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NOVEMBER 2016 SOL GABETTA PLAYS SAINT-SAËNS MORLOT CONDUCTS SONIC EVOLUTION TCHAIKOVSKY & SIBELIUS CHOR AL MASTERPIECES THIS SEASON CONTENTS ACCELERATE SPEEDING UP MEDICINE: IT’S OUR PROMISE TO YOU. We’re taking on critical healthcare challenges — like cancer, Alzheimer’s, behavioral health and diabetes — and shortening the distance to healthier lives. For you, for our families and for the world. JOIN US AccelerateMed.org THE CAMPAIGN for UW MEDICINE EAP full-page template.indd 1 10/18/16 4:18 PM CONTENTS NOVEMBER 2016 4 / CALENDAR 6 / THE ORCHESTRA 8 / SIMPLE GIFTS SPOTLIGHT 10 / NOTES FEATURES 12 / ANGELS & DEMONS Other-worldly choral and vocal masterpieces this season 14 / RIDING ALONG WITH EVELYN SIMPSON Seattle Symphony’s first Artist Aide CONCERTS 17 / November 3, 5 & 6 MORLOT CONDUCTS TCHAIKOVSKY 23 / November 4 DUDAMEL & THE LA PHIL 26 / November 10 & 12 PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION 31 / November 11 SONIC EVOLUTION 35 / November 15 RAVEL & MOZART 39 / LUCAS DEBARGUE 39 / November 17, 18 & 19 Photo: Felix Broede – Sony Music Entertainment – Sony Music Broede Felix Photo: RACHMANINOV PIANO CONCERTO NO. 4 54 / GUIDE TO THE SEATTLE SYMPHONY 55 / THE LIS(Z)T 31 / THE CUONG VU GROUP 23 / LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC Photo: Steve Korn Steve Photo: Phil Evans/LA Vern Photo: ON THE COVER: Sol Gabetta by Marco Borggreve COVER DESIGN: Helen Hodges EDITOR: Heidi Staub © 2016 Seattle Symphony. 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SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY ■ NOVEMBER 7:30pm 8pm 10:30am Holiday Morlot Conducts Dudamel & Musical Salute Tchaikovsky the LA Phil Pre-Jingle Brunch* 7:30pm Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra: Miles Ahead 8pm Morlot Conducts Tchaikovsky 1 2 3 4 5 12pm Lifetime 5:30pm 8pm 7:30pm 7:30pm Northwest 7:30pm EMG Directors Luncheon* AIA Seattle presents Earshot Jazz Pictures at Sinfonietta: Barber presents Sequentia: the 2016 Honor presents Vijay Iyer an Exhibition & Mozart The Monk Sings the 2pm Morlot Awards for WA & Wadada Leo Smith Pagan Conducts Architecture Duo 8pm Tchaikovsky Sonic Evolution 8pm Pictures at 7pm Music of Co-Presented with an Exhibition Remembrance 6 7 8 9 10 Earshot Jazz 11 12 2:30pm 7:30pm 7:30pm NWAA, 7:30pm Rachmaninov 12pm Rachmaninov 2pm Live @ Benaroya EMG presents Ravel & Mozart KNKX 88.5 FM Piano Concerto No. 4 Piano Concerto No. 4 Hall — Casa Patas: The Sequentia: The Monk & The Stranger Meet the Musicians 8pm Live @ Benaroya Silences of the Dance Sings the Pagan present An Evening Post-Concert Event* Hall — Casa Patas: The 2pm Cascade Youth with David Sedaris 7:30pm Live @ Silences of the Dance Symphony Orchestra 3pm Seattle Youth Benaroya Hall — Casa 8pm Luma Guild 7:30pm SCGS presents LA Guitar Quartet Symphony Orchestra Patas: The Silences of presents Mateo the Dance Messina’s “The Pageant” 8pm Rachmaninov Piano 13 14 15 16 17 18 Concerto No. 4 19 7pm ACCUMM 12:30pm FREE 8pm Foundation presents Watjen Concert Bernadette Peters Chamber Works of Organ Recital- George Enescu Demonstration 8pm Showbox presents Seu Jorge: The Life Aquatic 20 21 22 23 LUCAS DEBARGUE24 25 26 ■ DECEMBER 11am Family Concerts: Rob Kapilow 7:30pm The Polar Express The Dream of 8pm SHOWTUNES Gerontius presents Leap of Faith 8pm The Dream of Gerontius 27 28 29 30 1 2 3 2pm Seattle Men’s 7:30pm PLU 10am 7pm 7pm 10:30am Tiny Tots: 9:30, 10:30 & Chorus: Silver & Soul presents In Sweet Holiday Musical Banff Mountain Banff Mountain Holiday Hooray! 11:30am Tiny Tots: Rejoicing Salute* Film Festival Film Festival Holiday Hooray! 7pm Banff Mountain 2pm SHOWTUNES Film Festival 2 & 8pm presents Leap of 8pm 7:30pm Holiday Pops Faith Chris Mitchell NWU presents 8pm 7pm presents Let It Snow Christmas Traditions Holiday Pops Banff Mountain 4 5 6 7 8 9 Film Festival 10 2pm Holiday Pops 7:30pm 7:30pm 1 & 8pm Ballard NW Senior The Coats: Annual Handel Messiah 2pm Pacific MusicWorks presents Center presents Holiday Concert Navidad: A New World The Irish Tenors’ 2 & 7:30pm Christmas Holiday Concert 8pm The Coats: Annual Handel Messiah Holiday Concert 2 & 7:30pm Seattle Men’s Chorus: Silver NORTHWEST & Soul 11 12 13 BOYCHOIR14 15 16 17 2pm 7:30pm 7:30pm 7:30pm 7:30pm Handel Messiah Ensign Symphony Ensign Symphony Seattle Men’s A Festival of Lessons 2pm & Chorus presents & Chorus presents Chorus: Silver & Soul & Carols The Coats: Annual A Joyeux Noel A Joyeux Noel Holiday Concert 7:30pm Seattle 8pm Seattle Men’s Men’s Chorus: Silver Chorus: Silver & Soul & Soul 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 7:30pm 7pm 7pm 9pm The Four Seasons Byron Schenkman Vivaldi Untuxed New Year’s Eve & Friends — Bach Classical Soul of & Corelli Motown 7:30pm The Four Seasons 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 LEGEND: Seattle Symphony Events Benaroya Hall Events *Donor Events: Call 206.215.4832 for more information Photos: Lucas Debargue (November 17–19); 4 SEATTLESYMPHONY.ORG Northwest Boychoir by Ben VanHouten (December 23) SSO036-Calendar.indd 1 10/25/16 5:13 PM ■ ON THE BEAT See Who’s I hear that pet-friendly, Here to Hear 62+ Village Cove is open on Green Lake. Let’s Visit! Call (206) 641-9035 or VisitVillageCove.org to RSVP or to learn more! VILLAGE COVE Living Life at Green Lake Photo: James Holt James Photo: Call (206) 641-9035 or VisitVillageCove.org 6850 Woodlawn Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98115 “I just finished hiking the Pacific Crest to RSVP or to learn more! Trail. I started April 20 and finished Village Cove is owned and operated by The Hearthstone. September 18. I spent a few days in Vancouver and now I’m here in Seattle visiting friends. They brought me to the Symphony tonight. After this I’m going home to Akron, Ohio and road tripping along the East Coast for a little bit. I plan to work on some metal sculptures and furniture projects. I made three collages before I went hiking but I’ve never really done art before. I’ve done a ton of metal work, so yeah, it’s going to be a new thing. When I have an idea, I have to get it out. Otherwise I’ll go crazy.” — Rus CONNECT WITH US: Share your photos using #SeattleSymphony and follow @seattlesymphony on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Download the Listen Boldly app to easily purchase tickets, skip the Ticket Office lines and receive exclusive offers. seattlesymphony.org TICKETS: 206.215.4747 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, Jenufa 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 Prokofiev. All of this will be complemented by the Seattle Symphony’s School of Music in Seattle and lives in Seattle with his wife, highly innovative series, Sonic Evolution and [untitled]. This season Ghizlane, and their two children. 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 VIOLIN Mara Gearman Judy Washburn Kriewall HORN HARP Open Position Timothy Hale Zartouhi Dombourian-Eby Jeffrey Fair Valerie Muzzolini Gordon David & Amy Fulton Concertmaster Vincent Comer Charles Simonyi Principal Horn Principal Emma McGrath** Penelope Crane PICCOLO Mark Robbins Supported by Eliza and Brian Shelden Clowes Family Associate Concertmaster Wesley Anderson Dyring Zartouhi Dombourian-Eby Associate Principal Cordula Merks Sayaka Kokubo Robert & Clodagh Ash Piccolo Jonathan Karschney KEYBOARD Assistant Concertmaster Rachel Swerdlow Assistant Principal Kimberly Russ, piano +** Simon James Julie Whitton OBOE Jenna Breen Joseph Adam, organ + Second Assistant Concertmaster Mary Lynch John Turman PERSONNEL MANAGER Jennifer Bai CELLO Principal Adam Iascone Mariel Bailey Efe Baltacıgil Supported