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FEBRUARY 2017 SYMPHONIC STARS JOSHUA BELL EMANUEL AX HILARY HAHN LEONIDAS KAVAKOS YUJA WANG MORLOT C O N D U C T S BEETHOVEN, PROKOFIEV & DVOŘÁK ALL OF US BELONG: THE IVES PROJECT CONTENTS My wealth. My priorities. My partner. You’ve spent your life accumulating wealth. And, no doubt, that wealth now takes many forms, sits in many places, and is managed by many advisors. Unfortunately, that kind of fragmentation creates gaps that can hold your wealth back from its full potential. The Private Bank can help. The Private Bank uses a proprietary approach called the LIFE Wealth Cycle SM to ind those gaps—and help you achieve what is important to you. To learn more, contact: Carolyn Stewart Vice President, Private Wealth Advisor 2065874788 [email protected] or visit unionbank.com/theprivatebank Wills, trusts, foundations, and wealth planning strategies have legal, tax, accounting, and other implications. Clients should consult a legal or tax advisor. ©2016 MUFG Union Bank, N.A. All rights reserved. Member FDIC. Union Bank is a registered trademark and brand name of MUFG Union Bank, N.A. EAP full-page template.indd 1 9/6/16 11:17 AM CONTENTS FEBRUARY 2017 4 / CALENDAR 6 / THE ORCHESTRA 8 / SIMPLE GIFTS 10 / NOTES FEATURE 12 / ALL OF US BELONG A Contemporary Retelling of Ives’ New England Holidays CONCERTS 17 / February 2 & 4 EMANUEL AX BEETHOVEN EMPEROR 21 / February 9, 11 & 12 HILARY HAHN BRUCH VIOLIN CONCERTO NO. 1 24 / February 10 LEONIDAS KAVAKOS & YUJA WANG IN RECITAL 29 / February 13 JOSEPH ADAM 33 / February 17 & 18 JOSHUA BELL TCHAIKOVSKY VIOLIN CONCERTO 37 / February 21 SCHUBERT OCTET 17 / EMANUEL AX Photo: Lisa-Marie Mazzucco Lisa-Marie Photo: 40 / February 24 & 25 BACH & HANDEL 54 / GUIDE TO THE SEATTLE SYMPHONY 55 / THE LIS(Z)T 24 / YUJA WANG 24 / LEONIDAS KAVAKOS Photo: Norbert Kniat Norbert Photo: Borggreve Marco Photo: ON THE COVER: Joshua Bell (p. 33) by P. Knott COVER DESIGN: Helen Hodges EDITOR: Heidi Staub © 2017 Seattle Symphony. All rights reserved. No portion of this work may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means without written permission from the Seattle Symphony. All programs and artists are subject to change. encoreartsseattle.com 3 ON THE DIAL: Tune in to February Classical KING FM 98.1 every & March Wednesday at 8pm for a Seattle Symphony spotlight and CALENDAR the first Friday of every month at 9pm for concert broadcasts. SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY ■ FEBRUARY 7:30pm 7:30pm EMG 10am & 12pm Emanuel Ax presents Seattle Sensory Friendly 10am Friends Open Beethoven Emperor Baroque Orchestra: Concerts: Two Cats Rehearsal* Le Mozart Noir 8pm Emanuel Ax Beethoven Emperor 7:30pm Seattle Arts 7:30pm CAF & Lectures presents presents Masters of 8pm Seattle Music Helen Macdonald 1 2 Scottish Arts 3 Exchange Project 4 10am & 12pm 7:30pm 7:30pm Northwest 8pm Sensory Friendly Hilary Hahn Bruch Sinfonietta: Hilary Hahn Bruch Concerts: Two Cats Violin Concerto No. 1 Prokofiev & Violin Concerto No. 1 Tchaikovsky 8pm 8pm Leonidas Andre Feriante Kavakos & Yuja 5 6 7 8 9 Wang in Recital 10 11 2pm 7:30pm 7:30pm 10:30am Tiny Tots: 9:30, 10:30 & 11:30am Hilary Hahn Bruch Joseph Adam Live @ Benaroya Mother Goose Goes Tiny Tots: Mother Goose Violin Concerto No. 1 Hall: Taylor Hicks to the Symphony Goes to the Symphony 2 & 8pm Joshua Bell 7pm 7:30pm 8pm Joshua Bell Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto Byron Schenkman Beijing Chinese Tchaikovsky Violin 7:30 pm Seattle & Friends: Russians Orchestra Concerto Repertory Jazz & Jews 12 13 14 HILARY HAHN15 16 17 Orchestra 18 12 & 5:30pm 7:30pm 10am 8pm 8pm WA Music Educators Schubert Octet Friends Onstage Bach & Handel Bach & Handel Association Rehearsal* Concerts 7:30pm 8pm Live @ Benaroya Hall Live @ Benaroya RAIN: A TRIBUTE Hall: Hot Tuna TO THE BEATLES 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2pm National 7:30pm 7:30pm 7:30pm 8pm 11am Family Concerts: Geographic Live: National Geographic National Geographic Seattle Arts & Bugs Bunny at the Dr. Seuss Green Eggs The Risky Science of Live: The Risky Live: The Risky Lectures presents Symphony II & Ham Exploration Science of Science of Ben Fountain 7:30pm SCGS 2pm Pacific Exploration Exploration presents Michael MusicWorks presents Partington Handel’s Tenor: 8pm Bugs Bunny at Beard’s Beauties 26 27 28 1 2 3 the Symphony II 4 2pm Bugs Bunny at 7:30pm Ensign 8pm the Symphony II Symphony & Chorus Showtunes presents presents Good News: The Unsinkable 7pm Byron Rejoicing and Praising Molly Brown in Schenkman & Concert Friends: Bach’s 7:30pm Northwest Sinfonietta: Goldberg Variations Havana Heat II 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 2pm Showtunes 7:30pm 12pm 7:30pm Seattle presents The Beethoven “Pastoral” Beethoven “Pastoral” Baroque Orchestra: Unsinkable Molly Symphony Symphony Bach Brandenburg Brown in Concert Celebration 3pm SYSO: Berlioz’s 8pm Beethoven Symphonie “Pastoral” Symphony Fantastique 12 NATIONAL13 GEOGRAPHIC LIVE14 15 16 17 18 2pm 7:30pm 7:30pm 7:30pm 7pm 2pm Philharmonia NW: National Geographic National Geographic National Geographic Beethoven Beethoven Untuxed An Afternoon of P.D.Q. Live: Beauty and the Live: Beauty and the Live: Beauty and the Symphony No. 5 Bach Bizarre Bizarre Bizarre 4 & 8pm A New World: intimate music from FINAL FANTASY 8pm Beethoven 19 20 21 22 23 24 Symphony No. 5 25 4pm 12:30pm Wajten 7:30pm 9am 7:30pm 12pm Distant Worlds: Concert Organ Seattle Arts & Friends Open Dausgaard Conducts Dausgaard Conducts music from FINAL Recital – Free Lectures presents Rehearsal & Rachmaninov Rachmaninov FANTASY with the Demonstration Bryan Stevenson Discussion* Seattle Symphony 7:30pm 7:30pm King’s Northwest College Choir Sinfonietta: Art for 26 27 28 29 30 Arts’ Sake 31 LEGEND: Seattle Symphony Events Benaroya Hall Events *Donor Events: Call 206.215.4832 for more information Hilary Hahn (February 9, 11 & 12) by Michael Patrick O’Leary; 4 SEATTLESYMPHONY.ORG National Geographic Live (March 19–21) by Anand Varma SSO067-Calendar.indd 1 1/19/17 1:24 PM ■ ON THE BEAT See Who’s Here to Hear Photo: James Holt James Photo: What music do you listen to? “I listen to a lot of rock, hip-hop, but I also listen to a lot of EDM too. I surprisingly find myself interested in symphonic music, I’m not going to lie. I just like to listen to it. It’s calming and puts my mind to rest. It’s nice, I enjoy it.” — Ramou Is this your first time here? “We came to a show in January and we were surprised, we really enjoyed it. There’s really talented people doing real music here. I mean, I love EDM, but it’s completely different, and there’s a different side to orchestra music. You have to practice all day and all night to perform like the musicians here.” © Philip Newton — Jennifer CAPTIVATING DRAMA A New Seattle Opera Production In Czech with English subtitles. Recently awakened to true love, sheltered Evenings 7:30 PM CONNECT WITH US: Katya longs to be free of her dreary Sunday Matinee 2:00 PM Share your photos using #SeattleSymphony arranged marriage and dominating mother- and follow @seattlesymphony on Facebook, in-law. Can her fragile world survive when Featuring the Seattle Opera Chorus and members of Instagram and Twitter. Download the Listen pent-up passions finally burst forth? Seattle Symphony Orchestra. Boldly app to easily purchase tickets, skip the Janáček, a contemporary of Puccini, takes Ticket Office lines and receive exclusive offers. inspiration from Slavic folk songs to weave FEB. 25-MAR. 11 a dreamlike story of isolation, longing, MCCAW HALL and provincial oppression. Don’t miss this 206.389.7676 Seattle Opera premiere. SEATTLEOPERA.ORG/KATYA seattlesymphony.org SEASON SPONSOR: SEATTLE OPERA GUILD TICKETS: 206.215.4747 PRODUCTION SPONSORS: SEATTLE OPERA FOUNDATION, CITY OF SEATTLE OFFICE OF ARTS & CULTURE, KREIELSHEIMER ENDOWMENT FUND GIVE: 206.215.4832 encoreartsseattle.com 5 LUDOVIC MORLOT SEATTLE SYMPHONY MUSIC DIRECTOR French conductor Ludovic will also see the release of several more recordings on the Morlot has been Music Director Orchestra’s 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 two 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 2016–2017 season Beethoven, Stravinsky, Britten, Webern and Bruneau. Morlot and the Seattle Symphony will continue to Trained as a violinist, Morlot studied conducting at the invite their audiences to Royal Academy of Music in London and then at the Royal “listen boldly,” presenting College of Music as recipient of the Norman del Mar Photo: Lisa-Marie Mazzucco Lisa-Marie Photo: Ravel’s L’enfant et les Conducting Fellowship. Morlot was elected a Fellow of sortilèges, completing their the Royal Academy of Music in 2014 in recognition of his cycle of Beethoven symphonies and piano concertos and several significant contribution to music. He is Chair of Orchestral world premieres including compositions by Agata Zubel and Gabriel Conducting Studies at the University of Washington School Prokofiev. All of this will be complemented by the Seattle Symphony’s of Music and lives in Seattle with his wife, Ghizlane, and highly innovative series, Sonic Evolution and [untitled]. This season their two children.