KINAN AZMEH PREMIERES HIS NEW CLARINET CONCERTO - LAWRENCE BROWNLEE & ERIC OWENS
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FEBRUARY 2019 GRAMOPHONE’S ORCHESTRA OF THE YEAR
LUDOVIC MORLOT, MUSIC DIRECTOR
KINAN AZMEH
PREMIERES HIS NEW
CLARINET CONCERTO
LAWRENCE BROWNLEE
& ERIC OWENS
IN RECITAL
SIR ANDRÁS SCHIFF
WITH THE SEATTLE SYMPHONY
& IN RECITAL
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4 / CALENDAR
6 / MEET THE MUSICIANS
8 / THE SYMPHONY
10 / NEWS
FEATURES
12 / Say Hello to Octave 9
CONCERTS
15 / February 6
Silkroad Ensemble with
Kinan Azmeh
17 / February 8, 9 & 10
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial in
Concert
19 / February 14 & 16
Prokofiev Symphony No. 7
23 / February 17
27
Lawrence Brownlee &
Eric Owens
27 / February 18
Photo: Pari Dukovic
Songplay Featuring
Joyce DiDonato
JOYCE DIDONATO
29 / February 19
Debussy String Quartet
31 / February 22 & 23
Amadeus Live with the
Seattle Symphony
23 23
33 / February 28 & March 3
Sir András Schiff Beethoven
Photo: Shervin Lainez
Photo: Dario Acosta
Piano Concerto No. 4
37 / March 2
LAWRENCE BROWNLEE ERIC OWENS
Sir András Schiff in Recital
46 / BENAROYA HALL GUIDE
47 / THE LIS(Z)T
ON THE COVER: Kinan Azmeh (page 15) with the Seattle Symphony by Brandon Patoc
COVER DESIGN: Kate Hourihan
EDITOR: Heidi Staub
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LUDOVIC MORLOT
SEATTLE SYMPHONY MUSIC DIRECTOR
French conductor Ludovic Morlot was Chief Conductor of La Monnaie for three years
Morlot has been Music (2012–14). During this time he conducted several new
Director of the Seattle productions including La Clemenza di Tito, Jenu° fa and Pelléas
Symphony since 2011. et Mélisande as well as concert performances in both Brussels
During the 2018–2019 and at the Aix-en-Provence Easter Festival.
season they will continue
in their incredible Trained as a violinist, Morlot studied conducting at the Pierre
musical journey, focusing Monteux School (U.S.) with Charles Bruck and Michael Jinbo.
particularly on the music He continued his education in London at the Royal Academy
Photo: Lisa-Marie Mazzucco
of Debussy, and works by of Music and then at the Royal College of Music as recipient
composers he influenced of the Norman del Mar Conducting Fellowship. Morlot was
or that influenced him. elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music in 2014 in
Among others, newly recognition of his significant contribution to music. He is
commissioned works this Chair of Orchestral Conducting Studies at the University of
season are Caroline Shaw’s Washington School of Music.
Piano Concerto and the U.S.
premiere of Pascal Dusapin’s At Swim-Two-Birds. The orchestra has
many successful recordings on their label which have won three
Grammy Awards.
SEATTLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ROSTER
LUDOVIC MORLOT Thomas Dausgaard Music Director Designate Pablo Rus Broseta Douglas F. King Associate Conductor
Harriet Overton Stimson Music Director Joseph Crnko Associate Conductor for Choral Activities Gerard Schwarz Rebecca & Jack Benaroya Conductor Laureate
FIRST VIOLIN Wes Dyring OBOE Jonathan Karschney KEYBOARD
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David & Amy Fulton Concertmaster Sayaka Kokubo Principal Organ +
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Daniel Stone Supported by anonymous donors
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Jordan Anderson Stephen Fissel
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powerful.”
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LUDOVIC MORLOT, MUSIC DIRECTOR
Welcome to Benaroya Hall. We have so much
music in store for you!
This month we have a wonderful opportunity
to celebrate the global exchange of musical
Photo: Lisa-Marie Mazzucco
ideas when the Seattle Symphony performs
with the world-renowned Silkroad Ensemble on
February 6. This concert will feature music of
diverse cultures by composers Chen Yi, Edward
Perez and Vijay Iyer. I’m especially delighted
that clarinetist Kinan Azmeh will return to the
Benaroya Hall stage to play the premiere of his Clarinet Concerto; Kinan’s
moving solo performance with the Seattle Symphony during our 2016 Music
Beyond Borders concert was unforgettable.
Continuing in the spirit of musical exchange, I hope you’ll join us for Just Released
our exciting upcoming community concerts. On February 15 the Seattle The latest Seattle Symphony recording
Symphony will perform an all-Latinx program together with musicians from dropped the end of January, featuring
the Ballard Civic Orchestra and Seattle World Youth Orchestra at Highline Ludovic Morlot conducting renowned tenor
Performing Arts Center. And on March 1 we’ll perform a Side-by-Side Ian Bostridge with the orchestra in music of
Concert with Ballard High School Orchestra. three iconic French composers: Debussy,
Berlioz and Ravel. The Seattle Times raved
This March I return to the podium for two programs, beginning with Bach’s
about Bostridge’s “warm tone quality and
Mass in B minor, a work that is close to my heart. Later in March I’ll lead a beautiful expression” during the performance
work inspired by Bach: John Harbison’s Organ Symphony, What Do We of Berlioz’s Les nuits d’été, and the live-in-
Make of Bach? It’s a joy to celebrate the 80th year of American composer concert track is paired with studio recordings
John Harbison by performing this incredible piece with organist Wayne of Ravel’s imaginative Shéhérazade
Marshall in Benaroya Hall. and Debussy’s colorfully rich Le livre de
Baudelaire, orchestrated by John Adams.
I am thrilled that we will open a new performance space this March called
Octave 9: Raisbeck Music Center. Octave 9 will use state-of-the-art Listen now or get your own digital download
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Thank you for your support of the Symphony. I look forward to seeing you intermission to pick up a CD.
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Grammy Watch
Cordialement, The Seattle Symphony
Ludovic Morlot was nominated for three
Music Director Grammy Awards — the
most of any orchestra
this year! Nielsen
Symphonies Nos. 3
and 4, conducted by
Thomas Dausgaard,
NOTA BENE was nominated for Best Orchestral
Performance and Aaron Jay Kernis’ Violin
Concerto, conducted by Ludovic Morlot
BERIO & BOULEZ Join us for performances of Berio’s Circles and Boulez’s sur Incises on with soloist James Ehnes, was nominated
March 22 at [untitled] 2 — the Symphony’s late-night contemporary series in the Samuel for Best Classical Instrumental Solo and
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Rahbee conduct the Seattle Symphony in music composed by UW faculty members and coming up next at Benaroya Hall.
Seattle Symphony musicians at Meany Hall. seattlesymphony.org/inthecommunity
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HELLO
TO
OCTAVE 9:
RAISBECK
MUSIC
CENTER
Seattle’s newest music
Octave 9’s first Artist in Residence, cellist
venue opens March 3 Seth Parker Woods, in a rendering provided
by LMN Architects.
By Shiva Shafii
On March 3, the corner of Second acoustics of Octave 9 from a cozy lounge the Seattle Symphony. “In this space, we
Avenue and Union Street in downtown to the spacious sound of a concert hall to will live and breathe today’s art and support
Seattle will be abuzz for the Grand the Grand Canyon. Octave 9’s modular contemporary composers with a dedicated
Opening of Octave 9: Raisbeck Music surround screens with 13 moveable panels medium for their work. Arts are the way
Center, a one-of-a-kind technology-infused can encompass an audience during a live a society articulates itself, and Octave 9
venue offering a glimpse into the future performance or illuminate light glistening signifies the importance of supporting the
of music. off the desert sands as a surround-sound voices of today.”
recording of John Luther Adams’ Become
For over 16 years, the 2,000-square- Desert plays. What better example of this than the
foot space housed Soundbridge Seattle Contemporary Music Marathon on March
Symphony Music Discovery Center, but on The Grand Opening of Octave 9 will be 23–24? With 24 consecutive hours of
March 3 it will reopen as Octave 9, a place celebrated from March through June with a programs co-curated by musicians,
that reimagines the way we experience variety of concerts and events, showcasing composers and artists, featuring music
music, learning and community. But how? Octave 9’s capabilities and versatility. from over 50 contemporary composers,
Through technology and design that GeekWire affirms the inaugural season of the marathon is split into three “acts” —
transports audiences sonically and visually. concerts to be just “as experimental as Nightfall, Dreams and Daybreak. Marathon
the space.” With five world premieres and passes are available for the entire 24-hour
The space boasts a powerful, state- over 70 instrumentalists performing works period or you can purchase individual
of-the-art Meyer Sound Constellation® from over 70 contemporary composers, acts separately.
acoustic system that uses 42 speakers Octave 9 represents a bold commitment to
and 30 microphones, referred to as the music of today. An immersive overnight experience,
the “photoshop of sound” by The New Dreams is curated by composer and artist
Yorker’s Alex Ross. With the touch of a “Octave 9 is groundbreaking,” shared Marcin Pączkowski who will transform
button, Constellation can transform the Krishna Thiagarajan, President & CEO of the space through performance into an
12 SEATTLESYMPHONY.ORGOCTAVE 9
GRAND
OPENING
CELEBRATIONS
The Seattle Symphony
invites you to join us in the
month-long Grand Opening
celebration of Octave 9:
Photo: James Holt
Raisbeck Music Center.
Grand Opening Ribbon
Cutting and Open House
■ Sunday, March 3
Grand Opening
interactive sound installation from a new work using Octave 9’s unique First Thursday
midnight to 7am. In this all-night technology, which will be premiered Join us on the first
performance, audience members by Seattle Symphony musicians in Thursday of every month
will be enveloped in sound and the space on April 28. for a free open house and
mesmerized by the atmospheric and demonstration of Octave 9.
immersive visuals that are responding From multi-sensory chamber concerts
and interactive performances, to ■ Thursday, March 7
to every note. At sunrise, John Luther
Adams’ songbirdsongs starts the illuminating conversations alongside The Symphony:
new day leading into the final act, artists and composers, to events Shostakovich
Daybreak. for families that spark curiosity, A conversation with Dr.
Octave 9 is Seattle’s newest home Larry Starr, Professor
The Contemporary Music Marathon for innovative experiences. Emeritus, University of
will be the second time Seattle Washington.
audiences get to hear Octave 9’s Octave 9: Raisbeck Music Center
is named in honor of Seattle ■ Friday, March 8
first Artist in Residence, cellist and
interdisciplinary artist Seth Parker philanthropists James and Sherry Family Open House
Woods, in the space. Parker Woods’ Raisbeck, who provided a $2 million Come play, learn and
comfortability with the intersection matching challenge to transform explore with your family
of technology and music promises to the former Soundbridge. The name at Octave 9: Raisbeck
continue Octave 9’s sense was inspired by the size of a concert Music Center.
of innovation. grand piano, which spans just over ■ Saturday, March 9
seven octaves. A nine-octave range,
Parker Woods will also perform on then, pushes past the boundaries, Brooklyn to Ballard
one of two chamber concerts in redefining what is musically possible. Composer in Residence
Octave 9 curated by Derek Bermel, Derek Bermel curates an
the Seattle Symphony’s 2018–2019 “Sherry and I are thrilled to support evening of performances.
Composer in Residence. Bermel’s the Seattle Symphony’s commitment ■ Sunday, March 10
first program tells a narrative of to both innovation and community
American music at the intersection in this new space,” James Raisbeck In the Spotlight:
of jazz and classical while the shared. “Our gift is a vote of John Harbison
second program is an exploration of confidence and an invitation to others Engage in conversation
contemporary music in dialogue with to join us in making Octave 9 a with Pulitzer Prize-winning
electronics and spatialization. These destination for education, inspiration composer John Harbison.
concerts also include commissioned and engagement for music lovers of ■ Wednesday, March 20
works from Seattle-based composers all ages.”
Contemporary Music
Stephen Newby and Kaley Lane
Join us! Bring your family and friends Marathon
Eaton. The Seattle Symphony also
down to check out Octave 9 at one Immerse yourself in a
commissioned Bermel to compose
of the many Grand Opening events. 24-hour multi-disciplinary
showcase of new music.
■ Saturday, March 23 &
Leadership support for Octave 9 construction was generously provided Sunday, March 24
by James and Sherry Raisbeck, Norcliffe Foundation, Sage Foundation,
4Culture/King County Building for Culture and LMN Architects. Programming Visit seattlesymphony.org/
is supported by the Judith A. Fong Music Directors Fund. We thank all the octave9 for tickets and
supporters who have made Octave 9: Raisbeck Music Center a reality. more information.
encoremediagroup.com/programs 13SEATTLE SYMPHONY LUDOVIC MORLOT, MUSIC DIRECTOR
MARCH 29–31
APRIL 25 & 26
GLENN MILLER ORCHESTRA SURROGATE CITIES Ludovic
Nick Hilscher, director Morlot
Glenn Miller Orchestra
Ludovic Morlot, conductor
The world-famous Glenn Miller Orchestra, with its unique jazz Jocelyn B. Smith, vocals
sound, is one of the most popular and sought-after big bands David Moss, vocals
in the world today.
HEINER GOEBBELS: Surrogate Cities
Friday performance sponsored by Morgan Stanley.
From its sultry intimacy of cabaret to hallucinogenic sound effects and
striking visual effects, Surrogate Cities, by Heiner Goebbels, studies the
essence of a modern metropolis — its people, its power structures and its
place in a changing world — with the world premiere of a new piece woven
into Surrogate Cities.
Underwritten by Judith A. Fong
APRIL 11 & 13
DVOŘÁK NEW WORLD SYMPHONY
Thomas Dausgaard, conductor
Nicola Benedetti, violin
GEORGE WALKER: Sinfonia No. 5, “Visions” (World Premiere) MAY 31, JUNE 1–2
SZYMANOWSKI: Violin Concerto No. 2
CIRQUE GOES BROADWAY
DVOŘÁK: “New World” Symphony
Jack Everly, conductor
Scottish violinist Nicola Benedetti brings her powerhouse
Troupe Vertigo
musicianship to Szymanowski’s Violin Concerto No. 2. In his
Ben Crawford, vocals
Symphony No. 9, “From the New World,” Dvořák reflected
Ron Remke, vocals
back the bountiful and optimistic United States that welcomed
Christina DeCicco, vocals
him with open arms. Troupe
Thomas Dausgaard’s performances are generously underwritten by Ilene and
Cirque with a Broadway twist! Join Vertigo
Elwood Hertzog. Thomas Dausgaard’s performances receive additional support the Seattle Symphony as acrobats
from the Scan|Design Foundation by Inger & Jens Bruun. and aerialists dazzle with spectacular
Friday performance sponsored by Morgan Stanley. music from Broadway’s greatest shows.
Friday performance sponsored by Morgan Stanley.
Sunday performance sponsored by Microsoft.
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PROGRAM
SILKROAD ENSEMBLE NOTES
WITH KINAN AZMEH
S P E C IAL PER FO RMA NCES Tonight we have a chance to witness the
versatility of the Silkroad musicians and
Ludovic Morlot, conductor composers in a rare partnership with our
own orchestra. Members of the Silkroad
Silkroad Ensemble Ensemble break the customary concert
Cristina Pato, bagpipes music ritual by engaging with their diverse
Wu Man, pipa roots and contributing a non-classical
cultural legitimacy. The music they co-create
Kinan Azmeh, clarinet combines respectful representations of their
Sandeep Das, tabla own cultures’ past and new ways of looking
into the globalized future; it showcases
Shane Shanahan, percussion
and transcends multiple cultures at once
Matthew Decker, percussion (guest from the Seattle Symphony) by cross-fertilizing very different traditions.
Seattle Symphony This music celebrates ethnic diversity while
reinforcing the previously unthinkable
VIJAY IYER
City of Sand (Speculative Dunhuang) 27’ connections and commonalities between
Frontier the formerly exclusionary Western classical
The Road music and other world music cultures. The
Cave 17 feeling of mutual understanding, open
Gathering communication and sincere joy expressed
Entrustment during the Silkroad performances becomes
infectious, asserting that classical music is a
SILKROAD ENSEMBLE
dynamic art form relevant to
SEATTLE SYMPHONY the current conditions of our ever-
connected world.
EDWARD PEREZ The Latina 6/8 Suite 15’
Tarantella-Muiñeira While, on surface, tonight’s concert is going
Tanguillo: The High Seas to follow the rules of a typical symphony
Joropo-Festejo: Muiñeira de Chantada orchestra presentation — it has a defined
Fandango: Prueba de Fuego structure and the musicians will be reading
SILKROAD ENSEMBLE music from the written scores created
MEMBERS OF THE SEATTLE SYMPHONY by professional composers rather than
improvising — the essence of music-making
IN T E R M IS S IO N will be unique. The works performed tonight
were conceived specifically for the particular
CHEN YI Introduction, Andante and Allegro 15’
lineup that features the non-Western
(World Premiere and Seattle Symphony
musicians, instruments and performance
co-commission)
techniques, and most of these compositions
Introduction
can be performed only by the musicians
Andante for whom they were written: they inspire an
Allegro incredibly flexible output enhanced by the
SEATTLE SYMPHONY spirit of individual soloists jointly working
together.
KINAN AZMEH Clarinet Concerto (World Premiere and 20’
Seattle Symphony commission*) Vijay Iyer is an incredibly gifted composer
KINAN AZMEH, CLARINET and performer; he is among the most
SEATTLE SYMPHONY brilliant jazz pianists of the current times. His
ruminative City of Sand for clarinet, tabla,
pipa, percussion and string orchestra was
KINAN AZMEH Wedding 8’
co-commissioned by Silkroad Ensemble
SILKROAD ENSEMBLE and A Far Cry chamber orchestra. It
SEATTLE SYMPHONY beautifully illustrates a multicultural
approach that both the composer and the
*Kinan Azmeh’s Clarinet Concerto is commissioned by Classical Movements for the Seattle commissioning groups have embraced in
Symphony as part of the Eric Daniel Helms New Music Program. their music-making. The piece reflects the
Kinan Azmeh’s performance is generously underwritten by Nader and Oraib Kabbani. painted murals found in multiple hand-
carved cave temples around the town of
Concert sponsored by Delta Air Lines.
Dunhuang in the north-Western China, the
Please note that the timings provided for this concert are approximate. title of which means “City of Sand.” Iyer
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explains that these paintings “reveal to us
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a deliriously hybrid Buddhism informed
by Hinduism, Zoroastrianism, early Islam,
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Taoism, Confucianism and Manichaeism. In The Syrian composer and clarinetist Kinan Syria, my country’s men and women, my
these caves we see evidence of an organic Azmeh, who is also a member of Silkroad, home in New York, my extended community
globalism emerging in Dunhuang from the first appeared as a soloist with the Seattle here in the U.S. and all of those who spoke
movements and interactions of Chinese, Symphony exactly two years ago, performing up against injustice everywhere.
Indian, Central Asian, North African and two movements from his Suite for Improvisor
Middle Eastern peoples along the Silk Road. and Orchestra to rapt ovations at the end When Classical Movements commissioned
… The experiences we associate with the of the Music Beyond Borders concert me to write a clarinet concerto for the Seattle
Silk Road — migration, discovery, encounter, featuring music from the countries banned Symphony’s 2018–2019 season all I wanted
interaction — all depend on improvisation: by the February 2017 executive order. The was to write a piece that would enjoy a lot of
our capacity to sense, decide and act in last of these movements, Wedding, will be freedom. Therefore, what I have scored here
relation to each other. … Eventually, through performed again to end tonight’s concert. is a piece that is free from any programmatic
speculating about Dunhuang’s deep past, It captures the spirit of a wedding party in or autobiographical information. The only
I realized that just as in these caves, and a Syrian village usually held in the public summary that can be given here is that there
just as in culture as a whole, individual and square for everyone to attend. Azmeh finds it is an introduction, there is a lullaby and there
collective improvisation would help us make “quite inspiring to see that, in spite of all the is an ecstatic dance in one of my favorite
the most of our shared presence.” bullets and the atrocities, people still have rhythms in Arabic music called ‘Katakufti’ or
the resilience to simply fall in love. After all, ‘Nawari,’ and in a similar fashion to many of
The electric Galician gaitera (bagpipe falling in love is probably one of the very few my earlier works, the soloist has lots of room
player) Cristina Pato commissioned The human rights that no authority can take away.” to improvise.
Latina 6/8 Suite from Edward Perez in
2015. The daughter of a Galician immigrant Right upon the conclusion of the memorable I am very grateful to the Seattle Symphony
to Venezuela, Pato explains that the performance at Music Beyond Borders, and Classical Movements for bringing this
piece is “a way to embrace my heritage Azmeh was approached by the Seattle piece to life and for making me feel at home
through music, looking at the connections Symphony with a suggestion to write a thousands of miles away from home, and
between the country where the word Latino new piece for the orchestra, and, thanks who reminded me that small gestures of
originated — Italy — and the countries that to the support of Classical Movements, we solidarity can travel far, freely!
are considered Latino today.” In this four- are witnessing its premiere tonight. Three
movement suite starting with the Italian sections of Azmeh’s new one-movement – Kinan Azmeh
Tarantella, she wanted Perez to explore Clarinet Concerto follow a typical fast–slow–
just one rhythm (6/8) found in such different fast structure of a traditional instrumental
styles as the Venezuelan joropo, the Peruvian concerto, but are filled with non-Western
festejo, the Galician muiñeira, the tanguillo rhythms and exciting improvised solos KINAN AZMEH
and the fandango — the rhythm that has requiring the orchestra musicians to listen Clarinet & composer
travelled throughout the world telling a story attentively and communicate with the soloist
of human migration to different countries of in a very engaged way. Hailed as a “virtuoso” and
Latin America. “intensely soulful” by The
Program notes by Elena Dubinets, Seattle Symphony New York Times and
The first piece on the second half of our Vice President of Artistic Planning & Creative Projects “spellbinding” by The
program is the only work written for orchestra New Yorker, Syrian-born,
Photo: Connie Tsang
without the Silkroad musicians, though with genre-bending composer
this specific concert in mind. The Chinese It was less than a week after the
and clarinetist Kinan
composer Chen Yi was Music Alive’s infamous travel ban was issued that
Azmeh has been touring
composer in residence with the Seattle the Seattle Symphony got in touch with me
the globe with great
Symphony in 2003–2004 season, and and invited me to take part in Music Beyond
acclaim as a soloist, composer and
her Third Symphony, subtitled My Musical Borders, a concert celebrating the cultures
improviser in the most prestigious concert
Journey to America, was commissioned and people of seven Muslim-majority
halls in the world. He has collaborated with
and premiered by the Seattle Symphony in countries whose citizens were temporarily
Yo-Yo Ma, Daniel Barenboim, John
2004 in honor of its centennial. Chen Yi’s banned from entering the U.S. While I was on
McLaughlin and Djivan Gasparian, among
new three-movement work, Introduction, stage performing my Suite for Improvisor and
others and leads his own bands Hewar and
Andante and Allegro, is, in her own words, Orchestra in Seattle that night on February 8,
“inspired by two sacred animals in Chinese Kinan Azmeh CityBand. He is also a Silkroad
2017, I kept thinking of what a rollercoaster of
legend: the black xuanwu (a combination Ensemble artist with whom he won a Grammy
a week that was; within seven days I
of turtle and snake in one) and the white in 2016. As a composer, his recent
managed to experience the thrill of
tiger in the mountain. The first movement, commissions include pieces for the Seattle
performing at the new Elbphilharmonie in
Introduction, goes from tranquil to vivid and Symphony, the New York Philharmonic and
Hamburg, the familiarity of being very close
energetic; its pentatonic motivic material is the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. He is a
to home playing the Mozart Clarinet Concerto
drawn from Chinese folk music and expands graduate of The Juilliard School, the
in Beirut, the worry and anger that come with
into a bold melody in the Peking Opera music Damascus High Institute of Music and
being stranded somewhere and not allowed
style. The sonority in the second movement, Damascus University’s School of Electrical
to go home, and finally the relief of returning
Andante, is dark, mysterious and imaginative Engineering, and he holds a doctorate in
in a boundless space. The contrasting third back to my apartment in New York, thanks to
music from the City University of New York.
movement, Allegro, is dramatic and powerful, a block to the presidential executive order by
with a developing ostinato that keeps Washington’s Attorney General. These
growing towards a brilliant finale.” thoughts were about home; my home in
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SILKROAD ENSEMBLE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2019, AT 8PM
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2019, AT 8PM
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2019, AT 2PM
E.T. THE
EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
IN CONCERT
SEATTL E PO PS SER I ES
The Silkroad Ensemble creates music that
engages difference, sparking radical Jack Everly, conductor | Seattle Symphony
cultural collaboration and passion-driven
learning to build a more hopeful world. A STEVEN SPIELBERG Film
Founded by cellist Yo-Yo Ma, the group has
been called “vibrant and virtuosic” by
the Wall Street Journal, “one of the 21st
century’s great ensembles” by
the Vancouver Sun, and a “roving musical
laboratory without walls” by the Boston
Globe.
DEE WALLACE
Silkroad musicians appear in many
PETER COYOTE
configurations and settings, from intimate
groups of two and three in museum HENRY THOMAS as ELLIOTT
galleries to rousing complements Music by
of eighteen in concert halls, public JOHN WILLIAMS
squares and amphitheaters. Off the stage,
they lead professional development Written by
and musician training workshops, create MELISSA MATHISON
residency programs in schools, museums, Produced by
and communities, and experiment STEVEN SPIELBERG & KATHLEEN KENNEDY
with new media and genres to share
Directed by
Silkroad’s approach to radical cultural STEVEN SPIELBERG
collaboration. A UNIVERSAL PICTURE
Silkroad musicians and composers hail
from more than 20 countries, drawing on a
rich tapestry of traditions to create a new
musical language — a uniquely engaging
and accessible encounter between the Tonight’s program is a presentation of the complete film E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial with a live
foreign and the familiar that reflects our performance of the film’s entire score, including music played by the orchestra during the end
many-layered contemporary identities. As credits. Out of respect for the musicians and your fellow audience members, please remain seated
the Los Angeles Times has said, Silkroad’s until the conclusion of the credits.
“vision of international cooperation is not E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial is a trademark and copyright of Universal Studios. Licensed by Universal
what we read in our daily news reports. Studios. All Rights Reserved. Available on Blu-ray and DVD from Universal Pictures Home
Theirs is the better world available if we, Entertainment.
like these extraordinary musicians, agree Director Steven Spielberg’s heartwarming masterpiece is one of the brightest stars in motion
to make it one.” picture history. Filled with unparalleled magic and imagination, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial follows the
moving story of a lost little alien who befriends a 10-year-old boy named Elliott. Experience all the
The Silkroad Ensemble has performed in mystery and fun of their unforgettable adventure in the beloved movie that captivated audiences
more than 100 cities in over 30 countries around the world.
and recorded seven albums; its 2016
This presentation is approximately two hours and 15 minutes including one 20-minute
release, Sing Me Home, won the Grammy
intermission.
Award for Best World Music Album. The
Music of Strangers, a documentary about The Seattle Symphony’s presentation of E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial in Concert is sponsored by
the Ensemble directed by the Academy Boeing.
Award-winning filmmaker Morgan Neville,
Sunday performance sponsored by Microsoft.
premiered at the Toronto International
Please note that the timings provided for this concert are approximate.
Film Festival in 2015 and was released
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worldwide in 2016. Performance ©2019 Seattle Symphony. Copying of any performance by camera, audio or video recording
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encoremediagroup.com/programs 17JACK EVERLY
Conductor
Jack Everly is the of attendees and reaching millions of
Principal Pops viewers annually.
Conductor of the
Indianapolis and Originally appointed by Mikhail
Photo: Andre Ringuette -
Baltimore symphony Baryshnikov, Everly was conductor of
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orchestras, Naples the American Ballet Theatre (ABT) for 14
Philharmonic Orchestra years, where he served as Music Director.
and the National Arts In addition to his ABT tenure, he teamed
Centre Orchestra with Marvin Hamlisch on Broadway shows
(Ottawa). He has conducted the Los that Hamlisch scored. He conducted
Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Carol Channing hundreds of times
Bowl, The New York Pops at Carnegie Hall, in Hello, Dolly! in two separate Broadway
the San Francisco Symphony and productions.
numerous appearances with The
Cleveland Orchestra at Blossom Music Everly, a graduate of the Jacobs School of
Center. Everly will conduct over 90 Music at Indiana University, is a recipient of
performances in more than 22 North the 2015 Indiana Historical Society Living Boeing is proud
American cities this season. Legends Award and holds an Honorary
Doctorate of Arts from Franklin College in to support
As Music Director of the National Memorial his home state of Indiana. He is a proud
Day Concert and A Capitol Fourth on resident of the Indianapolis community the Seattle
PBS, Everly proudly leads the National and when not on the podium you can find
Symphony Orchestra in these patriotic him at home with his family, which includes Symphony and
celebrations on the West Lawn of the U.S. Max the wonder dog.
Capitol attracting hundreds of thousands its mission to
unleash the
power of music,
PRODUCTION CREDITS bring people
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial in Concert is produced by Film together and lift
Concerts Live!, a joint venture of IMG Artists,
LLC and The Gorfaine/Schwartz Agency, Inc. the human spirit.
Producers: Steven A. Linder and Jamie Richardson
Production Manager: Rob Stogsdill
Production Coordinator: Sophie Greaves
Worldwide Representation: IMG Artists, LLC
Supervising Technical Director: Mike Runice
Technical Director: Luke Dennis
Music Composed by John Williams
Music Preparation: Jo Ann Kane Music Service
Film Preparation for Concert Performance: Ramiro Belgardt
Technical Consultant: Laura Gibson
Sound Remixing for Concert Performance:
Chace Audio by Deluxe
The score for E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial has been adapted for live
concert performance.
With special thanks to: Universal Pictures, Amblin Entertainment,
Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, John Williams, David
Newman, Kristin Stark, Carol Nygren, Tamara Woolfork, Patrick
Koors, Daniel Posener, Tammy Olsen, Angela Emery, Shayne
Mifsud, Lauren Purnell, Darice Murphy, Chris Herzberger, Noah
Bergman, Paul Ginsburg, Mark Graham and the musicians and
staff of the Seattle Symphony.
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