nov TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, AT 7:30PM
Complete Beethoven Cello Sonatas CHAMBER SERIES
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, AT 7:30PM SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13, AT 8PM
Dausgaard Conducts Brahms
Seattle Symphony musicians BEETHOVEN Cello Sonatas Nos. 1–5 Cellists of the Seattle Symphony perform the complete Beethoven cello sonata cycle — a delightful odyssey through his composing life. The Classical influence of Mozart and Haydn reverberates through the early sonatas. The third sonata marks a turning point, as cello and piano achieve musical equality and dialogue. The late sonatas defy tradition and launch us toward new horizons. Please note that this concert will take place in the S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium. Efe Baltacıgil’s position is generously underwritten as the Marks Family Foundation Principal Cello.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, AT 7:30PM SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6, AT 8PM SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7, AT 2PM
Thomas Dausgaard conductor Nicolas Hodges piano SIMON STEEN-ANDERSEN Piano Concerto (U.S. Premiere) 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. Simon Steen-Andersen’s intriguing Piano Concerto with film explores the inexorable force of gravity in music. Thomas Dausgaard’s position is generously underwritten as the Harriet Overton Stimson Music Director. Simon Steen-Andersen’s Piano Concerto is presented as part of the Seattle Symphony’s New Music WORKS initiative, supported in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Ray Chen Plays Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto Michael Sanderling 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.
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