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IN THIS ISSUESeattle Symphony 2014–2015 Season OCTOBER 2014

ON THE COVER: Nicholas McGegan

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AT LEFT: Natalie Merchant by

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LUDOVIC MORLOT The Harriet Overton Stimson Music Director

Thomas Dausgaard, Principal Guest Conductor

Jeff Tyzik, Principal Pops Conductor

Joseph Crnko, Associate Conductor for Choral Activities

Stilian Kirov, The Douglas F. King Associate Conductor

Wesley Schulz, Conducting Fellow

Gerard Schwarz, The Rebecca & Jack Benaroya Conductor Laureate

SEATTLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ROSTER

FIRST VIOLIN

Alexander VelinzonThe David & Amy Fulton Concertmaster

Emma McGrathThe Clowes Family Associate Concertmaster

Open PositionAssistant Concertmaster

Simon JamesSecond Assistant Concertmaster

Jennifer Bai

Mariel Bailey

Cecilia Poellein Buss

Ayako Gamo

Timothy Garland

Leonid Keylin

Cordula Merks

Mikhail Shmidt

Clark Story

John Weller

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Elisa BarstonPrincipal

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Michael MiropolskyThe John & Carmen Delo

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Kathleen Boyer

Gennady Filimonov

Evan Anderson

Stephen Bryant

Linda Cole

Xiao-po Fei

Sande Gillette

Artur Girsky

Mae Lin

Andrew Yeung

VIOLA

Susan Gulkis AssadiThe PONCHO Principal Viola

Arie SchächterAssistant Principal

Mara Gearman

Timothy Hale

Vincent Comer

Penelope Crane

Wesley Anderson Dyring

Sayaka Kokubo

Rachel Swerdlow

Julie Whitton

CELLO

Efe BaltacıgilPrincipal

Meeka Quan DiLorenzoAssistant Principal

Theresa BenshoofAssistant Principal

Eric Han

Bruce Bailey

Roberta Hansen Downey

Walter Gray

Vivian Gu

Joy Payton-Stevens

David Sabee

BASS

Jordan AndersonThe Mr. & Mrs. Harold H. Heath

Principal String Bass

Joseph KaufmanAssistant Principal

Jonathan Burnstein

Jennifer Godfrey

Travis Gore

Jonathan Green

Nancy Page Griffin

FLUTE

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Judy Washburn Kriewall

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Ben HausmannAssociate Principal

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Stefan Farkas

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Benjamin LulichThe Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. Smith Principal Clarinet

Laura DeLuca

Larey McDaniel

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Paul Rafanelli

Mike Gamburg

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Jeffrey FairThe Charles Simonyi Principal Horn

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David GordonThe Boeing Company Principal Trumpet

James RossAssistant Principal

Geoffrey Bergler

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David Lawrence Ritt

Stephen Fissel

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Michael Clark

Ron Johnson

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DIRECTORS

Claire Angel

Sherry Benaroya

James Bianco

Rosanna Bowles

Paul Brown

Amy Buhrig

Jean Chamberlin

Alexander Clowes

Kathy Fahlman Dewalt

Larry Estrada

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Stephen Whyte

DESIGNEES

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Orchestra Representative

Ryan Douglas

President, WolfGang Advisory Council

Kevin Kralman

President, Seattle Symphony Chorale

Richard Mori

President, Seattle Symphony Volunteers

LIFETIME DIRECTORS

Llewelyn Pritchard

Chair

Richard Albrecht

Susan Armstrong

Robert Ash

William Bain

Bruce Baker

Cynthia Bayley

Alexandra Brookshire

Phyllis Byrdwell

Phyllis Campbell

Mary Ann Champion

Robert Collett

David Davis

Dorothy Fluke

David Fulton

Jean Gardner

Ruth Gerberding

James Gillick

Barbara Goesling

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Pat Holmes

Henry James

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Karla Waterman

Ronald Woodard

Arlene Wright

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Kathleen Wright

Vice President

Marco Abbruzzese

Treasurer

Michael Slonski

Secretary

James Bianco

Brian Grant

Muriel Van Housen

J. Pierre Loebel

Laurel Nesholm

David Tan

Rick White

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LUDOVIC MORLOT SEATTLE SYMPHONY MUSIC DIRECTOR

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French conductor Ludovic Morlot is now in his fourth season as Music Director of the Seattle Symphony.

During the 2014–2015 season he leads the Seattle Symphony in performances of works ranging from Dvorák’s final three symphonies, the Mozart Requiem, Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette and Mahler’s Symphony No. 3, to pieces by Ives, Dutilleux and

Esa-Pekka Salonen, to world premieres by Sebastian Currier, Julian Anderson and Trimpin.

Morlot is also Chief Conductor of La Monnaie, one of Europe’s most prestigious opera houses. This season sees him conduct the world-premiere performance of Pascal Dusapin’s Penthesilea and a new production of Don Giovanni, as well as concert performances of music by Brahms, Dutilleux and Dvorák, Berlioz’s L’enfance du Christ and the complete symphony cycle of Schumann.

Morlot’s orchestral engagements this season include returns to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Los Angeles Philharmonic. He also has a strong connection with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, which he conducts regularly in Boston and Tanglewood, and which he recently led on a West Coast tour. This relationship began when he was the Seiji Ozawa Fellowship Conductor at the Tanglewood Music Center and was subsequently appointed Assistant Conductor to the orchestra and Music Director James Levine (2004–07).

Morlot has also conducted the New York Philharmonic and the symphony orchestras of Cleveland, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. Elsewhere, his engagements have included the Budapest Festival, Czech Philharmonic, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Dresden Staatskapelle, London Philharmonic, Orchestre National de France, Royal Concertgebouw, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin and Tokyo Philharmonic.

Trained as a violinist, Morlot studied conducting in London and was Conductor in Residence with the Orchestre National de Lyon (2002–04). He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music in 2014. He is Chair of Orchestral Conducting Studies at the University of Washington School of Music and lives in Seattle with his wife, Ghizlane, and their two children.


NEW FACES. In addition to Principal Oboe Mary Lynch and Principal Clarinet Benjamin

Lulich, the Seattle Symphony welcomes cellist Joy Payton-Stevens and Assistant Principal

Trumpet James Ross. Also joining the Symphony family this season is Conducting Fellow

Wesley Schulz.

BECOME OCEAN. A recording of John Luther Adams’ Pulitzer Prize–winning Become Ocean,

performed by Ludovic Morlot and the Seattle Symphony, is now available for purchase.

Commissioned and premiered by the Symphony in 2013, the recording is available as a

CD/DVD package with stereo and 5.1 surround recordings. Pick up your copy at Symphonica,

The Symphony Store, today.

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{Welcome to the Seattle Symphony. The 2014–2015 season

is in full swing, and we have so much to look forward to,

both in Benaroya Hall and in the greater Seattle area.

This month we’re reminded of the many ways we

celebrate musical excellence at the Symphony. Esteemed

British conductor Nicholas McGegan leads a Baroque

program with music by Bach, Handel and Telemann,

and virtuoso organist Isabelle Demers performs a recital on the magnificent Watjen

Concert Organ. We welcome popular artist Natalie Merchant back to Benaroya Hall

for a performance of some of her greatest hits with the orchestra, and Principal

Pops Conductor Jeff Tyzik conducts film music by John Williams. We continue with

our third season of the [untitled] series, presenting new and daring music in the

unique space of the Samuel & Althea Stroum Grand Lobby. It is a month to hear fresh

interpretations of old favorites as well as new music that is both bold and unexpected.

As this month’s concert programming reminds us of our commitment to musical

excellence, our string of free concerts in local neighborhoods surely reminds us of our

commitment to the communities that surround and support us. The orchestra gives

four such concerts this month and several more throughout the season. Whether

the Symphony is performing at the Rainier Valley Cultural Center or playing with the

Garfield High School Symphony Orchestra in a Side-by-Side Concert, it is a joy to play

and hear wonderful music outside of Benaroya Hall. It is also a great pleasure to work

alongside young musicians and their music directors. Concerts like these remind us

all — musicians and audience — of the power music has to bring us together. See the

feature on page 12 to learn more about upcoming concerts in your neighborhood.

Finally, a special thank you to those of you who participated in my $150,000

matching challenge at the end of the summer. It was a great success, and your

continued participation and support make possible all the incredible music we

share with our community.

Here’s to a sensational and inspiring season. Enjoy the music!

Sincerely,

Leslie Jackson Chihuly,

Seattle Symphony Board Chair

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NEWS FROM: LESLIE JACKSON CHIHULY, BOARD CHAIR

New FacesThe Seattle Symphony welcomes two new principal musicians this fall: Mary Lynch, oboe, and Benjamin Lulich, clarinet.

Mary Lynch Principal Oboe

Mary Lynch joins the Seattle Symphony from The Cleveland Orchestra, where she held the position of Second Oboe for the past two years. She

has toured internationally with both The Cleveland Orchestra and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Originally from Washington, D.C., Lynch earned her Master of Music at The Juilliard School, where she studied with Elaine Douvas and Nathan Hughes (former Seattle Symphony Principal Oboe), and her Bachelor of Music from the New England Conservatory, where she studied with John Ferrillo. Her awards include The Juilliard School’s William Schuman Prize and the Boston Woodwind Society’s Ralph Gomberg Oboe Award. During recent summers she has performed at the Marlboro Music Festival, Music Academy of the West and Tanglewood Music Center. Her performances at Marlboro have been heard across the country on American Public Media’s Performance Today.

Benjamin Lulich Principal Clarinet

Benjamin Lulich joins the Seattle Symphony from Pacific Symphony, where he was Principal Clarinet. Previously he held positions at the Colorado Music

Festival, Hollywood Studio Orchestras, IRIS Chamber Orchestra, Kansas City Symphony and Sunriver Music Festival. He has performed regularly with The Cleveland Orchestra, Festival Mozaic, Los Angeles Opera, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Opera Pacific, Pasadena Symphony and Riverside Philharmonic. Lulich has won the concerto competitions of the Cleveland Institute of Music, Interlochen Arts Academy, Marrowstone Music Festival and Music Academy of the West. He earned his Bachelor of Music from the Cleveland Institute of Music, where he studied with Franklin Cohen, and continued his studies at the Yale University School of Music, where he was a student of David Shifrin. Lulich is also a former student of Seattle Symphony clarinetist Laura DeLuca.

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The common mythology around Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s death goes some-thing like this: An unknown stranger commissioned a Requiem Mass; Mozart, con-vinced that he was being poisoned, proceeded as if he were actually writing his own Requiem; he worked feverishly, even dictating passages from his deathbed; when he suc-cumbed, the authorities dumped his body unceremoniously in a pauper’s grave.

Most of that story is hogwash. There was an anonymous commission for a Requiem, delivered by a messenger, but Mozart would have surmised that the patron was Count Franz von Walsegg-Stuppach, whose wife had died earlier in 1791. Walsegg, an amateur musician, had a habit of secretly commissioning scores and then passing them off as his own work.

What about Mozart’s cause of death? Among the convincing theories, none involve poison. It might have been rheu-matic fever (related to strep throat), com-plications from earlier traumatic brain injuries, or something as prosaic as a par-asite ingested with some bad pork. He was buried in an unmarked grave, but that was customary in Vienna for someone of his social rank.

The tales surrounding the Mozart Requiem probably originated with his

widow, Constanze. Left with her hus-band’s outstanding debts and two small children, she needed to draw as much income as she could from Mozart’s intel-lectual property. He had only received a down payment for the Requiem, with the remainder to follow upon delivery

of a finished score. Constanze gave the incomplete sketches to two younger composers, first Joseph von Eybler and then Franz Xaver Süssmayr, who orchestrated the move-ments for which Mozart had completed vocal lines, and added all-new material where needed. Constanze, under-standably, promoted an alter-nate history that brought more glory to her husband and more food to her table.

Legends aside, the reality went more like this: Mozart,

perennially cash-strapped, accepted an odd commission for a Requiem. The money was good and the genre appealed to him; as Constanze told one biographer, Mozart “expressed a wish to try his hand at this type of composition, the more so as the higher forms of church music had always appealed to his genius.” He postponed the Requiem while he scrambled to finish two operas, La clemenza di Tito and The Magic Flute. When he finally made headway that fall, a grave illness interrupted his work.

It is true that Mozart, only hours before his death, gathered friends with him to sing through the Requiem. Maybe it was a show of self-pity, a victim mourning his own demise. But it is more inspiring — and prob-ably more honest — to view it as the final act of a genius at the height of his powers, hopeful that his health was improving, eager to refine his ambitious new compostion and driven by an irrepressible urge to create.

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STUDENTS ONSTAGE:

By JAMIE SWENSON

INSPIRATION IN A NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR YOU



There’s a teenager playing next to a Seattle Symphony bassist, the latter a full foot taller. A high-school junior fingers

notes on the cello, the professional cellist sitting alongside her doing the same. A throng of violinists, all in their teens, bow along with violinists twice, three times their age.

This particular performance is a Side-by-Side Concert, meaning that both Seattle Symphony musicians and student musicians play together onstage.

The Symphony plays numerous Side-by-Sides with high-school, university and community orchestras in various Seattle neighborhoods every season. For students, it’s an opportunity to learn from accomplished, professional musicians.

“In any other profession, you can receive an internship,” says Laura Jagels, former Principal Viola of Roosevelt High School Symphony Orchestra. “That’s not so much the case with music. You’re either in or you’re out. The beauty of the Side-by-Side Concerts is that you receive the experience of being in a professional orchestra without the trial.”

Indeed, playing with, learning from and even leading professional musicians is a formative experience.

Sarah Bowen, former Concertmaster of the Roosevelt High School Symphony Orchestra, led a Side-by-Side performance of Mendelssohn’s “Reformation” Symphony last fall. “The conductor gave me the downbeat,” she recalls, “and suddenly any musical choice I, as Concertmaster, made was followed by the rest of the section and orchestra.”

The events even make impressions on the students’ teachers. Says Marcus Tsutakawa, Garfield High School Music

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2014, AT 7PMWest Seattle Community Orchestra Side-by-Side

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2014, AT 7PMRoosevelt High School Side-by-Side

SUNDAY, JANUARY 25, 2015, AT 2PMSeattle Youth Symphony Orchestra Side-by-Side

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Director, “The members of the Seattle Symphony are so thoughtful and encouraging in teaching the art of orchestral music in a way that our students would never learn otherwise.”

But the experience isn’t just memorable for students and teachers. Seattle Symphony musicians are, in turn, inspired by the next generation of music lovers and players.

“The students brighten the stage with their enthusiasm, willingness to learn and receive all at the same time,” shares Seattle Symphony clarinetist Laura DeLuca. Zartouhi Dombourian-Eby, Seattle Symphony piccoloist and flutist, adds, “It’s so invigorating to see the enthusiasm and excitement of the high-school students; I know that it has often brought tears to the eyes of many of our own players. And it reminds me of a time, long ago, when I played cello side by side with my cello teacher in the New Orleans Philharmonic.”

And, finally, there are those who come to hear the music. Attendees range from those who are experiencing symphonic music for the first time, to classical music lovers who happen to live in the neighborhood, to proud parents, classmates and friends who are supporting bright young musicians.

“Seeing and hearing the Seattle Symphony musicians perform with students sitting side by side is a magical experience,” says Kjristine Lund, Seattle Symphony Board member and underwriter of Side-by-Side Concerts. “The audience is a huge part of the experience, with families watching — parents, brothers, sisters, grandparents — and fellow classmates cheering on their friends like rock stars. This spirited engagement lights a fire in the next generation to participate in live orchestral music as performers and audiences.”

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PHOTOS: 1 Assistant Principal Viola Arie Schächter and Principal Cello Efe Baltacıgil with Garfield High School cellist

Taylor Jensen (credit: Tom Wolken) 2 Seattle Symphony and Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra Side-by-Side Concert

(credit: Robert Wade) 3 Ludovic Morlot conducting Garfield High School and Seattle Symphony musicians (credit: Tom Wolken )

4 Seattle Symphony and Garfield High School Side-by-Side Concert (credit: Tom Wolken) 5 Second Assistant Concertmaster

Simon James and Evan Johanson from Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra (credit: Robert Wade)

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By JAMIE SWENSON

INSPIRATION IN A NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR YOU

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the rest of the section and orchestra.”

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Monday, October 6, 2014, at 7:30pm

ISABELLE DEMERSFLUKE/GABELEIN ORGAN RECITAL SERIES

Isabelle Demers, organ

ERNEST MACMILLAN Cortège académique

PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY Excerpts from Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66/trans. Demers Scène

Danse des duchesses

Danse des baronnes

Danse des comtesses

Danse des marquises

Farandole, Scène et Danse

MAX REGER Organ Sonata No. 2 in D minor, Op. 60

Improvisation

Invocation

Introduction and Fugue

INTERMISSION

ALEXANDRE GUILMANT Allegro appassionato from Organ Sonata No. 5, Op. 80

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Trio Sonata No. 2 in C minor, BWV 526

Vivace

Largo

Allegro

RACHEL LAURIN Symphonic Etude for Solo Pedal, Op. 72, Variations on “That Good Old Baylor Line”

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Sir Ernest MacMillan (1893–1973) was a Canadian musician of extraordinary accomplishment and influence. Following interment at a German prisoner-of-war camp during World War I, MacMillan returned home to Canada and began his professional career in Toronto. Over the next half century, he would become known as the most influential musician in Canada, regularly performing as an organist, pianist, chamber musician, guest conductor of orchestras throughout Canada and the United States, and, above all, as the conductor of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. His only solo organ work, the Cortège académique was written in 1953 in response to a request from the University College in Toronto.

Throughout the history of the organ, its players have routinely adapted music written for other instruments. One immediately thinks of the masterful adaptations, made by J.S. Bach and his colleagues, of Italian instrumental concertos by Vivaldi, Marcello, Albinoni and other masters. The 30 years preceding the Great Depression were the golden years of the symphonic organ in America and England; municipal organists such as the great Edwin Lemare educated vast audiences with their adaptations of the finest orchestral works. The 21st century has seen a renewed interest in the art of the transcription, primarily as an opportunity for the King of Instruments’ vast resources. Tonight’s program includes six excerpts from Sleeping Beauty by Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–93), transcribed by Isabelle Demers.

Max Reger (1873–1916) was one of the towering figures in organ composition at the beginning of the 20th century. In his rather short life he wrote prodigiously, composing innumerable works of incredible complexity in all genres. Though firmly rooted in the Romantic tradition, his writing was also deeply influenced by the works of J.S. Bach and the contrapuntal models of the Baroque. While a young man, Reger became quite ill and returned to his parents’ home to recuperate in 1898; the following three years of recovery were marked by an almost feverish pace of composition. Reger composed his

PROGRAM NOTES by Joseph Adam


ISABELLE DEMERSOrgan

FORTE: Quebec native Isabelle Demers is rapidly becoming recognized as one of North America’s most virtuosic organists.

BACKGROUND AND

EDUCATION: Demers is Organ Professor

and head of the organ program at Baylor University in Texas, where she teaches organ and courses in the organ curriculum. She began studying piano and organ at age 11 at the Montreal Conservatory of Music. After graduating in 2003 she studied on scholarship for a year at the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris–Alfred Cortot. She then earned her master’s and doctorate at The Juilliard School, studying with Paul Jacobs.

HIGHLIGHTS: Demers was a featured performer at the 2008 national convention of the American Guild of Organists in Minneapolis, and her performance was later broadcast to a national radio audience. She was a featured artist at the 2009 national convention of the Royal Canadian College of Organists in Toronto, at the 2010 national convention of the American Guild of Organists in Washington, D.C., and at the 2010 joint convention of the American Institute of Organbuilders and International Society of Organbuilders in Montreal. She has been a prizewinner and finalist in several international performance competitions, and she performs widely in the United States, Canada and Europe.

RECORDINGS: Demers’ debut recording on the British label Acis was met with critical acclaim. On a recent broadcast of Pipedreams, presenter Michael Barone featured the Fugue from Reger’s Op. 73, describing it as “a masterful score, here masterfully played,” and Demers as “definitely a talent to watch, to hear….” Church Music Quarterly awarded the “exciting, expressive and successful” recording its highest recommendation for its “profound and searching” performances. Additionally, Demers has released recordings of the organ works of Rachel Laurin and Max Reger’s Seven Chorale Fantasias.

Organ Sonata No. 2 in the last months of 1901, shortly after moving to Munich with his parents; the work’s genesis was partially in response to a new publishing contract, and also a response to his own study of the organ sonatas of Karl Wolfrum and Joseph Renner.

The opening movement, Improvisation, resembles traditional sonata form only in the use of contrasting primary and secondary thematic material and extended development. The center movement, Invocation, is as improvisatory as the first; following an initial buildup to full organ, the movement becomes calmer and concludes with a treatment of the Christmas chorale “Vom Himmel hoch” (“From heaven high”). The Introduction and Fugue begins as a scherzo on the flutes, followed by a rigorous fugue that incorporates material from the beginning of the movement.

Alexandre Guilmant (1837–1911) was born into a family of organists, teachers and instrument makers. Destined to a life as an organist like his father, Guilmant was appointed to his first position at the age of 16. In 1871 he became organist at the Church of Sainte-Trinité and subsequently professor of organ at the Paris Conservatoire. Guilmant interspersed this with a myriad of other activities including composition, publishing, editing and organ recitals. He undertook extensive recital tours throughout Europe and Russia, capped by a landmark tour to the United States in 1904, where he was engaged at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis for a series of 40 recitals, each with a completely different program.

The Organ Sonata No. 5 was dedicated to the great American organist Clarence Eddy, whom Guilmant had met during an extended concert tour of North America. The opening movement consists of a vast sonata form with an initial section reminiscent of the grand tradition of the French ouverture, followed by a fugato and a quiet secondary theme; the opening material then returns over a rousing chromatic pedal line. Among all his French contemporaries, Guilmant was the strictest in terms of the formal organization of his larger compositions, adapting with the principles of the

German symphonic tradition to the new French style developing at the close of the 19th century.

J.S. Bach’s (1685–1750) Six Trio Sonatas for Organ occupy an exalted position in the instrument’s repertoire by virtue of both their great musical sophistication and their complex demands on absolute independence of the performer’s hands and feet. Bach’s biographer Johann Nikolaus Forkel recorded that “Bach drew them up for his eldest son, Wilhelm Friedemann, who, by dint of having to practice them, became the great organist that he later was. It is impossible to speak too highly of their beauty. They date from their author’s years of greatest maturity and may be regarded as his principal work of their kind.” They most likely were written (probably transcribed from preexisting chamber trios) during the second half of the 1720s; the entire set was completed by around 1730. As with Chopin’s piano etudes, their musical values transcend their pedagogical purposes; nearly three centuries later, they continue to instruct and reward those organists who take up their great challenges.

Born in 1961 in Quebec, Canadian composer and organist Rachel Laurin is an increasingly noted figure in the organ world, and her compositions are performed by leading organists in America, Europe and Asia. Her compositions include over 100 works for organ, as well as solo instruments, chamber music, choir and full orchestra. She resides in Ottawa and devotes herself exclusively to composition, recitals, lectures and workshops.

The Symphonic Etude for Solo Pedal, Op. 72, was commissioned by Isabelle Demers, who chose Baylor University’s song “That Good Old Baylor Line” as the theme for a set of variations, giving the organist the opportunity to explore the expressive and technical possibilities of solo pedal writing. While describing the moods of different characters in each variation, the composer freely emphasized melodic, rhythmic or structural aspects of the theme, simultaneously focusing on technical issues and challenges of pedal playing.

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Tuesday, October 7, 2014, at 7:30pm

NATALIE MERCHANT WITH THE SEATTLE SYMPHONYLIVE @ BENAROYA HALL

James Bagwell, conductor

Natalie Merchant, vocals

Gabriel Gordon, guitar & vocals

Uri Sharlin, piano & accordion

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There will be one 20-minute intermission.

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NATALIE MERCHANTVocals

FORTE: Over Natalie Merchant’s 30-year career, she has earned a distinguished place among America’s most respected recording artists. In May of this year, Nonesuch Records released Merchant’s self-titled sixth solo

album. Of this recording she says, “The way I listen to music is so different than the way I did 20 or 30 years ago. There are so many mood-inducing textures available to me now…. I wanted to find a way to blend those two worlds on this record: all the years of making pop music with a standard electric band alongside this new world that is full of symphonic instruments.”

BACKGROUND: Between 1981 and 1993, Merchant was the lead vocalist and lyricist of 10,000 Maniacs. The group produced two platinum and four gold records, helped define college rock and was later deemed part of the first wave of alternative rock bands.

NOTATBLE COLLABORATIONS: Merchant has collaborated with artists including Philip Glass, Wynton Marsalis, David Byrne, The Chieftains, Mavis Staples, R.E.M., Daniel Lanois, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Tracy Chapman, Dan Zanes, Billy Bragg and Wilco.

RECORDINGS: Merchant began her solo career with the self-produced album Tigerlily (1995). She released Ophelia in 1998, Natalie Merchant Live in 1999 and Motherland in 2001. In 2003 Merchant released The House Carpenter’s Daughter on her own label, Myth America Records. In 2005 she curated a collection of her own work for the double album Retrospective, and another, Campfire Songs, for her former band.

NONPROFIT SUPPORT: Merchant has supported a variety of nonprofit organizations, including Scenic Hudson, Riverkeeper, the Center for Constitutional Rights, Doctors Without Borders, Tibet House, Greenpeace, Planned Parenthood and the Southern Center for Human Rights. She has also served as an appointed member of the New York State Council on the Arts (2007–11).

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JAMES BAGWELLConductor

FORTE: James Bagwell maintains an active international schedule as a conductor of choral, operatic and orchestral music. In 2009 he was appointed Music Director of The Collegiate Chorale and

Principal Guest Conductor of the American Symphony Orchestra, leading them both in critically acclaimed performances at Carnegie Hall.

HIGHLIGHTS: Bagwell has conducted Rossini’s rarely performed opera Moïse et Pharaon at Carnegie Hall, as well as a rare performance of Kurt Weill’s Knickerbocker Holiday at Alice Tully Hall, which was recorded live for Gaslight Records. In June 2012 Bagwell collaborated with Natalie Merchant and the Seattle Symphony, performing at Benaroya Hall. In July 2011 he prepared The Collegiate Chorale for three concerts at the Verbier Festival in Switzerland, and in 2012 they traveled to Israel and the Salzburg Festival for performances with the Israel Philharmonic.

COLLABORATIONS: Bagwell has trained choruses for a number of major American and international orchestras, including the San Francisco Symphony, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the NHK Symphony (Japan), the St. Petersburg Symphony and the Budapest Festival Orchestra. He has worked with such noted conductors as Lorin Maazel, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Michael Tilson Thomas, Louis Langrée, Leon Botstein, Ivan Fischer, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Raymond Leppard, James Conlon, Jesús López-Cobos, Erich Kunzel, Leon Fleischer and Robert Shaw.

POSTS HELD: From 2005 to 2010 Bagwell was Music Director of The Dessoff Choirs in New York, which under his leadership made numerous appearances at Carnegie Hall. Since 2003 he has been Director of Choruses for the Bard Music Festival, and he conducts and prepares choral works during the summer festival at Bard College’s Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts. He is Professor of Music at Bard College.

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GABRIEL GORDONGuitar & vocals

Gabriel Gordon is a recording artist, guitarist and vocalist. Originally from California, he tours and records with Natalie Merchant, Wax Poetic, California and Heather Christian.

Past tours have taken him to four continents; he has opened for Van Morrison at the Olympia in Paris, for George Benson at the Grand Rex in Paris and for Bob Dylan (with Natalie Merchant). Gordon has recorded on more than 40 albums, including five of his own. His own music is a mixture of soul, pop, rock and blues.

URI SHARLINPiano & accordion

Uri Sharlin is an Israeli-born accordionist, composer, and classical and jazz pianist who, over years of performance and travel, has been strongly influenced by

Middle Eastern, Brazilian and Balkan music. While living and working in New York City, he had the privilege of collaborating with numerous renowned musicians including Natalie Merchant, Antony and the Johnsons, Frank London and Avi Avital, among others. Sharlin was also featured in the acclaimed HBO series Flight of the Conchords as a pianist and composer. He currently leads several groups, among them The Cardamon Quartet, the DogCat Ensemble and the interactive musical theatre group Play Me a Story.

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Saturday, October 11, 2014, at 8pm

Sunday, October 12, 2014, at 2pm

THE MOVIE MUSIC OF JOHN WILLIAMSSEATTLE POPS SERIES

Jeff Tyzik, conductor

Seattle Symphony

JOHN WILLIAMS Superman March from Superman

MAX STEINER Casablanca Suite

JOHN WILLIAMS The Shark Theme from Jaws

JOHN WILLIAMS Theme from Jurassic Park

JOHN WILLIAMS Adventures on Earth from E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

JOHANN STRAUSS, JR. On the Beautiful Blue Danube

Arr. Jeff Tyzik The Great Westerns Suite

The Magnificent Seven

How the West Was Won

Silverado

Dances with Wolves

INTERMISSION

JOHN WILLIAMS Raiders March from Raiders of the Lost Ark

JOHN WILLIAMS Flight to Neverland from Hook

Arr. Jeff Tyzik The Best of Bond

JOHN WILLIAMS Tango from Scent of a Woman

JOHN WILLIAMS Devil’s Dance from The Witches of Eastwick

SCOTT JOPLIN The Entertainer — Sunflower Slow Drag

JOHN WILLIAMS Main Title from Star Wars Suite

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JEFF TYZIKConductor

POSTS: The 2013–2014 season marked the beginning of Jeff Tyzik’s tenure as the Seattle Symphony’s Principal Pops Conductor. Known for his brilliant arrangements, original programming and

engaging rapport with audiences of all ages, Tyzik is also in his 21st season as Principal Pops Conductor at the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, and holds the same title at the Detroit, Florida and Oregon symphony orchestras. In August 2013 Tyzik was named to The Dot and Paul Mason Principal Pops Conductor’s Podium at the Dallas Symphony Orchestra.

HIGHLIGHTS: Tyzik has appeared with the Boston Pops, the Cincinnati Pops, the New York Pops, The Philadelphia Orchestra at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center, the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl, and the orchestras of Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Milwaukee, Houston, Toronto and Vancouver, B.C. In June 2010 Tyzik made his UK debut in Edinburgh and Glasgow with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, and in June of 2013 he was invited to conduct the Malaysia Philharmonic in Kuala Lumpur.

COLLABORATIONS: Tyzik has collaborated with such diverse artists as Tony Bennett, The Chieftains, Art Garfunkel, Marilyn Horne, Wynonna Judd, Mark O’Connor, John Pizzarelli, Lou Rawls, Arturo Sandoval, Doc Severinsen, Billy Taylor and Dawn Upshaw. He has recently conducted several orchestra programs for jazz superstar Chris Botti and Glee star Matthew Morrison.

EDUCATION: Tyzik earned both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the Eastman School of Music, where he studied composition and arranging with Radio City Music Hall’s Ray Wright and jazz studies with the great band leader Chuck Mangione. Tyzik also studied composition with American composer Samuel Adler. He received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the Eastman School of Music and was elected to the first-ever class of the Rochester Musicians Hall of Fame in 2012.

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Stilian Kirov, conductor

Seattle Symphony

DJURO ZIVKOVIC On the Guarding of the Heart 20’

GYÖRGY LIGETI String Quartet No. 1, 20’ “Métamorphoses nocturnes”

ELISA BARSTON, VIOLIN

MIKHAIL SHMIDT, VIOLIN

MARA GEARMAN, VIOLA

WALTER GRAY, CELLO

ANDREW NORMAN Try 14’

There will be no intermission.

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Please note that the timings provided for this concert are approximate.




STIL IAN KIROV

Conductor

FORTE: Stilian Kirov, the Seattle Symphony’s Douglas F. King Associate Conductor, has also served as the Symphony’s Assistant Conductor and Conducting Fellow. Prior to moving to

Seattle, Kirov held the titles of Associate Conductor of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra and Music Director of the Memphis Youth Symphony Program.

SEATTLE SYMPHONY HIGHLIGHTS: In the 2014–2015 season Kirov conducts series concerts including Mozart: The Great Concertos, Sunday Untuxed and Family Concerts. He also leads the orchestra in several Side-by-Side Concerts. The wide range of Seattle Symphony concerts that Kirov conducted in the 2013–2014 season included his Masterworks Season debut, filling in for Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos to lead the Symphony and Chorale in performances of Carmina Burana. Kirov also conducted concerts from the Mainly Mozart series, Beyond the Score® series, Discover Music series, Community Concerts and more.

CONDUCTING EXPERIENCE: Kirov has conducted ensembles around the world, including the Orchestra of Colours, Orchestre Colonne, Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra “Leopolis,” Sofia Festival Orchestra, State Hermitage Orchestra, Thuringen Philharmonic Orchestra, Amarillo Symphony, Juilliard Orchestra, Lansing Symphony Orchestra, National Repertory Orchestra and New World Symphony, among others.

AWARDS AND HONORS: Include an Emmy Award for The Soundtrack Project with the Memphis Symphony; the Orchestra Preference Award and Third Prize at the 2010 Mitropoulos Conducting Competition; the Bruno Walter Memorial Scholarship and the Charles Schiff Conducting Award for outstanding achievement at The Juilliard School; and France’s 2010 ADAMI Conducting Prize.

EDUCATION: Kirov earned a degree in Orchestral Conducting from The Juilliard School, where he was a student of James DePreist. He also holds a master’s degree from the Ecole Normale de Musique in Paris, where he studied with Dominique Rouits.

Photo: Yuen Lui Studio


PROGRAM NOTES by Aaron Grad

Earlier this year, the University of Louisville awarded the prestigious Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition to the Serbian composer Djuro Zivkovic (b. 1975) for his piece On the Guarding of the Heart. This major prize brought new international attention to Zivkovic, who trained in his native Belgrade and now works in Stockholm, Sweden. The award director praised Zivkovic’s work for its “huge emotional journey in a relatively short period of time, moving through many landscapes between the mysterious, moody opening and the ecstatic conclusion.”

Zivkovic describes On the Guarding of the Heart as an “instrumental cantata” in the spirit of J.S. Bach, in which he explores “the need to return into oneself, to descend with the intellect into the depths of the heart, to guard it and to seek there the hidden treasure of the inner kingdom.” He also cites the influence of the Philokalia, a collection of spiritual teachings in the Eastern Orthodox tradition. The musical journey orbits around the piano, which “acts as a guide for the confused thoughts and the turbulent soul, represented in the orchestra.” Zivkovic creates fascinating instrumental colors and ensemble effects in On the Guarding of the Heart, all in service of a message that he describes as “hard-achieved detachment, stillness and watchfulness; it is about solitude and exile.”

Among a generation of composers bound by rigorous orthodoxy, György Ligeti (1923–2006) was a trendsetter and a free spirit. He studied from 1945 to 1949 at Budapest’s Academy of Music, and his early compositions followed Bartók and Kodály in their explorations of folk materials. Ligeti fled Hungary after the Soviet invasion in 1956; like many of his peers, he was drawn to the focused 12-tone music of Webern, but he moved away from total serialism as espoused by Boulez and others. In the 1960s Ligeti honed a signature style of “micropolyphony” in such scores as Atmosphères (1961), Requiem (1963–65) and Lux aeterna (1966), works that achieved special acclaim after appearing in Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 film, 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Ligeti composed the String Quartet No. 1, “Métamorphoses nocturnes,” in Budapest in 1953–54. This early work makes no attempt to hide its debt to Bartók, the composer of the most original string quartets since Beethoven. Bartók would have loomed large for any Hungarian following in his footsteps, but his influence was compounded by the fact that more recent scores by Western composers could not penetrate the Iron Curtain.

In 17 interconnected sections, Ligeti’s First Quartet explores folk-like melodies, symmetrical structures, percussive plucks and taut counterpoint built from elemental gestures, all hallmarks of Bartók’s style. There are moments of pure lyricism unlike anything in Ligeti’s later works, and even the humor has a sweetness about it — the hesitant, tipsy waltz a case in point. Other passages point toward Ligeti’s seminal scores of the 1960s, as when massed textures of trills and tremolos churn up dense clouds of sound.

The young American composer Andrew Norman (b. 1979) has enjoyed tremendous success with his music for large ensembles, as heard in performances by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and many international groups. His string trio, The Companion Guide to Rome, was a finalist for the 2012 Pulitzer Prize in Music; other awards include the Rome Prize, Berlin Prize and ASCAP’s Nissim Prize. Norman wrote the following description of Try, a score for large chamber ensemble co-commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic:

“I never get things right on the first try. I am a trial-and-error composer, an incurable reviser. And this is a problem when it comes to high profile commissions from world-class ensembles in spectacular concert halls, because in these rare cases one gets exactly one try to get it right, and one really, really wants to get it right. Disney Hall and the Los Angeles Philharmonic have meant so much to me over the years that the overwhelming desire to write for them the perfect

piece was enough to stop me dead in my creative tracks. It took me many months to realize the obvious: my piece was never going to be perfect no matter how hard I tried, and perfection was not even the right target on which to set my sights. The best thing I could do to honor the adventurous spirit of the Philharmonic and Disney Hall was to try as many new things as I could, to embrace the risk and failure and serendipitous discovery implicit in the word ‘try.’

“The piece I ended up writing is a lot like me. It’s messy, and fragmented, and it certainly doesn’t get things right on the first try. It does things over and over, trying them out in as many different ways as it can. It circles back on itself again and again in search of any idea that will stick, that will lead it forward to something new. And, at long last, after ten minutes of increasingly frantic trying, it finds one small, unlikely bit of musical material it likes enough to repeat and polish and hone until it finally (fingers crossed) gets it right.”

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[UNTITLED] SERIESThe Seattle Symphony continues the 2014–2015 [untitled] series with two more programs in the intimate Samuel & Althea Stroum Grand Lobby.

[untitled 2]Friday, February 13, 2015, 10pm

VLADIMIR MARTYNOV Schubert Quintet (Unfinished)

JACOB DRUCKMAN Valentine for Solo Double Bass

JOHN ADAMS String Quartet

[untitled 3] Friday, May 1, 2015, 10pm

GEORGE PERLE Molto Adagio

GEORGE PERLE Critical Moments (No. 1)

GEORGE PERLE Serenade No. 3

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BACH & TELEMANNBAROQUE & WINE SERIES

Nicholas McGegan, conductor

Robert Levin, piano

Seattle Symphony

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Sinfonia from Cantata No. 42, 5’ “Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats,” BWV 42

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL Concerto grosso in G major, Op. 6, No. 1 12’ A tempo giusto Allegro Adagio Allegro Allegro

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D minor, 24’ BWV 1052 Allegro Adagio Allegro ROBERT LEVIN, PIANO

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JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Keyboard Concerto No. 5 in F minor, 10’ BWV 1056 [No tempo indicated] Largo Presto ROBERT LEVIN, PIANO

CARL PHILIPP EMANUEL BACH Sinfonia in C major, W. 182, No. 3 11’ Allegro assai Adagio Allegretto

GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN Suite No. 2 in G minor, TWV 55:G9 18’ Ouverture Gavotte en rondeau Loure Gigue Menuets I & II Bourrée Chaconne





JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH

Sinfonia from Cantata No. 42, “Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats,” BWV 42

BORN: March 21, 1685, in Eisenach, Germany

DIED: July 18, 1750, in Leipzig

WORK COMPOSED: 1725

WORLD PREMIERE: April 8, 1725, in Leipzig;

Bach conducting

Many of Bach’s extant 230-plus cantatas and works in other genres incorporate instrumental sinfonias to provide balance and contrast with vocal and choral sections. Several of these fine pieces feature thrilling clarino trumpet parts (the keyless predecessors of modern trumpets), but the lovely and serene Sinfonia from the seven-movement Cantata No. 42, “Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats” (“On the Evening of the Very Same Sabbath”) finds the composer at his most lyrical and laid back. Softly chirping oboes trade gestures with the strings in an intimate, conversational manner.

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL

Concerto grosso in G major, Op. 6, No. 1

A tempo giusto • Allegro • Adagio • Allegro • Allegro

BORN: February 23, 1685, in Halle, Saxony

DIED: April 14, 1759, in London

WORK COMPOSED: 1739

True to his time, Handel reused and refashioned material as need and time dictated — a practice common in the Baroque era. Although he assembled the 12 concertos that constitute the Op. 6 collection in 1739, he appropriated many individual movements from previously written works or mentally stored improvisations. Surpassing the worthy six concertos of Op. 3, the dozen Op. 6 entries are even more varied and musically satisfying. They share occupancy in that rarified pantheon that houses Bach’s “Brandenburg”

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Concertos, an assertion that does not deny the excellence of Arcangelo Corelli’s Op. 6 polished gems, or many of Antonio Vivaldi’s 500-plus concertos. Handel’s audiences were quick to embrace the Op. 6 concertos; the composer’s publisher, Walsh, reported only months after their appearance, “[They] are now played in most public places with the greatest applause.”

The first Op. 6 concerto opens with a regal A tempo giusto that blends majesty with refinement, a typically Handelian nod to aristocratic sensibility and to his inner spirit. This introductory statement leads to a bounding and spirited Allegro, which in turn provides great contrast in a touching Adagio that reminds us of Handel’s gift for expressive emotion. Two successive Allegros — the first imaginatively fugal and the second a vivacious dance in 6/8 meter — bring the concerto to a bracing close.


Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052

Allegro • Adagio • Allegro

WORK COMPOSED: ca. 1730

The great bulk of Bach’s instrumental music derives from his years in Cöthen (1717–23), and it was in that princely haven that he wrote most of his original concertos. In 1723 he moved permanently to Leipzig, where his duties centered on liturgical music. Yet for over a decade beginning in 1729, and despite a heavy workload at the Thomaskirche (St. Thomas Church), he involved himself in the University of Leipzig’s Collegium Musicum, where he had the chance to write strictly secular (i.e., instrumental) music.

Although most of Bach’s keyboard concertos have been traced to preexisting works from his Cöthen years, provenance is lacking for the D minor Concerto. Some scholars opine that this, his most dramatic concerto, derives from an unknown Italian original, a not unreasonable

assumption since Bach had a high regard for his Mediterranean counterparts, especially Vivaldi. Yet other musicologists believe BWV 1052 derives from a lost violin concerto by Bach, as is the case with several of his other keyboard concertos. In 1728 Bach arranged the music for organ and orchestra for use in two cantatas, BWV 146 and BWV 188. Whatever the original source, this concerto is by far the most compelling of the lot.

The first and third movements bristle with energy of a fierce and demonic sort. The intervening slow movement, in pronounced contrast, moves with a measured tread as if chiseled from granite and urged onward by a life-creating animus.

The D minor Keyboard Concerto remained known long after most of Bach’s music disappeared from public performance venues. Felix Mendelssohn — who resurrected Bach’s St. Matthew Passion in 1829, thereby

launching the still flourishing Bach renaissance — played the D minor Concerto. Johannes Brahms, who considered the publication of the complete works of Bach one of the two greatest joys of his life, composed a cadenza for this splendid concerto.


Keyboard Concerto No. 5 in F minor, BWV 1056

[No tempo indicated] • Largo • Presto

WORK COMPOSED: ca. 1730

Less than half the length of the D minor Keyboard Concerto, the F minor work is by no means the comparative “runt of the litter.” Terse though it may be, it lacks nothing in animated drama, especially in the pulsing opening movement; minor keys brought out

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Bach’s penchant for dark energy and rich chromatic harmony, borne out fully herein. By contrast, the middle movement in the major mode is languorous in its gently unfolding warmth, delightfully enhanced by a plucked string accompaniment. The finale returns to the minor mode and propels the movement onward with fervor. Subtle echo effects brought about by quietly repeated two-note-long “tags” of themes just heard recall such usage in Bach’s Christmas Oratorio and elsewhere in his vast canon.

CARL PHIL IPP EMANUEL BACH

Sinfonia in C major, W. 182, No. 3

Allegro assai • Adagio • Allegretto

BORN: March 8, 1714, in Weimar

DIED: December 14, 1788, in Hamburg

WORK COMPOSED: 1773

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach was the second surviving son of Johann Sebastian Bach by his first wife and the most prolific composer of any of his father’s many children. After years of service at the court of Frederick the Great in Berlin, C.P.E. moved to Hamburg in 1767 to succeed the recently deceased Georg Philipp Telemann as Cantor and Music Director of the Hamburg Johanneum. The move gave Bach the freedom to explore new musical vistas that the musically talented but conservative monarch would not have countenanced.

Bach composed six so-called “Hamburg” Sinfonias, W. 182, in 1773 on commission from Baron Gottfried von Swieten (who made his large collection of J.S. Bach scores available to Mozart and Beethoven) for performance in Vienna. Unlike the music he had written in Berlin, these new works were startlingly innovative. Even today they seem novel and express far more passion than is found in the seamless grace of his earlier works.

In 1814 an article appeared in the Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung that described an event organized years earlier by von Swieten in advance of publication of the “Hamburg” Sinfonias.

The reporter noted, “One could hear with enchantment the original, bold progression of ideas and the great variety and novelty in the forms and modulations, even if they were not entirely appreciated. Seldom has a musical composition of higher, bolder and more witty character flowed from the soul of a genius. It would be a real loss for art if these masterpieces were to remain buried in a private collection.”

The Sinfonia in C major leaps forward energetically, stopping several times for unexpected pauses on equally unexpected chords before returning to the movement’s headlong pace. This is C.P.E. at his most delightfully shocking. Beginning without pause, the Adagio’s steady tread does not lessen the movement’s heightened emotion, enriched by jabbing dissonances and ominous chords. Marked Allegretto, the finale is Janus-like in its alternation between Baroque style and strong hints of the Classical style of Haydn.

GEORG PHIL IPP TELEMANN

Suite No. 2 in G minor, TWV 55:G9

Ouverture • Gavotte en rondeau • Loure • Gigue • Menuets I & II • Bourrée • Chaconne

BORN: March 14, 1681, in Magdeburg

DIED: June 25, 1767, in Hamburg

WORK COMPOSED: Before 1715

If history has been kinder to J.S. Bach than to Telemann, affairs were quite otherwise in their overlapping lifetimes. Bach was viewed by audiences and proponents of the new galant style as an old fuddy-duddy, writing tiresome and cerebral fugues, while Telemann stood in everybody’s good stead, churning out reams of fluent, accessible music (94 volumes versus Bach’s “mere” 56). If Telemann lacked Bach’s genius (and really, who doesn’t?), he was a very able composer with great knowledge and insight into the music of his time. He maintained a lifelong friendship with Handel. Their letters reveal a mutual respect and detailed commentary on each other’s compositions.

PROGRAM NOTES continuedNICHOLAS MCGEGANConductor

FORTE: Increasingly recognized for his probing and revelatory explorations of music of all periods, English-born conductor Nicholas McGegan has been called “one of the finest baroque conductors of his generation” (London’s Independent).

POSTS: McGegan has been Music Director of Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra for 28 years and was Artistic Director of the International Handel Festival Göttingen for 20 years (1991–2011). Last season he became Principal Guest Conductor of the Pasadena Symphony, and this season assumes the post of Artist in Association with Australia’s Adelaide Symphony.

ORCHESTRAL HIGHLIGHTS: McGegan has conducted major orchestras around the globe, including the Hong Kong, Los Angeles and New York philharmonics; the symphonies of Chicago, Cleveland, Milwaukee, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Sydney and Toronto; and the Royal Northern Sinfonia and Scottish Chamber Orchestra.

EDUCATION AND AWARDS: McGegan was educated at Cambridge and Oxford, and was made an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire “for services to music overseas.” His additional awards and honors include the Halle Handel Prize, the Order of Merit of the State of Lower Saxony (Germany), the Medal of Honour of the City of Göttingen, and a declaration of Nicholas McGegan Day by the Mayor of San Francisco in recognition of his work with Philharmonia Baroque. In 2013 the San Francisco Conservatory of Music awarded McGegan an honorary doctorate.

RECORDINGS: McGegan’s extensive discography includes seven recent releases on Philharmonia Baroque’s label, Philharmonia Baroque Productions (PBP): Brahms serenades; Beethoven’s Symphonies Nos. 4 and 7; Berlioz’s Les nuits d’été and Handel arias with Lorraine Hunt Lieberson; Haydn’s Symphonies Nos. 88, 101 and 104 (nominated for a Grammy Award); Vivaldi’s Four Seasons and other concertos with violinist Elizabeth Blumenstock; and Handel’s Teseo and Atalanta, both featuring soprano Dominique Labelle.

Photo: Randy Beach

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ROBERT LEVINPiano

HIGHLIGHTS: Pianist Robert Levin has been heard in recital, as a soloist and in chamber concerts throughout the United States, Europe, Australia and Asia. He has appeared with the orchestras of Atlanta, Berlin,

Birmingham, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, La Scala, Los Angeles, Montreal, Philadelphia, Toronto, Utah and Vienna, among others.

RECORDINGS: Among Levin’s many recordings are a Beethoven concerto cycle with Sir John Eliot Gardiner and the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique for Archiv, the complete Beethoven piano and cello music with Steven Isserlis for Hyperion, a Mozart concerto cycle with Christopher Hogwood and the Academy of Ancient Music for Decca/Oiseau-Lyre, and Mozart sonatas for Deutsche Harmonia Mundi. He has also recorded the complete Bach concertos with Helmuth Rilling, and the English Suites and The Well-Tempered Clavier (on five keyboard instruments) for Hänssler’s 172-CD edition Bachakademie.

EDUCATION AND BACKGROUND: Levin studied piano with Louis Martin and composition with Stefan Wolpe in New York. He worked with Nadia Boulanger in Fontainebleau and Paris while still in high school, afterwards attending Harvard. Upon graduation he was invited by Rudolf Serkin to head the Theory Department of the Curtis Institute of Music, a post he left after five years to take up a professorship at the School of the Arts, SUNY Purchase. In 1979 Levin assumed the post of Resident Director of the Conservatoire Américain in Fontainebleau, France, at the request of Nadia Boulanger, and taught there from 1979 to 1983. From 1986 to 1993 he was Professor of Piano at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany. Former Dwight P. Robinson Jr. Professor of the Humanities at Harvard University, Levin is currently President of the International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition, Artistic Director of the Sarasota Music Festival and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Photo: Herb Ascherman

Sunday, October 26, 2014, at 2pm

BAROQUE UNTUXEDSUNDAY UNTUXED SERIES

Nicholas McGegan, conductor

Seattle Symphony

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Sinfonia from Cantata No. 42, 5’ “Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats,” BWV 42

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL Concerto grosso in G major, Op. 6, No. 1 12’

A tempo giusto

Allegro

Adagio

Allegro

Allegro

CARL PHILIPP EMANUEL BACH Sinfonia in C major, W. 182, No. 3 11’

Allegro assai

Adagio

Allegretto

GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN Suite No. 2 in G minor, TWV 55:G9 18’

Ouverture

Gavotte en rondeau

Loure

Gigue

Menuets I & II

Bourrée

Chaconne

There will be no intermission.

A biography for Nicholas McGegan may be found at left.

Program notes begin on page 24.






Unlike many performer-composers, Telemann consciously avoided writing music that was too difficult to play. He strove to make a wide variety of music available for talented amateurs to perform. He was tireless in his support of young musicians and can truly be counted among music history’s “good guys.”

In his long career Telemann wrote a great deal of music of all kinds in a style that extends the late Baroque into the age of Haydn. He composed hundreds of suites, that ubiquitous format in the Baroque that opens with an overture followed by a sequence of dance-inspired movements. Telemann’s contemporary music therapist, Johann Mattheson, noted that “a dance for concert performance was as different from the dance floor as night from day.”

The G minor Suite opens with a regal Ouverture in customary short-long “dotted” rhythm before switching to a fast-paced and energetic second section with delightful interplay between the oboes and bassoon, and a reprise of music from the first section. A jaunty Gavotte follows with quick back-and-forth statements by the solo winds and the string ensemble. A serene Loure, also with some dotted rhythms, comes next, leading to a sprightly Gigue, whose ensemble-only part yields to oboes and bassoon in the midsection before returning to the “A” episode.

A two-part Menuet settles initially into an unhurried pace before adopting a livelier tempo for a middle section colored by chirping oboes. A vivacious, animated Bourrée motors forward with good-hearted spirit. The suite concludes with a multi-section Chaconne offering contrasting tempos and varied instrumental color.

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Ruthann Lorentzen 5

Yoshi and Naomi Minegishi 10

The Nakajima Family

Ashley O’Connor McCready and Mike McCready

Douglass and Katherine Raff 10

Tom and Teita Reveley 15


SEATTLE SYMPHONY DONORS

Mike and Marcia Rodgers 15

Diane and Mark Rubinstein

Steve and Sandy Hill Family Fund at the Seattle Foundation 15

Anonymous (4)

Silver ($5,000 – $7,499)

John and Joan Baker 10

Peter Russo and Kit Bakke

Donna Benaroya

Capt. and Mrs. Paul Bloch 5

Barbara BonJour 15

Alexandra Brookshire and Bert Green 15

Jeffrey and Susan Brotman 10

Patricia Cooke 5

Mr. John Delaney

John Delo and Elizabeth Stokes

Ernest and Elizabeth Scott Frankenberg 5

Robert* and Eileen Gilman 10

D. Wayne* and Anne Gittinger

Frederick and Catherine Hayes 10

Bob and Melinda Hord

Dustin and Michelle Ingalls 10

Walt and Elaine Ingram

JNC Fund

Charles and Joan Johnson 10

Juniper Foundation 10

David and Ida Kemle 10

Leonard Klorfine

Moe and Susan Krabbe 15

Jon and Eva LaFollette 5

David and Leslie Leland

Randy Levitt and Riley Burton 5

Michael and Barbara Malone

JoAnn McGrath

Mark H. and Blanche M. Harrington Foundation 15

Christine B. Mead

Jerry Meyer

Reid and Marilyn Morgan 15

Judith Schoenecker and Christopher L. Myers 5

Gary and Susan Neumann 10

Dr. David and Jean Peck 10

Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Pigott 10

Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Purdy 15

Dick and Alice Rapasky 5

Bernice Mossafer Rind

John F. and Julia P. Shaw 15

Barbara and Richard Shikiar 15

Frank and Harriet* Shrontz 15

Michael Slonski 5

Carrol Steedman

John and Sherry Stilin 10

Sympaticos

Maryanne Tagney

Dr. Robert Wallace

Gary and Karla Waterman

Robert and Leora Wheeler 15

V. L. Woolston

Marcia and Klaus Zech 5

Anonymous (5)

Bronze ($3,500 – $4,999)

Bill and Nancy Bain

Tom Barghausen and Sandra Bailey

Carol Batchelder 15

Nick and Lisa Beard

William and Beatrice Booth 15

Susan Y. Buske

Barbara A. Cahill 5

Cassandra Carothers

Steven and Judith Clifford 5

Samuel and Helen Colombo 15

James and Barbara Crutcher

Dr. Tatjana Deretic

Aileen Dong

Dr. Judith Feigin-Faulkner and Colin Faulkner

David and Dorothy Fluke 15

Doris H. Gaudette 15

Heinz Gehlhaar and Eileen Bear 10

Donald G. Graham, Jr. 15

Dr. and Mrs. Theodore Greenlee, Jr. 15

Larry and Martina Gruendike 5

Barbara Hannah and Ellen-Marie Rystrom 15

Jane Hargraft and Elly Winer +

Deena J. Henkins 10

Gabriel and Raluca Hera

Dick and Nora Hinton

Charles and Nancy Hogan

Dustin and Michelle Ingalls

Laura and Bernard Jacobson 5

Jeanne Kanach

Karen Koon 5

Drs. Kotoku and Sumiko Kurachi

SoYoung Kwon and Sung Yang

Latino-O’Connell

Patrick Le Quere 5

Steve and Donna Lewis 15

Judsen Marquardt and Constance Niva

Justine and John Milberg

Mrs. Roger N. Miller 15

Laina and Egon Molbak 10

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Moore 5

Peter Oliphant

Gerald and Melissa Overbeck

Bob and Annette Parks

Jay Picard

Dr. and Mrs. Richard D. Prince 10

Sue and Tom Raschella 15

E. Paul and Gayle Robbins

Chuck and Annette Robinson 5

John Robinson and Maya Sonenberg 10

Jan Rogers

Alan Rosado

James T. and Barbara Russell 5

Dr. and Mrs. Werner E. Samson

David Schiffrin

Tanya and Gerry Seligman

Buz and Helen Smith 10

Margaret and Richard Spangler 15

Sonia Spear

Lorna Stern 15

Mel and Leena Sturman

Robert Thorson and Leone Murphy 10

S. Vadman 5

Hans and Joan* van der Velden 15

Leo van Dorp

Stephen Vitalich

M. Elizabeth Warren 5

Cindy S. Webster

Ronald and Devorah Weinstein

Laurie and Allan Wenzel 5

Anonymous (4)

Conductors Club ($2,000 – $3,499)

Kumi and Yuko Abe

Bill and Janette Adamucci

Harriet and Dan Alexander

Sue and Richard Anderson

Carole Rush and Richard Andler 5

Lucius and Phoebe Andrew 15

Geoffrey Antos 5

Linda Armstrong

Tiffany Ashton and Curtis Freet

Tracy L. Baker 10

Mr. Charles Barbour

Frank Baron

Patty and Jimmy Barrier 15

Sally S. Behnke*

Rosanna Bowles

Zane and Celie Brown 10

Sylvia and Steve Burges 10

Elizabeth M. Campbell

Wallace and Sally Campbell

Jonathan Caves and Patricia Blaise-Caves

Lisa Chiou

Elaine and Eric Clark

Phyllis B. Clark

Cogan Family Foundation 5

The Colymbus Foundation 15

Mr. and Mrs. Ross Comer 5

Jeffrey and Susan Cook

David and Christine Cross

Scott and Jennifer Cunningham

Dr. Bob Day 5

Dr. Geoffrey Deschenes and Dr. Meredith Broderick

The Donworth Family Foundation 15

Bernetta and Everett Dubois 10

Laurie Minsk and Jerry Dunietz

William and Roberta* Duvall

Glenn and Janet Edwards 15

Brit and Jan Etzold

Victor and Patricia Feltin 5

Al Ferkovich and Joyce Houser-Ferkovich 15

Jerry and Gunilla Finrow 15

Gerald B. Folland

Thomas and Sandra Gaffney 5

Jean Gardner 15

Martin and Ann Gelfand

Janice A. and Robert L. Gerth 15

Carol B. Goddard 15

Bill and Joy Goodenough 10

Michele and Bob Goodmark

Mr. and Mrs. Ross Grazier

Lucia and Jeffrey Hagander

Bert Hambleton and Ruth Mortimer 5

Dr. and Mrs. James M. Hanson

Susan and Tom Harvey

Richard and Sally Henriques

Harold and Mary Fran Hill 5

Thomas Horsley and Cheri Brennan

Janet L. Kennedy

Lorna and Jim Kneeland

Albert and Elizabeth Kobayashi 15

Educational Legacy Fund

Frances Kwapil 15

Marian E. Lackovich 15

Gregory and Mary Leach 15

Mark P. Lutz 15

Edgar and Linda Marcuse

Charles T. Massie 10

John and Gwen McCaw

Jerry Meharg

Drs. Pamela and Donald Mitchell 15

Ryan Mitrovich

Bruce and Jeannie Nordstrom

Isabella and Lev Novik

Rena and Kevin O’Brien

Jerald E. Olson 15

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Olson

Thomas and Cynthia Ostermann 5

Bill and Sherry Owen

Nancy and Christopher Perks 10

Mina B. Person 5

Don and Sue Phillips

Charles Pluckhahn 5

Melvyn and Rosalind Poll

Mrs. Eileen Pratt Pringle 15

Harry* and Ann Pryde 15

Raman Family Foundation

Rao and Satya Remala

Ed and Marjorie Ringness 15

Richard and Bonnie Robbins 15

Jonathan and Elizabeth Roberts 15

Nancy M. Robinson 15

Sharon Robinson 5

Rita and Herb* Rosen and the Rosen Family



Don and Toni Rupchock 15

Henry and Linda Rutkowski 5

Annie and Ian Sale

Thomas and Collette Schick 10

Dr. and Mrs. Jason Schneier

Jane and Alec Stevens 10

Carolyn and Clive Stewart

Audrey and Jim* Stubner 15

Isabel and Herb Stusser 10

Mr. and Mrs. C. Rhea Thompson 5

Betty Lou and Irwin* Treiger 15

Trower Family Fund

Donald J. Verfurth

Jean Baur Viereck 5

Charlie Wade and Mary-Janice Conboy-Wade +

Dr. John Wallace

Bryna Webber and Dr. Richard Tompkins

John and Fran Weiss 15

Roger and June Whitson 15

Joseph Williams

Simon Woods +

Richard and Barbara Wortley

Mr. and Mrs. David C. Wyman

Anonymous (8)

Musicians Club ($1,000 – $1,999)

Acupuncture & Wellness Center, P.S.

John and Andrea Adams

William K. Ahrens 15

Lennon Aldort

Alina Kostina Violins

Mr. and Mrs. John Amaya 5

Drs. Linda and Arthur Anderson

Carlton and Grace Anderson

Richard and Dianne Arensberg 10

Terry Arnett and Donald Foster*

Ben and Barbara Aspen

Larry Harris and Betty Azar 10

Kendall and Sonia Baker 5

Dr. and Mrs. John Baldwin 5

Dr. and Mrs. Terrence J. Ball

Eric and Sally Barnum 5

Jim Barnyak

Richard and Evelyn Bateman 15

Douglas and Maria Bayer 10

Chris and Cynthia Bayley

Natalie Bayne

Dr. Melvin Belding and Dr. Kate Brostoff

Brooke Benaroya and Josh Dickson

Joel Benoliel

Linda Betts 10

Robert Bismuth

Michael and Mary Rose Blatner 5

Robert* and Karen Bonnevie

Phillip and Karla Boshaw

Bob and Jane Ann Bradbury 5

Bob and Bobbi Bridge

Herb Bridge and Edie Hilliard 15

Jonathan and Judge Bobbe Bridge

Mike Brosius

Dr. Eileen Bryant* 5

Mike Bujnowski

Katharine M. Bullitt

Keith A. Butler

April Cameron 5

Corinne A. Campbell

Craig and Jean Campbell 15

Irving and Olga Carlin

Cory Carlson

Dr. Mark and Laure Carlson 5

Carol and John Austenfeld Charitable Trust 5

Frank and Dee Dee Catalano

Donald V. Cavanaugh

Anand Chakraborty

Kent and Barbara Chaplin 10

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Virginia D. Chappelle 10

Steve and Anne Chatman 10

David and Lynne Chelimer 15

Robert E. Clapp

Paula and William Clapp

Ellen and Phil Collins 15

Donald and Ann Connolly

Rosalie Contreras and David Trenchard 5 +

Herb and Kathe Cook

Richard and Bridget Cooley

Bruce Cowper and Clare McKenzie

Cristian Craioveanu

T. W. Currie Family

Richard Cuthbert and Cheryl Redd-Cuthbert 5

Angela de Oleveira 5

Brian Dewey and Eileen Brown

David and Helen Dichek

Mr. William Dole and Mr. James Antognini 5

Betsy Donworth

Wayne Doucette 15

Dan and Martine Drackett

Miles and Liz Drake 5

Jim and Gaylee Duncan

Dr. Lewis and Susan Edelheit

Robert and Elizabeth Edgerton

Thomas and Ruth Ellen Elliott 15

Leo and Marcia Engstrom

Dr. and Mrs. R. Blair Evans 10

Andrew Faulhaber 5

Barry and JoAnn Forman

Michael R. Fortin

William E. Franklin

Ms. Janet Freeman-Daily 10

Janet and Lloyd Frink

Richard and Jane Gallagher

Nina M. Gencoz

Ruth and Bill Gerberding

James and Carol Gillick 10

Barbara Goesling

Jeffrey and Martha Golub 10

Catherine Green 5

Maridee Gregory

Mary F. Gregory 15

Frank and Gloria Haas

Mrs. Carol Hahn-Oliver 5

William Haines 15

Mary Stewart Hall 10

Frederic and Karin Harder

George Heidorn and Margaret Rothschild

Janie Hendrix

Motivagent Inc.

Susan Herring 5

James Hessler and Paula Weiss 5

Suzanne Hittman

Warren Hodges 5

The Gerald K. and Virginia A. Hornung Family Foundation

Gretchen and Lyman* Hull 15

Aileen Huntsman

Ralph E. Jackson

Randy Jahren

Lawrence Jen

Clyde and Sandra Johnson 5

Mr. and Mrs. Donald C. Johnson 10

Julie A. Johnston

Zagloul Kadah

Kim and Pamela Kaiser 15

David Kalberer and Martha Choe

Mr. Daniel Kerlee and Mrs. Carol Wollenberg 5

Ford W. Kiene 10

Michael and Mary Killien 10

Andrew Kim

Stacy and Doug King

W. M. Kleinenbroich

Brian and Peggy Kreger 10

Edith M. Laird

Ron and Carolyn Langford 10

Peter M. Lara 10

Robert and Joan Lawler

Don and Carla Lewis 5

Sherrie Liebsack

James Light 5

Mr. Louis Ling and Ms. Carolyn Cramer 5

Robert and Marylynn Littauer 5

Mark Looi and Susan Cheng-Looi

Lovett-Rolfe Family Trust 5

Richard* and Beverly Luce

Roy and Laura Lundgren

Mr. and Mrs. Louis Lundquist 5

Mary Ann and Ted Mandelkorn 10

Mark Litt Family DAF of the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle 5

David and Sally Maryatt

Marcia Mason 10

Carolyn and Richard Mattern 5

Bill and Colleen McAleer

Doug and Joyce McCallum

Bruce and Jolene McCaw

Elizabeth McConnell

Louise McCready

John J. McFatridge

Craig McKibben and Sarah Merner

Christopher and Heather Mefford

Mary Mikkelsen 15

Marilynn Miller

Ronald Miller and Murl Barker

Betsy* and Stan Minor 10

Chie Mitsui

Charles Montange and Kathleen Patterson 15

David Monteith and Tara Cross 5

Rita and Robert Moore 10

Stephanie A. Mortimer

Susan and Furman Moseley

Christine B. Moss 15

Kevin Murphy 15

Benaroya Hall Music Center

Mark Novak 5

Nuckols-Keefe Family Foundation 5

Henry and Evelyn Odell 5

Gordon and Betty Orians

Richard and Peggy Ostrander

Dr. and Mrs. Roy Page

Allan and Jane Paulson

Katherine Payge

Gregory Pease

Tomas Perez-Rodriguez 5

Lisa Peters and James Hattori

Gary and Erin Peterson

Rosemary Peterson 5

Marcus Phung 5

Tom and Brooke Pigott

Guy and Nancy Pinkerton 5

Llewelyn G. and Joan Ashby Pritchard

Gail T. Ralston

Edward and Vicki Rauscher

Richard and Sharon Reuter 15

Linden Rhoads

Fred and Alyne* Richard 15

Keith and Patricia Riffle

Deborah and Andrew Rimkus

Catherine and J. Thurston Roach

Jean A. Robbins 10

Helen Rodgers 10

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rohrmann

John Eric Rolfstad

James Rooney

Stan and Michele Rosen 10

Dr. Len and Gretchen Jane Rosoff

Kayley Runstad

Mr. David J. Sabritt and Dr. Mina F. Miller

Sarah Delano Redmond Fund at the Boston Foundation 5

Lyn and Hans Sauter

Eckhard Schipull 10

Arthur Schneider

Jessica Schneller 5

Patrick and Dianne Schultheis

Stephen and Julie Scofield

Seattle Symphony Volunteers

Linda Sheely 10

Vicki Shelton

Alan Shen

Charles Shipley 10

Robert and Anita Shoup

Anne and Langdon Simons 10

Evelyn Simpson 15

Dr. Charles Simrell and Deborah Giles 10

Stephen and Susan Smith

Barbara Snapp and Dr. Phillip Chapman

Christopher Snow

Ms. Darlene Soellner 5

Donald and Sharry Stabbert

Dr. and Mrs. Robert Stagman 15

Daniel Stockman

Mr. Michael Subit and Leslie Hagin

Barbara and Stuart Sulman

Victoria Sutter 5

Mr. Robert Swoffer 10

Brian Tajuddin

Mikal and Lynn Thomsen

Barbara Tober

Ms. Betty Tong and Mr. Joe Miner

Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Torgerson 5

William B. Troy

Dolores Uhlman 10

Manijeh Vail 5

Johanna P. VanStempvoort 15

Pieter and Claire van Wingerden

Carol Veatch

Alexander Velinzon

Doug and Maggie Walker 5

Stephanie Wallach

John and Marilyn Warner

Eugene and Marilyn Webb

Ralph and Virginia Wedgwood 15

Manny and Sarah Weiser

Ed and Pat Werner

Michael Werner

Judith A. Whetzel

Cliff Burrows and Anna White

Steve and Marci Williams

Wayne Wisehart

Troy and Elizabeth Wormsbecker

Jerry and Nancy Worsham 5

Susan Yamada

Keith Yedlin

Yellowshoe Technology

Leonard and Jane Yerkes

Carol Yurkanin

Karen J. Zimmer

Christian and Joyce Zobel 5

Igor Zverev 15

Anonymous (19)

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ESTATE GIFTS

We gratefully remember the following individuals for their generosity and forethought, and for including the Seattle Symphony in their will, trust or beneficiary designation. These legacy gifts provide vital support for the Symphony now and for future generations. (Estate gifts since September 1, 2012.)

Glenn Anderson

Almira B. Bondelid

Barbara and Lucile Calef

Daniel R. Davis

Carmen Delo

Robert J. Ellrich

Sherry Fisher

Marion O. Garrison

Elizabeth C. Giblin

Patricia Grandy

Nancy N. Keefe

Maurine Kihlman

Anna L. Lawrence

Marlin Dale Lehrman

Carolyn Lewis

Arlyne Loacker

Mary Maddox

Peter J. McTavish

Mabel M. and Henry Meyers

Mark Charles Paben

Mrs. Marietta Priebe

Pearl G. Rose

Carl A. Rotter

Gladys and Sam Rubinstein

Phillip Soth

Elizabeth B. Wheelwright

HONORARIUM

Special honorarium gifts to the Seattle Symphony are a wonderful way to celebrate a birthday, honor a friend or note an anniversary. In addition to recognition in the Encore program, your honoree will receive a card from the Symphony acknowledging your thoughtful gift.

Gifts through August 18, 2014, have been made to the Seattle Symphony in recognition of those listed below. Please contact Donor Relations at 206.215.4832 or [email protected] if you would like to recognize someone in a future edition of Encore.

Ada Ash, by Joan and Paul Ash Paul Ash

Jared Baeten and Mark Ruffo, by Eugene Brown

Rebecca Benaroya, by Dorothy and David Fluke Jill Heerensperger Martyna and Stuart Mandel

Leslie Chihuly, by Dr. Pierre and Mrs. Felice Loebel Matt Stevenson Barbara Tober Su-Mei Yu Anonymous

Linda Cole, by John and Cookie* Laughlin

S. Patricia Cook, by Capt. Charles Cook

Carol Cross, by Leigh Kliger

Samantha DeLuna and Tamiko Terada, by Annie Walters

Mickey Eisenberg, by Jeanne Eisenberg

Nan Garrison, by Donald Chamberlain

Sande Gillette, by Luther Black and Christina Wright

Nancy Page Griffin, by Michael Schick and Katherine Hanson

Mary Kay Haggard, by Kevin Haggard

Mary Hardin, by Robert Fletcher

James Janning, by Megan Hall

Karneia, by Allen R. Schwerer

Arlene Kim, by Laurion Burchall

Ludovic Morlot, by Hope Druckman and Ted Kohler Norm Hollingshead Dr. Pierre and Mrs. Felice Loebel John and Laurel Nesholm Mr. David J. Sabritt and Dr. Mina F. Miller Women’s University Club

Ludovic Morlot and [untitled], by Norm Hollingshead

Ludovic Morlot and the St. Matthew Passion, by Norm Hollingshead

Marilyn Morgan and Isa Nelson, by Mr. and Mrs. Bill Bonnett

Mike O’Leary, by Leah Tyler

Llewelyn Pritchard, by Nancy C. Elliott

Bernice Rind, by Bob and Clodagh Ash Howard Moss and Pauline Shapiro David and Julie Peha Kay Zatine

John Robertson, by Katharine Robertson

Jon and Pat Rosen, by Joe and Linda Berkson

Arie Schächter, by Elle Simon

Seattle Symphony Chamber Series, by Norm Hollingshead

Charles Simonyi, by Rebecca Benaroya

Ruth Slivinski, by Stephen Slivinski

Helen Smith, by Buz Smith

Sonia Spear, by Linda Berkman Marvin Meyers

Peggy Spencer, by Nancy McConnell

Karla Waterman, by Kay Zatine

Simon Woods, by Norm Hollingshead Dr. Pierre and Mrs. Felice Loebel

Arnold Wu, by Jeff Tung

Mom and Dad Yoo, by Shin Yoo

MEMORIALSThrough August 18, 2014, the following memorial gifts were made to the Seattle Symphony. For information on remembering a friend or loved one through a memorial gift, please contact Donor Relations at 206.215.4832 or [email protected].

Tom Archbold, by Barbara Archbold

Ada Ash, by Jon and Jackie Peha

Wanda Beachell, by E. A. Beachell

Marybaird Carlsen, by Dr. Kirk Kassner and Dr. Carol Scott-Kassner

Antonia Castro, by Cesar Castro and Junichi Shinozuka

William Cobb, by Lydia Galstad Mary Hjorth Joan Larson Llewelyn G. and Joan Ashby Pritchard

William R. Collins, by Barbara H. Collins

S. Patricia Cook, by Capt. Charles Cook

Clayton Corzatte, by Susan Corzatte

Roberta Duvall, by Francis and Ann Adams William Duvall

Jim Faulstich, by the McGarry/Wernli Charitable Fund

Geraldine Newell Gayda, by Stewart Hopkins and Nancy Werner

Sally Clark Gorton, by Carrol Steedman

Pamela Harer, by Jane Hargraft

Lars Hennum, by Elani Walden

Marilyn L. Hirschfeld, by Bill Hirschfeld, Dr. Mary L. Hirschfeld and W. Stuart Hirschfeld

Stanley and Joyce Ireland, by Rebecca Meichle

Betty Rue Kreitinger, by James Cavin Maren Culter The family of Darlene D. Jones Sylvia Mistry Joan Raymond

Howard B. Leichman, by Suzanne L. Leichman

Carolyn and Leroy Lewis, by Tim and Edith Hynes Doug and Joyce McCallum

Carolyn Lewis, by Bob and Clodagh Ash Carol Batchelder Sue and Robert Collett Dan and Nancy Evans Carol B. Goddard Lew and Pauline Hames Dick and Marilyn Hanson Ilene and Woody Hertzog Arlene Hoffman Dr. Kennan H. Hollingsworth Thomas and Gail James Everil Loyd, Jr. James L. McDonnell Reid and Marilyn Morgan Dr. and Mrs. Howard Moses John and Laurel Nesholm Sheila B. Noonan and Peter M. Hartley Linda Perez-King Llewelyn G. and Joan Ashby Pritchard Sue and Tom Raschella Wolf and Joanne Schunter Gregory and Jo-Ellen Smith Jim and Audrey Stubner Kay Zatine

Leroy Lewis, by Bob and Clodagh Ash Carol Batchelder Leslie and Dale Chihuly Sue and Robert Collett Senator and Mrs. Daniel J. Evans David and Dorothy Fluke Carol B. Goddard Dick and Marilyn Hanson Dwight and Marlys Harris Dr. Kennan H. Hollingsworth Steve and Marie Hubbard Don and Ruthie Kallander Mary Langholz Joan Larson Everil Loyd Reid and Marilyn Morgan Dr. and Mrs. Howard Moses John and Laurel Nesholm Sheila B. Noonan and Peter M. Hartley Llewelyn G. and Joan Ashby Pritchard Sue and Tom Raschella Joanne and Wolfgang Schunter Jim and Audrey Stubner Richard and Barbara Wortley Kay Zatine

Marjorie Livingston and David Wilford Wine, by David Wine

Mary Lee Martin, by Donna M. Barnes

Betty Miller, by Gregory Miller and Sandra Bricel Miller

Elsa D. Morrison, by Anonymous

Gretchen Mullins, by 360 Hotel Group Ltd Paul and Beverly Aleinikoff Dick and Kathryn Almy Gary and Cheryl Bang Woody and Joan Bernard Bob Breidenthal and Susan Crane David Duryee Stein Helgesen William Karr Linda M. Kelly Walter and Harriet Litch Richard Maider Tim and Mimi Marshall Ron and Claire Pokraka Brad Smith and Family Brent and Mary Jane Smith Karen Smith Mark Smith and Family Paul and Betsy Sunich Catherine Sweum Merrily Taniguchi Richard and Anita Wyman Anonymous


SEATTLE SYMPHONY / BENAROYA HALL ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

SIMON WOODS

Executive Director

Kristen NyQuistExecutive Assistant & Board Relations Manager

Bernel GoldbergLegal Counsel

ARTISTIC PLANNING

Elena DubinetsVice President of Artistic Planning

Amy BokanevAssistant Artistic Administrator

Paige GilbertExecutive Assistant to the Music Director

Dmitriy LipayDirector of Audio & Recording

ORCHESTRA & OPERATIONS

Jennifer AdairVice President & General Manager

Kelly Woodhouse BostonDirector of Operations & Popular Programming

Ana HinzProduction Manager

Jeanne CaseOperations & Artistic Coordinator

Scott WilsonPersonnel Manager

Keith HigginsAssistant Personnel Manager

Patricia Takahashi-BlayneyPrincipal Librarian

Robert OliviaAssociate Librarian

FAMILY, SCHOOL & COMMUNITY PROGRAMS

Kelly DyllaVice President of Education & Community

Engagement

Laura ReynoldsFamily Programs Manager

Stephanie RodousakisSchool Partnerships Manager

Thomasina SchmittCommunity Partnerships Manager

Kristin SchneiderSoundbridge Coordinator

Jessica Andrews-Hall, Samantha Bosch, Aimee Hong, Deven Inch, Bryce Ingmire, Shelby Leyland, Carla Merkow, Ursula Mills, Rebecca Morhlang, Dana StaikidesTeaching Artists

Lena Console, Sonya Harris, Danielle ValdesDiscovery Coordinators

COMMUNICATIONS

Rosalie ContrerasVice President of Communications

You You XiaPublic Relations Manager

Jim HoltSocial Media & Content Manager

Jamie SwensonEditor & Publications Manager

Jenna SchroeterInteractive Media Coordinator

SALES & MARKETING

Charlie WadeSenior Vice President of Marketing & Business

Operations

Christy WoodDirector of Marketing

Rachel SpainMarketing Manager

Natalie SoulesMarketing Coordinator

Barry LalondeDigital Product Manager

Herb BurkeTessitura Manager

Evan CartwrightData Entry Coordinator

Jessica ForsytheArt Director

Kate HourihanGraphic Designer

Forrest Schofield, Jessica AtranGroup Sales Managers

Gail Martin BurkettSenior Manager of Patron Services & Sales

James Bean, Kai SousaAssistant Managers of Patron Services & Sales

Joe BrockRetail Manager

Christina HajduSales Associate

Brent OlsenSales Manager

Aaron GundersonInformation & Service Coordinator

Molly GilletteTicket Office Coordinator

Maery SimmonsTicket Services Associate

Mary Austin, Sophia Bona-Layton, Melissa Bryant, Yasmina Ellis, Allison Kunze, Melanie VoytovichTicket Services Representatives

DEVELOPMENT

Jane HargraftVice President of Development

Rick BakerDevelopment Officer (Assistant to the

Vice President of Development)

Jennifer SteadCampaign Director

Becky KowalsPlanned Giving Director

Tamiko TeradaCampaign Manager

Rhemé SloanCampaign Coordinator

Paul GjordingSenior Major Gift Officer

(Foundations & Government Relations)

Amy StuderSenior Major Gift Officer (Individual)

Matt MarshallMajor Gift Officer

Tobin CattolicoGift Officer

Blaine Inafuku Development Coordinator (Major Gifts)

Tami HornerSenior Manager of Special Events

& Corporate Development

Jordan LouieCorporate Development Manager

Samantha DeLunaDevelopment Officer

(Special Events & Corporate Development)

Megan HallAnnual Fund Senior Manager

Evan CartwrightData Entry Coordinator

Martin JohanssonDevelopment Officer

(Communications & Volunteers)

FINANCE

Maureen Campbell MelvilleVice President of Finance

David NevensController

Clem ZippAssistant Controller

Lance GlennInformation Systems Manager

Megan SpielbuschAccounting Manager

Karen FungStaff Accountant

Niklas MollenholtPayroll/AP Accountant

HUMAN RESOURCES

Pat VandenBroekDirector of Human Resources

Kathryn OsburnHuman Resources Generalist

Alexa JarvisFront Desk Receptionist

BENAROYA HALL

Troy SkubitzDirector

David LingFacilities Director

Bob BrosinskiLead Building Engineer

Christopher HolbrookBuilding Engineer 2

John Austin, Aaron BurnsBuilding Engineer 1

Don BankerFacilities & Security Coordinator

Matt LaughlinFacility Sales Manager

Stephanie HippenOperations & Services Manager

James FrounfelterOperations & Services Associate

Keith GodfreyHouse Manager

Tanya WanchenaAssistant House Manager & Usher Scheduler

Milicent Savage, Patrick WeigelAssistant House Managers

Dawn Hathaway, Lynn Lambie, Mel Longley, Ryan Marsh, Markus Rook, Carol ZumbrunnenHead Ushers

Iva Baerlocher, Everett Bowling, Evelyn Gershen, Cara Wilson Assistant Head Ushers

Joseph E. CookTechnical Director

Jeff LincolnAssistant Technical Director

Mark AndersonAudio Manager

Ron HyderTechnical Coordinator

Chris Dinon, Don Irving, Aaron Gorseth, John Roberson, Michael Schienbein, Ira SeigelStage Technicians

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Michael Paulson, by Berl Nussbaum

Harry Starck Pyle, by John Eyler

William Roberts, by Reid and Marilyn Morgan

Robert A. Rogers, by Eleanor Rogers

H. Stewart Ross, by Hollis R. and Katherine B. Williams

Gladys Rubinstein, by Bob and Clodagh Ash Barbara and Sandy Bernbaum Lois Buell David and Dorothy Fluke John and Ann Heavey Janet W. Ketcham William and Marlene Louchheim John and Laurel Nesholm Llewelyn G. and Joan Ashby Pritchard Cathy Sarkowsky Patricia S. Stein William B. Troy Mr. and Mrs. Harold Vhugen Carol Wright Kathleen Wright Ann Wyckoff the Wyman Youth Trust

Toby Saks, by Penny Freedman Dr. Irene Hartzell

James Stubner, by Bucknell Stehlik Sato & Stubner Sue and Robert Collett Doug and Gail Creighton cousins Pam, Tim, Terry and Julie, and uncle Ron Collins Carol B. Goddard Robert and Rhoda Jensen Ken Kataoka John King Natalie Malin Doug and Joyce McCallum Dustin Miller Reid and Marilyn Morgan Carole Narita Kenneth and Catherine Narita, Kimberly and Andy Absher, Karen and Steve Shotts, and Kristen Narita Leona Narita Ruby Narita Llewelyn G. and Joan Ashby Pritchard Sue and Tom Raschella Kathleen Sesnon Patricia Tall-Takacs and Gary Takacs the Urner Family John Walcott Mary and Findlay Wallace Wiatr & Associates Marjorie Winter Richard and Barbara Wortley Kay Zatine

Irwin Treiger, by Bob and Clodagh Ash John and Laurel Nesholm Sheila B. Noonan and Peter M. Hartley Llewelyn G. and Joan Ashby Pritchard Robert Toren

Howard F. Weckel, Jr., by Jane and David Stockert

Mary Wilson, by Thomas Bruhns

Hanako Yamaguchi, by Nadine Miyahara


The Seattle Symphony is grateful to the following donors who have made commitments of $25,000 or more to the Endowment Fund since its inception. The following list is current as of August 18, 2014. For information on endowed gifts and naming opportunities in Benaroya Hall, please contact Becky Kowals at 206.215.4852 or [email protected].

$5 MILLION +

The Benaroya Family

Charles Simonyi Fund for Arts and Sciences

Anonymous (1)

$1,000,000 – $4,999,999

The Clowes Fund, Inc.

Priscilla Bullitt Collins*

The Ford Foundation

Dave and Amy Fulton

Kreielsheimer Foundation

Estate of Gladys and Sam Rubinstein

Samuel* and Althea* Stroum

$500,000 – $999,999

Alex Walker III Charitable Lead Trust

Mrs. John M. Fluke, Sr.*

Douglas F. King

Estate of Ann W. Lawrence

The Norcliffe Foundation

Estate of Mark Charles Paben

Joan S. Watjen, in memory of Craig M. Watjen

$100,000 – $499,999

Estate of Glenn Anderson

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Bob and Clodagh Ash

Alan Benaroya

Estate of C. Keith Birkenfeld

Mrs. Rie Bloomfield*

The Boeing Company

C.E. Stuart Charitable Fund

Dr. Alexander Clowes and Dr. Susan Detweiler

Richard and Bridget Cooley

Mildred King Dunn

E. K. and Lillian F. Bishop Foundation

Estate of Clairmont L. and Evelyn Egtvedt

Estate of Ruth S. Ellerbeck

Fluke Capital Management

Estate of Dr. Eloise R. Giblett

Agnes Gund

Helen* and Max* Gurvich

Estate of Mrs. James F. Hodges

Estate of Ruth H. Hoffman

Estate of Virginia Iverson

Estate of Peggy Anne Jacobsson

Estate of Charlotte M. Malone

Bruce and Jolene McCaw

Bruce and Jeanne McNae

Microsoft

National Endowment for the Arts

Northwest Foundation

Estate of Elsbeth Pfeiffer

Estate of Elizabeth Richards

Jon and Judy Runstad

Seattle Symphony and Opera Players’ Organization

Weyerhaeuser Company

The William Randolph Hearst

Foundations

Estate of Helen L. Yeakel

Estate of Victoria Zablocki

Anonymous (2)

$50,000 – $99,999


Estate of Mrs. Louis Brechemin

Estate of Edward S. Brignall


Frances O. Delaney

John and Carmen* Delo

Estate of George A. Franz

Jean Gardner

Estate of Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Gattiker

Anne Gould Hauberg

Richard and Elizabeth Hedreen

Estate of William K. and Edith A. Holmes

John Graham Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Stanley P. Jones

Estate of Betty L. Kupersmith

E. Thomas McFarlan

Estate of Alice M. Muench


Estate of Opal J. Orr

M. C. Pigott Family

PONCHO

Estate of Mrs. Marietta Priebe

Jerry and Jody Schwarz

Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Smith

Estate of Frankie L. Wakefield

Estate of Marion J. Waller

Washington Mutual

Anonymous (1)

$25,000 – $49,999

Edward and Pam Avedisian

Estate of Bernice Baker

Estate of Ruth E. Burgess

Estate of Barbara and Lucile Calef

Mrs. Maxwell Carlson

Alberta Corkery*

Norma Durst*

Estate of Margret L. Dutton

Estate of Floreen Eastman

Hugh S. Ferguson*

Mrs. Paul Friedlander*

Adele Golub

Patty Hall

Thomas P. Harville

Harold Heath*

George Heidorn and Margaret Rothschild

Phyllis and Bob Henigson

Michael and Jeannie Herr

Charles E. Higbee, MD and Donald D. Benedict

Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Hornbeck

Sonia Johnson*

The Keith and Kathleen Hallman Fund

David and Karen Kratter

John and Cookie* Laughlin

Estate of Marlin Dale Lehrman

Estate of Coe and Dorothy Malone

Estate of Jack W. McCoy

Estate of Robert B. McNett

Estate of Peter J. McTavish

Estate of Shirley Callison Miner

PACCAR Foundation

Estate of Elizabeth Parke

Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Purdy

Keith and Patricia Riffle

Rita and Herb* Rosen and the Rosen Family

Seafirst Bank

Seattle Symphony Women’s

Association

Security Pacific Bank

Patricia Tall-Takacs and Gary Takacs

U S WEST Communications

Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus R. Vance, Jr.

Estate of Dr. and Mrs. Wade Volwiler

Estate of Marion G. Weinthal

Estate of Ethel Wood

Anonymous (2)

* In Memoriam

SEATTLE SYMPHONY ENDOWMENT FUND

The Musical Legacy Society honors those who have remembered the Seattle Symphony with a future gift through their estate or retirement plan. Legacy donors ensure a vibrant future for the Seattle Symphony, helping the orchestra sustain its exceptional artistry and its commitment to making live symphonic music accessible to young people and the broader community. To learn more about the Musical Legacy Society, or to let us know you have already remembered the Symphony in your long-term plans, please contact Planned Giving Director Becky Kowals at 206.215.4852 or [email protected]. The following list is current as of August 18, 2014.

Charles M. and Barbara Clanton Ackerman

Joan P. Algarin

Ron Armstrong

Elma Arndt

Bob and Clodagh Ash

Susan A. Austin

Rosalee Ball

Donna M. Barnes

Carol Batchelder

Janet P. Beckmann

Alan Benaroya

Donald/Sharon Bidwell Living Trust

Sylvia and Steve Burges

Dr. Simpson* and Dr. Margaret Burke

M. Jeanne Campbell

Dr. Alexander Clowes and Dr. Susan Detweiler


Betsey Curran and Jonathan King

Frank and Dolores Dean

Robin Dearling and Gary Ackerman

John Delo

Fred and Adele Drummond

Mildred King Dunn

Sandra W. Dyer

Ann R. Eddy

David and Dorothy Fluke

Gerald B. Folland

Judith A. Fong

Lu Leslan

Marjorie J. Levar

Jeanette M. Lowen

Ted and Joan Lundberg

Judsen Marquardt

Ian and Cilla Marriott

Doug and Joyce McCallum

Jean E. McTavish

William C. Messecar

Elizabeth J. Miller

Mrs. Roger N. Miller

Reid and Marilyn Morgan

George Muldrow

Marr and Nancy Mullen

Isa Nelson

Gina W. Olson

Sarah M. Ovens

Donald and Joyce Paradine

Dick and Joyce Paul

Stuart N. Plumb

Mrs. Eileen Pratt Pringle

Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Purdy

J. Stephen and Alice Reid

Bernice Mossafer Rind

Bill* and Charlene Roberts

Junius Rochester

Jan Rogers

Mary Ann Sage

Thomas H. Schacht

Russell and Nancy Fosmire

Ernest and Elizabeth Scott Frankenberg

Cynthia L. Gallagher

Jean Gardner

Carol B. Goddard

Frances M. Golding

Jeff Golub

Dr. and Mrs. Ulf and Inger Goranson

Barbara Hannah

Harriet Harburn

Ken and Cathi Hatch

Michele and Dan Heidt

Ralph and Gail Hendrickson

Deena J. Henkins

Charles E. Higbee, MD

Dr. Kennan H. Hollingsworth

Chuck and Pat Holmes

Richard and Roberta Hyman

Janet Aldrich Jacobs

Dr. Barbara Johnston

Norman J. Johnston and L. Jane Hastings Johnston

Atul R. Kanagat

Don and Joyce Kindred

Dell King

Douglas F. King

Frances J. Kwapil

Ned Laird


Judith Schoenecker and Christopher L. Myers

Annie and Leroy Searle

Allen and Virginia Senear

Jan and Peter Shapiro

John F. and Julia P. Shaw

Barbara and Richard Shikiar

Valerie Newman Sils

Evelyn Simpson

Katherine K. Sodergren

Althea C. and Orin H.* Soest

Sonia Spear

Morton A. Stelling

Patricia Tall-Takacs and Gary Takacs

Gayle and Jack Thompson

Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Torgerson

Betty Lou and Irwin* Treiger

Sharon Van Valin

Dr. Robert Wallace

Douglas Weisfield

James and Janet Weisman

Gerald W. and Elaine* Millard West

Selena and Steve Wilson

Ronald and Carolyn Woodard

Arlene A. Wright

Janet E. Wright

Anonymous (46)

* In Memoriam

MUSICAL LEGACY SOCIETY


The Seattle Symphony gratefully recognizes the following corporations, foundations and united arts funds for their generous outright and In-Kind support at the following levels. This list includes donations to the Annual Fund and Event Sponsorships, and is current as of August 18, 2014. Thank you for your support — our donors make it all possible!

$50,000 – $99,999

Boeing Matching Gift Program

Christensen O’Connor Johnson Kindness PLLC †

Clowes Fund, Inc.

J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.

John Graham Foundation

Laird Norton Wealth Management

Microsoft Corporation


Seattle Met Magazine †

$25,000 – $49,999

Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation

Bank of America

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

BNSF Foundation

CTI BioPharma

Classic Pianos ◊

Elizabeth McGraw Foundation

Four Seasons Hotel †

Mercer †

Microsoft Matching Gifts

Peach Foundation

RBC Wealth Management

Russell Investments

Seattle Foundation

Snoqualmie Tribe

Wells Fargo

$15,000 – $24,999

Aaron Copland Fund For Music

Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation and the League of American Orchestras

Chihuly Studio †

Coca-Cola Company Matching Gifts

Jean K. Lafromboise Foundation

$10,000 – $14,999

Fran’s Chocolates ◊

French-American Fund for Contemporary Music

Lakeside Industries

Leco-sho†

Macy’s Foundation

Milliman ◊

Norman Archibald Foundation

NW Cadillac Dealer Group

Perkins Coie LLP

Sheraton Seattle Hotel †

Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation

Washington Employers †

Wild Ginger Restaurant †

Anonymous

$5,000 – $9,999

Accountemps †

Acucela Inc.

Amphion Foundation

Audio Visual Factory †

Ballard Blossom, Inc. †

Barnard Griffin Winery †

Barrier Motors

Bellevue Children’s Academy

Henry W. Bull Foundation

Hotel Andra †

HSBC

Johnson & Johnson Matching Gifts Program

MacDonald Hoague & Bayless †

Mayflower Park Hotel †

MulvannyG2 Architecture

Nordstrom

NW Audi Dealer Group

Peg and Rick Young Foundation

Power2Give Presented by ArtsFund

Russell Family Foundation

Skanska USA

Snoqualmie Casino

Stoel Rivers

Starbucks Coffee Company †

Umpqua Bank

U.S. Bank Foundation

Von’s †

Wyman Youth Trust

$3,000 – $4,999

Bank of America Foundation Matching Gifts

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Matching Gifts

Community Attributes †

Glazer’s Camera †

Nintendo of America, Inc.

Parker Smith Feek

$1,000 – $2,999

Alfred & Tillie Shemanski Trust Fund

Blanke Foundation

Brandon Patoc Photography †

Consulat Générale de France

DreamBox Learning

Fales Foundation

Genworth Foundation

Hard Rock Cafe Seattle †

IBM International Foundation

Kells Irish Restaurant & Pub †

KPMG

National Frozen Foods Corporation

Pacific Coast Feather Co.

Schiff Foundation

Seattle Symphony Volunteers

Thurston Charitable Foundation

UBS Employee Giving Programs

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Foundation

† In-Kind Support

◊ Financial and In-Kind Support

CORPORATE & FOUNDATION SUPPORT

Important grant funding for the Seattle Symphony is provided by the government agencies listed below. We gratefully acknowledge their support, which helps us to present innovative symphonic programming and to ensure broad access to top-quality concerts and educational opportunities for underserved schools and communities throughout the Puget Sound region. For more information about the Seattle Symphony’s family, school and community programs, visit seattlesymphony.org/symphony/community.

GOVERNMENT SUPPORT

$500,000+

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Seattle Symphony Foundation

$100,000 – $499,999


YOUR GUIDE TO BENAROYA HALL

SYMPHONICA, THE SYMPHONY STORE: Located in The Boeing Company Gallery, Symphonica opens 90 minutes prior to all Seattle Symphony performances and remains open through intermission.

PARKING: You may purchase prepaid parking for the Benaroya Hall garage when you purchase concert tickets. Prepaid parking may be purchased online or through the Ticket Office. If you wish to add prepaid parking to existing orders, please contact the Ticket Office at 206.215.4747.

The 430-space underground parking garage at Benaroya Hall provides direct access from the enclosed parking area into the Hall via elevators leading to The Boeing Company Gallery. Cars enter the garage off Second Avenue, just south of Union Street. There are many other garages within a one-block radius of Benaroya Hall as well as numerous on-street parking spaces.

COAT CHECK: The coat check is located in The Boeing Company Gallery. Patrons are encouraged to use this complimentary service. For safety, coats may not be draped over balcony railings.

LATE SEATING: For the comfort and listening pleasure of our audiences, late-arriving patrons will not be seated while music is being performed. Latecomers will be seated at appropriate pauses in the performance, and are invited to listen to and watch performances in the S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium on a monitor located in the Samuel & Althea Stroum Grand Lobby.

CAMERAS, CELL PHONES, RECORDERS,

BEEPERS & WATCH ALARMS: The use of cameras or audio- recording equipment is strictly prohibited. Patrons are asked to turn off all personal electronic devices prior to the performance.

LOST AND FOUND: Please contact the Head Usher immediately following the performance or call Benaroya Hall security at 206.215.4715.

PUBLIC TOURS: Free tours of Benaroya Hall begin at noon and 1pm on select Mondays and Tuesdays; please visit benaroyahall.org or call 206.215.4800 for a list of available dates. Meet your tour guide in The Boeing Company Gallery. To schedule group tours, call 206.215.4856.

COUGH DROPS: Cough drops are available from ushers.

EVACUATION: To ensure your safety in case of fire or other emergency, we request that you familiarize yourself with the exit routes nearest your seat. Please follow the instructions of our ushers, who are trained to assist you in case of an emergency.

SMOKING POLICY: Smoking is not permitted in Benaroya Hall. Smoking areas are available along Third Avenue.

EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBER: Please leave the appropriate phone number, listed below, and your exact seat location (aisle, section, row and seat number) with your sitter or service so we may easily locate you in the event of an emergency: S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, 206.215.4825; Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall, 206.215.4776.

DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE: Virginia Mason Medical Center physicians frequently attend Seattle Symphony performances and are ready to assist with any medical problems that arise.

SERVICES FOR PATRONS WITH DISABILITIES: Benaroya Hall is barrier-free and meets or exceeds all criteria established by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Wheelchair locations and seating for those with disabilities are available. Those with oxygen tanks are asked to please switch to continuous flow. Requests for accommodations should be made when purchasing tickets. For a full range of accommodations, please visit our website at seattlesymphony.org.

SERVICES FOR HARD-OF-HEARING PATRONS: An infrared hearing system is available for patrons who are hard of hearing. Headsets are available at no charge on a first-come, first-served basis in The Boeing Company Gallery coat check and at the Head Usher stations in both lobbies.

ADMISSION OF CHILDREN: Children under the age of 5 will not be admitted to Seattle Symphony performances except for specific age-appropriate children’s concerts.

BENAROYA HALL: Excellent dates are available for those wishing to plan an event in the S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, the Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall, the Samuel & Althea Stroum Grand Lobby and the Norcliffe Founders Room. Call Matt Laughlin at 206.215.4813 for more information.

SHARE THE MUSIC THROUGH TICKET DONATION: If you are unable to attend a concert, we encourage you to exchange your tickets for another performance or donate your tickets prior to the performance. When you donate your tickets to the Seattle Symphony for resale, you not only receive a donation tax receipt, you also open your seat for another music lover. If you would like to donate your tickets for resale, please contact the Seattle Symphony Ticket Office at 206.215.4747 or 1.866.833.4747 (toll-free outside local area) at your earliest convenience, or call our recorded donation line, 206.215.4790, at any time.

DINING AT BENAROYA HALLPowered by Tuxedos and Tennis Shoes Catering and Events

MUSE, IN THE NORCLIFFE FOUNDERS ROOM AT BENAROYA HALL: Enjoy pre-concert dining at Muse, just a few short steps from your seat. Muse blends the elegance of downtown dining with the casual comfort of the nearby Pike Place Market, offering delicious, inventive menus with the best local and seasonal produce available. Open to ALL ticket holders two hours prior to most Seattle Symphony performances and select non-Symphony performances. Reservations are encouraged, but walk-ins are also welcome. To make a reservation, please visit opentable.com or call 206.336.6699.

DAVIDS & CO.: Join us for a bite at Davids & Co., a brand-new cafe in The Boeing Company Gallery at Benaroya Hall. Featuring fresh takes on simple classics, Davids & Co. offers the perfect spot to grab a quick weekday lunch or a casual meal before a show. Open weekdays from 11am–2pm and two hours prior to most performances in the S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium.

LOBBY BAR SERVICE: Food and beverage bars are located in the Samuel & Althea Stroum Grand Lobby. The lobby bars open 75 minutes prior to Seattle Symphony performances and during intermission. Pre-order at the

lobby bars before the performance to avoid waiting in line at intermission.

OPENING NIGHT GALA, SEPTEMBER 13, 2014Honoring the Benaroya Family

PRESENTING SPONSORLaird Norton Wealth Management

Gil Shaham generously sponsored by Friends of Gil Shaham

CO-CHAIRSJudith A. Fong and Diana P. Friedman

COMMITTEE

Kay AddySusan Gulkis AssadiSherry BenaroyaRosanna BowlesAmy BuhrigLeslie Jackson ChihulyKathy Fahlman DewaltZart Dombourian-EbyJerald FarleyValerie Muzzolini GordonSoYoung KwonKjristine LundGhizlane MorlotHisayo NakajimaLaurel NesholmShelia NoonanJon RosenElisabeth Beers SandlerElizabeth SchultzKirsten Wattenberg

HOLIDAY MUSICAL SALUTE, DECEMBER 2, 2014

PRESENTING SPONSORDelta Air Lines

CO-CHAIRS

Claire AngelRena O’Brien

COMMITTEE

Rebecca AmatoRoberta DowneyKatharyn GerlichGhizlane MorlotKatrina RussellLinda Stevens

TEN GRANDS, APRIL 4, 2014

PRESENTING SPONSORRBC Wealth Management

Kathy Fahlman Dewalt Co-Founder and Executive Director

CLUB LUDO 3, MAY 31, 2014

PRESENTING SPONSORCTI BioPharma

CO-CHAIRS

Hilary DohertyLindsay Lundberg

COMMITTEE

Chris AdamsBrittni EstradaAlicia JambaiRyan MitrovichTiffany MossRyan PollNancy Wallace

SEATTLE SYMPHONY SPECIAL EVENTS SPONSORS & DONORS

Special Events provide significant funding each season to the Seattle Symphony. We gratefully recognize our presenting sponsors and committees who make these events possible. Individuals who support the events below are included among the Individual Donors listings. Likewise, our corporate and foundation partners are recognized for their support in the Corporate & Foundation Support listings. For more information about the Seattle Symphony, please visit donate.seattlesymphony.org/events.


THE LIS(Z)TSEEN & HEARD @ THE SEATTLE SYMPHONY

PHOTOS: 1 The Mitrovich family: Connor, Kathleen, Club Ludo 3 Committee member Ryan, Jessica and Michael 2 Kate Carroll-Novack, Joanne Zwingenberg,

Gretchen Kah, Emily Carroll, Seattle Symphony Board Chair Leslie Jackson Chihuly, Susan Swig, Kathy Kendrick, Kristen O’Reilly and Gemma Daggatt 3 Ryan Jackson

and Janie Hendrix 4 Sasha and Kamyar Moinzadeh 5 Ludovic Morlot and Seattle Symphony Board member Jeff Lehman 6 Mike McCready and Ludovic Morlot

performing with the Chris Friel Orchestra 7 Club Ludo 3 Co-Chair Hilary Doherty, Mike McCready, Club Ludo 3 Co-Chair Lindsay Lundberg and Seattle Symphony Board

member Kathy Fahlman Dewalt Photos by Phototainment

The Seattle Symphony got the summer of 2014 off to a rocking start on May 31 with Club Ludo 3 at the Chihuly Boathouse. Mike McCready of Pearl Jam and Music Director Ludovic Morlot headlined the sold-out event, and the Chris Friel Orchestra, Special Explosion and musicians of the Seattle Symphony had revelers dancing long into the night. Clubbers enjoyed delectables from landmark Seattle restaurants, including John Howie Steak and Dick’s Drive-In, and a selection of premiere libations. Live and silent auctions provided attendees with an opportunity to keep the party going by taking home one-of-a-kind items and experiences.

The Seattle Symphony wishes to thank everyone who attended Club Ludo 3, the musicians who made it such a night to remember, Presenting Sponsor CTI BioPharma, the Club Ludo 3 Committee for their tremendous dedication and hard work, the many individuals and organizations who donated items to the auctions, and all our incredible sponsors whose generous support made Club Ludo 3 possible. Thanks to you, this year’s event raised over $150,000 in support of the Symphony’s education and community programs!

Read past editions of The Lis(z)t online at donate.seattlesymphony.org/liszt.

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