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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, AT 8PM #What2022SoundsLike

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Cutting edge piano duo HOCKET spent 2020 commissioning composers nationwide to write music about the pandemic experience. The result was the astounding #What2020SoundsLike. Now a celebratory 2-part program sees seven composers imagining #What2022SoundsLike — dedicated to a hopeful future emerging from the pandemic. This first concert takes place in Benaroya Hall's wildly innovative Octave 9: Raisbeck Music Center. The program continues on the other side of the building with a special add-on concert at 10pm, [untitled] 2022. Octave 9: Emerging Artists is supported by the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation. YOU’D ALSO LIKE FEBRUARY 25 [UNTITLED] 2022 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, AT 10PM [untitled] 2022 SPECIAL PERFORMANCES Samuel & Althea Stroum Grand Lobby HOCKET piano duo

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Seattle Symphony musicians join cutting edge piano duo HOCKET in Benaroya Hall’s Samuel & Althea Stroum Grand Lobby for the second concert in this two-part program dedicated to a hopeful future emerging from the pandemic. [untitled] 2022 features hints of jazz with new works by “powerfully inventive” (LA Times) composer Hitomi Oba and Jazz- and popinfluenced composer Jonathan Richards. HOCKET soloists Sarah Gibson and Thomas Kotcheff add another unique twist with two original compositions inspired by #What2022SoundsLike.

We̓re playing every create week and it feels extraordinary ... we̓re able to make music together again, and I feel very proud your to be able to continue to perform. – Noah Geller , David & Amy Fulton Concertmaster own

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THURSDAY, MARCH 3, AT 7:30PM SATURDAY, MARCH 5, AT 8PM Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade

Dalia Stasevska conductor Pierre-Laurent Aimard piano ADOLPHUS HAILSTORK Epitaph for a Man Who Dreamed BARTÓK Piano Concerto No. 2 RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade Finnish conductor Dalia Stasevska makes her debut with the Seattle Symphony in a riveting program featuring Bartók’s Second Piano Concerto and Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade. The concert begins with Adolphus Hailstork’s piece Epitaph for a Man Who Dreamed, which commemorates the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

FRIDAY, MARCH 11, AT 8PM SATURDAY, MARCH 12, AT 8PM From Vivaldi to Corelli

BAROQUE & WINE SERIES Elisa Citterio conductor & violin Susan Gulkis Assadi viola SAMMARTINI Concerto grosso in A major J.S. BACH Viola Concerto VIVALDI Concerto in D minor, “Madrigalesco” J.S. BACH Concerto for Three Violins LOCATELLI Sinfonia funebre CORELLI Concerto grosso, Op. 6, No. 4 The string section takes the lead as Seattle Symphony PONCHO Principal Viola Susan Gulkis Assadi steps into the spotlight alongside guest violinist and conductor Elisa Citterio. Hear the virtuosic players of the Symphony in unmatched clarity and detail.

Susan Gulkis Assadi’s position is generously underwritten as the PONCHO Principal Viola. THURSDAY, MARCH 17, AT 7:30PM SATURDAY, MARCH 19, AT 8PM Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5

Joshua Weilerstein conductor James Ehnes violin STILL Poem for Orchestra KORNGOLD Violin Concerto TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5 Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony triumphs over fate, a journey through troubles into joy and ecstasy — and some of the greatest melodies ever given to us. Korngold’s lush Violin Concerto prefigures the Hollywood sound with high romance and gorgeous melodies — played for us by the masterful James Ehnes. And to begin the program, William Grant Still’s Poem takes us from darkness into light.

James Ehnes’ performances are generously underwritten by Patricia Tall-Takacs and Gary Takacs.

FRIDAY, MARCH 18, AT 8PM Ragamala: A Journey into Hindustani Music

| SERIES Kala Ramnath Indian violin

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Seattle Symphony’s Composer in Residence Reena Esmail curates an unmissable evening with virtuoso Indian violinist Kala Ramnath. Ragamala means ‘garland of raags’, where melody and modes are strung together in intriguing combinations. Inspired improvisation blends with new composition, as featured artists are joined by members of the Seattle Symphony in the Octave 9 surrounds.

Octave 9: Emerging Artists is supported by the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation.