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THOMAS DAUSGAARD, MUSIC DIRECTOR

SEPTEMBER 7–14, 2019

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SEPTEMBER 7–14, 2019

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, at 7:30PM FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, at 12 NOON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, at 8PM

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, at 7:30PM SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, at 8PM SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, at 2PM

Mahler Symphony No. 1

Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition

Thomas Dausgaard conductor Yefim Bronfman piano Lotta Wennäkoski Flounce Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 Mahler Symphony No. 1 In his opening concert of the Masterworks Season, Music Director Thomas Dausgaard sets an exhilarating course with Mahler’s universal First Symphony. Plus, Yefim Bronfman explores the full dynamic range of Brahms’ Second Piano Concerto.

Yefim Bronfman’s performances are generously underwritten by Mel and Leena Sturman.

Marc Albrecht conductor Daniel Müller-Schott cello Wagner Overture and Venusberg Music from Tannhäuser Dvořák Cello Concerto Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition Stroll with Mussorgsky on a vivid tour through Pictures at an Exhibition, rendered in fantastic detail by Ravel’s orchestration. Dvořák’s concerto produces one of the cello’s most beautiful and emotive showpieces.

Daniel Müller-Schott’s performances are generously underwritten by the William O. and K. Carole Ellison Foundation.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, at 7:30PM

Anne Sofie von Otter & Kristian Bezuidenhout Anne Sofie von Otter mezzo-soprano Kristian Bezuidenhout piano Acclaimed mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter and pianist Kristian Bezuidenhout trace the evolution of the German and Swedish art song traditions, performing works by Mozart, Schubert, Lindblad and Berwald.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, at 8PM SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, at 8PM SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6, at 2PM

Warner Bros. Studios presents Bugs Bunny at the Symphony 30th Anniversary Edition George Daugherty conductor Bugs Bunny at the Symphony celebrates the world’s most beloved Looney Tunes and their legendary stars projected on the big screen — Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd, Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner — while the original Looney Tunes scores are played live by the Seattle Symphony.

Looney Tunes and all related characters and elements are trademarks of and © Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (s18)

DANIEL MÜLLER-SCHOTT

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augustin Hadelich

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, at 7:30PM SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, at 8PM

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, at 7:30PM SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, at 8PM

Mozart Jupiter Symphony

Schumann Piano Concerto

Thomas Dausgaard conductor Claire Chase flute

Cristian Măcelaru conductor Beatrice Rana piano

J.S. Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 Olga Neuwirth Aello-ballet mécanomorphe (U.S. Premiere) Mozart Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter”

Anna Clyne Within Her Arms Schumann Piano Concerto Mendelssohn Symphony No. 3, “Scottish”

Mozart’s grand “Jupiter” Symphony is carried by an almost explosive creativity, a melting pot of inspiration influenced by the great master Bach.

Claire Chase’s performances are generously underwritten by Dale and Leslie Chihuly.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, at 7:30PM SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, at 8PM SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20, at 2PM

Mozart Requiem Masaaki Suzuki conductor Noah Geller violin Joanne Lunn soprano Roxana Constantinescu mezzo-soprano Lawrence Wiliford tenor Morgan Smith baritone Seattle Symphony Chorale Takemitsu Requiem for String Orchestra Hartmann Concerto funèbre Mozart Requiem The requiem that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart left unfinished on his deathbed, voiced here in heavenly counterpoint by the Seattle Symphony Chorale, imparts beauty and consolation in the face of tragedy.

Noah Geller’s performances are generously underwritten by Sue and Robert Collett.

Masaaki Suzuki’s performances are generously underwritten by the Atsuhiko and Ina Goodwin Tateuchi Foundation.

Mozart Requiem is generously underwritten by Dana and Ned Laird.

Schumann’s Piano Concerto channels the boundless love and inspiration that flowered in his marriage to a world-class pianist.

Beatrice Rana’s performances are generously underwritten by Stephen Whyte and Rebecca Ralston.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, at 7:30PM SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, at 8PM

Augustin Hadelich Brahms Violin Concerto Nathalie Stutzmann conductor Augustin Hadelich violin Berlioz Three fragments from La damnation de Faust Brahms Violin Concerto Brahms Symphony No. 2 Augustin Hadelich and the Seattle Symphony are a match made in heaven. Having already won a Grammy Award together, they reunite for Brahms’ Violin Concerto.

Augustin Hadelich’s performances are generously underwritten by Betty Graham.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, at 7:30PM FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, at 12 NOON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16, at 8PM

Rachmaninov Symphony No. 2 James Feddeck conductor Efe Baltacıgil cello Britten Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes Angelique Poteat Cello Concerto (World Premiere) Rachmaninov Symphony No. 2 Crippling self-doubt and scars from scathing reviews almost silenced Rachmaninov as a composer, but he fought his way back to create his rapturous Second Symphony, a work saturated with heart-wrenching beauty.

Efe Baltacıgil’s performances are generously sponsored by Jon and Pat Rosen.

The commission of Angelique Poteat’s Cello Concerto is generously underwritten

by The Lynn and Brian Grant Family.

Additional support is provided by Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation.

beatrice rana

Music-making with the Seattle Symphony is a supreme joy. I love Seattle and I can’t wait to get started.” Thomas Dausgaard

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, at 7:30PM SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, at 8PM

Stravinsky The Rite of Spring

THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, at 7:30PM SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, at 8PM SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, at 2PM

Thomas Dausgaard conductor

Thomas Zehetmair Beethoven Violin Concerto

Scriabin The Poem of Ecstasy Stravinsky The Rite of Spring

Thomas Zehetmair conductor & violin

With howling harmonies, gut-punching rhythms and a prehistoric plot that builds to the pagan sacrifice of a virgin dancing herself to death, it’s no wonder that Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring set off a riot at its first performance.

Thomas Dausgaard’s performances are generously underwritten

by Grant and Dorrit Saviers.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, at 8PM SUNDAY, DECEMBER 29, at 2PM FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, at 8PM SATURDAY, JANUARY 4, at 8PM SUNDAY, JANUARY 5, at 2PM

The Four Seasons

Beethoven Violin Concerto Mozart Minuet in C major, K. 409 Mozart Symphony No. 38, “Prague” Beethoven’s Violin Concerto ushers us into that rare space where every gesture is essential and meaningful, from the anticipatory taps on the timpani to the ascendant arpeggios of the finale.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, at 7:30PM SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, at 8PM

Shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 1

Lee Mills conductor Elisa Barston violin

Thomas Dausgaard conductor Patricia Kopatchinskaja violin

Piazzolla The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires Vivaldi The Four Seasons

Grieg Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 Shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 1 Nielsen Symphony No. 1

Vivaldi’s lyrical masterpiece sings with color and beauty. Paired with the tango-inspired work The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires by famed Argentinian composer Astor Piazzolla, this dazzling evening will take you from the most celebrated of Italian Baroque composers to the passionate rhythms of Argentina.

Elisa Barston’s performances are generously underwritten by Mika Nakamura and Gary Wood.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, at 7:30PM FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, at 12 NOON SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, at 8PM

Beethoven Emperor Concerto Maxim Emelyanychev conductor Jean-Efflam Bavouzet piano Elena Langer Figaro Gets a Divorce Suite (World Premiere) Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5, “Emperor” Mendelssohn Symphony No. 4, “Italian” Beethoven’s Fifth Piano Concerto, his last and largest, earns its “Emperor” nickname with majestic keyboard flourishes and sumptuous orchestral surroundings.

Jean-Efflam Bavouzet’s performances are generously underwritten by James and Sherry Raisbeck.

Shostakovich’s First Violin Concerto offers an unguarded view into a tormented composer’s deeply felt reserves of emotion.

Thomas Dausgaard’s performances are generously underwritten by Charles and Maria Schweizer.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, at 7:30PM SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, at 8PM

Dvořák Symphony No. 8 Thomas Dausgaard conductor Gidon Kremer violin Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture Weinberg Violin Concerto Dvořák Symphony No. 8 Violinist Gidon Kremer finds “a source of an unlimited inspiration” in Mieczysław Weinberg.

The progress of an outsider working a century earlier is echoed in Antonín Dvořák, who indulged in glorious sounds of nature and Czech country life in his Eighth Symphony.

Thomas Dausgaard’s performances are generously underwritten by Ilene and Elwood Hertzog.

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, at 8PM SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, at 8PM SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 16, at 2PM

The Best of Quincy Jones Jules Buckley conductor Sheléa vocals Jonah Nilsson vocals From his film scores and his bold orchestrations to his popular hits with Michael Jackson, Seattle’s own Quincy Jones is a legend. The Seattle Symphony pays tribute in a program celebrating his creative magic.

Saturday performance sponsored by Microsoft & Holland America Line.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, at 7:30PM FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, at 12 NOON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 29, at 8PM

Mozart Concerto for Two Pianos Ryan Wigglesworth conductor & piano Marc-André Hamelin piano Mozart Fugue in C minor for Two Pianos Mozart Concerto for Two Pianos in E-flat major Ryan Wigglesworth Piano Concerto (U.S. Premiere) Haydn Symphony No. 103, “Drumroll” Composer, conductor and pianist Ryan Wigglesworth joins fellow pianist Marc-André Hamelin for a four-handed fugue and a romp through the showpiece that Mozart played with his equally gifted sister. Wigglesworth also presents the first American performance of his Piano Concerto.

THURSDAY, MARCH 12, at 7:30PM SATURDAY, MARCH 14, at 8PM

Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 Eun Sun Kim conductor Elisa Barston violin Prokofiev Classical Symphony Price Violin Concerto No. 2 Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 Florence Price’s Second Violin Concerto is startingly fresh, weaving influences from African American spirituals into the tapestry of the orchestra. Tchaikovsky’s beloved Fifth shows his daring attempt to follow in the footsteps of Mozart and Beethoven.

Performances of Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 are generously underwritten by an anonymous donor.

THURSDAY, MARCH 19, at 7:30PM SATURDAY, MARCH 21, at 8PM

Thomas Dausgaard Salome Thomas Dausgaard conductor Gun-Brit Barkmin soprano (Salome) Michaela Martens mezzo-soprano (Herodias) Peter Bronder tenor (Herodes) R. Strauss Don Juan R. Strauss Death and Transfiguration R. Strauss Salome Part II With a hair-raising plot adapted from Oscar Wilde’s scandalous play and explosive music crafted by the king of orchestral storytelling, Richard Strauss, Salome Part II condenses all the thrills of grand opera into one act of edge-of-your- seat intensity.

Salome is generously underwritten by the Nesholm Family Foundation.

Peter Bronder and Ross Hauck’s performances are supported by the Melvyn Poll Tenor Fund.

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wayne Marshall

THURSDAY, APRIL 2, at 7:30PM SATURDAY, APRIL 4, at 8PM SUNDAY, APRIL 5, at 2PM

Wayne Marshall Plays & Conducts Gershwin Wayne Marshall conductor & piano Gershwin Concerto in F Gershwin Second Rhapsody Gershwin An American in Paris Nothing encapsulates the high-class fashions and devil-may-care attitudes of the Jazz Age like George Gershwin’s music for the concert hall. Wayne Marshall leads the orchestra through Gershwin’s affectionate, jazz-filled postcard from 1920s Paris.

Saturday performance sponsored by Microsoft.

THURSDAY, APRIL 16, at 7:30PM SATURDAY, APRIL 18, at 8PM SUNDAY, APRIL 19, at 2PM

The Music of John Adams John Adams conductor Jeremy Denk piano

John Adams Short Ride in a Fast Machine John Adams Must the Devil Have All the Good Tunes?

John Adams City Noir John Adams’ Must the Devil Have All the Good Tunes? is a mind-bending concerto featuring pianist Jeremy Denk.

Jeremy Denk’s performances are generously underwritten by Tom McQuaid and Muriel Van Housen.

elisa barston

John Adams

FRIDAY, JUNE 12, at 12 NOON SUNDAY, JUNE 14, at 2PM

Beethoven Festival Symphonies Nos. 2 & 7 Thomas Dausgaard conductor Seth Parker Woods cello Tyshawn Sorey New Work for Cello & Orchestra

(World Premiere) Beethoven Symphony No. 2 Beethoven Symphony No. 7 Prepare to be dazzled by the Second Symphony, a pivotal work that blazed a path to glory for young Beethoven. Then Music Director Thomas Dausgaard leads the orchestra in Beethoven’s exhilarating Symphony No. 7 which celebrates relentless, infectious rhythms.

FRIDAY, JUNE 19, at 8PM SUNDAY, JUNE 21, at 2PM

Beethoven Festival Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5 Thomas Dausgaard conductor Charles Corey New Work

(World Premiere) Beethoven Symphony No. 4 Beethoven Symphony No. 5 Shining like a sunbreak on a stormy day, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4 celebrates this great composer. Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony is a wholly different creature, unyielding and full of drive. Plus, the orchestra performs the world premiere of a new work composed by community members from Northwest Center with composer Charles Corey.

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