THOMAS DAUSGAARD, MUSIC DIRECTOR
Dausgaard Sibelius Symphony No. 1 Celebrate Asia ONE WEEK ONLY! OCTOBER 16–23
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, AT 7:30PM SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, AT 8PM
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, AT 7:30PM SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20, AT 8PM
Ravel & Stravinsky
Beach Gaelic Symphony
Stefan Asbury conductor Adeliia Faizullina soprano
Thomas Dausgaard conductor Hannah Lash harp Valerie Muzzolini harp
RAVEL Le tombeau de Couperin BRETT DEAN Carlo ADELIIA FAIZULLINA Tatar Folk Songs STRAVINSKY Pulcinella Suite Composers often look over their shoulders. To memorialize friends who had died in World War I, Ravel took refuge in the airy, graceful forms of the French Baroque. In Pulcinella, Stravinsky melded Classical poise with modern rhythms and harmonies. And in Carlo, Brett Dean elaborates on music of love, death and guilt by the notorious madrigalist (and murderer!), Carlo Gesualdo.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, AT 7:30PM SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6, AT 8PM SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7, AT 2PM
Ray Chen Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto Ludovic Morlot conductor Ray Chen violin TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 11, “The Year 1905” Ray Chen makes his Seattle Symphony debut with Tchaikovsky’s enchanting Violin Concerto, one of the most beloved works for the violin. Shostakovich’s 11th Symphony marks the events of the brutally crushed 1905 Russian Revolution — protest and defiance against oppression rendered in thrilling music. Ludovic Morlot’s position is generously underwritten as the Judith Fong Conductor Emeritus.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, AT 7:30PM SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13, AT 8PM
HANNAH LASH The Peril of Dreams (Seattle Symphony Commission & World Premiere) BEACH “Gaelic” Symphony Bursting with vitality and character, Amy Beach’s “Gaelic” Symphony is among the great American symphonies, full of lush harmonies and sweeping melodies. This powerhouse program includes a rare double harp concerto by American composer Hannah Lash. Thomas Dausgaard’s position is generously underwritten as the Harriet Overton Stimson Music Director. Beach Gaelic Symphony is generously underwritten by The Richard E. Lang and Jane Lang Davis Living Music Program.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, AT 7:30PM SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, AT 8PM
Barber Symphony No. 1 Peter Oundjian conductor Hélène Grimaud piano Stephen Newby narrator PRICE/arr. Oundjian Andante cantabile from String Quartet No. 2 RAVEL Piano Concerto in G JOEL THOMPSON To Awaken the Sleeper (Seattle Symphony Co-commission) BARBER Symphony No. 1 Uniquely pioneering sound worlds of Florence Price and Samuel Barber frame a brand new work by Joel Thompson. Ravel looked to the fresh rhythms of jazz to create his Piano Concerto, a joyful showcase for stunning pianist Hélène Grimaud.
Brahms Symphony No. 1 Thomas Dausgaard conductor Alessio Bax piano SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No. 2 BRAHMS Symphony No. 1 Brahms’ First Symphony was decades in the making. His loyal public waited years to hear it and were rewarded with a towering masterpiece of emotion — noble, tender and heroic, clothed in orchestral garments. Saint-Saëns’ Second Piano Concerto begins stern and serious, but quickly shifts to joyous French panache, ‘a journey from Bach to Offenbach’. Thomas Dausgaard’s position is generously underwritten as the Harriet Overton Stimson Music Director.
Hélène Grimaud
Ray Chen
N’Kenge
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, AT 8PM SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, AT 8PM SUNDAY, DECEMBER 12, AT 2PM
THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, AT 7:30PM SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, AT 8PM SUNDAY, JANUARY 16, AT 2PM
Holiday Pops
Avi Avital The Four Seasons
Stuart Chafetz conductor N’Kenge vocals There’s no place like Benaroya Hall for the holidays! Join conductor Stuart Chafetz and Broadway star N’Kenge for this dazzling program full of holiday favorites, traditional carols and plenty of yuletide cheer. All of the heartwarming sounds of the season await you at this lighthearted and joyful concert.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, AT 7:30PM FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, AT 9PM SUNDAY, JANUARY 2, AT 2PM
Viennese New Year Lee Mills conductor Nicholas Phan tenor We usher in 2022 in true Golden Age style, with music drawn from the glittering ballrooms of Vienna. Featuring a selection of waltzes, polkas and marches, including music by Mozart, Lehár and of course the waltz king, Johann Strauss II or Johann Strauss, Jr., and his family. Lee Mills’ position is generously underwritten as the Douglas F. King Associate Conductor.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, AT 7:30PM SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, AT 8PM
The Music of John Adams John Adams conductor Jeremy Denk piano Timothy McAllister saxophone
Avi Avital conductor & mandolin Nell Snaidas soprano VIVALDI The Four Seasons TRADITIONAL Venetian Gondolier Songs Avi Avital is leading a revival of the mandolin in classical music, fueled by his “deep musicality” and “eye-watering virtuosity” (The New York Times). Through a program celebrating the mandolin’s heyday in the 18th century, Avital takes us down the canals of Venice with traditional gondolier songs and into the court with a fresh interpretation of Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, AT 8PM SATURDAY, JANUARY 22, AT 8PM SUNDAY, JANUARY 23, AT 2PM
Aretha: A Tribute Lucas Waldin conductor Capathia Jenkins vocals Ryan Shaw vocals Nichol Eskridge vocals Grace D. Ferrell vocals Phillip L. Ferrell II vocals Witness Mass Choir A tribute to the Queen of Soul, this program features Symphony favorite Capathia Jenkins and three-time Grammy Award nominee Ryan Shaw performing such iconic hits as “Respect,” “Think,” “A Natural Woman,” “Chain of Fools,” “Amazing Grace” and many more.
JOHN ADAMS Short Ride in a Fast Machine JOHN ADAMS Must the Devil Have All the Good Tunes? JOHN ADAMS City Noir
TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, AT 7:30PM
With the composer conducting, pianist Jeremy Denk tangles with John Adams’ Must the Devil Have All the Good Tunes?, a funky and diabolically tricky piano concerto. Partly inspired by films produced in Hollywood during the late forties, Adams’ City Noir moves between restless pockets of energy and surging, cinematic melodies.
CHOPIN Études, Op. 10 CHOPIN Nocturnes
Jan Lisiecki in Recital Jan Lisiecki piano
“Perhaps the most ‘complete’ pianist of his age.” –BBC Music Magazine
John Adams’ performances are generously underwritten by Benjamin and Kelly Martz.
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Capathia Jenkins
Kishi Bashi
THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, AT 7:30PM SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, AT 8PM
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, AT 7:30PM SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, AT 8PM SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, AT 4PM
EO9066 Thomas Dausgaard conductor Kishi Bashi violin & vocals PAUL CHIHARA New Work (Seattle Symphony Commission & World Premiere) KAORU ISHIBASHI Improvisations on EO9066 TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4 : We mark the 80th anniversary of Executive Order 9066, which saw the incarceration of thousands of innocent Japanese Americans during the Second World War, indelibly changing their lives and our region — the effects of which are still felt today. Thomas Dausgaard’s position is generously underwritten as the Harriet Overton Stimson Music Director.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, AT 7:30PM SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, AT 8PM
Dausgaard Sibelius Symphony No. 1 Thomas Dausgaard conductor Garrick Ohlsson piano ELLEN REID New Work (Seattle Symphony Commission & World Premiere) STENHAMMAR Piano Concerto No. 2 SIBELIUS Symphony No. 1 Thomas Dausgaard begins a multi-year Sibelius Cycle with the composer’s First Symphony. Sibelius wrote surely the greatest ‘First’ ever — packed with transcendent soundscapes. A new work by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Ellen Reid responds to Sibelius, and Garrick Ohlsson performs a seldomheard and delightful romantic concerto. Thomas Dausgaard’s position is generously underwritten as the Harriet Overton Stimson Music Director.
Songs of the Earth Thomas Dausgaard conductor Kelley O’Connor mezzo-soprano Russell Thomas tenor WALKER Lyric for Strings WALKER Folksongs for Orchestra MAHLER Das Lied von der Erde Thomas Dausgaard conducts music reflecting on the end of life. Mahler was inspired by Chinese poetry for his valedictory masterwork, Das Lied von der Erde. George Walker offers introverted and deeply personal reflections on four spiritual melodies in Folksongs for Orchestra. His Lyric for Strings, a touching tribute to the memory of his grandmother, is one of his best-loved works. Thomas Dausgaard’s position is generously underwritten as the Harriet Overton Stimson Music Director.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, AT 8PM SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19, AT 8PM SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 20, AT 2PM
España! Jack Everly conductor Troupe Vertigo Incorporating artistic components from across different creative disciplines, Troupe Vertigo shows create stories woven together using highly stylized choreography, lighting and music to create scenes with imaginative visual landscapes. Don’t miss this concert featuring music by Bizet, Ponce and Albéniz as reimagined by the fantastical cirque performers Troupe Vertigo and the Seattle Symphony.
Troupe Vertigo SUNDAY, MARCH 20, AT 4PM
Celebrate Asia Kahchun Wong conductor Kala Ramnath Indian violin Ko-ichiro Yamamoto trombone TOSHIO HOSOKAWA Meditation TAN DUN Trombone Concerto: Three Muses in Video Game (Seattle Symphony Co-commission & U.S. Premiere) REENA ESMAIL & KALA RAMNATH Violin Concerto (Seattle Symphony Commission & World Premiere) DEBUSSY La mer The 14th annual Celebrate Asia shines a spotlight on two intriguing new works. First, Tan Dun’s Trombone Concerto receives its U.S. premiere in the hands of Seattle Symphony Principal Trombone Ko-ichiro Yamamoto. Then, witness the world premiere of Composer in Residence Reena Esmail’s Violin Concerto — a work about the elements being rendered out of balance by humanity’s influence on the planet. Violin virtuoso Kala Ramnath gives the first performance of this thought-provoking work written especially for and with her.
THURSDAY, MARCH 31, AT 7:30PM SATURDAY, APRIL 2, AT 8PM SUNDAY, APRIL 3, AT 2PM
Mahler Symphony No. 6 Thomas Dausgaard conductor Francesco Piemontesi piano R. STRAUSS Burleske MAHLER Symphony No. 6 Music Director Thomas Dausgaard conducts Mahler’s tragic Sixth Symphony. Driven, bitter and sweet by turns, the music is haunted by echoes of a military march stalking through the symphony. Brief moments of nostalgia suggest hope might win — but in the end, Mahler revealed, the mighty hammerblows of fate fell the hero “like the stroke of an ax.” Thomas Dausgaard’s position is generously underwritten as the Harriet Overton Stimson Music Director.
FRIDAY, APRIL 1, AT 8PM
Yuja Wang in Recital Yuja Wang piano “Yuja Wang was the brilliant pianist, projecting the solo part to a nicety and getting every note to glitter.” – Financial Times
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Count Basie Orchestra THURSDAY, APRIL 7, AT 7:30PM SATURDAY, APRIL 9, AT 8PM
Dausgaard Sibelius Symphony No. 2 Thomas Dausgaard conductor Isabelle Faust violin ANGÉLICA NEGRÓN New Work (Seattle Symphony Commission & World Premiere) SIBELIUS Violin Concerto (Original Version) SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2 From its icy, desolate opening to its robust, jubilant finale, Sibelius’ Violin Concerto glows. Isabelle Faust performs the seldom-heard original version of the piece — full of unexpected twists and turns. Thomas Dausgaard expertly shapes the arching melodies and majestic lines of Sibelius’ Second Symphony. Thomas Dausgaard’s position is generously underwritten as the Harriet Overton Stimson Music Director.
FRIDAY, APRIL 15, AT 8PM SATURDAY, APRIL 16, AT 2 & 8PM
Count Basie Orchestra Scotty Barnhart director Carmen Bradford vocals Count Basie Orchestra The Count Basie Orchestra, today directed by Scotty Barnhart, has won every respected jazz poll in the world at least once, along with 18 Grammy Awards. They have performed for kings, queens and other royalty, appeared in several movies and television shows, and have played major concert halls across the globe. Now, they bring their considerable jazz chops to the Benaroya Hall stage.
THURSDAY, APRIL 21, AT 7:30PM SATURDAY, APRIL 23, AT 8PM SUNDAY, APRIL 24, AT 2PM
The Miraculous Mandarin Roderick Cox conductor Noah Geller violin DAWSON Negro Folk Symphony GLAZUNOV Violin Concerto BARTÓK The Miraculous Mandarin Suite Roderick Cox, a conductor who is “paving the way” (NBC News), returns to the Benaroya Hall stage. Cox opens the program championing William Dawson’s seldom heard Negro Folk Symphony (1934). He’s then joined onstage by Concertmaster Noah Geller for Glazunov’s Violin Concerto and Bartók’s lurid Miraculous Mandarin. Noah Geller’s position is generously underwritten as the David & Amy Fulton Concertmaster.
Wayne Marshall
Thomas Dausgaard
MONDAY, APRIL 25, AT 7:30PM
THURSDAY, JUNE 9, AT 7:30PM SATURDAY, JUNE 11, AT 8PM SUNDAY, JUNE 12, AT 2PM
Nobuyuki Tsujii in Recital Nobuyuki Tsujii piano “It was one of those rare performances where player and music seem one — a definition of virtuosity.” – The Observer
Wayne Marshall Plays & Conducts Gershwin Wayne Marshall conductor & piano
THURSDAY, JUNE 2, AT 7:30PM SATURDAY, JUNE 4, AT 8PM
Morlot Conducts Messiaen
GERSHWIN Concerto in F GERSHWIN Second Rhapsody GERSHWIN An American in Paris
Ludovic Morlot conductor Steven Osborne piano Deborah O’Grady video artist
Nothing encapsulates the high-class fashions and devil-may-care attitudes of the Jazz Age like George Gershwin’s music. Conducting these showpieces from the piano, Wayne Marshall leads the orchestra through Gershwin’s jazz-filled 1920s Paris.
MESSIAEN Des canyons aux étoiles… (“From the Canyons to the Stars…”) Messiaen’s Des canyons aux étoiles… (“From the Canyons to the Stars...”) takes inspiration from the rock spires, birdsong and night sky of Utah’s national parks. Experience Messiaen’s starry-eyed journey through nature and the divine with luminous videography designed by artist Deborah O’Grady, creating a spectacular and interactive landscape across the concert stage. Ludovic Morlot’s position is generously underwritten as the Judith Fong Conductor Emeritus.
THURSDAY, JUNE 16, AT 7:30PM SATURDAY, JUNE 18, AT 8PM SUNDAY, JUNE 19, AT 4PM
Verdi Requiem Thomas Dausgaard conductor Bruce Sledge tenor Dashon Burton bass-baritone Seattle Symphony Chorale BERIO Requies PUCCINI I crisantemi (“Chrysanthemums”) VERDI Requiem Alternating between sublime lyricism and dramatic power, Giuseppe Verdi’s Requiem offers the thrill and drama of a grand opera, from muted sorrow in the opening movement to the sheer terror of the work’s infamous Dies irae. Music Director Thomas Dausgaard has gathered an extraordinary cast of soloists to join the Seattle Symphony and Chorale for this monumental work. Thomas Dausgaard’s position is generously underwritten as the Harriet Overton Stimson Music Director.
Ludovic Morlot
OCTOBER 16–23, 2021
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