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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 two-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 seldom-heard and delightful romantic concerto.

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

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, AT 7PM Sibelius One Untuxed

UNTUXED SERIES Thomas Dausgaard conductor ELLEN REID New Work (Seattle Symphony Commission & World Premiere) SIBELIUS Symphony No. 1 Thomas Dausgaard begins a two-year Sibelius Cycle with the composer’s First Symphony. Sibelius wrote surely the greatest ‘First’ ever — packed with transcendent soundscapes, towering inspiration and Nordic vigor. 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 bestloved works.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, AT 8PM SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19, AT 8PM SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 20, AT 2PM España!

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