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Untitled-3 1 4/30/19 12:11 PM CONTENTS NOVEMBER 2019 4 / Calendar 6 / The Orchestra 50 / Benaroya Hall Guide FEATURES 5 / Community Connections 7 / Meet the Musicians 10 / On a High Note 12 / Sounds of the Season 51 / The Lis(z)t CONCERTS 14 / November 6 Chick Corea Rhapsody in Blue 19 / November 8, 9 & 10 The Movie Music of John Williams 21 / November 14, 15 & 16 Rachmaninov Symphony No. 2 24 / November 15 Beethoven & Ravel 29 / November 21 & 23 CHICK COREA Stravinsky The Rite of Spring 14 34 / November 22 Orfeo ed Euridice THE MOVIE MUSIC OF 19 JOHN WILLIAMS 21 EFE BALTACIGIL ON THE COVER: Thomas Dausgaard by Brandon Patoc COVER DESIGN: Stephanie Tucker EDITOR: Rachel Spain © 2019 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. encorespotlight.com 3 LOOKING AHEAD: PERFORMANCE SPACE: ON THE DIAL: Tune in to Classical KING ■ S. MARK TAPER FOUNDATION AUDITORIUM FM 98.1 every Wednesday at 8pm for a ■ ILLSLEY BALL NORDSTROM RECITAL HALL Seattle Symphony spotlight and the first DECEMBER ■ OCTAVE 9: RAISBECK MUSIC CENTER Friday of every month at 9pm for concert ■ SAMUEL & ALTHEA STROUM GRAND LOBBY broadcasts. AT BENAROYA HALL ■ SYMPHONY EVENTS AWAY FROM THE HALL SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 2pm 1 2 10:30am 3 7pm 4 7pm 5 10:30am 6 9:30, 10:30 & 7 ‘Tis the Season Holiday Musical The Banff Mountain "Hear & Now" Tiny Tots: The Brass: 11:30am SEATTLE MEN’S Salute* Film Festival with Trimpin March of the Toys Tiny Tots: The Brass: CHORUS SEATTLE SYMPHONY THE MOUNTAINEERS PATH WITH ART SEATTLE SYMPHONY March of the Toys SEATTLE SYMPHONY 7:30pm 7pm 7:30pm Christmas Traditions The Banff Mountain Portland Cello 2 & 8pm NORTHWEST Film Festival Project: Purple Reign Holiday Pops UNIVERSITY THE MOUNTAINEERS LIVE @ BENAROYA SEATTLE SYMPHONY HALL 7:30pm Rachael & Vilray 8pm LIVE @ BENAROYA Holiday Pops HALL SEATTLE SYMPHONY 2pm 88 7:30pm 9 7:30pm 10 7:30pm 11 12 8pm 13 11am Family 14 Holiday Pops O Nata Lux: A PLU Kenny G with the Mary Chapin Brandi Carlile Concerts: SEATTLE SYMPHONY Christmas Concert Seattle Symphony Carpenter & Shawn with the Seattle The Snowman PACIFIC LUTHERAN SEATTLE SYMPHONY Colvin: Together on Symphony: Right SEATTLE SYMPHONY 2 & 7pm UNIVERSITY Stage Now Is At The Speed 2pm Holiday Concert Jim Brickman: LIVE @ BENAROYA Of Light MAPLE VALLEY A Christmas HALL SEATTLE SYMPHONY Celebration YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA LIVE @ BENAROYA 7:30pm HALL Seth Parker Woods: 8pm Brandi Carlile That Which Is with the Seattle 7:30pm Fundamental Symphony: ‘Tis the Season SEATTLE SYMPHONY Right Now Is At SEATTLE MEN’S The Speed Of Light CHORUS SEATTLE SYMPHONY 2pm 15 7:30pm 16 7:30pm 17 18 19 7:30pm 20 9:30 & 11am 21 ¡Navidad! Follow the Star ‘Tis the Season Annual Holiday First Concerts: Meet PACIFIC MUSICWORKS ENSIGN SYMPHONY & SEATTLE MEN’S Show the Piano CHORUS CHORUS THE COATS SEATTLE SYMPHONY 7:30pm Brandi Carlile 8pm 1 & 8pm with the Seattle Handel Messiah Handel Messiah Symphony: Right SEATTLE SYMPHONY SEATTLE SYMPHONY Now Is At The Speed Of Light 2 & 7:30pm SEATTLE SYMPHONY Annual Holiday Show THE COATS 2pm 22 7:30pm 23 24 25 7:30pm 26 27 8pm 28 Handel Messiah A Festival of Lessons Yiruma Live in The Four Seasons SEATTLE SYMPHONY & Carols Seattle SEATTLE SYMPHONY SEATTLE SYMPHONY HAGIEN 2pm Annual Holiday Show THE COATS 8pm ‘Tis the Season SEATTLE MEN’S CHORUS 2pm 29 30 9pm 31 The Four Seasons New Year's Eve: SEATTLE SYMPHONY Pandemonium SEATTLE SYMPHONY 7pm Corelli and the Splendor of the Baroque BYRON SCHENKMAN & FRIENDS *Donor Events: Call 206.215.4832 for more information seattlesymphony.org TICKETS: 206.215.4747 GIVE: 206.215.4832 4 SEATTLESYMPHONY.ORG ■ COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS Kids in Concert Photo: Cristina Roark Cristina Photo: The Kids in Concert team enjoying a gorgeous day at Kiana Lodge. Kids in Concert is a nonprofit music education organization using the values of El Sistema in Venezuela. They are a free, after-school program that nurtures leadership, confidence and the insight to make transformative social change in the community. Through Kids in Concert, children are offered the opportunity to learn to play an orchestral instrument, participate in musical ensembles and contribute to the lives of others. Kids in Concert is closely partnered with the Suquamish Tribe, who are also members of the Seattle Symphony’s Community Connections program. Kids in Concert and the Suquamish Tribe are two of the nearly 80 partners in the Seattle Symphony’s Community Connections program, which provides complimentary tickets to nonprofit organizations across the Puget Sound region. CONNECT WITH US: Share your photos using #ListenBoldly and follow @seattlesymphony on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat. Download the Listen Boldly app to easily purchase tickets, skip the Ticket Office lines and receive exclusive offers. encorespotlight.com 5 ■ ABOUT THE SEATTLE SYMPHONY THOMAS DAUSGAARD MUSIC DIRECTOR Music Director of the Seattle Symphony, Danish conductor Thomas Dausgaard is esteemed for his creativity and innovative programming, the excitement of his live performances and his extensive catalogue of critically acclaimed recordings. A renowned recording artist with over 70 discs to his name, Dausgaard’s releases with the Seattle Symphony have garnered critical acclaim resulting in international honors including a 2017 Gramophone Award nomination for Mahler’s Symphony No. 10 (Deryck Cooke version), Gramophone’s 2018 Orchestra of the Year Award, and a 2019 Best Orchestral Performance Grammy nomination for Nielsen’s Symphonies Nos. 3 and 4. An avid champion of contemporary works and the music of his homeland, Dausgaard and the Seattle Symphony will release a much-anticipated cycle of symphonies by Carl Nielsen. Performing internationally with many of the world’s leading orchestras, Dausgaard is also the Chief Conductor of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Conductor Laureate of the Swedish Chamber Orchestra, and Honorary Conductor of the Orchestra della Toscana and the Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Dausgaard has been awarded the Cross of Chivalry by the Queen of Denmark and elected to Photo: Brandon Patoc Brandon Photo: the Royal Academy of Music in Sweden. SEATTLE SYMPHONY ROSTER Joseph Crnko Associate Conductor for Choral Activities Ludovic Morlot Judith Fong Conductor Emeritus THOMAS DAUSGAARD Lee Mills Douglas F. King Associate Conductor Gerard Schwarz Rebecca & Jack Benaroya Conductor Laureate Harriet Overton Stimson Music Director Lina Gonzalez-Granados Conducting Fellow FIRST VIOLIN Mara Gearman OBOE Jonathan Karschney KEYBOARD Noah Geller Assistant Principal Mary Lynch Assistant Principal Joseph Adam David & Amy Fulton Concertmaster Timothy Hale Principal Jenna Breen Organ + Open Position Wes Dyring Supported by anonymous donors John Turman Clowes Family Associate Concertmaster Sayaka Kokubo Ben Hausmann Danielle Kuhlmann PERSONNEL MANAGER Daniel Stone Associate Principal Scott Wilson Eduardo Rios Rachel Swerdlow TRUMPET First Assistant Concertmaster Chengwen Winnie Lai David Gordon Stefan Farkas ASSISTANT PERSONNEL MANAGER Simon James CELLO Boeing Company Principal Trumpet Keith Higgins Second Assistant Concertmaster** Efe Baltacıgil ENGLISH HORN Alexander White Marks Family Foundation Principal Cello Jennifer Bai Stefan Farkas Associate Principal LIBRARY Mariel Bailey Meeka Quan DiLorenzo Christopher Stingle Jeanne Case Cecilia Poellein Buss Associate Principal CLARINET Michael Myers Associate Librarian Timothy Garland Nathan Chan Leonid Keylin Benjamin Lulich Robert Olivia Assistant Principal TROMBONE Andy Liang Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. Smith Principal Associate Librarian Clarinet Ko-ichiro Yamamoto Mae Lin Eric Han Rachel Swerdlow Principal Mikhail Shmidt Bruce Bailey Emil Khudyev Assistant Librarian Clark Story Roberta Hansen Downey Associate Principal David Lawrence Ritt Walter Gray John Weller Laura DeLuca Stephen Fissel Vivian Gu TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Jeannie Wells Yablonsky Dr. Robert Wallace Clarinet Arthur Zadinsky Joy Payton-Stevens BASS TROMBONE Joseph E. Cook Eric Jacobs David Sabee Stephen Fissel SECOND VIOLIN ARTIST IN ASSOCIATION E-FLAT CLARINET Elisa Barston BASS TUBA Dale Chihuly Laura DeLuca Principal Jordan Anderson John DiCesare Mr. & Mrs. Harold H. Heath Principal 2019–2020 SEASON Michael Miropolsky Principal String Bass BASS CLARINET COMPOSER IN RESIDENCE John & Carmen Delo Eric Jacobs Tyshawn Sorey Associate Principal Second Violin Joseph Kaufman