SEATTLE SYMPHONY LUDOVIC MORLOT LUDOVIC BERIO SINFONIA ROOMFUL OF TEETH BOULEZ NOTATIONS I–IV RAVEL LA VALSE LUCIANO BERIO Sinfonia for Eight Voices and Orchestra I. ............................................................................................. 6:46 II. “O King” ............................................................................. 5:22 III. In ruhig fließender Bewegung (“With quietly flowing movement”) ............................. 11:20 IV. .............................................................................................3:10 V. ............................................................................................. 7:59 Roomful of Teeth, vocal ensemble PIERRE BOULEZ Notations I–IV for Orchestra I. Modéré—Fantasque ......................................................... 3:09 IV. Rythmique ........................................................................ 2:08 III. Très modéré ..................................................................... 4:03 II. Très vif. Strident ................................................................1:57 MAURICE RAVEL La valse ..........................................................................................12:21 TOTAL TIME ............................................................... 58:20 SEATTLESYMPHONY.ORG � & © 2018 Seattle Symphony Media. All rights reserved. Unauthorized copying, hiring, lending, public performance and broadcasting of this record prohibited without prior written permission from the Seattle Symphony. Benaroya Hall, 200 University Street, Seattle, WA 98101 MADE IN USA Photo: James Holt SEATTLE SYMPHONY The Seattle Symphony is one of America's leading symphony orchestras and is internationally acclaimed for its innovative programming and extensive recording history. Under the leadership of Music Director Ludovic Morlot since September 2011, the Symphony is heard from September through July by more than 500,000 people through live performances and radio broadcasts. It performs in one of the finest modern concert halls in the world — the acoustically superb Benaroya Hall — in downtown Seattle. Its extensive education and community engagement programs reach over 65,000 children and adults each year. The Seattle Symphony has a deep commitment to new music, commissioning many works by living composers each season. The orchestra has made nearly 150 recordings and has received three Grammy Awards, 23 Grammy nominations, two Emmy Awards and numerous other accolades. In 2014 the Symphony launched its in-house recording label, Seattle Symphony Media. Photo: Lisa-Marie Mazzucco LUDOVIC MORLOT, CONDUCTOR As the Seattle Symphony’s Music Director, Ludovic Morlot has been received with extraordinary enthusiasm by musicians and audiences alike, who have praised him for his deeply musical interpretations, his innovative programming and his focus on community collaboration. From 2012 to 2014 Morlot was also Chief Conductor of La Monnaie, one of Europe’s most prestigious opera houses. In the U.S., Ludovic Morlot has conducted the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra and Pittsburgh Symphony. Additionally, he has conducted the Berliner Philharmoniker, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre National de France, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich and the Vienna Symphony. Trained as a violinist, Morlot studied conducting at the Royal Academy of Music in London and then at the Royal College of Music as recipient of the Norman del Mar Conducting Fellowship. Morlot was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music in 2014 in recognition of his significant contributions to music. He is Chair of Orchestral Conducting Studies at the University of Washington School of Music. Photo: Bonica Ayala ROOMFUL OF TEETH, VOCAL ENSEMBLE Roomful of Teeth is a Grammy-winning vocal project dedicated to reimagining the expressive potential of the human voice. Through study with masters from vocal traditions the world over, the eight-voice ensemble continually expands its vocabulary of singing techniques and, through an ongoing commissioning process, forges a new repertoire without borders. Founded in 2009 by Brad Wells, Roomful of Teeth gathers annually at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA) in North Adams, Massachusetts, where they’ve studied with some of the world’s top performers and teachers in Tuvan throat singing, yodeling, Broadway belting, Inuit throat singing, Korean P’ansori, Georgian singing, Sardinian cantu a tenore, Hindustani music, Persian classical singing and Death Metal singing. Collaborators include Rinde Eckert, Fred Hersch, Glenn Kotche, Merrill Garbus (of tUnE-yArDs), William Brittelle, ACME (American Contemporary Music Ensemble), Nick Zammuto (of The Books), Toby Twining, ICE (International Contemporary Ensemble), Ted Hearne, Silk Road Ensemble and Ambrose Akinmusire, among many others. Brad Wells, artistic director Estelí Gomez, soprano Eric Dudley, tenor Martha Cluver, soprano Avery Griffin, baritone Caroline Shaw, alto Dashon Burton, bass-baritone Virginia Warnken, alto Cameron Beauchamp, bass Thomas Dausgaard, Principal Guest Conductor Judy Washburn Kriewall SAXOPHONE David Lawrence Ritt PERSONNEL MANAGER SEATTLE SYMPHONY Jeff Tyzik, Principal Pops Conductor Zartouhi Dombourian-Eby Michael Brockman • Stephen Fissel Scott Wilson Joseph Crnko, Associate Conductor for Choral Activities Robin Peery • Fred Winkler • Carson Keeble • Stilian Kirov, Pablo Rus Broseta, Douglas F. King Associate Conductor Marisela Sager ◊• ASSISTANT PERSONNEL LUDOVIC MORLOT Wesley Schulz, Ruth Reinhardt, Conducting Fellows BASSOON BASS TROMBONE MANAGER The Harriet Overton Stimson Music Director Gerard Schwarz, Rebecca & Jack Benaroya Conductor Laureate PICCOLO Seth Krimsky Stephen Fissel Keith Higgins Zartouhi Dombourian-Eby Principal Robert & Clodagh Ash Paul Rafanelli TUBA LIBRARY FIRST VIOLIN SECOND VIOLIN Mara Gearman Rowena Hammill • Piccolo Mike Gamburg Christopher Olka Patricia Takahashi- Elisa Barston ^ Timothy Hale • Alexander Velinzon Chuck Jacot Edward Burns • Principal Blayney Principal • David & Amy Fulton Vincent Comer Rajan Krishnaswami OBOE Francine Peterson • Principal Librarian Concertmaster Supported by Jean Penelope Crane John Michel • Mary Lynch TIMPANI Robert Olivia Emma McGrath E. McTavish Wes Anderson Dyring Principal CONTRABASSOON Michael Crusoe Associate Librarian BASS Principal Clowes Family Associate Michael Miropolsky ° Sayaka Kokubo Ben Hausmann ▲ Mike Gamburg Jeanne Case Jordan Anderson Concertmaster John & Carmen Delo Rachel Swerdlow Associate Principal Librarian Mr. & Mrs. Harold H. Heath HORN PERCUSSION John Weller, Cordula Merks Assistant Principal Julie Whitton Chengwen Winnie Lai Michael A. Werner Rachel Swerdlow, Second Violin Sue Jane Bryant • Principal String Bass Stefan Farkas Jeffrey Fair Ron Johnson † Assistant Concertmaster Joseph Kaufman Charles Simonyi Principal Kathleen Boyer Tim Christie • Selina Greso • Michael Clark Assistant Librarian Simon James Assistant Principal Principal Horn Gennady Filimonov Allison Farkas • Ron Johnson † Second Assistant Ted Botsford ENGLISH HORN Mark Robbins TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Evan Anderson Ken Freed • Matthew Decker • Concertmaster Jonathan Burnstein Stefan Farkas Associate Principal Joseph E. Cook Natasha Bazhanov Joseph Gottesman • Matt Drumm • Jennifer Bai Jennifer Godfrey Jonathan Karschney Brittany Boulding Breeden Laura Renz • CLARINET Paul Hansen • ARTIST IN ASSOCIATION Mariel Bailey Travis Gore Assistant Principal Stephen Bryant Christopher Sereque ▲, Blaine Inafuku • Dale Chihuly Cecilia Poellein Buss CELLO Jonathan Green Adam Iascone Linda Cole Benjamin Lulich Matt Kocmieroski • Ayako Gamo Efe Baltacıgil Nancy Page Griffin John Turman Xiao-po Fei Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. Smith Dan Morris • HONORARY MEMBER Timothy Garland Sande Gillette Marks Family Foundation Chris Burns • Cara Kizer * Cyril M. Harris † Principal Clarinet • Rob Tucker • Leonid Keylin Artur Girsky Principal Cello Nathan Farrington • Matthew Berliner Laura DeLuca + Resident Mae Lin Andrew Yeung Meeka Quan DiLorenzo Brian Johnson • HARP Eric Jacobs TRUMPET † In Memoriam Mikhail Shmidt Blayne Barnes • Assistant Principal Matt McGrath • Valerie Muzzolini Gordon Larey McDaniel David Gordon ^ Concertmaster on Clark Story Brian Fox • Theresa Benshoof Stephen Swanson • Principal Jeff Brooks • The Boeing Company Sinfonia John Weller Kimberly Houglum • Assistant Principal Supported by Eliza Flug, Jennifer Nelson • Principal Trumpet ° Principal on Sinfonia Jeannie Wells Yablonsky Adrianna Hulscher • Eric Han FLUTE in memory of Martin Flug Sean Osborne • Alexander White, ▲ Principal on Notations Arthur Zadinsky Victoria Parker • Bruce Bailey Demarre McGill ++ Sophie Baird-Daniel • Ralph Skiano ◊• James Ross ◊ Principal on La valse Anait Arutunian • Rachel Pearson • Roberta Hansen Downey Principal Catherine Case • Assistant Principal * Temporary Musician • Walter Gray Supported by David J. E-FLAT CLARINET Ruth Mar • Jennifer Caine Geoffrey Bergler ++ On Leave Emily Cole • VIOLA Vivian Gu and Shelley Hovind Laura DeLuca • ▲ Tony DiLorenzo KEYBOARD • Extra Musician for • Susan Gulkis Assadi Joy Payton-Stevens Christie Reside * Kelly Farris BASS CLARINET Kimberly Russ, piano + This Recording PONCHO Principal Viola David Sabee Principal TROMBONE