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O P E N IN G NI GHT W IT H L A NG LANG C O NC E RT & GAL A Ludovic Morlot, conductor / Lang Lang, piano / Seattle Symphony Chorale Don’t miss the excitement of the first concert of the season with star pianist Lang Lang, the Seattle Symphony Chorale and the Seattle Symphony under the direction of Ludovic Morlot. The program includes Borodin’s famous Polovtsian Dances and folk-inspired dances by Brahms, Dvorˇák and others — plus Prokofiev’s dazzling Third Piano Concerto. To reserve a Gala package, please call 206.215.4756 to be part of the glamour and glitter of private pre-concert receptions and a post-concert Gala dinner! Lang Lang's performance generously underwritten by Judith A. Fong.
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B EETH OV EN’ S N I N T H Carlos Kalmar, conductor Nathalie Paulin, soprano Angela Niederloh, mezzo–soprano Brendan Tuohy, tenor Charles Robert Stephens, bass Seattle Symphony Chorale BRAHMS: Variations on a Theme by Haydn BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9, “Choral”
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RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Suite from The Snow Maiden ALEXANDER RASKATOV: Piano Concerto TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 6, “Pathétique“
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H A NDE L & VI VALD I Tania Miller, conductor / Zartouhi Dombourian-Eby, piccolo HANDEL: Entrance of the Queen of Sheba GEMINIANI: Concerto grosso in D minor No. 5, “La folia” C.P.E. BACH: Symphony in G major, W 182/1 VIVALDI: Piccolo Concerto in C major, RV 443 CORELLI: Concerto grosso No. 1 in D major HANDEL: Water Music Suite No. 1
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BAC H ’S CO F F EEHOU S E Jeannette Sorrell, conductor & harpsichord / Mark Robbins, French horn Demarre McGill, flute / Elisa Barston, violin / Cordula Merks, violin J.S. BACH: Orchestral Suite No. 2 TELEMANN: Horn Concerto in D major VIVALDI: Concerto for Two Violins in A minor, Op. 3, No. 8 J.S. BACH: “Brandenburg” Concerto No. 5 VIVALDI / arr. SORRELL: La folia, “Madness”
“There is nothing like it in all music,” Leonard Bernstein famously said of J.S. Bach’s St. Matthew Passion. Written in 1729 to celebrate Good Friday, Bach’s beloved masterwork remains a pillar of sacred music nearly 300 years after its first performance.
F E B RUARY 2 1 OR FEBRUARY 22
Bach’s St. Matthew Passion is presented in partnership with Pacific MusicWorks, who will also present Bach’s intensely dramatic St. John Passion. Led by Pacific MusicWorks Music Director Stephen Stubbs and drawing on the same soloists as the St. Matthew Passion performances, this concert is presented in the intimate Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall.
ST. M ATTHEW PASSI O N
MARCH 1 & 2 | J.S. Bach: St. John Passion
Zimmermann's Coffeehouse in Leipzig was the scene of lively performances by J.S. Bach and his student orchestra. Bach performed not only his own pieces, but also those of his admired colleagues, Telemann and Vivaldi.
Ludovic Morlot, conductor / Thomas Cooley, tenor (Evangelist) / Dorothee Mields, soprano / Shannon Mercer, soprano / Terry Wey, countertenor / Laura Pudwell, mezzo–soprano / Aaron Sheehan, tenor / Charles Daniels, tenor / Tyler Duncan, baritone / Matthew Brook, bass-baritone / Northwest Boychoir / Seattle Symphony Chorale
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A NDR ÁS SCHIFF András Schiff, piano J.S. BACH: “Goldberg” Variations The New York Observer called Schiff “the foremost proponent of Bach’s keyboard music on the modern piano since Glenn Gould.”
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J OS H UA B ELL <<< Joshua Bell, violin Violin icon Joshua Bell, called “one of the finest musicians of his generation” by The Washington Post, performs in recital.
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J OH N LI LL John Lill, piano Pianist John Lill returns to Benaroya Hall for a one-night-only recital featuring pieces by Mozart, Schumann, Brahms and Prokofiev, plus Beethoven’s “Appassionata” Sonata.
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