21/22 January $29 Sale

THOMAS DAUSGAARD, MUSIC DIRECTOR

Avi Avital The Four Seasons Celebrate Asia

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JANUARY 8–15, 2022

Dausgaard Sibelius Symphony No. 2 Aretha: a tribute Verdi Requiem ... and more! seattlesymphony.org/29sale

JANUARY 8–15, 2022

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, AT 7:30PM SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, AT 8PM

Capathia Jenkins TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, AT 7:30PM

Avi Avital The Four Seasons

In Recital: Jan Lisiecki Plays Chopin Jan Lisiecki piano

Avi Avital conductor & mandolin Nell Snaidas soprano

CHOPIN Études, Op. 10 CHOPIN Nocturnes

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 14, AT 8PM

The Times They Are A-Changin’: The Words and Music of Bob Dylan Steve Hackman conductor gaba vocals | Zoe D’Andrea vocals Tehilla Alphonso vocals | Rachel Gonzalez vocals Casey Breves vocals | Tabon Ward vocals Jej Vinson vocals | Bill Prokopow vocals A brand-new, imaginative tribute to Bob Dylan’s music from visionary composer and conductor Steve Hackman. Steve Hackman takes the podium to conduct eight vocal soloists alongside your Seattle Symphony for a transformative concert experience on the Benaroya Hall stage. Hear them bring new life to classic Dylan songs such as: “Like a Rolling Stone,” “Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright,” “Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door” and “The Times They Are A-Changin’.”

FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, AT 8PM SATURDAY, JANUARY 22, AT 8PM

Aretha: A Tribute Lucas Waldin conductor Capathia Jenkins vocals | Darryl Williams vocals Nichol Eskridge vocals | Phillip L. Ferrell II vocals Veronica Moss vocals | Witness Mass Choir A tribute to the Queen of Soul, this program features Symphony favorite Capathia Jenkins performing such iconic hits as “Respect,” “Think,” “A Natural Woman,” “Chain of Fools,” “Amazing Grace” and many more.

Pianist Jan Lisiecki, praised by BBC Music Magazine as “perhaps the most ‘complete’ pianist of his age,” takes the stage for a stellar evening of Chopin.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, AT 7:30PM SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, AT 8PM

EO9066 Thomas Dausgaard conductor Kishi Bashi violin, vocals & guitar PAUL CHIHARA Beyond the Hills (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 Today And Today And Today And Today And Today And Today And Today And Today And Today And Today (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.

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Kishi Bashi THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, AT 7:30PM SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, AT 8PM SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, AT 4PM

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

España!

Jack Everly conductor Troupe Vertigo Troupe Vertigo weaves together 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.

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Thomas Dausgaard 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.

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

Roderick Cox MONDAY, APRIL 25, AT 7:30PM

In Recital: Nobuyuki Tsujii Plays Beethoven, Lizst & Chopin Nobuyuki Tsujii piano “It was one of those rare performances where player and music seem one — a definition of virtuosity.”

– The Observer

THURSDAY, APRIL 28, AT 7:30PM SATURDAY, APRIL 30, AT 8PM

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.

Stravinsky & Brahms

Thomas Dausgaard’s position is generously underwritten as the Harriet Overton Stimson Music Director.

STRAVINSKY Funeral Song BRAHMS German Requiem

FRIDAY, APRIL 15, AT 8PM SATURDAY, APRIL 16, AT 8PM

Nathalie Stutzmann conducts the Seattle Symphony and Chorale in Brahms’ German Requiem, one of the great Romantic choral works of the 19th century.

Instead of setting the traditional mass for the dead, Brahms’ selected texts from the Lutheran Bible create a unique and beautiful offering of hope and comfort.

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

Nathalie Stutzmann conductor Alexander Dobson baritone Seattle Symphony Chorale

Ludovic Morlot THURSDAY, JUNE 2, AT 7:30PM SATURDAY, JUNE 4, AT 8PM

Morlot Conducts Messiaen

DAWSON Negro Folk Symphony GLAZUNOV Violin Concerto BARTÓK The Miraculous Mandarin Suite

Ludovic Morlot conductor Steven Osborne piano Deborah O’Grady video artist

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.

MESSIAEN Des canyons aux étoiles… (“From the Canyons to the Stars…”)

Noah Geller’s position is generously underwritten as the David & Amy Fulton Concertmaster.

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.

Wayne Marshall THURSDAY, JUNE 9, AT 7:30PM SATURDAY, JUNE 11, AT 8PM

Wayne Marshall Plays & Conducts Gershwin Wayne Marshall conductor & piano GERSHWIN Concerto in F GERSHWIN Second Rhapsody GERSHWIN An American in Paris 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.

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.

Hurry! Sale Ends January 15, 2022

A Safe and Comfortable Return to Live Music The Seattle Symphony requires proof of full vaccinations for all performances. Children younger than 12 years and individuals with a medical condition or closely held religious belief preventing vaccination can instead provide proof of a negative COVID-19 test. Masks are required at all times for all attendees regardless of vaccination status.

FULLY VACCINATED GUESTS • Documentation of vaccination status must be shown with valid ID upon entry to the venue.

• Proof of full vaccination can be achieved by: ⊲ Showing your original physical vaccine card, ⊲ Presenting a photograph of your vaccine card as a document, ⊲ Or presenting a photograph of your vaccine card stored on your electronic device.

NEGATIVE COVID-19 TEST GUESTS • Children younger than 12 years and people with a medical condition or closely held religious belief that prevents vaccination must provide proof of a negative COVID-19 test and show valid ID upon entry to the venue.

• Proof of a negative COVID-19 test can be achieved by: ⊲ Showing a copy of a PCR diagnostic test taken within 48 hours of the performance start time, ⊲ Or showing a copy of a negative COVID-19 antigen test taken within 24 hours of the performance start time.

For a full list of the Seattle Symphony’s safety policies and ticketing options please visit seattlesymphony.org/safety.

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JANUARY 8–15, 2022

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