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SEPTEMBER 13

XIAN CONDUCTS

Grieg Piano Concerto

OPENING NIGHT CONCERT

Xian Zhang conductor

Simon Trpčeski piano  Seattle Symphony

JESSIE MONTGOMERY Hymn for Everyone

GRIEG Piano Concerto

VERDI Overture to La Forza del Destino

SMETANA Šárka from Má vlast WAGNER Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

Simon Trpčeski’s performance is generously sponsored by Paul Leach and Susan Winokur.

SEPTEMBER 18 & 20

XIAN CONDUCTS PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION

Xian Zhang conductor

Sphinx Soloists

Rubén Rengel violin

Melissa White violin

Celia Hatton viola

Gabriel Cabezas cello Seattle Symphony

MICHAEL ABELS Delights and Dances KODÁLY Dances of Galánta MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel)

Sphinx Soloists Rubén Rengel, Melissa White, Celia Hatton and Gabriel Cabezas’s performances are generously sponsored by Judith Fong and Mark Wheeler.

Performances of Xian Conducts Pictures at An Exhibition are generously sponsored by Lyn and Jerry Grinstein.

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OCTOBER 2, 4 & 5

XIAN CONDUCTS RACHMANINOV

Xian Zhang conductor

Alexander Malofeev piano

Seattle Symphony

MELISSA DOUGLAS Awaken

RACHMANINOV Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

RACHMANINOV Symphony No. 2

Alexander Malofeev’s performances are generously sponsored by Heidi Charleson and Lou Woodworth*.

Performances of Xian Conducts Rachmaninov are generously sponsored by Yuka Shimizu.

OCTOBER 10–12

WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY PRESENTS BUGS BUNNY AT THE SYMPHONY

SEATTLE POPS SERIES

George Daugherty conductor

Seattle Symphony

Celebrate Bugs Bunny’s 85th anniversary with us! Enjoy classic Looney Tunes projected onto the big screen as their iconic scores are played live by the Seattle Symphony.

Created by George Daugherty & David Ka Lik Wong.

LOONEY TUNES and all related characters and elements © & TM Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (s25)

George Daugherty’s performances are generously sponsored by Susan Y. Buske.

OCTOBER 16 & 18

HANDEL MUSIC FOR THE ROYAL FIREWORKS

Ivars Taurins conductor

Joseph Adam organ

Seattle Symphony

HANDEL Organ Concerto, Op. 7, No. 4

TELEMANN Wassermusik

HASSE Sinfonia in G minor

HANDEL Music for the Royal Fireworks

The Seattle Symphony’s organ programming is generously supported by the Fluke | Gabelein Organ Endowment.

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OCTOBER 23 & 25

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS A SEA SYMPHONY

Gemma New conductor

Gabriel Cabezas cello

Wendy Bryn Harmer soprano

Jarrett Ott baritone

Seattle Symphony Chorale

Seattle Symphony

GABRIELLA SMITH Lost Coast

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS A Sea Symphony

Gabriel Cabezas’ performances are generously sponsored by the James D. and Sherry Raisbeck Foundation.

NOVEMBER 6–8

TCHAIKOVSKY VIOLIN CONCERTO

Sunny Xia conductor

Simone Lamsma violin

Seattle Symphony

HOLMÈS La nuit et l’amour

TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto

DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 8

Sunny Xia’s position is generously underwritten as the Douglas F. King Associate Conductor.

NOVEMBER 11

PIANIST PIERRE-LAURENT AIMARD IN RECITAL

Celebrated pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard returns to Benaroya Hall to perform the latter half of J.S. Bach’s famed work, The Well-Tempered Clavier, showcasing the full harmonic spectrum of the keyboard.

NOVEMBER 13, 15 & 16

BEETHOVEN

& BRUCKNER

David Danzmayr conductor

Yulianna Avdeeva piano

Seattle Symphony

BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3

BRUCKNER Symphony No. 4

The Kanneh-Masons

NOVEMBER 20 & 22

MACKEY SAXOPHONE CONCERTO

Lawrence Renes conductor

Timothy McAllister saxophone

David Gordon trumpet

Stefan Farkas English horn

Seattle Symphony

COPLAND Quiet City

STEVEN MACKEY Anemology: Concerto For Saxophone and Orchestra (Seattle Symphony Co-commission)

JOHN ADAMS Harmonielehre

David Gordon’s position is generously underwritten as the Boeing Company Principal Trumpet.

Performances of Steven Mackey’s Anemology: Concerto for Saxophone are generously underwritten by the Richard E. Lang and Jane Lang Davis Living Music Program.

JANUARY 2

MORGAN FREEMAN’S

SYMPHONIC BLUES

EXPERIENCE

IN CONCERT WITH THE SEATTLE SYMPHONY

Martin Gellner conductor

Morgan Freeman narrator

Seattle Symphony

Morgan Freeman himself lands at Benaroya Hall to host this immersive production, which fuses the soulful sounds of Mississippi Delta blues with the grandeur of a symphony orchestra.

Limited availability.

JANUARY 8 & 10

BERNSTEIN & RACHMANINOV

Alevtina Ioffe conductor

Vadim Gluzman violin

Seattle Symphony

BARBER Intermezzo from Vanessa

BERNSTEIN Serenade (after Plato’s Symposium)

RACHMANINOV Symphony No. 3

JANUARY 29, 31 & FEBRUARY 1

THE KANNEH-MASONS PLAY BEETHOVEN TRIPLE CONCERTO

Kahchun Wong conductor

Isata Kanneh-Mason piano

Braimah Kanneh-Mason violin

Sheku Kanneh-Mason cello

Seattle Symphony

ARNOLD Peterloo Overture

BEETHOVEN Triple Concerto

BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra

JANUARY 30

AN EVENING WITH NICOLA BENEDETTI IN RECITAL

Nicola Benedetti violin

Plínio Fernandes guitar

Hanzhi Wang accordion

Adrian Daurov cello

Sought-after violinist Nicola Benedetti presents an intimate recital program for her debut appearance at Benaroya Hall.

FEBRUARY 12, 14 & 15

XIAN CONDUCTS IRIS UNVEILED

Xian Zhang conductor

Meng Meng Peking opera singer

Mei Gui Zhang soprano

Tess Altiveros soprano

Yang Jin (杨瑾) pipa

Chang Jing zheng

Cathy Yang erhu

Seattle Symphony

QIGANG CHEN Iris Dévoilée (Iris Unveiled)

SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5

FEBRUARY 19–21

Xian Conducts Schumann & Beethoven

Xian Zhang conductor

Jan Vogler cello

Seattle Symphony

NOKUTHULA NGWENYAMA Primal Message

R. SCHUMANN Cello Concerto

BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 4

MARCH 5 & 7

BACH, BUSONI & BRAHMS

Daniele Rustioni conductor

Francesca Dego violin

Seattle Symphony

J.S. BACH Ricercare a 6 (orch. Webern)

BUSONI Violin Concerto

BRAHMS Piano Quartet No. 1 (orch. Schoenberg)

Francesca Dego’s performances are generously sponsored by Stephen Elop and Susan Johannsen.

MARCH 12–14

LISZT & KODÁLY

Kevin John Edusei conductor

Haochen Zhang piano

Seattle Symphony

LISZT Les Préludes

LISZT Piano Concerto No. 1

R. STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks

KODÁLY Háry János Suite

MARCH 19 & 21

STRAVINSKY THE FIREBIRD

Andrew Litton conductor

Janai Brugger soprano

Seattle Symphony Chorale

Seattle Symphony

RAVEL Le Tombeau de Couperin

POULENC Stabat Mater

STRAVINSKY The Firebird Suite (1945)

Music Director
Xian Zhang

APRIL 9 & 11

RACHMANINOV SYMPHONIC DANCES

Peter Oundjian conductor

Svet Stoyanov percussion

Noah Geller violin

Seattle Symphony

JOAN TOWER Suite from Concerto for Orchestra

CHRISTOPHER THEOFANIDIS Double Concerto (Seattle Symphony Co-commission, West Coast Premiere)

RACHMANINOV Symphonic Dances

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

APRIL 16, 18 & 19

MENDELSSOHN A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM

Nicholas McGegan conductor

Tess Altiveros soprano

Sarah Larsen mezzo-soprano

Seattle Symphony Chorale, Upper Voices

Seattle Symphony

MENDELSSOHN The Fair Melusine

MENDELSSOHN Three Motets, Op. 39 (arr. McGegan)

MENDELSSOHN A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Nicholas McGegan’s performances are generously sponsored by Yuka Shimizu.

APRIL 23 & 25

XIAN CONDUCTS SAINT-SAËNS

FEATURING PIANIST DANIIL TRIFONOV

Xian Zhang conductor

Daniil Trifonov piano

Seattle Symphony

FAURÉ Pavane

SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No. 2

FRANCK Symphony in D minor

Daniil Trifonov’s performances are generously sponsored by Patricia Tall-Takacs and Gary Takacs.

Performances of Xian Conducts Saint-Saëns Featuring Daniil Trifonov are generously sponsored by The Nakajima Family.

APRIL 30, MAY 2 & 3

XIAN CONDUCTS MOZART

Xian Zhang conductor

Benjamin Lulich clarinet

Seattle Symphony

ROSSINI Overture to The Italian Girl in Algiers

MOZART Clarinet Concerto

MOZART Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”

MOZART Symphony No. 39

Benjamin Lulich’s position is generously underwritten as the Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. Smith Principal Clarinet.

MAY 28–31

XIAN CONDUCTS GERSHWIN

Xian Zhang conductor

Hélène Grimaud piano

Seattle Symphony

GERSHWIN Piano Concerto in F

GERSHWIN Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture

GERSHWIN An American in Paris

JUNE 11 & 13

XIAN CONDUCTS MAHLER 7

Xian Zhang conductor

Seattle Symphony

MAHLER Symphony No. 7

JUNE 18–21

XIAN CONDUCTS BEETHOVEN 9

Xian Zhang conductor

Alicia Olatuja mezzo-soprano

Steven Mackey electric guitar

Toni Marie Palmertree soprano

Jennifer Johnson Cano mezzo-soprano

Robert Pomakov bass

Seattle Symphony Chorale

Seattle Symphony

STEVEN MACKEY Riot

BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9, “Choral”

Steven Mackey’s performances are generously sponsored by the James D. and Sherry Raisbeck Foundation.

Performances of Xian Conducts Beethoven 9 are generously sponsored by the Nesholm Family Foundation.

Peking opera singer Meng Meng

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