In his opening concert of the Masterworks Season, Music Director Thomas Dausgaard sets an exhilarating course with Mahler’s universal First Symphony. Brahms’ piano concertos are on a scale larger than even some of his symphonies, and Yefim Bronfman explores the full dynamic range of Brahms’ Second Piano Concerto, from the jubilant scherzo to the graceful finale. The lively Flounce by the Finnish composer Lotta Wennäkoski opens the evening.
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Thursday, 19 September, 2019 7:30PM
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Friday, 20 September, 2019 12:00PM
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Saturday, 21 September, 2019 8:00PM
Stroll with Mussorgsky on a vivid tour through Pictures at an Exhibition, rendered in fantastic detail by Ravel’s orchestration. In Dvořák’s concerto, unfettered imagination turns inward to thoughts of home and a lost love, producing one of the cello’s most beautiful and emotive showpieces.
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Thursday, 26 September, 2019 7:30PM
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Saturday, 28 September, 2019 8:00PM
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Sunday, 29 September, 2019 2:00PM
Mozart’s grand “Jupiter” Symphony is carried by an almost explosive creativity, a melting pot of inspiration influenced by the great master Bach. Each of Bach’s concertos has a way of putting traditional orchestra hierarchy on its head and the Fourth Concerto is no exception. It’s matched with a work by Olga Neuwirth, Aello, a fascinating pairing originally performed at the BBC Proms with Thomas Dausgaard conducting the Swedish Chamber Orchestra.
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Thursday, 10 October, 2019 7:30PM
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Saturday, 12 October, 2019 8:00PM
The requiem that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart left unfinished on his deathbed, voiced here in heavenly counterpoint by the Seattle Symphony Chorale, imparts beauty and consolation in the face of tragedy.
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Thursday, 17 October, 2019 7:30PM
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Saturday, 19 October, 2019 8:00PM
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Sunday, 20 October, 2019 2:00PM
Schumann’s Piano Concerto channels the boundless love and inspiration that flowered in his marriage to a world-class pianist. Mendelssohn’s Third Symphony revisits the awe he felt as a young man in Edinburgh, beholding the ancient castle of Mary, Queen of Scots.
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Thursday, 24 October, 2019 7:30PM
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Saturday, 26 October, 2019 8:00PM
