21/22 Masterworks Season Brochure

THOMAS DAUSGAARD, MUSIC DIRECTOR

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Dear Music Lover, This is it. Our chance to be together again after being apart for so long. To share in the creation of live music. To make a new beginning. I am thrilled to present our 2021/2022 Masterworks Series, the return of live, in-person performances to Benaroya Hall.

And I know you will feel the same thrill when taking your seat in person before the magnificent Seattle Symphony.

Our plans are bold: the unmissable sound of the full orchestra will be heard from the very first concert. Our programs include music familiar and unknown, revered and brand new. Gathering together means throwing our doors wide open. Mahler said that a symphony must be like the whole world, containing everything — we take this saying literally!

What will you hear and feel? The joys and sorrows of our human experience in Mahler, Verdi and Brahms; the glories of nature in Sibelius and Messiaen; the many stories of our diverse history in George Walker, Angélica Negrón, Kishi Bashi and other outstanding composers. On the Benaroya Hall stage, a yearlong reunion of the very finest musicians — your own orchestra reaching new heights with our phenomenal artistic friends from around the world.

Only in the concert hall can you feel music unfold before you and be a part of it. That feeling awaits you in our season. We can’t wait to share it. I hope to see you there because — This Is It!

Thomas Dausgaard Harriet Overton Stimson Music Director

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Opening Night SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18

Opening Night Celebration Thomas Dausgaard conductor REENA ESMAIL RE | Member (Seattle Symphony Co-commission & World Premiere) STRAVINSKY The Firebird Suite (1919 version) Raise a glass to the return of live music and the launch of a new season with a unique and elevated opening night experience! Journey through Benaroya Hall with a front row seat to small, specially curated performances, all leading toward the main event on the S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium stage.

Music Director Thomas Dausgaard leads the orchestra in a dazzling world premiere by Composer in Residence Reena Esmail, paired perfectly with Stravinsky’s dramatic and immensely popular Firebird Suite.

This black-tie event celebrates the Seattle Symphony’s commitment to arts and culture in our community and directly supports the Symphony’s artistic, educational and community programming. Tickets currently available for Gala only.

For more information, or to reserve your Opening Night Celebration experience, call 206.215.4728.

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

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“The joy I feel about all of us being back together in Benaroya Hall for a new season is indescribable.

I can̓ t wait!”

master Works series – Krishna Thiagarajan,

Seattle Symphony President & CEO Leslie Jackson Chihuly Chair

“The start of a season is like the first day of school in its excitement and anticipation.”

– Kathleen Boyer,

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Assistant Principal Second Violin

Music takes us on unforgettable journeys.

Virtuostic soloists and sublime moments. From all-time favorites to contemporary classics, this year’s Masterworks Series will take you on a musical adventure of unforgettable music at Benaroya Hall.

Music can take us to deep places inside, beyond the many words and numbers we hear … its resonance within us can be healing.

– Thomas Dausgaard, Harriet Overton Stimson Music Director

Masterworks PACKAGES KEY On the following pages you’ll find listings of our Masterworks Series offerings — in packages of 21, 13, 8 or 7 concerts.

The key below indicates which package each concert is a part of.

21A

13A

7A

7C

7E

THURSDAYS AT 7:30PM

21B

13B

7B

7D

7F

SATURDAYS AT 8PM

8G SUNDAYS AT 2PM

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– Christine,

Patricia Kopatchinskaja

lifelong music lover

SEPTEMBER 23, 25 & 26

OCTOBER 14 & 16

R. Schumann Symphony No. 3

Dausgaard Conducts Stravinsky

21A/B

7A/B

8G

21A/B

13A/B

7C/D

David Robertson conductor

Thomas Dausgaard conductor

NATHALIE DIETTERICH aeolian dust IVES Three Places in New England R. SCHUMANN Symphony No. 3, "Rhenish"

RAVEL Le tombeau de Couperin BRETT DEAN Carlo STRAVINSKY Pulcinella Suite

In an intriguing triptych of composers exploring space and place, Nathalie Dietterich's aeolian dust hovers in the atmosphere, coalesces and then dissipates. Three places dear to Charles Ives are captured in music at turns haunting, rousing and heartfelt. And Robert Schumann lays out a truly majestic portrayal of life on the Rhine in his Third Symphony.

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.

OCTOBER 7 & 9

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

Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances 21A/B

13A/B

7E/F

Thomas Dausgaard conductor Patricia Kopatchinskaja violin ROSSINI Semiramide Overture FRANCISCO COLL Violin Concerto (Seattle Symphony Co-commission & U.S. Premiere) RACHMANINOV Symphonic Dances Music Director Thomas Dausgaard and the Seattle Symphony shine in Rachmaninov’s Symphonic Dances, evoking church bells and Russian Orthodox chants — the composer reminiscing about his homeland. Francisco Coll composed his Violin Concerto as a portrait of its charismatic soloist, the fabulous Patricia Kopatchinskaja.

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

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NOVEMBER 4, 6 & 7

Ray Chen Plays Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto 21A/B

7A/B

8G

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. Brimming with irresistible melodies, the concerto dazzles from its gorgeous opening to its pyrotechnic finale.

Shostakovich’s 11th Symphony marks the events of the brutally crushed 1905 Russian Revolution — protest and defiance against oppression rendered in thrilling music.

Ray Chen

Hannah Lash

NOVEMBER 11 & 13

DECEMBER 2 & 4

Dausgaard Conducts Brahms

Barber Symphony No. 1

21A/B

13A/B

7C/D

Thomas Dausgaard conductor Nick Hodges piano Seattle Symphony Chorale 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 emotions 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.

NOVEMBER 18 & 20

Beach Gaelic Symphony 21A/B

13A/B

7E/F

Thomas Dausgaard conductor Hannah Lash harp Valerie Muzzolini harp 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. Music Director Thomas Dausgaard conducts this powerhouse program including a rare double harp concerto by American composer Hannah Lash.

21A/B

13A/B

7C/D

Peter Oundjian conductor Hélène Grimaud piano Stephen Newby narrator PRICE Andante cantabile from String Quartet No. 2 RAVEL Piano Concerto in G JOEL THOMPSON New Work (Seattle Symphony Co-commission) BARBER Symphony No. 1 Uniquely pioneering sound worlds of Florence Price and Samuel Barber frame a brand new work by firebrand composer Joel Thompson. Ravel looked to the fresh rhythms of jazz to create his Piano Concerto, a joyful showcase for stunning pianist Hélène Grimaud.

JANUARY 6 & 8

The Music of John Adams 21A/B

13A/B

7E/F

John Adams conductor Jeremy Denk piano Timothy McAllister saxophone JOHN ADAMS Short Ride in a Fast Machine JOHN ADAMS Must the Devil Have All the Good Tunes?

JOHN ADAMS City Noir 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.

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

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Avi Avital

No matter how busy life gets — and my life gets crazy busy — I always make time for beautiful performances of amazing music with the Symphony.

– Arlene, donor JANUARY 13, 15 & 16

Avi Avital The Four Seasons 21A/B

7A/B

8G

Avi Avital conductor & mandolin Nuria Rial soprano

Isabelle Faust

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.

JANUARY 27 & 29

EO9066 21A/B Russell Thomas

13A/B

7C/D

Thomas Dausgaard conductor Kishi Bashi violin Program to include: KISHI BASHI Improvisations on EO9066 We mark the 80th anniversary of Executive Order 9066, which saw the internment 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 is joined by Seattle-born composer/multi-instrumentalist Kishi Bashi in a heartrending exploration of their story.

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

Francesco Piemontesi

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master works FEBRUARY 3 & 5

MARCH 3 & 5

Dausgaard Sibelius Symphony No. 1

Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade

21A/B

7A/B

21A/B

7E/F

Thomas Dausgaard conductor Garrick Ohlsson piano

Dalia Stasevska conductor Pierre-Laurent Aimard piano

ELLEN REID New Work (Seattle Symphony Commission & World Premiere) STENHAMMAR Piano Concerto No. 2 SIBELIUS Symphony No. 1

ADOLPHUS HAILSTORK Epitaph for a Man Who Dreamed BARTÓK Piano Concerto No. 2 RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade

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.

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.

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

MARCH 17 & 19

FEBRUARY 10, 12 & 13

Songs of the Earth 21A/B

13A/B

7C/D

8G

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.

Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 21A/B

7A/B

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.

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

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master works We̓ re playing every week and it feels extraordinary ... we̓ re able to make music together again, and I feel very proud to be able to continue to perform.

– Noah Geller ,

David & Amy Fulton Concertmaster

MARCH 31, APRIL 2 & 3

APRIL 21, 23 & 24

Mahler Sixth Symphony

The Miraculous Mandarin

21A/B

13A/B

7E/F

8G

21A/B

13A/B

7E/F

8G

Thomas Dausgaard conductor Francesco Piemontesi piano

Roderick Cox conductor Noah Geller violin

R. STRAUSS Burleske MAHLER Symphony No. 6

GLAZUNOV Violin Concerto BARTÓK The Miraculous Mandarin Suite

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, three hammer-blows of fate fell the hero “like the stroke of an ax.”

A conductor who is “paving the way” (NBC News) and a “trailblazer” (Minnesota Star Tribune), Roderick Cox returns to the Seattle Symphony. He’s joined onstage by Concertmaster Noah Geller for Glazunov’s Violin Concerto, followed by Bartók’s lurid Miraculous Mandarin.

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

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

APRIL 28 & 30 APRIL 7 & 9

Dausgaard Sibelius Symphony No. 2 21A/B

13A/B

7C/D

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.

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Stravinsky & Brahms 21A/B

13A/B

7C/D

Nathalie Stutzmann conductor Julia Bullock soprano Andrew Foster Williams bass-baritone Seattle Symphony Chorale STRAVINSKY Funeral Song BRAHMS German Requiem 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.

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JUNE 2 & 4

Morlot Conducts Messiaen 21A/B

7A/B

Ludovic Morlot conductor Steven Osborne piano Deborah O’Grady video artist MESSIAEN Des Canyons aux Étoiles (“From the Canyons to the Stars”) Messiaen’s Des Canyons aux Étoilles (“From the Canyons to the Stars”) takes inspiration from the rock spires, birdsong and night sky of Utah’s national parks. With Conductor Emeritus Ludovic Morlot on the podium, the Seattle Symphony presents Messiaen’s starry-eyed journey through nature and the divine.

Roderick Cox

Ludovic Morlot’s position is generously underwritten as the Judith Fong Conductor Emeritus.

JUNE 9, 11 & 12

Wayne Marshall Plays & Conducts Gershwin 21A/B

13A/B

7E/F

8G

Wayne Marshall conductor & piano GERSHWIN Concerto in F GERSHWIN Second Rhapsody for Piano & Orchestra GERSHWIN An American in Paris

Steven Osborne

Nothing encapsulates the high-class fashions and devil-may-care attitudes of the Jazz Age like George Gershwin’s music for the concert hall. Conducting these virtuoso showpieces from the piano, Wayne Marshall leads the orchestra through Gershwin’s affectionate, jazz-filled postcard from 1920s Paris.

JUNE 16, 18 & 19

Verdi Requiem 21A/B

7A/B

8G

Thomas Dausgaard conductor Dinara Alieva soprano Ruxandra Donose mezzo-soprano Bruce Sledge tenor Dashon Burton bass-baritone Seattle Symphony Chorale

Wayne Marshall

BERIO Requies 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.

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Seattle Symphony embarks on an exciting two-year Sibelius Cycle that highlights this Nordic composer.

Thomas Dausgaard

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Untuxed Fridays at 7pm 3-concert series Music Director Thomas Dausgaard brings his Nordic roots and unique insights to the music of the great Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. This two-year Sibelius Cycle will explore all seven of Sibelius’ symphonies over two seasons, plus the rarely performed, original version of his Violin Concerto; each symphony will be paired with exciting Seattle Symphony commissions and world premieres by contemporary composers.

Come as you are and enjoy the best of classical music, with engaging insights from Music Director Thomas Dausgaard.

These short, no-intermission concerts are the perfect kick-off to your weekend.

NOVEMBER 12

Brahms Untuxed Thomas Dausgaard conductor

Sibelius drew his inspiration from Finland’s enchanting natural wonders that mirror our own Pacific Northwest: glacial lakes, evergreen forests, sea breezes, migrating birds, long summer days and dark, sunstarved winters. This deep love of nature, with its ethereal beauty and creative inspiration, translates to the stage through Dausgaard’s own passion and reverence for the natural world that surrounds us.

Take a journey through Dausgaard’s Sibelius Cycle.

Read More on pages 11, 12 & 15.

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.

FEBRUARY 4

Sibelius One Untuxed 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.

APRIL 8

Sibelius Two Untuxed Thomas Dausgaard conductor ANGÉLICA NEGRÓN New Work (Seattle Symphony Commission & World Premiere) SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2 Music Director Thomas Dausgaard expertly shapes the Second Symphony’s arching melodies and majestic lines alongside a bold work by composer Angélica Negrón.

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

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