphony. Copying of any performance by camera, audio or video recording generation mixed freely and encouraged equipment, and any other use of such copying devices during a performance is prohibited. an emerging generation with radically new views and outlooks. Perhaps the brightest and most individual talent was

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Jehan Alain (1911–40) who distinguished between triple and duple time. The main himself in Marcel Dupré’s organ class with theme returns as a somber solo for the bass an astonishing talent for improvisation. clarinet, interrupted by the second section, An extraordinarily promising career and culminating a glorious restatement of was cut short in 1940, as Alain was the main theme for full organ. killed in action at the German front. The great Hungarian pianist and composer Alain’s Trois Danses were written between Franz Liszt (1811–86) is remembered as the 1937–38 and are considered the high archetypical keyboard virtuoso. After years point of his compositional output. They of extensive travels and concertizing, he were conceived as orchestral pieces settled in Weimar in 1848, concentrating to be choreographed, first sketched for on conducting, composing and teaching. piano, and then written out for organ with About the same time, Giacomo Meyerbeer’s detailed registrations. Alain was working opera La Prophète was enjoying immense on the orchestration during his service in success upon its Paris premiere in the French army, but the manuscript was April, 1849; Liszt immediately contacted lost in Belgium. The composer gave the Meyerbeer for a copy of the score, first performance of the organ version intending to produce the opera in Weimar in February 1938 at the Church of the and compose paraphrases for the piano Trinity, where his friend and colleague on its themes. The plans to produce the Olivier Messiaen was organist. The three opera never materialized, but Liszt’s ideas movements (Joys, Mourning and Struggles) for the paraphrases took on a life of their are marked by a nervous ostinato and an own. After attending a performance of La overriding sense of agitation and sorrow. Prophète in Dresden in February 1850, Liszt Alain completed the organ version in April was inspired to create his first major organ 1940, and fortuitously mailed the manuscript work, the Fantasy and Fugue which forms home. The second movement was perhaps the bulk of tonight’s second half. a premonition, Alain entitling it “Funeral dance to honor a heroic memory.” The entire work is based on a single theme, a chorale which signifies a call to the Organists have assigned Marcel Dupré masses against oppression. Liszt created (1886–1971) a legendary reputation as the a veritable symphonic poem for the organ greatest organ virtuoso after Bach, and an out of this theme, utilizing a vast array of accomplished composer for the organ that techniques of thematic transformation, as pushed both instrument and performer to well as improvisatory writing. The work previously unknown limits. was unprecedented in its vision, length and technical demands, and anticipated The Deuxième Symphonie was composed Liszt’s greatest keyboard masterpiece, in 1929, four years after Dupré’s the Sonata in B minor, completed a appointment as organ professor at the few years later. The work instantly set Paris Conservatoire. The work further a new standard for organ composition develops the increasingly chromatic in Germany in the mid-19th century. language and agitated staccato approach that marked much of Dupré’s writing © 2018 Joseph Adam and improvisation. The first movement is composed in a modified sonata form, utilizing three highly dissimilar themes Wayne Marshall will be back next season and textures; a new, march-like theme to perform the world premiere of John appears in the development, combined Harbison’s What Do We Make of Bach? with a toccata transformation of the second for Orchestra and Obbligato Organ on theme. The second movement consists March 21 and 23. of three variations on a moderate minuet moderato, presented at first by 8’ and 4’ flutes, secondly by 8’ and 2’. A second, more agitated theme follows, building up to a climactic restatement of the theme, doubled in the pedal and accompanied by legato scales. The concluding Toccata ranks as one of Dupré’s most exhilarating works. The heroic opening theme is accompanied by repeated open fifths, giving way to a contrasting episode, an even more agitated section that alternates

30 SEATTLESYMPHONY.ORG WAYNE MARSHALL Organ Premier Residential Wayne Marshall is the Chief Conductor of the Retirement Since 1987 WDR Funkhaus Orchestra in Cologne. He was born in the UK and went to school in Manchester where he was a student at Chetham’s School of Music from 1971–79. He then went to the Royal College of Music in London and was Organ Scholar at St. George’s Chapel Windsor Castle. In October 2015 he conducted the first performance of Chineke (a British-based Black and Minority Ethnic Re–imagine your to–do list. orchestra). He has performed as organist in most of the major venues throughout Europe and the U.S. Marshall is a well-known Era Living is here to help make checking off interpreter of the music of Bernstein and o yor retireent goa a breee Gershwin as conductor and pianist. As organist he favors the French Romantic Visit one of our eight innovative Independent school and improvisation. He was the BBC Music Magazine Artist of the Year in 1998. In and Assisted Living communities across Seattle, 2004 Marshall received an Honorary Doctorate from Bournemouth University, and Renton, and the Eastside today! in 2010 became a Fellow of the Royal College of Music. In 2016 he received the Chec ot eraiingco to earn ore prestigious Golden Jubilee Award in commemoration of his services to music.

I always try to plan good programmes for organ concerts as l believe that my 1993 2018 first job as a performer is that of an entertainer! Playing French organ music is my passion and so l try to play — what l think — would be entertaining music to listen to! Silver Anniversary Season The Fisk organ in Seattle is very fine. I am BELLINGHAM familiar with other Fisk instruments and so that played a part in choosing the pieces. The music of Widor, Dupré, Alain and Liszt has always been special to me. The Liszt is a Michael Palmer, Artistic Director grand piece which really shows off the various colours of the instrument. I also like the virtuosic challenges of Dupré! JOIN US! Improvisation allows me to be free and FIVE ORCHESTRAL CONCERTS, TWO CHAMBER CONCERTS creative and so l will begin and end the programme in this way!

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encoremediagroup.com/programs 31 OVERVIEW THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 2018, AT 7:30PM SATURDAY, JUNE 23, 2018, AT 8PM Made in America COPLAND America declared its political independence from Europe in 1776 and won its freedom in a hard-fought SYMPHONY NO. 3 revolutionary war. Yet for more than a century after the founding of the Republic, American composers remained in thrall to Ludovic Morlot, conductor their European colleagues. While a lively Johannes Moser, cello vernacular music flourished around them — in the form of folk songs, dance tunes, Seattle Symphony marches, spirituals and, later, in blues, ragtime, show tunes and the beginning LEONARD BERNSTEIN Overture to Candide 5’ of what would become jazz — Americans who sought to create extended formal JOHN WILLIAMS Selections from Memoirs of a Geisha 15’ and “serious” compositions looked Sayuri’s Theme across the Atlantic for guidance and Brush on Silk approval. Throughout the 19th century, Becoming a Geisha most aspiring American composers JOHANNES MOSER, CELLO trained in the conservatories of Europe and took the music of Mendelssohn JOHN WILLIAMS Elegy for Solo Cello and Orchestra 7’ and Brahms as their models. JOHANNES MOSER, CELLO But during the final years of the 19th INTERMISSION century and the early decades of the 20th, AARON COPLAND Symphony No. 3 38’ a new and independent spirit emerged Molto moderato, with simple expression as our composers found new paths to Allegro molto a distinctly American kind of concert Andantino quasi allegretto— music. They did this in part by embracing Molto deliberato (freely, at first) what their predecessors had rejected as vulgar and unworthy, America’s popular Pre-concert Talk one hour prior to performance. music, and in part by participating in the Speaker: Megan Francisco, Doctoral student of musicology at the University of bracing spirit of modernist innovation. In Washington doing so, they not only created individual masterpieces but established a tradition Copland Symphony No. 3 is generously underwritten by Peter Russo and Kit Bakke. of vital and important American concert music. Our concert presents work by three of our nation’s most eminent 20th-century composers. Though he has attained the stature of elder statesman in his field, one of them is still active.

I consider this week’s and last week’s programs to be a mini festival of American music in addition to a celebration of Bernstein’s centenary. Copland was a mentor to Bernstein as a composer, and so I felt it was important to have Copland represented.

It’s a special thrill to reunite with cellist Johannes Moser after having worked with him in Boston a few years ago.

– Ludovic Morlot

See Ludovic Morlot’s biography on page 6. 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 ©2018 Seattle Symphony. Copying of any performance by camera, audio or video recording equipment, and any other use of such copying devices during a performance is prohibited.

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LEONARD BERNSTEIN A brief flourish in the brass leads directly together on his as well as to the first of the work’s two principal the beautiful Elegy. Overture to Candide themes, its whip-like phrases creating BORN: August 25, 1918, in Lawrence, MA a rollicking character. A more lyrical The Suite showcases some of the most second main subject sounds in the beautiful parts of the film score for DIED: October 14, 1990, in New York rich tenor register of the strings and Memoirs of a Geisha. The music draws WORK COMPOSED: 1956 woodwinds. Bernstein restates both you into its own world immediately, and FIRST PERFORMANCE: January 27, 1957. themes in different instrumental garb John lets the cello emulate traditional The composer conducted the New York and punctuates them with flashes of the Japanese instruments such as Biwa, Philharmonic Orchestra. opening fanfare. A pair of new melodies Koto or Shamisen. It’s a treat to perform appear in the concluding coda section. with Ludovic Morlot again, with whom Fragments of the earlier ideas soon I played at the Boston Symphony The overture races out of the reappear, and the composer toys with our Orchestra a few years back, and also starting gate with a brief prefatory expectations in the closing measures. a great joy to return to the Seattle fanfare and a melody running at Symphony for the second time. Scored for 2 flutes and piccolo; 2 oboes; 2 breakneck speed. The lyrical second clarinets, E-flat clarinet and bass clarinet; theme comes from one of the show’s vocal 2 bassoons and contrabassoon; 4 horns; 2 – Johannes Moser numbers, the duet “Oh, Happy We.” Near trumpets; 3 trombones; tuba; timpani and John Williams’s career in music has been the close, Bernstein borrows a trick from percussion; harp; strings. the Italian composer Gioacchino Rossini, almost as eclectic and multifaceted as repeating short melodic phrases at that of Leonard Bernstein, and just as successively louder dynamic levels, JOHN WILLIAMS successful. Williams is, of course, most widely known as a film composer, one creating the kind of long crescendo Selections from Memoirs of a Geisha Rossini made famous in his overtures to whose scores for Jaws, the Star Wars and The Barber of Seville and other operas. BORN: February 8, 1932, in Flushing, NY Indiana Jones series, Close Encounters WORK COMPOSED: 2005–08 of the Third Kind, E.T., Schindler’s List, Saving Private Ryan, Angela’s Ashes, and WORLD PREMIERE: August 20, 2008, in other movies have won several Academy Leonard Bernstein was born 100 Chicago. Yo-Yo Ma was the soloist, and the Awards and set the present-day standard years ago, and Seattle Symphony composer conducted the Chicago Symphony for cinematic music in Hollywood. He is an has joined much of the international Orchestra. able pianist, and as a conductor has led music community in celebrating his many of the country’s major orchestras, centenary. Bernstein richly deserves the including the Seattle Symphony, which he recognition he is receiving this year. He John Williams conceived this music conducted last year in a concert devoted was a distinguished and, above all else, for a film set in Japan during the to his music. a multi-faceted musician: an exciting early 20th century, and it features and influential orchestra conductor, melodic ideas reminiscent of traditional Williams is also a prolific composer of a fluent pianist, an engaging writer Japanese music without actually quoting concert music, having written chamber on music and an inspiring teacher. any authentic Japanese folk songs. Details music, cantatas and orchestral pieces, of the orchestration — the flute solo early including two symphonies and a dozen Bernstein’s reputation, however, ultimately concertos. These compositions have will rest on his work on a composer, in the fourth movement; the use of pizzicato by string instruments to imitate a been played by many of the nation’s major and this, too, reflects his extraordinary orchestras and by such stellar performers versatility. During the course of his career koto, the zither-like Japanese instrument; the sound of percussion throughout — add as Yo-Yo Ma, for whom Williams wrote his he wrote symphonic and choral works, Cello Concerto and other works. opera, songs and chamber music. Yet the to the impression of a Japanese atmosphere. most familiar portion of Bernstein’s output Among the latter is a concert suite rests in his scores for Broadway shows, derived from Williams’ score for the film and one of these, West Side Story, ranks Memoirs of a Geisha. (Such cross-over Like for so many others in my among the most successful musicals ever from cinema to concert hall is, of course, generation, John Williams’ music for produced. Still, not all his musical-theater not unusual. Leonard Bernstein fashioned blockbusters Star Wars, E.T. and Indiana projects were so well received. In 1956, an orchestral suite from his music for the Jones was the soundtrack of my youth. I the year before West Side Story opened, film On the Waterfront; Aaron Copland first met John at the Los Angeles the composer collaborated with playwright did the same from his scores for Our Philharmonic for performances of the Lillian Hellman on a musical adaptation Town, The Red Pony and other movies.) Memoirs of a Geisha Suite — you can of Voltaire’s satirical novel Candide. The Produced by Steven Spielberg, Williams’ imagine how starstruck I was to meet this show had a modest run on Broadway, frequent patron, Memoirs of a Geisha musical idol of mine and arguably the most closing after only 73 performances. tells of Chiyo, a young Japanese woman famous living composer on the planet! But It has been revived several times but whose family’s poverty impels her to immediately at our first meeting he made remains known mainly through Bernstein’s leave her village and seek her fortune as me feel at ease through his incredible overture, which has established itself as a a geisha, a professional companion and friendliness, collegial attitude and passion popular concert piece. hostess traditional in Japanese culture for for music-making. We continued to work centuries. Though her long apprenticeship

encoremediagroup.com/programs 33 PROGRAM NOTES entails many challenges, Chiyo eventually JOHN WILLIAMS AARON COPLAND attains the status she seeks and takes the geisha name Sayuri. She also finds love at Elegy for Solo Cello and Orchestra Symphony No. 3 the film’s close. COMPOSED: 1997–2001 BORN: November 14, 1900, in Brooklyn, NY Williams’ contribution to Memoirs of a WORLD PREMIERE: February 24, 2002 in Los DIED: December 2, 1990, in Tarrytown, NY Geisha received an Academy Award Angeles. Yo-Yo Ma played the solo cello part, WORK COMPOSED: 1944–46 nomination and won the Golden Globe and the composer conducted the Los Angeles WORLD PREMIERE: October 18, 1946, in award for best original music. Soon Philharmonic Orchestra. Boston. Serge Koussevitzky conducted the after the film’s release, in 2005, Williams Boston Symphony Orchestra. began transforming his score for concert purposes. Among other things, he The heart of this composition is a reworked portions of his Memoirs of a melody of great tenderness whose The symphony begins with phrases Geisha music into a piece for chamber development runs nearly the full marked by Copland’s characteristic orchestra and another setting for cello length of the work. From a modest wide melodic leaps. The eloquence and piano, which he performed with beginning it unfurls freely yet organically, of the initial theme and a more animated Yo-Yo Ma. Eventually he combined gradually drawing members of the subject introduced by trombones imparts a and expanded those two scorings to orchestra into its song. strong sense of dignity and grandeur to create the suite we hear selections the first movement, a quality reflecting from now. It comprises six movements Copland’s Depression-era populist vision and uses cello in a featured role. Elegy, a single-movement work for cello of America. Much the same can be said of the opening portion of the finale, where The first movement is titled Sayuri’s and orchestra, was occasioned by an Copland recycles his famous Fanfare for Theme, but it begins with a melody unhappy event. In 1997 a violinist with the Common Man. associated with the main character’s whom John Williams was acquainted in younger self, Chiyo. As the orchestral Los Angeles lost two children in tragic accompaniment grows more active, circumstances. Williams agreed to Sayuri’s theme takes over, though we contribute original music to the memorial Aaron Copland’s position as one of hear echoes of the first subject as the service for the siblings and to that end America’s emblematic composers stems movement unfolds. The pensive lyricism composed a piece for cello and piano. largely from the extraordinary success of this opening movement gives way In 2001, when Yo-Yo Ma was preparing of that portion of his output which is to more sprightly music that, in the film, to record Williams’ Cello Concerto, the in some way theatrical or descriptive. accompanies Chiyo on her way to school. composer orchestrated the piano part Copland’s ballet music for Billy the Kid, of Elegy. Yo-Yo Ma performed it for the Rodeo and above all Appalachian Spring, The final movement celebrates the recording and subsequently in concert. his film scores for The Red Pony and Of transformation of Chiyo into Sayuri Since then, many other cellists have taken Mice and Men, and the narrative cantata through her elevation to the rank of up the work. Lincoln Portrait have touched millions geisha. Energetic figures support broad of listeners and are widely regarded as melodies, including recollections of the Williams gleaned the germ of this musical embodiments of an essential two themes from the opening movement. composition’s principal theme from his and idealized American spirit. But The music seems headed for a strong score for the 1997 film Seven Years in while these are Copland’s best-known conclusion, but Williams defies our Tibet. Considerably expanded and varied, compositions, his most impressive and expectation, ending the suite with a quiet a brief idea from the film music became important music lies in his more abstract passage for cello with only the faintest the melody sung by the solo cello after concert works. Notable among the dab of chimes as accompaniment. an atmospheric introduction. Williams latter pieces are the strong and sober seems not so much to compose the music Piano Variations and the Symphony Scored for solo cello; 3 flutes (the 1st flute that grows out of this melody as he does No. 3, which closes our program. doubling wood flute and shakuhachi, simply to allow it to develop naturally. The the 3rd flute doubling piccolo); 3 oboes (the 3rd oboe doubling English horn); final moments find the solo cello soaring Copland wrote his Third Symphony 3 clarinets (the 3rd clarinet doubling bass quietly to its highest register, a musical between 1944 and 1946, and its music clarinet); 3 bassoons (the 3rd bassoon metaphor for ascent into heaven. is stylistically related to Appalachian doubling contrabassoon); four horns; Spring, Lincoln Portrait and other Scored for solo cello; 2 flutes; oboe; 3 trumpets; 3 trombones; tuba; timpani and works he produced during the early percussion; 2 harps; celeste; strings. 3 clarinets (the 3rd doubling bass clarinet); 2 bassoons; 2 horns; harp; strings. and mid-1940s. But the symphony is distinct from many of Copland’s pieces in three important respects. First, it has no extra-musical underpinnings — no ballet story, film scene or text to provide a structure or suggest its themes. It is, in other words, a piece of “pure” music, non-referential and self-sufficient. The second difference, in part a result of the first, is that the symphony contains no quotations of folk music. In Billy the Kid,

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Hailed by Gramophone Magazine as “one of Lincoln Portrait and Appalachian Spring, recalls the first theme of the opening the finest among the Copland used traditional American movement, thereby bringing the symphony astonishing gallery of song melodies to impart a distinctly full circle to its point of origin. The work young virtuoso cellists,” American ethos to his music. In the Third closes on a note of exultation. German-Canadian Symphony, however, the composer cellist Johannes Moser showed that he could preserve the Scored for 3 flutes (the 3rd flute doubling 2nd piccolo) and piccolo; 3 oboes (the 3rd has performed with the essence of his populist American style oboe doubling English horn); 2 clarinets, world’s leading — its tunefulness, its sense of strength E-flat clarinet and bass clarinet; 2 bassoons orchestras such as the Berliner and its broadly spaced harmonies — and contrabassoon; 4 horns; 4 trumpets; Philharmoniker, Chicago Symphony without relying on folk-song quotations. 3 trombones; tuba; timpani and percussion; Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, 2 harps; piano and celeste; strings. Finally, in contrast to Copland’s usual Los Angeles Philharmonic and New York modesty and restrained musical rhetoric, Philharmonic. Moser recently won his third © 2018 Paul Schiavo the Third Symphony accepts the heroic ECHO Klassik award as Instrumentalist of character traditional to its genre. Indeed, the Year 2017 for his Russian Recital disc Copland admitted that in writing this piece on the label. His latest “I ... was reaching for the grand gesture.” recordings include the concertos by Dvořák, Lalo, Elgar and Tchaikovsky, which The symphony unfolds in four movements, have gained him the prestigious Preis der the first beginning with a declamatory Deutschen Schallplattenkritik and the theme presented by the strings. Following Diapason d’Or. He was the top prize a second subject, closely related to winner at the 2002 Tchaikovsky the first in it contours, there appears a Competition, in addition to being awarded more energetic idea announced in the the Special Prize for his interpretation of trombones. Copland conceived the movement, he noted, as an arch whose the Rococo Variations. In 2014 he was apex is the animated central section. A awarded the prestigious Brahms prize. broad coda, or epilogue, brings this first portion of the symphony to a close.

More regular in form, the second movement follows the outline of a traditional symphonic scherzo. Its first portion is boisterous, at times nervous and even strident. Copland offers effective Only one art town comes contrast in a lyrical central section that begins with pastoral sounds from the woodwinds. A striking piano solo leads with views like this. back to a reprise of the scherzo music.

The third movement brings a moving elegy, beginning with the icy sounds of the in their highest register. Only briefly, during the middle of the movement, does the prevailing somber tone give way to music in a more animated vein.

While Copland employed no traditional melodies in his symphony, he did quote one of his own earlier works. This is the stirring and justly famous Fanfare for the Common Man, composed in 1942, whose music serves as a prologue to the finale. As the strains of the fanfare die away, we hear the oboe musing in what seems an almost improvisational manner on a simple motif. Other woodwinds now join in, their lines flowing together into a stream of melody that forms the principal theme for the main portion of the movement. Copland develops this subject in fluid contrapuntal textures and later adds both the signal motif of the fanfare and a broad cannonbeach.org new melody to the sonic mix. Finally, he

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Ludovic Morlot, conductor Jonathan Green, host Seattle Symphony

LEONARD BERNSTEIN Overture to Candide 5’

AARON COPLAND Symphony No. 3 38’ Molto moderato, with simple expression Allegro molto Andantino quasi allegretto— Molto deliberato (freely, at first)

Program notes can be found on pages 32–35.

This concert is generously supported by Peter Russo and Kit Bakke.

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EAP 1_3 V template.indd 1 2/28/17 10:55 AM OVERVIEW THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 2018, AT 7:30PM SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 2018, AT 8PM SUNDAY, JULY 1, 2018, AT 2PM Chopin and Saint-Saëns The two composers represented on our concert, Frédéric Chopin and Camille SAINT-SAËNS Saint-Saëns, present an intriguing set of similarities and differences. The former SYMPHONY NO. 3 was born in Warsaw but, like Saint-Saëns, would spend most of his career living and ORGAN working in Paris. (The two men might have met had Chopin not been cut down in his prime by tuberculosis. Saint-Saëns, by contrast, enjoyed robust health and a long Kazuki Yamada, conductor life.) Neither composer, however, belongs Benjamin Grosvenor, piano to the main current of French music, Seattle Symphony with its predilection for softly sensuous harmonies and aural colors. CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS Danse macabre, Op. 40 7’ Their musical and intellectual inclinations FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21 30’ contrasted sharply. Chopin knew one Maestoso thing, the piano, but knew it supremely Larghetto well, and he confined his composing to Allegro vivace the keyboard — mostly in the form of solo piano music but occasionally using the BENJAMIN GROSVENOR, PIANO instrument as part of an ensemble, as we shall hear. Saint-Saëns was, like Chopin, INTERMISSION a superb pianist, but he distinguished himself as an organist and conductor CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78, “Organ” 34’ also. And unlike Chopin, he created music Adagio—Allegro moderato—Poco adagio over a wide range of genres, including Allegro moderato—Presto—Maestoso—Allegro— symphonies, tone poems, concertos and Più allegro—Molto allegro—Pesante operas. Moreover, Saint-Saëns did not JOSEPH ADAM, ORGAN confine his activities to music. A man of considerable intellect, he wrote plays and poetry, studied archeology, astronomy and Pre-concert Talk one hour prior to performance. other sciences, and authored treatises on Speaker: Jill Becker, Classical Music Writer philosophy and ancient music. Something of his wide-ranging mind and musicianship is evident in the compositions that frame our program. Kazuki Yamada’s performances are generously supported by the Atsuhiko and Ina Goodwin Tateuchi Foundation through the Seattle Symphony’s Guest Artists Circle. tI want to express all senses of the Benjamin Grosvenor’s performances are generously underwritten by Dana and Ned Laird music — its temperature, colour, through the Seattle Symphony’s Guest Artists Circle. fragrance and much more. Especially French repertoire requires some kind of ‘esprit.’ It’s Cancer Survivorship Awareness Month Sponsor: Seattle Cancer Care Alliance hard to describe it, but it certainly exists in Media Sponsor: Classical KING FM 98.1 music and I hope you will experience it during our performance.

Saint-Saëns’ music is tremendously colourful and as beautiful as a painting. This Symphony has incredible dynamics and when the organ comes in — I still get goose bumps every time. Danse macabre is also a very special piece. When you listen to the violin, one can easily picture ‘the skeleton dancing.’ It is so grotesque yet at the same time interesting.

Chopin — to me he is a poet writing music. 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 way he composes emotions — may Performance ©2018 Seattle Symphony. Copying of any performance by camera, audio or video recording it be sadness, romance or nostalgia — is equipment, and any other use of such copying devices during a performance is prohibited. incredibly vivid and tangible.

– Kazuki Yamada

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CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS Scored for 2 flutes and piccolo; 2 oboes; The composer once hinted in a letter 2 clarinets; 2 bassoons; 4 horns; 2 trumpets; that the Larghetto second movement Danse macabre, Op. 40 3 trombones; tuba; timpani and percussion; was inspired by his love for Constancia harp; strings. BORN: October 9, 1835, in Paris Gladkowska, a young singer he had met at the Warsaw Conservatory. This DIED: December 16, 1921, in Algiers slender admission has, naturally, delighted WORK COMPOSED: 1874 FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN sentimentally inclined listeners, though no WORLD PREMIERE: January 24, 1875, in Paris, Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, real relationship ever developed between conducted by Eduard Colonne. Op. 21 Chopin and Constancia. Beginning with a long and tender theme that appears after a BORN: March 1, 1810, at Zelazowa Wola, near brief orchestral introduction, this portion of This musical vision of supernatural Warsaw, Poland the work builds to a passionate recitative doings is picturesque in the DIED: October 17, 1849, in Paris for the soloist over dramatic tremolo extreme. A harp tolls midnight in the WORK COMPOSED: 1829 figures in the strings. opening measures. Castanets and WORLD PREMIERE: March 30, 1830, in The third movement juxtaposes a xylophone suggest dancing skeletons. We Warsaw. The composer played the solo part even hear the rooster crow that finally bittersweet melody, punctuated by and conducted from the piano. signals the arrival of day, ending the vigorous orchestral comments, with a spectral frolic. contrasting episode featuring the triplet rhythms of Poland’s national dance, the Although it is a youthful work, mazurka. The distinctly Polish flavor of Chopin’s F-minor Concerto reveals a The piece that opens our concert this section caused Warsaw audiences skilled composer who has already exemplifies two signature traits of the to hail the concerto as an expression of found a distinctive musical voice. All the Romantic movement that so dominated patriotic aspiration. One review of the original elements of its author’s style are in literature and the arts during the 19th work’s premiere ventured: “More than place here: the themes that are by turns century. One is the linkage of music and once these tones seem to be the happy dreamy and passionate, the yearning poetic, especially narrative, ideas. The echo of our native harmony. Chopin knows melancholy of his harmonies, the brilliant other is a fascination with the supernatural. what sounds are heard in our fields and flashes of pianistic ornamentation. woods, he has listened to the songs of the In 1874 the French composer Saint-Saëns Polish villager, he has made it his own and came across a strange poem by one Henri has united the tunes of his native land in Cazalis, its verses proposing mortality as In 1829 Frédéric Chopin was a young skillful composition and elegant execution.” a great social equalizer. Cazalis imagined graduate of the Warsaw Conservatory A sudden turn to the bright key of F major a graveyard revel, with the dead rising seeking to establish himself in the musical and a conspicuous signal from the horn from their tombs to dance to the music world. He was talented, ambitious and then launch the brief coda passage that of Death’s violin. The social classes that in love, and all three of these qualities closes the concerto. had separated them in life mean nothing found reflection in his Piano Concerto in Scored for solo piano; pairs of woodwinds; now: peasants join aristocrats not only F minor. Chopin wrote this composition 2 horns; 2 trumpets; bass trombone; timpani; in dancing but, as the carousing grows in the autumn and winter of 1829, and he strings. increasingly wild, in erotic coupling. performed it in Warsaw in the spring of the (The Romantic era also was drawn to following year. While known as his Second racy notions of this sort.) Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto, this work pre-dates by CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS would have immediately recognized this about half a year Chopin’s Concerto poem’s relationship to the rich tradition of in E minor, Op. 11, which now bears the Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 78, folk-tales telling of supernatural dances designation Piano Concerto No. 1. The “Organ” and a demon fiddler, and he would have two concertos were published in reverse WORK COMPOSED: 1886 known at least some of the musical works order of their composition, resulting in a WORLD PREMIERE: May 19, 1886, in London. reflecting that tradition, most notably misleading impression of their chronology. Franz Liszt’s Mephisto Waltz. Moreover, The composer conducted the London he realized that Cazalis’ scenario could Following the procedure found in the Philharmonic Society Orchestra. be vividly represented in music, and he keyboard concertos of Mozart and other proceeded to do just that in a short tone Classical-period composers, Chopin poem. begins his work with an orchestral The generative idea for this exposition. The first theme conveys that spacious composition is surprisingly That work, which the composer called restless agitation so prized by the 19th- modest: a figure of just four notes, Danse macabre, features an active part for century Romantics. A second subject, announced by oboe following a few a mis-tuned solo violin part, representing introduced by the woodwinds, provides moments of prefatory harmonies during Death’s fiddling. A frenzied waltz melody lyrical contrast. With the entrance of the opening moments. Of the many constitutes the main theme. Later, Saint- the piano, the orchestra retreats to a transformations of this figure Saint-Saëns Saëns adds a medieval funeral chant as supporting role while the solo instrument devises over the course of the symphony, counter-melody. explores these thematic ideas. none is more consequential than the appearance of a hymn-like theme — pre- figured by the brass, announced clearly by

38 SEATTLESYMPHONY.ORG KAZUKI YAMADA Conductor

“… the OSR plays scintillatingly under the strings, and bearing a resemblance to music, much of it for the organ. A less Kazuki Yamada.” the “Jupiter theme” of Mozart’s last tangible but equally important homage is – The Sunday Times symphony — as a nervously energetic the recurrent use throughout the work of scherzo transitions into the majestic finale. a single principal motif, a compositional device favored by Liszt. Kazuki Yamada is Principal Conductor The symphony is nominally in two large Borggreve Marco Photo: As rival claimants to the title “King of movements, but each of these is divided and Artistic Director of Instruments,” the pipe organ and the into two distinct parts, thus yielding Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo. symphony orchestra have traditionally something quite like the traditional four- In Japan he is Principal Guest Conductor been competitors more often than movement symphonic structure. Saint- of Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra collaborators. The organ developed during Saëns opens his work with a brief prelude (from January 2019), Permanent Conductor a period when music-making was centered in slow tempo that presents a rising figure of Japan Philharmonic, Music Director and in the church and the masterpieces of of four notes. Various transformations of Chairman of The Philharmonic Chorus organ composition have often served an this motif make up most of the succeeding of Tokyo as well as Music Director of ecclesiastical as well as purely musical Allegro, and its ascending contour may Yokohama Sinfonietta. Yamada regularly purpose. The orchestra, by contrast, was also be heard at the start of the long appears as a guest conductor throughout from its inception a secular institution, and and beautiful melody of the Adagio that Europe. This season he debuts with the the great works of its repertory are imbued follows. The organ, heard here for the first Seattle Symphony and Royal Flemish with a modern humanistic spirit. Orchestral time, underscores the feeling of religious Philharmonic. Yamada is active in the field playing, moreover, calls for a blending of serenity this portion of the symphony of opera and conducted Rusalka with different instruments, a task to which the seems to convey. Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, majestic tones of the organ do not readily which also produced an award-winning lend themselves. The next portion of the work, a scherzo in all but name, brings several brilliant DVD. Committed to music education, Nevertheless, the temptation to join episodes, but in the midst of the last Yamada appears regularly as a guest these two great musical resources has such passage a new, austere melody artist with the students at the Seiji Ozawa proved irresistible for some composers. rises from the strings. This subject, again International Academy in Switzerland. While relatively few compositions use an outgrowth of the symphony’s initial organ and orchestra together, the motif, dispels the fantastic atmosphere best of them produce an extraordinary of the scherzo and leads to a series of sonic effect. Among such works, contrapuntal passages punctuated by BENJAMIN GROSVENOR pride of place belongs to the Organ massive organ chords. New ideas are Piano Symphony of Camille Saint-Saëns. introduced and earlier ones recalled as the symphony builds to a brilliant final climax. British pianist Benjamin This French composer was 50 and at Grosvenor is renowned Scored for 3 flutes (the 3rd flute doubling the height of his creative power when an for his distinctive piccolo); 2 oboes and English horn; 2 invitation to conduct his music in London sound, described as brought with it a commission for a new clarinets and bass clarinet; 2 bassoons “poetic and gently work — specifically, a symphony. Saint- and contrabassoon; 4 horns; 3 trumpets; 3 trombones; tuba; timpani and percussion; ironic, brilliant yet Saëns accepted this offer and began organ and piano (four-hands); strings. clear-minded, sketching a large symphony in the intelligent but not early part of 1886. He had scarcely Omnia Allen/Opera Patrick Photo: begun, however, when he received © 2018 Paul Schiavo without humour, all word of the death of Franz Liszt. The translated through a beautifully clear and news affected Saint-Saëns deeply, and singing touch” (The Independent). it immediately altered the character of Grosvenor first came to prominence as the the symphony he was writing. Liszt’s winner of the Keyboard Final of the 2004 works represented a musical ideal for BBC Young Musician Competition at the many French composers of the late 19th age of 11. In 2011 Grosvenor signed to century, but especially for Saint-Saëns, Decca Classics, becoming the youngest who shared his Hungarian counterpart’s British musician ever to sign to the label, preference for descriptive program and the first British pianist to sign to the music, and for a colorful virtuosity in both label in almost 60 years. During his keyboard and orchestral composition. sensational career to date, Grosvenor has received Gramophone’s Young Artist of Saint-Saëns therefore decided to compose his new symphony as a tribute the Year and Instrumental Awards, a to Liszt, and to dedicate the work to his Classic Brits Critics’ Award, UK Critics’ memory. The inclusion of prominent roles Circle Award for Exceptional Young Talent for both piano and organ were part of this and a Diapason d’Or Jeune Talent Award. tribute. Liszt had enjoyed a brilliant career as a concert pianist, but he spent his final years in a monastery composing sacred

encoremediagroup.com/programs 39 STEVE HACKMAN Conductor WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 2018, AT 8PM A musical visionary, Steve Hackman is a daring voice leading the BRAHMS V. charge among a new generation of classical RADIOHEAD musicians intent on A STEREO HIDEOUT PRODUCTION redefining the genre. Equally adept in Steve Hackman, conductor | Andrew Lipke, vocals | Bill Prokopow, vocals classical and popular Kéren Tayar, vocals | Seattle Symphony forms, his breadth of technique is uncanny — he is a composer, conductor, producer, RADIOHEAD “Airbag”/Introduction DJ, arranger, songwriter, singer, pianist and even rapper. He synthesizes Brahms and JOHANNES BRAHMS Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 - Movement 1: Radiohead, Bartók and Björk, and Un poco sostenuto Tchaikovsky and Drake into epic orchestral tone-poems that have surprised and thrilled JOHANNES BRAHMS Movement 1 - Allegro: Exposition diverse sellout with the orchestras of RADIOHEAD “Paranoid Android” Pittsburgh, the Boston Pops, Nashville, Oregon, Indianapolis, Columbus, Charlotte, RADIOHEAD “Climbing Up the Walls” Florida, Alabama, and the Colorado Music Festival. In May 2018 Hackman’s dream of JOHANNES BRAHMS Movement 1: Recapitulation assembling an orchestra of like-minded, creative virtuosos became a reality with the RADIOHEAD “Karma Police” debut concert of STEREO HIDEOUT: JOHANNES BRAHMS Movement 1: Coda Brooklyn. Upcoming engagements include debuts with the Colorado Symphony, RADIOHEAD “Subterranean Homesick Alien” Calgary Philharmonic and Grand Rapids Symphony, as well as returns to JOHANNES BRAHMS Movement 2 - Andante sostenuto: Beginning Indianapolis, Oregon, Nashville and others. RADIOHEAD “No Surprises” Brahms’ First Symphony (1882) is the JOHANNES BRAHMS Movement 2: Ending first piece I ever conducted, at my Juilliard audition, and Radiohead’s OK JOHANNES BRAHMS Movement 3 - Un poco allegretto e grazioso: Computer (1997) forever changed my Beginning relationship with music. Both share a certain pathos — a brooding feeling — and RADIOHEAD “Let Down” a balance of tension and release. They JOHANNES BRAHMS Movement 3: Ending also both represent to me ‘invention within convention’ — adhering to structures and JOHANNES BRAHMS Movement 4: Adagio—Più andante forms set up by their predecessors but innovating within those parameters (in RADIOHEAD “Exit Music (For A Film)” Brahms’ case, the symphony form, and in JOHANNES BRAHMS Movement 4: Allegro non troppo, ma con brio: Radiohead’s, the concept album). I heard Exposition distinct musical similarities; beyond their sharing great density in the music, they RADIOHEAD “Lucky” even had melodic and harmonic devices in common. Many would purport that these JOHANNES BRAHMS Movement 4: Recapitulation two pieces are separated by more than just time. They would seek to label and RADIOHEAD “Electioneering” categorize them. I hope this concert highlights the brilliance in each and how JOHANNES BRAHMS Movement 4: Coda similar in fact the processes are — we just call them different things: ‘composing’ parallels ‘songwriting,’ the ‘orchestra’ This performance is approximately 70 minutes with no intermission. parallels the ‘band,’ and the ‘concert hall’ mirrors the ‘recording studio.’ Ultimately, when you distill them, they are made of the Please note that the timings provided for this concert are approximate. Please turn off all electronic devices and refrain from taking photos or video. same twelve notes. Performance ©2018 Seattle Symphony. Copying of any performance by camera, audio or video recording equipment, and any other use of such copying devices during a performance is prohibited. – Steve Hackman

40 SEATTLESYMPHONY.ORG ANDREW LIPKE Vocals FRIDAY, JULY 13, 2018, AT 8PM Philadelphia-based, SATURDAY, JULY 14, 2018, AT 2PM South African-born SATURDAY, JULY 14, 2018, AT 8PM Andrew Lipke, moved SUNDAY, JULY 15, 2018, AT 2PM to Philadelphia to pursue a degree in composition at The University of The Arts and has since gone on STAR WARS: A NEW to become a critically acclaimed and sought-after composer, HOPE IN CONCERT performer, arranger, producer and educator. He has performed with and composed/ arranged for The Aizuri Quartet, Lawrence Loh, conductor Indianapolis Symphony, North Carolina Seattle Symphony Symphony and Colorado Music Festival Orchestra, among others. He has produced dozens of records for local and regional artists and released five solo albums. This presentation is approximately two hours with one 20-minute intermission.

Lawrence Loh’s biography may be found on page 15. BILL PROKOPOW Vocals Star Wars: A New Hope Bill Prokopow is a Music by John Williams composer, pianist, © 1977 Bantha Music and Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. vocalist, producer, mixing engineer and © 2018 & TM LTD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED © DISNEY. visual artist. In addition Presentation licensed by Disney Concerts in association with 20th Century Fox, to composing, Lucasfilm Ltd. and Warner/Chappell Music. conducting and singing with orchestras across the country, he also tours the nation with chiptune-rock band I Fight Dragons. His orchestral-electronic solo project Panthenon, was awarded Best Concept Album of 2015 by the Independent Music Awards, and his latest album SpaceTime is available now.

KÉREN TAYAR Vocals

Kéren Tayar began her musical theater career at age 7, performing on some of New York City’s prominent stages. She graduated from the Berklee College of Music, and now enjoys collaborations with a variety of artists and producers and also tours and performs around the world. She has been working with Steve Hackman since 2015, performing in Brahms V. Radiohead and Copland V. Bon Iver with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the Please note that the timings provided for this concert are approximate. Nashville Symphony, Colorado Music Please turn off all electronic devices and refrain from taking photos or video. Festival and many others. Performance ©2018 Seattle Symphony. Copying of any performance by camera, audio or video recording equipment, and any other use of such copying devices during a performance is prohibited.

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(Kit) Green 10 Tiffany and Scott Dale Jeff and Kim Seely Wally and Sally Campbell Maridee Gregory ∞ 5 Dr. Kevin Thomas Damour Janet and Thomas Seery 10 Dr. Lysanne Cape 5 Julie Gulick Cami and Ray Davis Barbara and Richard Shikiar 15 Nora Capron Robert Grey and Kathryn Guykema 5 Frank and Dolores Dean 15 Robin Siegl and Paul Andrews Louis Carbonneau and Agnes Mallet Patricia Hackett and Mark Houtchens Jeff Dempsey Douglas Smith and Carol and John Austenfeld Megan Hall and James Janning ∞ + 5 Dr. Lewis and Susan Edelheit Stephanie Ellis-Smith Charitable Trust 5 Deena C. Hanke ∞ Paul and Kimberly Fisher Mary Snapp and Spencer Frazer Trish Carpenter Dave and Sandy Hanower Isabel Foster Carpenter Christopher Snow 5 Patrick Cazeau Linda and Wolfram Hansis 15 Jane and Richard Gallagher 5 Stella Stamenova Terri Chan and Tony Dexter 5 Dr. and Mrs. James M. Hanson 5 Jean Gardner ^ 15 Lorna Stern 15 Kent and Barbara Chaplin 15 Karin and Frederic Harder Katarina and Jim Garner Alexander and Jane Stevens 10 Jorge Chavez Walter Harley and Anne Sustar 15 Janice A. and Robert L. Gerth 15 Paula Stokes and John Sullivan Gerrie Cherry Racha and Wassef Haroun Carol B. Goddard 15 Victoria Sutter 5 Mr. James Chesnutt 5 Ralph and Gail Hendrickson Fred Goldstein and David Pitt Mr. and Mrs. C. Rhea Thompson Chien-her Chin 5 Doug and Barbara Herrington Don and Liz Gresch 10 Betty Lou and Irwin* Treiger 15 Lisa Chiou Kate Harris and Andrew Jones Kate and Ted Gunal Manijeh Vail 10 Michelle and Abhineet Chowdhary Mary Heckman Lucia and Jeffrey Hagander 5 Mary Lou and Dirk van Woerden 5 Marian Christjaener 5 Stuart and Evelyn Henderson Ken* and Cathi Hatch ^ Maia and John Vechey Ms. Constance Clarke Marvin and Elizabeth Hoekstra Ken Hayashi ∞ 5 Janna Viniko Mark Cockerill and Marie Kennedy Toni and Rod Hoffman 5 Anders and Liz Hejlsberg Charlie Wade + Michelle Codd Norm Hollingshead 5 Terrill and Jennifer Hendrickson 5 Jan and Nancy Wanamaker 5 Robert and Janet Coe Bob Holtz and Cricket Morgan 5 Harold and Mary Fran Hill 10 Norma Wells 5 Sam and Karen Coe ∞ Hannah Hoose Alice and Paul Hill Roger and June Whitson ∞ Ida Cole Mr. Roy Hughes ∞ 5 Candyce Hogan 5 Ms. Bethany Winham Ellen and Phil Collins 15 George and Peggy Hunt 5 Bob and Melinda Hord 5 Jessie and David Woolley-Wilson Susan and Laurence Commeree 15 Michael Hunter Nyssa Houzenga Jerry and Nancy Worsham 10 Mr. and Mrs. Frank Conlon Joyce and Craig Jackson Patricia Hunter Sally and David Wright Ray Conner Ralph E. Jackson 15 Walt Ingram, Wright Runstad & Kay H. Zatine 15 Herb and Kathe Cook 5 Randall Jahren 10 Company Christian and Joyce Zobel 10 Richard Cuthbert and Clyde and Sandra Johnson 10 Margaret and Frank Isernio Igor Zverev 15 Cheryl Redd-Cuthbert Dr. Kari Jones Mr. Daniel Kerlee and Anonymous (14) Lloyd G. Danku Shreya Joseph Mrs. Carol Wollenberg 10 Robert Darling 5 Gretchen Kah 5 Stacy and Doug King Musicians Club ($1,000 - $1,999) Tom DeBoer Shirley Kah Karen and Peter Klacsmann Jennifer and Kurt Adair + Karin Desantis Hannah and Sarah Kane 5 W. M. Kleinenbroich John and Andrea Adams 5 Mark Dexter Peter Kelly Ben Kolpa and Angelisa Paladin David and Helen Dichek Sean and Lisa Kelly 5 Nance and Steve Adler ∞ 5 Dr. and Mrs. Masato Koreeda Anthony DiRe Janet Wright Ketcham Foundation 5 Peter Aiau and Susan Ormbrek ∞ 5 5 10 Stewart M. Landefeld and Daniel Alexander II Dwight and Susan Dively Ford W. Kiene 10 Margaret Breen Susan Allan and Keylor Eng Everett and Bernie DuBois Dibra and Kent Kildow 5 15 Mary and Michael Lee Mr. and Mrs. John Amaya Ken Duncan and Tanya Parish Mike and Mary Killien 5 Kori Loomis Dr. Bruce and Joann Amundson Charlie Dunn Karol King 10 5 Ruthann Lorentzen Adaline Ancinas Renee Duprel ∞ + Virginia King 15 Fo-Ching Lu and Andrew Roberts Eddy and Osvaldo Ancinas Maria Durham and Viva la Música Club Carolyn and Robert Kitchell  5 Gunilla and Vidur Luthra Rick Anderson and Jeff Eby and Zart Dombourian-Eby Alana Knaster 15 5 Mark P. Lutz Marianne Bergstrom 5 Mr. Scott Eby ∞ Drs. Peter H. and Susan M. Knutson Susan Marinello Branndon R. Edwards Vera Koch Patrick Andre ∞ 5 5 5 Malcolm and Diane McCallum Richard and Dianne Arensberg Bill and Erin Ellis Maryann and Tom Kofler 5 Ashley O’Connor McCready and Jesus Areyano II Leo and Marcia Engstrom Sarah Kohut 5 Mike McCready Dr. Sharon and Vince Augenstein Mr. David Epstein Jodi Krause 5 Anne McDuffie and Tim Wood Michele and Charles Bacon Luis Espinosa Norbert and Kimberly Kusters 5 10 5 Christine B. Mead Wael Bahaa-El-Din and Dr. and Mrs. R. Blair Evans Eric Lam 5 Ronald Miller and Murl Barker Amira El Bastawissi Kim and Scott Fancher Aidan Lang and Linda Kitchen 5 15 Gary Moresky Dr. and Mrs. John Baldwin Caroline L. Feiss and Ron and Carolyn Langford Dylan Neuwirth Richard Barbieri and Lyn Tangen Gordon B. Davidson Bryan LaPorte ∞ 10 5 15 Marilyn Newland Joel Barduson 5 Karen and Bill Feldt Peter M. Lara Isabella and Lev Novik 5 Junko and Glen Ferguson J&J Latino O’Connell Cornelius Barnett ∞ 5 Arwa and Mohammed Obeidat Eric and Sally Barnum 10 Maria Ferrer Murdock Timothy Lee 15 Kathryn and John O’Brien Michael Barras Lori and Miguel Ferrer* Virginia and Brian Lenker ∞ 15 5 Jerald E. Olson Susan L. Barry 5 Helga Filler Derek Leung 5 15 Mrs. Jackie A. O’Neil Amie Batson Jerry and Gunilla Finrow Phyllis Leventhal 10 Mary Pat and John Osterhaus Douglas and Maria Bayer 15 Marilyn First Don and Carla Lewis Gerald and Melissa Overbeck Silas Beane and Kristin Bunce Ashley Myers and Andrew Fitz Gibbon Jerry and Marguerite Lewis 5 PAS Financial Planning Michael and Stephanie Beers Patty Fleischmann Henry Li Path Forward Leadership Development Carl and Renée Behnke Shari and Michael Fleming Bobbie Lindsay and Douglas Buck 15 Allan and Jane Paulson Karin M. Weekly and Bryan H. Bell Debra and Dennis Floyd Michael Linenberger and Sallie Dacey 15 5 David F. Peck Patricia Bell Jack and Jan Forrest Robert and Monique Lipman Jason Perkizas Patricia Benca Steve Francks Anne and Steve Lipner 15 Nancy and Christopher Perks Joyce and Alan Bender Judith Frank Anamaria T. Lloyd 5 5 Marcus Phung Judith and Arnold Bendich Ernest and Elizabeth Scott Frankenberg Sharon and Marty Lott Cary Plotkin and Matthew and Nealan Blinstrub Nancy Freeman Lovett-Rolfe Family Trust 15 5 Marie-Therese Brincard Paul and Sarah Bliss Ms. Janet Freeman-Daily Mr. and Mrs. Louis Lundquist Louis Poulin Marilyn Braarud Maureen Frisch Sandy Mackie 10 Harry* and Ann Pryde Bob* and Jane Ann Bradbury 10 Donald and Ann Frothingham Rhonda Maloney ∞

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Diena Lukawski and Russ Mann Jennifer Ridewood Charles Wheeler Linda and Gerald Nordberg Elliot Margul 5 Mr. and Mrs. Charles Riley 5 Amy and Jeff Wilcox Jane and Joel Scott Mark Litt Family DAF of the Jewish Deborah and Andrew Rimkus 5 Mitch Wilk 5 Linda Stevens Federation of Greater Seattle 5 Melissa Rivello Elizabeth and Troy Wormsbecker Barbara and Donald Tober Charles T. Massie ∞ 15 Melissa and Manuel Rivelo Carol Wright Lois Mayers Dr. and Mrs. Tom Robertson 5 Talia Silveri Wright Elaine Cho, by Florence and Charlie Mayne David Robinson Michael and Gail Yanney Samuel Plott Michael and Rosemary Mayo 15 Ms. Jean C. Robinson 5 Mindy Yardy Jennifer McCausland Eric Robison Lee and Barbara Yates 15 Terry Clark, by John and Gwen McCaw Jack Rodman and Koh Shimizu Mr. Rocky Yeh Lara Clark E. Thomas McFarlan 10 Dina Rohm Anonymous (27) John McGarry and Michelle Wernli Stan and Michele Rosen Samuel Clarke, by Diane and Scott McGee Dr. Len and Gretchen Jane Rosoff 5 5 5 years of consecutive giving David Gaglione Heather and Mike McKay Michelle and Jerry Rubin 10 10 years of consecutive giving Karen and Rick McMichael ∞ 15 Don and Toni Rupchock 15 15 15 years or more of consecutive Marianne Cole, by Dr. and Mrs. James F. McNab David Sabee and giving Mitzi Cieslak Mary McWilliams 10 Patricia Isacson Sabee  ∞ Monthly Sustaining Donor Jerry Meharg Sarah and Shahram Salemy  Musician Rosalie Contreras, by David Meinert Matthew Salisbury ° Board Member Robert Haeger Karen and James Mhyre John and Margaret Sanders ^ Lifetime Director Mary Mikkelsen 15 Sara Delano Redmond Fund + Staff Dr. David Davis, by Dr. Stewart Miller Thomas and Collette Schick * In Memoriam Carissa Hussong Laurie Minsk and Jerry Dunietz Art Schneider and Kim Street 5 Chie Mitsui ∞ Judith Schoenecker and To our entire donor family, thank you Samantha DeLuna and Jesse Bearden, by Charles Montange and Christopher L. Myers 10 for your support. You make our mission Jennifer Lee Kathleen Patterson 15 Steve Schroeder and Cheryl Beighle 5 and music a reality. Jordan Louie James Monteith and Marita Caya 5 Patrick and Dianne Schultheis Did you see an error? Help us Brandon Patoc Brady Montz 5 Nancy and James Schultz + 5 update our records by contacting Alex and Nayla Morcos Janet Sears ∞ 15 [email protected] or Dr. Geoffrey Deschenes and Mary and Alan Morgan Virginia Senear 15 206.215.4832. Thank you! Dr. Meredith Broderick, by Christine B. Moss 15 Dr. Anita Shaffer 5 Kathleen Deschenes Kevin Murphy 15 Julie Shankland HONORARIUM GIFTS , by Marcia Murray Julie and Don Shaw Gifts to the Seattle Symphony are a Raemarie Duclos 15 15 Francis Powers* Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Naughton Linda Sheely ∞ wonderful way to celebrate a birthday, 5 15 Paul Neal and Steven Hamilton ∞ Charles Shipley honor a friend or note an anniversary. 5 Kirsten Nesholm Jon and Kim Shirley In addition to recognition in the Maria Durham and Olin Nichols Todd Shively and Christopher Woods , by Encore program, your honoree will Viva la Música Club Angela Henrick Mark Nickerson Panzi Gina and C. Daniel Simpson receive a card from the Symphony 5 15 Norm Hollingshead Paul and Linda Niebanck Dr. Charles Simrell and Deborah Giles acknowledging your thoughtful gift. Linda Nordberg Jill Singh Gloria Ortiz and Pedro Trujillo Ken and Pearl Noreen Randip Singh Gifts were made to the Seattle Jorge E. Restrepo Lise Obeling Connie Smith Symphony in recognition of those Nicolle Durham Rey 5 Rena and Kevin O’Brien Stephen and Susan Smith listed below between May 1, 2017 Mary Odermat Michele Souligny ∞ and April 24, 2018. Please contact Steve Frank, by Leslie and Kenneth Oja Fawn and Jim Spady Donor Relations at 206.215.4832 or Pat and Jon Rosen 5 Douglas and Alida Oles Kathleen and Robert Spitzer [email protected] if you 5 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Olson Doug and Katie Sprugel would like to recognize someone in a Janice Gerth, by Gordon Orians Susan Yates Stephens Robert Gerth future edition of Encore. Leo Ortiz and Adriana Aguirre Steve and Sandy Hill Family Fund Thomas and Cynthia Ostermann 10 at the Seattle Foundation ^ 15 , by 1201 Third Avenue Parking Garage, by Sam Glatstein 5 Richard and Peggy Ostrander Diane Stevens Charles Montange and Benjamin Glatstein 5 Meg Owen Michelle Strauss Kathleen Patterson John Palo Ton Swan and Kayley Runstad Swan Nancy Paige Griffin, by David and Gina Pankowski 5 David Tan and Sherilyn Anderson-Tan Michael Schick and Katherine Hanson Bob Ash, by Christopher Parker Priscilla and Theodore Tanase Jeff Eby and Zart Dombourian-Eby 5 Richard and Sally Parks Chee Wei Tang Sue and Thomas Raschella David Haggerty, by Margaret Paul and Paul J. Johansen 15 Margaret Taylor and Robert Elliott 5 Marc Stiles Mary and Kerry Person Bob and Mimi Terwilliger 10 Susan and Armin Baumgartel, by Perspectives of New Music John and Eleanor Toews Zanne and Ian Gerrard Lenore Hanauer, by 5 Lisa Peters and James Hattori Peter Chuang and Elaine Tsai Erica Peterson Penelope Burke Rosemary Peterson Kenneth Tschritter Don and Sue Phillips 5 Warren and Nancy Tucker 5 , by Bill Beery, by Dr. James Hanson 15 Derek and Anna Pierce Dr. and Mrs. H. B. Tukey Madeline Beery Jeanette Hanson Valerie and Stanley Piha Lorna Tumwebaze Andrey Popov Dolores Uhlman 15 , by Steve Bryant, by Mary Henderson Ruth Ann and Jim Powers Sami Uotila and Tuula Rytila Elle Simon Linda Werner Lori and Bill Price Janice and Neill Urano Jo-Anne D. Priebe Mr. Leo van Dorp 5 , by Steve Bush and Christine Chang, by Mr. and Mrs. Glen Hiner Alexander Prior Jan van Horn ∞ Clarius Group Eugene Leibowitz Llewelyn G. and Gretchen Van Meter 15 Joan Ashby Pritchard ^ 15 Johanna P. VanStempvoort 15 , by ∞ T.J. Callahan, by The Horn Section 5 Lucy and Herb Pruzan Karoline Vass Tim Callahan Carl de Marcken and Marina Meila Ann Ramsay-Jenkins Tara and John Verburg Paul and Bonnie Ramsey Donald J. Verfurth 5 , by The Cello Section, by Virginia Hunt-Luce Mary C. Ransdell and Keith B. Wong Walter Vonderlinden ∞ Betty Graham Thomas Luce Wendy and Murray Raskind 10 Doug* and Maggie Walker 10 Christopher and Lila Rayl Stephanie Wallach , by Dale and Leslie Chihuly, by Linda Jones 10 Reverend Kerry and Robin Reese Connie Wang and Zachary Pollack April and René Ancinas Rochelle Morrissey 10 Cecilia Paul and Harry Reinert Lois Waplington Brookshire Green Foundation Kristi Rennebohm-Franz ∞ Debra Ward ∞ Susan Brotman Jean and Roger Leed, by Hollace and James Rhodes Judith F. Warshal and Wade Sowers Liz Chambers and Jim Johnson John Burg 5 5 Jean A. Rhodes John Watson Highland Street Foundation 5 Valerie Rice Eugene and Marilyn Webb Marks Family Foundation Fred Richard 15 Jonathan Weintraub John Richardson II 5 Greg Wetzel 5

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Pierre and Felice Loebel, by MEMORIAL GIFTS Martin Greenfield, by Frank Powers, by Marilyn Layton Gifts were made to the Seattle Pat and Jon Rosen Richard Andler and Carole Rush Constance and Larry Martin Symphony to remember those listed Dr. Kennan H. Hollingsworth below between May 1, 2017 and Sarah Hamilton, by Isa Nelson Diena Lukawski, by April 24, 2018. For information on Barbara and Charles Jennings Ruth Ann and Jim Powers Russ Mann remembering a friend or loved one Shawn Powers through a memorial gift, please contact Frederick Hayes, by Seattle Symphony Volunteers Marcia Mason, by Donor Relations at 206.215.4832 or Sue and Robert Collett Virginia Senear Kathleen and Eric Ottum [email protected]. Nancy Tracy David Howe, by Reid and Marilyn Morgan, by Nancy Alvord, by Mary Howe Elaine Raines, by Ilene and Elwood Hertzog Dr. Diana Behler Richard Howe Cindy Chang Laurel and John Nesholm Jane Qualia Linda and Randy Ebberson Ludovic Morlot, by Llewelyn G. and Joan Ashby Pritchard Christopher Weeks Laurel Kalina Martine and Dan Drackett Sheila Lukehart Jay Hereford and Margaret Winsor Joseph and Carol Andrews, by Gretchen Hull, by Karen and Randall Nelson Robin and Zev Siegl Anonymous Sheri Sharp Laurel Nesholm, by Katherine and Douglas Sprugel Moya Vazquez Dwight Baker, by Susan Kane, by Carole Wilson Madred Slaker Hannah and Sarah Kane Llewelyn Pritchard, by Jean Robbins, by Carol and Thomas Olson Rose and Richard Bender, by Milton Katims, by Nancy Kyler Pat and Jon Rosen Alan Cordova Pamela and Patrick Steele Alice Laitner Giovina Da Sessions W. David Rambo, by Beatrice and Arlene Berlin, by Laurence Lang, by Trenton Rambo Janice Berlin Rosalie Lang Carole Sanford, by Horizon House Supported Living Stella Rolph, by Grandma Bosma, by Isaac Michael Levin, by Simone Spiess Andrew Emory Sophie-Shifra Gold Langdon Simmons, by Llewelyn and Jonie Pritchard Pat Rosen, by Bob Bradbury, by Richard Lundquist, by Mina Miller and David Sabritt Jane Ann Bradbury Jinja Yutzy Donald Strong, by LouAnne Shelton Mary Anne Strong Norman and Elisabeth Sandler, by Kenneth Martin, by Stephanie and Michael Beers Richard M. Campbell, by Boy Scout Troop 80 Donald Thulean, by Alison Andrews Leslie and Dale Chihuly Gerard Fischer Arie Schäcter, by Joyce Franich Glen and Ann Hiner Elle Simon Eugene and Sue John Llewelyn G. and Joan Ashby Pritchard Lois Timlin, by Edna Kelso Francis Szatanek Margaret and Mark Van Gasken Virgina Senear, by Janet W. Ketcham Penny Zaleta Kelly Schmidt Mary Langholz Kathleen Trier, by Debra and Gary Larson Kenneth A. Moore Jr., by Horizon House Supported Living T.E. and Peggy Spencer, by Erika Lim Renate and David Stage John and Nancy McConnell John Marshall B. K. Walton, by Llewelyn G. and Joan Ashby Pritchard Melvyn Poll, by Penelope Yonge Rachel Swerdlow, Walter Gray, and Randy Robinson and Jane Hadley Friends of Abbott Construction Paul Rafanelli, by Fred Simons Janet Abrams Ralph Wedgewood, by Mark Linsey and Janis Traven Carole Tingstad Asma Ahmed Thomas Chatriand and Cindy Gustafson Janice and Neill Urano Ash Family Foundation Horizon House Supported Living Arthur Caputi, Jr., by Larry and Sherry Benaroya Jane Kippenhan Donald Thulean, by Marti Caputi Maureen and Joel Benoliel Michael Vargas Gerard Fischer Lisa Bergman Kathryn G. Cavin, by Carolyn Burnett Brian Weiss, by Toshio Uno, by James Cavin Everyone at Cactus Restaurant Sue Eriksen Anthony Uno Barbara Calvo and Al Benoliel Dina Jacobson Frederic Chopin, by Dale and Leslie Chihuly Lars Sorensen Ralph Wedgwood, by Xiaoxia Zhou Joan and Frank Conlon J. Mary and Alan Morgan Maryann Crissey Janice T. Whittaker, by Kent Coleman, by Sandra and Gary Etlinger Jody Friday Stephen Whyte, by Jan Coleman Timotha and Charles Freedenberg Mark Schletty and Jan Laskey Sharon Friel Charles Crane, by Marlene and Jon Fuson James and Mary Lou Wickwire, by Muriel Martin Laurie Griffith Melissa and David Wickwire Jane Hargraft and Elly Winer Jane Davis, by David and Sharron Hartman Simon Woods, by Clodagh and Robert Ash Delney and Andrew Hilen Leslie and Dale Chihuly Laurel and John Nesholm Ned and Kristen Lumpkin Senator and Mrs. Daniel J. Evans Llewelyn G. and Joan Ashby Pritchard Carolee and Tom Mathers Dana and Ned Laird Marilyn McManus Laurel and John Nesholm Lucy J. Ding, by Stewart Miller Llewelyn and Jonie Pritchard Paula Ding Linda Nordberg Pat and Jon Rosen Jack Norman Mr. Anthony Uno Beulah Frankel, by Patricia Oye Ginny Gensler William Poll Ann Pryde Shirley H. Fuller, by Pat and Jon Rosen Marise and Randy Person Milicent Savage SRG Partnership, Inc Barbara Bye Goesling, by Carlyn Steiner Llewelyn G. and Joan Ashby Pritchard Leena and Mel Sturman Diane and Dennis Warshal Allan Granquist, by Wyman Youth Trust Steven Lundholm Barbara and Jonathan Zweig

46 SEATTLESYMPHONY.ORG SEATTLE SEATTLE SYMPHONY SYMPHONY ENDOWMENT FUND The Seattle Symphony is grateful to the following donors who have made commitments of $25,000 or more to the Endowment Fund since its inception. The following list is current as of April 24, 2018. For information on DONORS endowment gifts and naming opportunities in Benaroya Hall, please contact Becky Kowals at 206.215.4852 or [email protected].

ESTATE GIFTS $5 Million + Estate of Edward S. Brignall Frances O. Delaney* We gratefully remember the following individuals for The Benaroya Family John and Carmen* Delo their generosity and forethought, and for including Charles Simonyi Fund for Arts and Sciences Estate of Lenore Ward Forbes the Seattle Symphony in their will, trust or beneficiary Anonymous Estate of George A. Franz designation. These legacy gifts provide vital support for Jean Gardner the Symphony now and for future generations. $1,000,000 - $4,999,999 Estate of Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Gattiker (Estate gifts since September 1, 2015.) Leslie and Dale Chihuly Anne Gould Hauberg* The Clowes Fund, Inc. Richard and Elizabeth Hedreen Dr. William and Mrs. Laura Andrews Priscilla Bullitt Collins* Estate of William K. and Edith A. Holmes Harriet C. Barrett Trust Judith A. Fong Estate of Susanne F. Hubbach Barbara and Lucile Calef The Ford Foundation John Graham Foundation Robert E. and Jeanne Campbell Dave and Amy Fulton Mr. and Mrs. Stanley P. Jones Charles Robb Chadwick Kreielsheimer Foundation Estate of Betty L. Kupersmith Phyllis B. Clark Marks Family Foundation John and Cookie* Laughlin Frances L. Condie Estate of Gladys and Sam Rubinstein E. Thomas McFarlan Trudel Dean Samuel* and Althea* Stroum Estate of Alice M. Muench Carmen Delo Dr. Robert Wallace Nesholm Family Foundation Nancy Lee Dickerson Estate of Opal J. Orr Sherry Fisher $500,000 - $999,999 M. C. Pigott Family Jane B. Folkrod PONCHO Lenore Ward Forbes Alex Walker III Charitable Lead Trust Estate of Mrs. Marietta Priebe Marion O. Garrison Mrs. John M. Fluke, Sr.* Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Smith Elizabeth C. Giblin Douglas F. King Estate of Frankie L. Wakefield Merle P. Griff and Nadine Griff Mack Estate of Ann W. Lawrence Estate of Marion J. Waller Helen and Max Gurvich The Norcliffe Foundation Washington Mutual Carol Hahn-Oliver Estate of Mark Charles Paben Anonymous Sarah C. Hamilton James D. and Sherry L. Raisbeck Foundation Allan and Nenette Harvey Joan S. Watjen, in memory of Craig M. Watjen $25,000 - $49,999 Yveline Harvey Anne Marie Haugen $100,000 - $499,999 Edward and Pam Avedisian Susanne F. Hubbach Estate of Glenn H. Anderson Estate of Bernice Baker Gretchen and Lyman Hull Andrew W. Mellon Foundation The Boeing Company Betty L. Kupersmith Bob and Clodagh Ash Estate of Ruth E. Burgess E. Marian Lackovich Drs. Janet P. and George* Beckmann Estate of Barbara and Lucile Calef Anna L. Lawrence Alan Benaroya Mrs. Maxwell Carlson Arlyne Loacker Estate of C. Keith Birkenfeld Alberta Corkery* Fred J. Lorenz Mrs. Rie Bloomfield* Norma Durst* Olga M. McEwing The Boeing Company Estate of Margret L. Dutton Jean and Peter J. McTavish C.E. Stuart Charitable Fund Estate of Floreen Eastman Norman D. Miller Sue and Robert Collett Hugh S. Ferguson* Nuckols-Keefe Family Foundation Richard* and Bridget Cooley Mrs. Paul Friedlander* Beatrice Olson Dr. Susan Detweiler and Dr. Alexander Clowes* Adele Golub Carl A. Rotter Mildred King Dunn Patty Hall John C. Rottler E. K. and Lillian F. Bishop Foundation Thomas P. Harville Dorothy Faye Scholz Estate of Clairmont L. and Evelyn Egtvedt Harold Heath* Allen E. Senear Estate of Ruth S. Ellerbeck George Heidorn and Margaret Rothschild* Amy Sidell Senator and Mrs. Daniel J. Evans Phyllis and Bob* Henigson Phillip Soth Fluke Capital Management Michael and Jeannie Herr Dr. Joseph S. Spinola Estate of Dr. Eloise R. Giblett Charles E. Higbee, MD and Donald D. Benedict* Morton Stelling Agnes Gund Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Hornbeck Samuel and Althea Stroum Helen* and Max* Gurvich JNC Fund Ida L. Warren Estate of Mrs. James F. Hodges Sonia Johnson* Estate of Ruth H. Hoffman The Keith and Kathleen Hallman Fund Estate of Virginia Iverson David and Karen Kratter Estate of Peggy Anne Jacobsson Estate of Marlin Dale Lehrman Robert C. Jenkins Estate of Coe and Dorothy Malone Estate of Charlotte M. Malone Estate of Jack W. McCoy Bruce and Jolene McCaw Estate of Robert B. McNett Bruce and Jeanne McNae Estate of Jean and Peter J. McTavish Microsoft Corporation Estate of Shirley Callison Miner National Endowment for the Arts PACCAR Foundation Northwest Foundation Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Purdy Estate of Helen A. Overton Estate of Elizabeth Parke Peach Foundation Sue and Tom Raschella Estate of Elsbeth Pfeiffer Keith and Patricia Riffle Estate of Elizabeth Richards Rita* and Herb* Rosen and the Rosen Family Jon and Judy Runstad Seafirst Bank Estate of Joanne M. Schumacher Security Pacific Bank Weyerhaeuser Company Jerry and Jody Schwarz The William Randolph Hearst Foundations Seattle Symphony Women’s Association Estate of Helen L. Yeakel Patricia Tall-Takacs and Gary Takacs Estate of Victoria Zablocki U S WEST Communications Anonymous (3) Estate of Dr. and Mrs. Wade Volwiler Estate of Marion G. Weinthal $50,000 - $99,999 Estate of Ethel Wood Anonymous (2) Dr.* and Mrs.* Ellsworth C. Alvord, Jr. Estate of Mrs. Louis Brechemin * In Memoriam

encoremediagroup.com/programs 47 MUSICAL LEGACY SOCIETY The Musical Legacy Society celebrates those who have remembered the Seattle Symphony with a future gift through their estate or retirement plan. Legacy donors ensure a vibrant future for the Seattle Symphony, helping the Orchestra sustain its exceptional artistry and its commitment to making live symphonic music accessible to youth and the broader community. To learn more about the Musical Legacy Society, or to let us know you have already included the Symphony in your long-term plans, please contact Director of Major Gifts and Planned Giving Becky Kowals at 206.215.4852 or [email protected]. The following list is current as of April 24, 2018.

Charles M. and Barbara Clanton Ackerman Ned Laird WE GIVE BECAUSE ... Joan P. Algarin Paul Leach and Susan Winokur Kathleen Amberg Kathleen Leahy Richard Andler and Carole Rush Lu Leslan Ron Armstrong Marjorie J. Levar Elma Arndt Mel Longley and Tanya Wanchena-Longley Bob and Clodagh Ash Thomas and Virginia Hunt Luce Susan A. Austin Ted and Joan Lundberg Rosalee Ball Judsen Marquardt and Constance Niva David W. Barker Ian and Cilla Marriott Donna M. Barnes Doug and Joyce McCallum Carol Batchelder Tom McQuaid Drs. Janet P. and George* Beckmann William C. Messecar Alan Benaroya Jerry Meyer and Nina Zingale Rebecca Benaroya Charles N. Miller Donald/Sharon Bidwell Living Trust Elizabeth J. Miller Dona Biermann Mrs. Roger N. Miller We love Bob* and Jane Ann Bradbury Murl G. Barker and Ronald E. Miller Rosemary and Kent Brauninger Reid and Marilyn Morgan Sylvia and Steve Burges George Muldrow Dr. Simpson* and Dr. Margaret Burke Marr and Nancy Mullen attending the Dr. William and Mrs. Mary Ann Champion Isa Nelson Sue and Robert Collett Gina W. Olson Dr. Marshall Corson and Mrs. Lauren Riker Sarah M. Ovens Betsey Curran and Jonathan King Donald and Joyce Paradine Symphony Frank and Dolores Dean Dick and Joyce Paul Robin Dearling and Gary Ackerman Jane and Allan Paulson Lorraine Del Prado and Thomas Donohue Lisa Peters and James Hattori John Delo Stuart N. Plumb and believe Dr. Susan Detweiler and Dr. Alexander Clowes* Roger Presley and Leonard Pezzano Fred and Adele Drummond Mrs. Eileen Pratt Pringle Mildred King Dunn Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Purdy Renee Duprel James and Sherry Raisbeck deeply in Sandra W. Dyer Dana Reid and Larry Hitchon Ann R. Eddy J. Stephen and Alice Reid David and Dorothy Fluke Bernice Mossafer Rind Gerald B. Folland Bill* and Charlene Roberts supporting Judith A. Fong Junius Rochester Jack and Jan Forrest Jan Rogers Russell and Nancy Fosmire Patricia and Jon Rosen the arts for all Ernest and Elizabeth Scott Frankenberg James T. and Barbara Russell Cynthia L. Gallagher Mary Ann Sage Jane and Richard Gallagher Thomas H. Schacht Jean Gardner Judith Schoenecker and Christopher L. Myers to enjoy! Cheryl and Billy Geffon Annie and Leroy Searle Natalie Gendler Virginia and Allen* Senear Carol B. Goddard Leonard* and Patricia Shapiro Frances M. Golding Jan and Peter Shapiro Jeffrey Norman Golub John F. and Julia P.* Shaw Dr. and Mrs. Ulf and Inger Goranson Barbara and Richard Shikiar Betty Graham Valerie Newman Sils Catherine B. Green Evelyn Simpson Dr. Martin L. Greene Betty J. Smith – Barb & Vince Roger J.* and Carol* Hahn-Oliver Katherine K. Sodergren James and Darlene Halverson Althea C. and Orin H.* Soest Barbara Hannah Sonia Spear Harriet Harburn Karen J. Stay Ken and Cathi Hatch Diane Stevens Michele and Dan Heidt Patricia Tall-Takacs and Gary Takacs Ralph and Gail Hendrickson Gayle and Jack Thompson Deena J. Henkins Art and Louise Torgerson Charles E. Higbee, MD Betty Lou and Irwin* Treiger Harold and Mary Frances Hill Muriel Van Housen Bob Hoelzen and Marlene Botter Sharon Van Valin Frank and Katie Holland Jean Baur Viereck Dr. Kennan H. Hollingsworth Dr. Robert Wallace Chuck* and Pat Holmes Nicholas A. Walls David and Shelley Hovind Jeffrey Ward and Charles Crain Richard and Roberta Hyman Judith Warshal and Wade Sowers Janet Aldrich Jacobs Douglas Weisfield Jennifer James, MD James and Janet Weisman WHY DO YOU GIVE? Robert C. Jenkins John and Fran Weiss Dr. Barbara Johnston Robert T. Weltzien Norman J. Johnston* and L. Jane Hastings Johnston Dorothy E. Wendler Atul R. Kanagat Gerald W. and Elaine* Millard West Don and Joyce Kindred Selena and Steve Wilson Dell King Ronald and Carolyn Woodard SEATTLESYMPHONY.ORG/GIVE Douglas F. King Arlene A. Wright Stephen and Barbara Kratz Janet E. Wright 206.215.4832 Tom Kuebler Rick and Debbie Zajicek Frances J. Kwapil Anonymous (54) M. LaHaise * In Memoriam

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 April 24, 2018. Thank you for your support — our donors make it all possible!

$500,000+

Seattle Symphony Foundation

$100,000 – $499,999

Seattle Symphony Volunteers ◊

$50,000 - $99,999 Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation GE Foundation Ebay Classical KING FM 98.1 ◊ Virginia Mason Listen for Life Center Glazer’s Camera † Educational Legacy Fund Geekwire † Wild Ginger Restaurant † Google Matching Gifts Eli Lilly & Company Foundation Google Inc. † Heartwood Provisions † Firestone Walker Brewing Company † John Graham Foundation $10,000 - $14,999 The Lark Ascends † Fox’s Seattle † KEXP † Aaron Copland Fund For Music League of American Orchestras/ Genworth Foundation Ford Musicians Award Laird Norton Wealth Management The Benaroya Company Grand Hyatt Hotel New York † Muckleshoot Indian Tribe Microsoft Corporation Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Grousemont Foundation Neiman Marcus Microsoft Matching Gifts Matching Gifts Kane Environmental, Inc Peg and Rick Young Foundation Nesholm Family Foundation BNY Mellon Kerloo Cellars † Puyallup Tribe Of Indians Precept Wine ◊ Coca-Cola Company Matching Gifts KeyBank Foundation RN74 Seattle † Seattle Met Magazine † Foster Pepper PLLC Lagunitas Brewing Company ◊ S. L. Pitts PC Scan|Design Foundation Fran’s Chocolates LAUGH Studios † by Inger and Jens Bruun Garvey Schubert Barer † Silverstein Properties MG2 Foundation Holland America Line ◊ Skanska USA Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas) $25,000 - $49,999 Lakeside Industries Starbucks Coffee Company Neon Taco † Alaska Airlines Lino Tagliapietra Inc. The Westin Hotel, Seattle † O Wines † Bank of America Perkins Coie LLP Paul & Dottie Foundation of the Boeing Matching Gifts Program Port Blakely $3,000 - $4,999 DuPage Foundation Chihuly Studio † Robert Chinn Foundation Amphion Foundation The PONCHO Foundation Classic ◊ Treeline Foundation The Capital Grille † RBC Wealth Management DSquared † U.S. Bank Foundation Clark Nuber The Ruth and Robert Satter Charitable Trust Encore Media Group † Weill Music Institute † Dick’s Drive-In ◊ Sun Liquor † J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. Wells Fargo Foundation Grand Image Art † Thompson Seattle † Nordstrom Anonymous Lane Powell PC Tolo Events † Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Tesla Motors † UBS Employee Giving Programs Wells Fargo Private Bank $5,000 - $9,999 Tulalip Tribes Charitable Fund Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati AETNA Casualty and Surety Yamaha Foundation Apex Foundation $15,000 - $24,999 Wyman Youth Trust Chihuly Garden + Glass Atsuhiko & Ina Goodwin Tateuchi $1,000 - $2,999 Foundation Clowes Fund, Inc. Alfred and Tillie Shemanski Trust Fund Brown Bear Car Wash † In-Kind Support Delta Dental of Washington Bank of America Foundation Matching Citi Community Capital Gifts Program ◊ Financial and In-Kind Support Jean K. Lafromboise Foundation Creelman Foundation Big Mario’s Pizza † KCTS 9 † Davis Wright Tremaine Butler Valet † Northwest Center Finlandia Foundation National Cadence Winery † Peach Foundation Four Seasons Hotel † DreamBox Learning Rosanna, Inc. †

GOVERNMENT SUPPORT

Important grant funding for the Seattle Symphony is provided by the government agencies listed below. We gratefully acknowledge their support, which helps us to present innovative symphonic programming and to ensure broad access to top-quality concerts and educational opportunities for underserved schools and communities throughout the Puget Sound region. For more information about the Seattle Symphony’s family, school and community programs, visit seattlesymphony.org/families-learning.

encoremediagroup.com/programs 49 SEATTLE SYMPHONY YOUR GUIDE TO THE SEATTLE SYMPHONY SPECIAL EVENTS SPONSORS & SYMPHONICA, THE SYMPHONY STORE: COUGH DROPS: Cough drops are available COMMITTEES Located in The Boeing Company Gallery, Symphonica is from ushers. open weekdays from 11am–2pm and 90 minutes prior to SERVICES FOR PATRONS WITH DISABILITIES: all Seattle Symphony performances through intermission. Special Events provide significant funding each season Benaroya Hall is barrier-free and meets or exceeds all to the Seattle Symphony. We gratefully recognize our PARKING: Prepaid parking may be purchased criteria established by the Americans with Disabilities presenting sponsors and committees who make these online or through the Ticket Office. Act (ADA). Wheelchair locations and seating for those events possible. Individuals who support the events with disabilities are available. Those with oxygen below are included among the Individual Donors COAT CHECK: The complimentary coat check tanks are asked to please switch to continuous listings. Likewise, our corporate and foundation is located in The Boeing Company Gallery. flow. Requests for accommodations should be partners are recognized for their support in the Corporate & Foundation Support listings. For more LATE SEATING: Late-arriving patrons will be seated made when purchasing tickets. For a full range of information about Seattle Symphony events, please accommodations, please visit seattlesymphony.org. at appropriate pauses in the performance, and are visit seattlesymphony.org/give/special-events. invited to listen to and watch performances on a monitor SERVICES FOR HARD-OF-HEARING PATRONS: located in the Samuel & Althea Stroum Grand Lobby. An infrared hearing system is available for patrons OPENING NIGHT GALA, SEPTEMBER 16, 2017 CAMERAS, CELL PHONES & RECORDERS: who are hard of hearing. Headsets are available Honoring Leslie and Dale Chihuly The use of cameras or audio-recording equipment at no charge on a first-come, first-served basis SUPPORTING SPONSORS is strictly prohibited. Patrons are asked to turn off all in The Boeing Company Gallery coat check and JPMorgan Chase & Co. personal electronic devices prior to the performance. at the Head Usher stations in both lobbies. Nordstrom ADMISSION OF CHILDREN: Children under the age of LOST AND FOUND: Please contact the Head CO-CHAIRS 5 will not be admitted to Seattle Symphony performances Usher immediately following the performance or Renée Brisbois except for specific age-appropriate children’s concerts. call Benaroya Hall security at 206.215.4715. Terry Hecker EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBER: Please leave the HOST YOUR EVENT HERE: Excellent dates are COMMITTEE appropriate phone number, listed below, and your exact available for those wishing to plan an event in the S. Mark Kathleen Boyer Hisayo Nakajima seat location (aisle, section, row and seat number) with Taper Foundation , the Illsley Ball Nordstrom Dr. Meredith Broderick Paul Rafanelli your sitter or service so we may easily locate you in Recital Hall, the Samuel & Althea Stroum Grand Zartouhi Elizabeth Roberts the event of an emergency: S. Mark Taper Foundation Lobby and the Norcliffe Founders Room. Dombourian-Eby Jon Rosen Auditorium, 206.215.4825; Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Visit seattlesymphony.org/benaroyahall Kathy Fahlman Dewalt Christine Suignard Hall, 206.215.4776. for more information. Beth Ketcham

HOLIDAY MUSICAL SALUTE, DECEMBER 5, 2017

CO-CHAIRS Rebecca Ebsworth DINING AT BENAROYA HALL Michelle Codd

COMMITTEE LOBBY BAR SERVICE: Food and beverage bars in the Samuel & Althea Stroum Grand Lobby are open 75 minutes prior Dr. Meredith Broderick Tiffany Moss to Seattle Symphony performances and during intermission. Pre-order at the lobby bars before the performance to avoid Roberta Downey Kirsten Towfiq waiting in line at intermission. Kathleen Mitrovich

MUSE, IN THE NORCLIFFE FOUNDERS ROOM AT BENAROYA HALL: Muse blends the elegance of downtown TEN GRANDS, MAY 12, 2018 dining with the casual comfort of the nearby Pike Place Market, offering delicious, inventive menus with the best local and seasonal produce available. Open two hours prior to most Seattle Symphony performances and select non-Symphony Kathy Fahlman Dewalt performances. Reservations are encouraged, but walk-ins are also welcome. To make a reservation, please visit Co-Founder and Executive Director opentable.com or call 206.336.6699. COMMITTEE DAVIDS & CO.: Davids & Co. presents a mashup of barbecue traditions which includes choices like spoon tender pulled Rosanna Bowles Fawn Spady pork, homemade quiche of the day, smoked sliced brisket and other delightful surprises, offering the perfect spot to grab Cheri Brennan Saul Spady a quick weekday lunch or a casual meal before a show. Davids & Co., located in The Boeing Company Gallery, is open Stephen Dewalt Stephanie White Tom Horsley David Woolley-Wilson weekdays from 11am–2pm and two hours prior to most performances in the S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium. Ben Klinger Jessie Woolley-Wilson HONOR COFFEE: High-end espresso, served exceptionally well, in a warm and welcoming environment. Honor Carla Nichols Barbara Wortley Ryan Matthew Porter 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 cross cultural Delicatessen specializing in premium deli sandwiches, salads, specialty meats, artisan cheeses, craft beer and wine. Delicatus @ Benaroya Hall, located on the Second Avenue side of the Hall, is open weekdays from 8am–4pm and two hours prior to most performances in the S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium.

CONTACT US

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 | P.O. 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 P.O. Box 21906, Seattle, WA 98111-3906.

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TAKING THE SYMPHONY ON THE ROAD April 4–8 the Seattle Symphony headed south for a three-city, Become Desert and Become Ocean. The performance of four-concert tour of the American West. The tour began with Become Desert was the California premiere of the piece, performances in Palm Desert, CA and Las Vegas, NV, before which had its world premiere at Benaroya Hall on March 29. culminating in a two-day residency at UC Berkeley. The Grammy Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning Become Ocean was premiered by the Seattle Symphony in 2013. Featured Artist Jeremy Denk joined Music Director Ludovic Morlot and the orchestra in Palm Desert and Las Vegas, During the Symphony’s Berkeley residency Ludovic Morlot performing Beethoven’s Fifth Piano Concerto, while composer and John Luther Adams participated in master classes with John Luther Adams joined them for the second half of the UC Berkeley music students and public lectures about their tour in Berkeley. The two concerts in Berkeley were the creative process. first-ever consecutive performances of John Luther Adams’

PHOTOS: 1 carefully packed for departure 2 Clarinetist Laura DeLuca and the orchestra arrive in Palm Desert 3 Symphony Board member Hisayo Nakajima and her husband, Satoshi Nakajima, with Associate Conductor Pablo Rus Broseta 4 Pianist Jeremy Denk performing with the orchestra 5 John Luther Adams, Ludovic Morlot and the orchestra rehearsing Become Desert 6 Ludovic Morlot and the Seattle Symphony

Become Desert was commissioned by the Seattle Symphony with the generous support of Dale and Leslie Chihuly. Become Ocean was commissioned by the Seattle Symphony with the generous support of the Lynn and Brian Grant Family.

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