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OCTOBER 2019

                                             THOMAS DAUSGAARD, MUSIC DIRECTOR

               Beatrice Rana
               plays Schumann’s Piano Concerto
               Dausgaard conducts Mozart’s “Jupiter” Symphony &
               Beethoven’s Second Piano Concerto with Lang Lang
               Mozart’s Requiem
               Augustin Hadelich plays Brahms’ Violin Concerto
Beatrice Rana plays Schumann's Piano Concerto - THOMAS DAUSGAARD, MUSIC DIRECTOR
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CONTENTS                                                            OCTOBER 2019

                                                                                                                                                                        4 / Calendar
                                                                                                                                                                        6 / The Orchestra
                                                                                                                                                                        50 / Benaroya Hall Guide

                                                                                                                                                                        FEATURES

                                                                                                                                                                        5 / Community Connections
                                                                                                                                                                        7 / Meet the Musicians
                                                                                                                                                                        10 / On a High Note
                                                                                                                                                                        12 / Thomas Dausgaard on
                                                                                                                                                                             the Season Ahead
                                                                                                                                                                        51 / The Lis(z)t

                                                                                                                                                                        CONCERTS

                                                                                                                                                                        14 / October 9
                                                                                                                                                                             Lang Lang with the Seattle
                                                                                                                                                                             Symphony
                                                                                                                                                                        20 / October 10 & 12
                                                                                                                                                                            Mozart Jupiter Symphony

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                                                                                                                                                                        24 / October 17, 19 & 20
                                                                                                                                                                             Mozart Requiem
Photo: Simon Fowler.

                                                                                                                                                                        31 / October 18
                                                                                                                                                                             [untitled] 1
                                                               NATHALIE STUTZMANN                                                                                       34 / October 24 & 26
                                                                                                                                                                             Schumann Piano Concerto
                                                                                                                                                                        38 / October 25
                                                                                                                                                                             Mendelssohn Untuxed
                                                                                                                                                                        39 / October 31 & November 2

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                                                                                                                                                                             Augustin Hadelich Brahms
                                                                                                                                                                             Violin Concerto
                                                                                                Photo: Luca Valentina
Photo: JamesHolt

                                                             NOAH GELLER                                                                AUGUSTIN HADELICH

                   ON THE COVER: Beatrice Rana by Nicolas Bets
                   COVER DESIGN: Jadzia Parker
                   EDITORS: Rachel Spain, Heidi Staub

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THOMAS DAUSGAARD
                       MUSIC DIRECTOR
                                                                                                             Music Director of the Seattle Symphony, Danish conductor Thomas Dausgaard is esteemed
                                                                                                             for his creativity and innovative programming, the excitement of his live performances and his
                                                                                                             extensive catalogue of critically acclaimed recordings. A renowned recording artist with over
                                                                                                             70 discs to his name, Dausgaard’s releases with the Seattle Symphony have garnered critical
                                                                                                             acclaim resulting in international honors including a 2017 Gramophone Award nomination
                                                                                                             for Mahler’s Symphony No. 10 (Deryck Cooke version), Gramophone’s 2018 Orchestra of
                                                                                                             the Year Award, and a 2019 Best Orchestral Performance Grammy nomination for Nielsen’s
                                                                                                             Symphonies Nos. 3 and 4.
                                                                                                             An avid champion of contemporary works and the music of his homeland, Dausgaard and the
                                                                                                             Seattle Symphony will release the much-anticipated cycle of symphonies by Carl Nielsen.
                                                                                                             Performing internationally with many of the world’s leading orchestras, Dausgaard is also
                                                                                                             the Chief Conductor of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Conductor Laureate of the
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                                                                                                             Swedish Chamber Orchestra, and Honorary Conductor of the Orchestra della Toscana and
                                                                                                             the Danish National Symphony Orchestra.
                                                                                                             Dausgaard has been awarded the Cross of Chivalry by the Queen of Denmark and elected to
                                                                                                             the Royal Academy of Music in Sweden.

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Beatrice Rana plays Schumann's Piano Concerto - THOMAS DAUSGAARD, MUSIC DIRECTOR
ON A HIGH NOTE                                                                                                  WELCOME LEE
                                                                                                                                       AND LINA!
                       NEWS FROM THE SYMPHONY
                                                                                                                                       The Seattle Symphony is excited to welcome
                                                            Dear Friends,                                                              Lee Mills as the Douglas F. King Associate
                                                                                                                                       Conductor and Lina Gonzalez-Granados as
                                                            I cannot believe how quickly October arrived.
                                                                                                                                       the Conducting Fellow! Mills will conduct
                                                            It seems like only a few days ago we were
                                                                                                                                       a variety of concerts this season including
                                                            getting ready for Opening Night with our new
                                                                                                                                       Family and Community Concerts and
                                                            Music Director Thomas Dausgaard, which set
                                                                                                                                       Holiday programs. Gonzalez-Granados
                                                            a new record for the Seattle Symphony thanks
                                                                                                                                       will be conducting several Education and
                                                            to your support! October brings the return of
                                                                                                                                       Community Engagement concerts. In
                                                            Thomas for what is sure to be two spectacular
                                                                                                                                       February, they’ll unite to lead [untitled] 2
                                                            concerts! One is with superstar pianist Lang
                                                                                                                                       featuring contemporary Latin American
                                                            Lang and in the other, Thomas leads the
Photo: Brandon Patoc

                                                                                                                                       composers. We so look forward to seeing
                                                            orchestra in a riveting program of Scriabin’s
                                                                                                                                       them on the podium this season!
                                                             Le Poème de l’extase and Stravinsky’s The
                                                            Rite of Spring.

                                                         Another big name joins us later this month
                       — pianist Beatrice Rana will perform Robert Schumann’s Piano Concerto.
                       That piece in particular was heavily influenced by his wife, composer and
                       pianist Clara Schumann, a force in the classical world at the time. On the same
                       program, I personally look forward to hearing a work composed as a tribute to

                                                                                                                          Photo: James Holt
                       her mother by Anna Clyne titled Within Her Arms.

                       The Symphony would not be complete without our amazing Chorale and I could
                       not imagine a more beautiful work to feature than the Mozart Requiem. The
                       Requiem program will also feature Concertmaster Noah Geller and the return                                      LEE MILLS
                       of eminent conductor and period performance specialist Masaaki Suzuki to our                                    Douglas F. King Associate Conductor
                       podium. Finally, the first [untitled] performance will feature the brass section of
                                                                                                                                       Lee Mills is internationally recognized as a
                       the Seattle Symphony for the first time and for some fun for the entire family, we
                                                                                                                                       multifaceted conductor. Mills has served as
                       have the music of Bugs Bunny as well as our fall Family Concert this month.
                                                                                                                                       Resident Conductor of the Brazilian Symphony
                       I look forward to seeing you at our many concerts in Benaroya Hall this month!                                  Orchestra and conducted the National Symphony
                       Thank you, and enjoy the music.                                                                                 Orchestra and Los Angeles Philharmonic. In 2014,
                                                                                                                                       he conducted in the acclaimed U.S. Premiere of
                       With best wishes,                                                                                               John Cage’s Thirty Pieces for Five Orchestras with
                                                                                                                                       the St. Louis Symphony. Mills is a two-time recipient
                       Krishna Thiagarajan                                                                                             of the Solti Foundation U.S. Career Assistance
                       President & CEO                                                                                                 Award. Originally from Montana, Mills received his
                       Seattle Symphony | Benaroya Hall                                                                                Graduate Performance Diploma and Artist Diploma
                                                                                                                                       in Orchestral Conducting at the Peabody Institute
                                                                                                                                       under the tutelage of Gustav Meier and Marin Alsop.

                                                                                                                                       LINA GONZALEZ-GRANADOS
                                                                                                                                       Conducting Fellow
                                                                                                                                       Lina Gonzalez-Granados has firmly established
                                                                                                                                       herself as a talented conductor. Gonzalez-Granados
                                                                                                                                       is currently the Philadelphia Orchestra’s Conducting

                       NOTA BENE
                                                                                                                                       Fellow and was previously assistant conductor
                                                                                                                                       for the Chicago and Nashville Symphonies. She
                                                                                                                                       recently made her guest conducting debut with
                            WELCOME THOMAS DAUSGAARD The Seattle Symphony opened the season with                                       the Orquesta Sinfónica de Colombia. In 2014, she
                            two concerts featuring incoming Music Director Thomas Dausgaard. Following a                               founded Unitas Ensemble, a chamber orchestra
                            performance of Mahler’s Symphony No. 1, Seattle Times critic Melinda Bargreen wrote                        specializing in Latin American music. Hailing from
                            “the cheers rang out long and loudly for the first subscription concert of the Seattle                     Colombia, Gonzalez-Granados received her
                            Symphony’s Thomas Dausgaard era.”                                                                          master’s degree in Conducting and Graduate
                                                                                                                                       Diploma in Choral Conducting from New England
                                                                                                                                       Conservatory. She has studied with Bramwell
                            FREE CONCERTS THIS MONTH The Seattle Symphony will perform two free side-by-side                           Tovey, Stefan Asbury, Erica Washburn and Charles
                            concerts this month with local high school students. The orchestra will perform at Garfield                Peltz. Gonzalez-Granados is currently pursuing
                            High School on Tuesday, October 22 at 7pm and at Roosevelt High School on Thursday,                        her doctorate degree in Orchestral Conducting at
                            October 24 at 7pm.                                                                                         Boston University.

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“AN INVITATION
INTO MY
WORLD”

  Music Director
  Thomas Dausgaard on
  the season ahead
  By Catherine Nguyen

Thomas Dausgaard exudes a special energy;            shares Thomas. “I find it very inspiring to think   “I am always drawn to an element of
one that marvels at the world around him.            that we as an orchestra are a giver of life and     context, so rethinking how to celebrate
                                                     vitality for the community, offering spiritual      the humanist ideals of Beethoven in a way
“I love the way nature interacts with the city       experiences which inspire on many levels,           which meaningfully involves communities in
of Seattle; you are never far from the water,        with each program expressing something              Seattle is incredibly stimulating, like creating
and that means space, where you can feel             about who we are and where we are going             a completely new context.”
the elements and the changes of light,” he           together.”
says. This same type of sensitive reflection is                                                          Thomas brings Beethoven to Seattle from a
most certainly a part of his music as well.          The Stravinsky Rite of Spring concert in            place of deep passion — for the music and
                                                     November fully encapsulates this sentiment.         the people.
Thomas is no stranger to Seattle. Our city           The concept of inspiration will manifest in
has been a home away from his native                 an exploration of the composer’s folk music         “[In his Ninth Symphony,] Beethoven sets to
Denmark for quite some time. He has been             roots. Not only will audiences hear the iconic      music the text by Schiller with the famous
the Symphony’s Principal Guest Conductor             Rite of Spring, they'll also gain a deeper          line that ‘we shall all be brothers.’ [The
since 2014. Together, he and the orchestra           understanding of the music by hearing folk          celebration presents] his music in the context
achieved international acclaim with recordings       music that inspired Stravinsky.                     of his brothers and sisters here in the United
of Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 10 and Carl                                                              States, and, in particular, Seattle.”
Nielsen’s Symphonies Nos. 3 and 4.                   Beethoven is another composer who
                                                     wrote music close to Thomas’ heart. This            The Seattle Symphony’s Beethoven 2020
Yet we’ve only seen a glimpse of his musical         season marks the 250th anniversary of the           Festival promises to be a major event for
interests. So, at the start of his first season as   composer’s birth.                                   the community, culminating in season-long
Music Director, we share more on Thomas’                                                                 creative work that puts community members
musical identity and his vision for the season.      Thomas and the Seattle Symphony are taking          at the forefront.
                                                     the celebration a step further: over three
“This season is an invitation into my world,         weeks in June, the orchestra will perform all       The festival launches with the stories of local
into some of the music which changed my              nine of Beethoven's symphonies alongside a          youth, composed and performed by teens
life — music close to my heart and which has         series of newly commissioned works created,         from across King County led by composer
played a continuous role in my musical life,”        inspired or performed by the community.             Angelique Poteat and Community Youth

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Chorus director Megan McCormick. That same week the
                              Seattle Symphony will give the world premiere of 2017
                              MacArthur Fellowship recipient — and Seattle Symphony
                              2019–2020 Composer in Residence — Tyshawn Sorey’s
                              New Work for Cello & Orchestra featuring Artist in Residence
                              Seth Parker Woods. Following that, members of regional
                              native tribes will premiere Potlatch Symphony 2020 with
                              composer Janice Giteck, featuring the return of violinist Swil
                              Kanim and native flutist Paul Chiyokten Wagner. A world
                              premiere composed by clients at Northwest Center for
                              People of All Abilities and composer Charles Corey will be
                              featured on the fourth festival concert.

                              Thomas adds, “Beethoven was my gateway to classical
                              music. When I was about 10 I formed a rock band together
                              with three other boys. I loved it. But when I first heard
                              Beethoven’s Pathétique Sonata about a year later there
                              was no way back. The rock band disbanded and I reveled
                              in Beethoven, listening to and playing all I could get hold
Photo: Karya Schanilec

                              of. I feel a connection to his music, and in some way I
                              felt understood through it. And it opened my ears to all
                              those composers who had inspired him — and to those he
                              inspired afterwards. His music had an elemental force, it was
                              larger than life, and it had a humanity and warmth. I couldn’t
                              imagine a life without it.”

                              This season Thomas invites us to explore his most formative
                              music, letting us inside his musical identity and showcasing
                              his personal touch and artistry.

                              As music inspires Thomas, he is sure to pass on the same to

                                                                                                                                                                                Photo: Brandon Patoc
                              Seattle. We look forward to seeing him step on the podium
                              and begin his new journey with the Symphony.

                              Reprinted from September 2019, Volume 33, No. 1.

                         SEE THOMAS IN ACTION!
                         October 9                                         November 21 & 23                                    February 6 & 8
                         Lang Lang with the Seattle Symphony               Stravinsky The Rite of Spring                       Dvořák Symphony No. 8
                         SIBELIUS Andante festivo                          SCRIABIN The Poem of Ecstasy                        TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet Fantasy
                                                                                                                                 Overture
                         BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 2                    “The roots: Stravinsky’s Inspirations”
                           Lang Lang, piano                                  Juliana & PAVA, folk ensemble                     WEINBERG Violin Concerto
                                                                                                                                Gidon Kremer, violin
                         MOZART Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter”                 STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring
                         Lang Lang’s performances are generously           Thomas Dausgaard’s performances are generously      DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 8
                         underwritten by the Nakajima Family through the   underwritten by Grant and Dorrit Saviers.           Thomas Dausgaard’s performances are
                         Seattle Symphony’s Guest Artists Circle.          Additional support is provided by the Scan|Design   generously underwritten by Ilene and Elwood
                                                                           Foundation by Inner and Jens Bruun.                 Hertzog. Additional support is provided by the
                                                                                                                               Scan|Design Foundation by Inner and Jens Bruun.
                         October 10 & 12
                         Mozart Jupiter Symphony                           January 30 & February 1
                                                                           Shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 1                  SAVE THE DATE!
                         J.S. BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 4
                                                                                                                               June 11–28
                                                                           GRIEG Peer Gynt Suite No. 1
                         OLGA NEUWIRTH Aello – ballet mécanomorphe                                                             Beethoven Festival
                           (U.S. Premiere)                                 SHOSTAKOVICH Violin Concerto No. 1
                                                                                                                               Anthony Dean Griffey’s performances are
                           Claire Chase, flute                               Patricia Kopatchinskaja, violin
                                                                                                                               supported in part by the Melvyn Poll Tenor Fund.
                         MOZART Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter”                 NIELSEN Symphony No. 1                              Beethoven Festival concerts are supported in
                         Claire Chase’s performances are generously        Thomas Dausgaard’s performances are generously      part by a generous grant from the American
                         underwritten by Dale and Leslie Chihuly through   underwritten by Charles and Maria Schweizer.        Orchestras’ Future Fund, a program of the League
                         the Seattle Symphony’s Guest Artists Circle.      Additional support is provided by the Scan|Design   of American Orchestras made possible by funding
                                                                           Foundation by Inner and Jens Bruun.                 from the Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation.

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10/9
 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2019, AT 7:30PM
                                                                                                              PROGRAM NOTES
 Lang Lang with the                                                                                         JEAN SIBELIUS
 Seattle Symphony                                                                                           Andante festivo
 S P E C IAL PE RFO RMA NCES                                                                                BORN December      8, 1865, in Hämeenlinna,
                                                                                                            Grand Duchy of Finland
                                                                                                            DIED September     20, 1957, in Ainola, Finland
 Thomas Dausgaard, conductor
                                                                                                            WORK COMPOSED String       quartet in 1922, string
 Lang Lang, piano
                                                                                                            orchestra in 1938
 Seattle Symphony                                                                                           WORLD PREMIERE January       1, 1939 (string
                                                                                                            orchestra version)
 JEAN SIBELIUS                             Andante festivo                                             5’

 LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 19                                    28’          What to Listen For:
 		                      Allegro con brio                                                                          The melody throughout is simple
 		                      Adagio                                                                                    and hymn-like. Listen for how
 		                      Rondo: Molto allegro                                                               Sibelius uses the string orchestra to climb
 		 LANG LANG, PIANO                                                                                        to a gradual, triumphant climax.
                                           IN T E R M IS S IO N                                       20'
 WOLFGANG        Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551, “Jupiter”                                        31’   The early 20th century was ripe with
 AMADEUS MOZART		 Allegro vivace                                                                            musical possibilities. Most composers
 		                Andante cantabile                                                                        turned away from the intense emotions
 		                Menuetto: Allegretto                                                                     of the Romantic era but Jean Sibelius
 		                Molto allegro                                                                            rejected this new experimentation. Sibelius
                                                                                                            was innovative in his own right, but he held
 Lang Lang’s performance is generously underwritten by the Nakajima Family through the                      that music should remain accessible. The
 Seattle Symphony’s Guest Artists Circle.                                                                   Finland native once famously compared
 Please note that the timings provided for this concert are approximate.
                                                                                                            himself to other composers of the time:
 Please turn off all electronic devices and refrain from taking photos or video.                            “Whereas most other modern composers
 Performance ©2019 Seattle Symphony. Copying of any performance by camera, audio or video recording         are engaged in manufacturing cocktails
 equipment, and any other use of such copying devices during a performance is prohibited.                   of every hue and description, I offer the
                                                                                                            public cold spring water.”

                                                                                                            The chance to share his “cold spring
                                                                                                            water” worldwide occurred in the late
                                                                                                            1930s as New York Times critic Olin
                                                                                                            Downes asked Sibelius to compose a
                                                                                                            piece for the New York Exhibition that
                                                                                                            would broadcast internationally. The
                                                                                                            radio broadcast, which Downes framed
                                                                                                            as Finland’s greeting to the world, would
                                                                                                            be a short piece meant to captivate
                                                                                                            listeners and demonstrate the abilities of
                                                                                                            orchestral radio music. Sibelius seized on
                                                                                                            the opportunity and reorchestrated his
                                                                                                            Andante festivo, which he first composed
                                                                                                            in 1922 for a string quartet. The new
                                                                                                            orchestration of the piece broadcast on
                                                                                                            January 1, 1939 and featured a string
                                                                                                            orchestra with timpani.

                                                                                                            LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
                                                                                                            Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major,
                                                                                                             Op. 19
                                                                                                            BORN December      16, 1770 in Bonn, Germany
                                                                                                            DIED March   26, 1827 in Vienna, Austria
                                                                                                            WORK COMPOSED Sketches         in 1788, completed
                                                                                                            1794–95
                                                                                                            WORLD PREMIERE Possibly      March 29, 1795

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                                                gradually to engross Mozart’s whole             WOLFGANG AMADEUS
                                                attention; turning quietly to the bystanders,
      What to Listen For                        he said emphatically, ‘Mark that young          MOZART
      Melodies during this period were          man; he will make himself a name in             Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551,
      expected to be pleasing and               the world!’” Though Jahn provided no             “Jupiter”
symmetrical. This type of music, known as       evidence to substantiate his claim, this
the galant style, is meant to appeal to a       story’s depiction of a young Beethoven          BORN January   27, 1756, in Salzburg, Austria
wide audience and service human needs           revering Mozart provides plenty of fodder       DIED December   5, 1791, in Vienna, Austria
and emotions.                                   for the imagination. Beethoven did, in fact,    WORK COMPOSED 1788

“
                                                desire to work under Mozart’s tutelage          WORLD PREMIERE Unknown
                                                but the composer’s untimely illness and
         The first LP I bought was              subsequent death lead to Beethoven
         Beethoven’s second and                 instead studying under another master of               What to Listen For
third piano concertos, and I listened           the galant style, Joseph Haydn.                        The final movement features an
to them endlessly, feeling energized
                                                                                                       exuberant, descending line in the
from every listen. No. 2 has a boldness,        Beethoven officially moved to Vienna in
                                                                                                strings that sounds like lightning. Imagine
a directness and humour which I find            1792 to study with Haydn and continued
                                                                                                the Roman God Jupiter throwing lightning
irresistible. And then towards the end          work on his Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat
                                                                                                from above as you hear Mozart’s
of the second movement it explores the          major, Op. 19. Some confusion remains as
                                                                                                triumphant conclusion to his symphony.
elemental musical power of silence in           to the order of Beethoven’s concertos as

                                                                                                “
the most delicate way; as if the music          he composed the Piano Concerto No. 2
is about to disintegrate, small motifs          first, but it was published after his Piano
                                                                                                        I think Mozart is underrated. His
in the piano and hushed responses in            Concerto No. 1. Beethoven premiered the
                                                                                                        music is used as anonymous,
the orchestra are interrupted magically         composition soon after its publication,
                                                                                                inoffensive background music or fillers in
                                                performing himself as the soloist in

               ”
or even uncomfortably by rests, as                                                              concerts. Like Easy Listening. And yes,
if time itself is about to come to a            Vienna’s Burgtheater.
                                                                                                it can pass by in an undisturbing way if
complete halt.                                                                                 you let it. But once you allow it to unfold
                                                The concerto follows the Viennese
                                                Classical form, providing the audience with     in your ears, it has free-flowing richness,
                                                three contrasting movements of fast–slow–       endlessly inspired. Nielsen said admiringly
    – Thomas Dausgaard
                                                fast. The first movement exudes energy          of him that Mozart composed with the
                                                and showcases Beethoven’s grasp of the          sure-footedness of a sleep-walker. Yes,
Throughout the late 18th century, an            galant style with its exuberant opening         he never stumbles. In his music he turns
intellectual movement known as the              theme and song-like second melody.              water into wine, potentially banal music is
Enlightenment swept across Europe,              As was traditional, Beethoven followed          turned into something sublime. Perhaps
stirring dreams of progress and a pursuit of    sonata-allegro form, a musical structure        that is part of the reason why Mahler’s
reason. In many ways, the Enlightenment         commonly found in the first movements of        “banalities” in his own symphonies
stood as a humanitarian movement and            symphonies and concertos. In a concerto         created such opposition until recently?
required the ruler of Austria, the Holy         sonata-allegro form, the orchestra plays        But like Mahler, Mozart’s music explores a
Roman Emperor Joseph II, to advocate for        first, laying out the thematic material         doubleness — perhaps seemingly happy
social justice and the betterment of society.   that the soloist would then repeat and          on the surface but with sometimes very
These ideals seeped into all aspects of life,   expand upon in its exposition. Together,        different undercurrents, so that altogether
including music. Public concerts became         the pianist and orchestra then move into a      it can feel melancholic. It can be like an
more popular with the ever-growing middle       developmental section, meant to transform       endlessly turning head or kaleidoscope,
class, which offered new opportunities for      and play with the original themes. A            where for every slightest turn you realise
up-and-coming musicians. Furthermore,           recapitulation brings the thematic material     something new. The “Jupiter” Symphony
the aesthetics of music changed to portray      back in the original key and provides a         is carried by an almost explosive
the Enlightenment ideals of nature, reason,     chance for the soloist’s virtuosity to shine    creativity, a melting pot of inspiration from

                                                                                                             ”
and individualism.                              through an elaborate cadenza. Continuing        his own operas and church music, as
                                                to follow the galant style, Beethoven sets      well as music by the older masters Bach
Many well-known musicians are children          his second movement as slow and lyrical,        and Handel.
of the Enlightenment, but perhaps none          showcasing the melodic abilities of the
more so than Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.           piano. Finally, the third movement provides
Many music historians speculate that                                                                 – Thomas Dausgaard
                                                an exhilarating ending, exhibiting the
Beethoven and Mozart met during the             soloist’s abilities in a dramatic climax to
former’s visit to Vienna in 1787, though        the concerto. In many ways, Beethoven’s         As the Enlightenment transformed
no official documentation exists. A 19th-       Piano Concerto No. 2 is an archetype of         Viennese culture in the eighteenth-
century biographer of Beethoven, Otto           the Viennese Classical era, but its dramatic    century, music adapted. An increased
Jahn, suggested that the two met at a           themes hints at the heroic Beethoven yet        focus on public concerts brought new
concert and Mozart was enthralled with          to come.                                        opportunities for orchestral compositions
Beethoven’s skill: “Beethoven begged for
                                                                                                that led to the growth in popularity of the
a theme for improvisation, and, inspired
                                                                                                symphony. Many regard Joseph Haydn
by the presence of the master he revered
                                                                                                as the father of the symphony and his
so highly, played in such a manner as

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contributions to the genre (over 100 works!)     his career in Vienna. By the 1780s, Mozart                                 In the summer of 1788, Mozart successfully
helped establish the Viennese Classical          was famous. After meeting Haydn in 1784,                                   completed three symphonies — a feat
symphonic structure. Throughout this time        the older composer celebrated Mozart’s                                     that was potentially inspired by the recent
period, many symphonies followed the             compositional prowess: “If I could only                                    publication of Haydn’s “Paris” symphonies.
same formula: a buoyant first movement set       impress on the soul of every friend of music,                              The last of these works, Symphony
in sonata-allegro form; a lyrical, slow second   and on high personages in particular, how                                  No. 41 in C major, K. 551, stands as the
movement; a dance-centric third movement;        inimitable are Mozart’s works, how profound,                               composer’s colossal final work in the
and a grand and thrilling finale. Combined,      how musically intelligent, how extraordinarily                             genre as he would die three years later
these four movements would provide plenty        sensitive! (for this is how I understand them,                             at the young age of 35. The piece, which
of thematic content and contrast meant to        how I feel them) — why then the nations                                    was nicknamed “Jupiter” by musician
captivate and enthrall an audience.              would vie with each other to possess such a                                Johann Peter Salomon, embodies the
                                                 jewel within their frontiers.”                                             Viennese Classical symphonic form. The
Though he was popular for much more                                                                                         first movement, set in sonata-allegro form,
than his symphonic compositions, Wolfgang        Though Mozart experienced great                                            begins in a burst of joy and is full of vitality
Amadeus Mozart still remains known as            success publicly, his personal life became                                 and excitement while the second provides
one of the greatest orchestral composers         increasingly fraught and soon affected his                                 a pleasing, sonorous, and purely-Mozart
in history. Mozart composed 41 symphonies        work. Between the apex of his career in                                    melody. Following Haydn’s example,
during his lifetime, beginning Symphony          1785 and 1788 Mozart encountered multiple                                  Mozart sets the third movement as a
No. 1 when he was only eight years old.          tragedies, including the death of Leopold                                  dance. The fourth movement, however,
The wunderkind’s childhood was abnormal          as well as three of his infant children.                                   is the summit of Mozart’s symphonic
as he displayed an extraordinary talent          Furthermore, financial struggles from                                      compositions. Five vibrant themes open
for music at such a young age. His father,       gambling and household mismanagement                                       the movement, develop throughout, and
Leopold Mozart, toured his son and               plagued him and his wife, Constanze.                                       then return in the recapitulation where
daughter Nannerl across Europe as musical        Their debts continued to grow even                                         Mozart layers them together in a complex,
prodigies, bringing them into the courts         though Mozart’s compositional output was                                   fugal coda. This ending, intricately crafted
Bavaria, Vienna, Prague and London. As           extraordinary (premiering both The Marriage                                and melodically remarkable, stands as
Mozart matured, he left his family home of       of Figaro and Don Giovanni during these                                    a transcendent finale in one of history’s
Salzburg and moved to continue pursuing          years).                                                                    greatest symphonic works.

                                                                                                                            © 2019 Megan Francisco

                                                                                                                        LANG LANG
                                                                                                                        Piano
                                                                                                                                             Lang Lang is a leading
                                                                                                                                             figure in classical music
                                                                                                                                             today – as a pianist,
                                                                                                  Photo: Gregor Hohenberg

                                                                                                                                             educator and
                                                                                                                                             philanthropist he has
                                                                                                                                             become one of the
                                                                                                                                             world’s most influential
                                                                                                                                             and committed
                                                                                                                                             ambassadors for the
                                                                                                                        arts in the 21st century. Equally happy
                                                                                                                        playing for billions of viewers at the 2008
                                                                                                                        Olympic Opening Ceremony in Beijing or
                                                                                                                        just for a few hundred children in the public
                                                                                                                        schools, he is a master of communicating
                                                                                                                        through music.

                                                                                                                        Heralded as “the hottest artist on the
                                                                                                                        classical music planet” by The New York
                                                                                                                        Times, Lang Lang plays sold-out concerts
                                                                                                                        all over the world. He has formed ongoing
                                                                                                                        collaborations with conductors including
                                                                                                                        Sir Simon Rattle, Gustavo Dudamel, Daniel
                                                                                                                        Barenboim and Christoph Eschenbach and
                                                                                                                        performs with all the world’s top orchestras.

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THOMAS DAUSGAARD, MUSIC DIRECTOR

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10/10–12
                                THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2019, AT 7:30PM
                                SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2019, AT 8PM

                                Mozart Jupiter Symphony
         The Scan|Design
            Foundation          Thomas Dausgaard, conductor
       proudly sponsors the     Claire Chase, flute
                                Seattle Symphony
       2019–2020 concerts
           conducted by         JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
                                  Brandenburg Concerto No. 4                                                                         17’
                                   in G major, BWV 1049
       Thomas Dausgaard.        		   Allegro
                                		   Andante
                                		   Presto
                                		 DEMARRE MCGILL, FLUTE
         The Scan|Design        		 CLAIRE CHASE, FLUTE
          Foundation is         		 NOAH GELLER, VIOLIN

     committed to fostering     OLGA NEUWIRTH Aello - ballet mécanomorphe (U.S. Premiere)                                            18’
                                		                =ca.104—
      mutual understanding      		                =ca.54—
                                		              sub. =96
        between Denmark         		 CLAIRE CHASE, FLUTE
       and the U.S. through                                               INTE R MISSIO N                                            20'
                                WOLFGANG        Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551, “Jupiter”                                        31’
         educational and        AMADEUS MOZART		 Allegro vivace
         cultural activities.   		                Andante cantabile
                                		                Menuetto: Allegretto
                                		                Molto allegro

        On behalf of all the    Pre-concert Talk one hour prior to the performance.
                                Speaker: Thomas Dausgaard, Seattle Symphony Music Director and Claire Chase, flute
        proud Danes in the
                                Ask the Artist on Saturday October 12 in the Samuel & Althea Stroum Grand Lobby
         Pacific Northwest,     following the concert.
        we are delighted to     Program notes for Mozart’s Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551, “Jupiter” may be found
                                on pages 17 to 18..
         welcome Thomas
      Dausgaard as the new      Claire Chase’s performances are generously underwritten by Dale and Leslie Chihuly
                                through the Seattle Symphony’s Guest Artist Circle.
       Music Director of the    Thomas Dausgaard's performances are sponsored by the Scan|Design Foundation by Inger
                                and Jens Bruun.
        Seattle Symphony.
                                Please note that the timings provided for this concert are approximate.
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                                Performance ©2019 Seattle Symphony. Copying of any performance by camera, audio or video recording
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PROGRAM NOTES

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH                           contrasts between solos and tuttis, slow         preferably an Olivetti Lettera 22! Its keys
                                                and fast-moving figurations, augmentation        are used, alternating from the space bar
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G                 and diminution — and not least another           to the shift keys and the return of the
 major, BWV 1049                                spectacular and frenzied solo from               carriage. Bach’s themes are translated into
BORN M
      arch     21, 1685, in Eisenach           the violin.                                      office sounds of the 20th century! Finally,
                                                                                                 the orchestra itself, placed in a semicircle,
DIED July   28, 1750, in Leipzig
                                                                                                 is tiny: 6 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos and no
WORK COMPOSED circa        1721
                                                                                                 double bass.
WORLD PREMIERE Unknown                         OLGA NEUWIRTH
                                                Aello – ballet mécanomorphe                      To complete the transformation, Neuwirth
                                                                                                 tunes the group in 4 different pitches:
Notes from Music Director                       BORN August   4, 1968, in Graz                  highest are the cellos (450 Hz), next the
Thomas Dausgaard
                                                WORK COMPOSED  2017                             flute, trumpets, first violins, violas and
                                                WORLD PREMIERE February     2018 in             glass (443 Hz), then the synthesizer (434
In the Brandenburg Concertos, Bach              Stockholm; Thomas Dausgaard conducting the       Hz), and lowest the second violins
revised and put together six of his best                                                         (430,6 Hz).
                                                Swedish Chamber Orchestra
concertos to date in 1721 … the fact
that so many of his cycles of works
                                                U.S. PREMIERE October   2019 in Seattle;        As to the title Aello, the reference is to
are conceived as groups of six gives            Thomas Dausgaard conducting the Seattle          “a bride of the wind, sent by the gods,
us a clue to how to appreciate his              Symphony                                         to restore peace — if necessary, even
unconventional use of solo instruments                                                           with force,” a matter, Neuwirth notes, not
in the Brandenburg Concertos. Bach’s                                                             without contemporary relevance. The
                                                Notes from Music Director                        unusual quasi-dadaist sub-title ballet
Brandenburg Concertos offered a new
                                                Thomas Dausgaard                                 mécanomorphe — Ballet having the
experience for the listener of the time who
would be used to hearing all the solos                                                           form or quality of a machine — might
by, for example, the concertmaster. In the      Olga Neuwirth’s Aello – ballet                   explain how towards the end the work a
Brandenburg Concertos a whole concerto          mécanomorphe is simultaneously wild and          mechanical sounding stampede spreads
is now be dominated by two violas, or           close to Bach. Its three movements and           across all the instruments in a huge
two flutes, or even by the harpsichord!         their themes are moulded on Bach’s own,          build-up (not unlike a song by the group
Hierarchy has been dissolved and an             sometimes even quite strictly. Yet it comes      Radiohead), only to be cut off by a whiff
alternative world-order presented.              across as very free and unique — what            of air on the flute — “Aello” — hopefully
                                                did she do? She puts the sound world of          restoring piece.
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 is scored            Bach through a veritable transformation:
for three soloists: violin and two flutes,      the “frustrated” violin turns into a flute who
described as “flauti dolci” — and much          becomes the dominant soloist; not unlike
debated what that actually means (in            in Steven Mackey’s Triceros and Anders
some editions “fiauti d’echo”) — and            Hillborg’s Bach Materia, Neuwirth’s soloist
strings and continuo. The choice of             is a multitasking superwoman switching
soloists puts two extreme ends of the           between flute and bass flute in the last
hierarchy together: the concertmaster           movement, and a magician displaying
at the top, and at the bottom the flutes,       a huge variety of colours and virtuoso
either played by oboists as their second        techniques throughout. Regarding Bach’s
instrument in the military, or by amateur       original flutes, Neuwirth suggests that
flautists. To add insult to injury the flutes   by fiauti d’echo Bach may have meant
introduce all major themes in this work.        a double pipe instrument, and this she
                                                replaces with two muted trumpets; the
The first movement, Allegro, is an              “royal” and macho-symbol trumpets
extended variation on the musical ideas         “castrated” by being mellowed and
presented at the beginning, with the            softened by playing with cup, harmon
orchestra often reduced to playing              and straight mutes. The most extensive
a light accompanying role, making               transformation is that of the harpsichord,
room for delicate sounds of the flutes.         splitting its characteristics up into several
Unexpectedly the violin breaks into             “instruments”; its capacity for brilliant
several extended solos, one of which            virtuosity is honoured by a synthesizer
so incredibly fast as if to show all of his/    with harpsichord sound and in the
her virtuosity — or frustration with the        second movement with glass harmonica
dominance of the flutes! — in a very short      sound. The tingling harpsichord sound is
time. The second movement, Andante,             recreated by a battery-driven milk frother
is a sarabande, alternating between             held to a small triangle, alternatively by a
tuttis and solos, with the violin solo          water-filled wineglass pitched in E, and
often reduced to playing a bass line to         a reception bell. But the most humorous
the flutes. The final Presto is a brilliant     idea is to isolate the plucking sound of the
fugue, at the same time incorporating           harpsichord by a (mechanic) typewriter,

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