{"id":11693,"date":"2011-01-21T07:00:01","date_gmt":"2011-01-21T07:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/2011\/01\/21\/the-20112012-seattle-symphony-subscription-season-at-a-glance\/"},"modified":"2011-01-21T07:00:01","modified_gmt":"2011-01-21T07:00:01","slug":"the-20112012-seattle-symphony-subscription-season-at-a-glance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/20110121-01\/?p=11693","title":{"rendered":"The 2011\/2012 Seattle Symphony subscription season at a glance"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every<\/a> year<\/a>, I put together a little pocket guide<\/a> to the Seattle Symphony<\/a> subscription season<\/a> for my symphony friends to help them decide which ticket package they want. As before, you might find it helpful, you might not, but either way, you’re going to have to suffer through it. Here’s the at-a-glance season guide for the first season with newly-appointed music director Ludovic Morlot<\/a>. (Full brochure<\/a> [pdf].) function filter(c) { var rows = document.getElementById(“schedule”).getElementsByTagName(“TR”); for (var i = 0; i != rows.length; i++) { var row = rows[i]; var className = row.className; if (className != “”) { if (c == ‘all’ || className.indexOf(c) >= 0) { row.style.display = “”; } else { row.style.display = “none”; } } } } <\/p>\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Week<\/th>\nProgram<\/th>\nComments<\/th>\n<\/td>\n21<\/font><\/th>\n13<\/font><\/th>\n7A
7B<\/font><\/th>\n		7C
7D<\/font><\/th>\n		<\/td>\n7E
7F<\/font><\/th>\n		7G<\/font><\/th>\n4A<\/font><\/th>\nBW<\/font><\/th>\n<\/td>\nMM<\/font><\/th>\nRH<\/font><\/th>\nBS<\/font><\/th>\nSS<\/font><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
09\/22
2011<\/td>\n		 Zappa: Dupree’s Paradise<\/i>
Dutilleux: The Tree of Dreams<\/i>
Beethoven: Symphony #3<\/td>\n		Nervous
Nervous
Awesome<\/td>\n		 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
09\/29
2011<\/td>\n		 Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring<\/i>
Gershwin: An American in Paris<\/i>
Varèse: Amériques<\/i><\/td>\n		Polarizing
Awesome
Nervous<\/td>\n		 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n\n
 <\/div>\n<\/td>\n
 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10\/06
2011<\/td>\n		 Liszt: Von der Wiege bis zum Grabe<\/i>
Mahler: Kindertotenlieder<\/i>
Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances<\/i><\/td>\n		Nervous
Okay
Excellent<\/td>\n		 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10\/20
2011<\/td>\n		 Mozart: Symphony #25, K173dB
Haydn: Cello Concerto in C
Schubert: Symphony #5<\/td>\n		Awesome
Excellent
Excellent<\/td>\n		 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10\/28
2011<\/td>\n		 Bach: Harpsichord Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052<\/font>
Webern: Symphony Op. 21
Stravinsky: Dumbarton Oaks<\/i>
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto #5<\/td>\n		Excellent
Nervous
Good
Excellent<\/td>\n		 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11\/03
2011<\/td>\n		 Schumann: Violin Concerto
Bruckner: Symphony #7<\/td>\n		Excellent
Nervous<\/td>\n		 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11\/10
2011<\/td>\n		 Poulenc: Gloria<\/i>
Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of<\/font> Paganini<\/i>
Copland: Symphony #3<\/td>\n		Okay
Awesome
Okay<\/td>\n		 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11\/17
2011<\/td>\n		 Britten: Canadian Carnival<\/i>
Knussen: Violin Concerto
Bedford: Outblaze the Sky<\/i>
Britten: Four Sea Interludes and Passacaglia<\/i> (Peter Grimes<\/i>)<\/font><\/td>\n		Good
Nervous
Wildcard
Good<\/td>\n		 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12\/28
2011<\/td>\n		 Humperdinck: Hansel und Gretel<\/i> excerpts
Beethoven: Symphony #9<\/td>\n		Wildcard
Awesome<\/td>\n		 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
01\/05
2012<\/td>\n		 Weber: Overture Der Freischütz<\/i>
Stravinsky: Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra
Mozart: Piano Concert #20, K466
Adams: Doctor Atomic<\/i> Symphony<\/td>\n		Excellent
Okay
Awesome
Nervous<\/td>\n		 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
01\/13
2012<\/td>\n		 Bach: Orchestral Suite #2
CPE Bach: Kiev<\/i> Concerto
JC Bach: Keyboard Concerto
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto #2<\/td>\n		Excellent
Excellent
Excellent
Awesome<\/td>\n		 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
01\/19
2012<\/td>\n		 Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence<\/i>
Vasks: Distant Light<\/i>
Mendelssohn: Symphony #4 Italian<\/i><\/td>\n		Excellent
Nervous
Awesome<\/td>\n		 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
01\/26
2012<\/td>\n		 Muhly: New Work (World Premiere)
Chopin: Piano Concerto #2
Sibelius: Symphony #2<\/td>\n		Wildcard
Excellent
Excellent<\/td>\n		 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
02\/09
2012<\/td>\n		 Stravinsky: Scherzo fantastique<\/i>
Jolivet: Concertino for Trumpet
Haydn: Symphony #93
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition<\/i><\/td>\n		Okay
Nervous
Excellent
Awesome<\/td>\n		 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
02\/16
2012<\/td>\n		 Schubert\/Berio: Rendering<\/i>
Beethoven: Piano Concerto #2
Schumann: Symphony #4<\/td>\n		Wildcard
Excellent
Excellent<\/td>\n		 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
02\/22
2012<\/td>\n		 Vivaldi: Winter<\/i> and Summer<\/i> (4 Seasons<\/i>)
Mozart: Symphony #38 Prague<\/i>
Beethoven: Symphony #7<\/td>\n		Awesome
Awesome
Awesome<\/td>\n		 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
03\/01
2012<\/td>\n		 Mozart: Piano Concerto #6, K238
Haydn: Symphony #6 Le matin<\/i>
Mozart: Piano Concerto #27, K595<\/td>\n		Excellent
Excellent
Awesome<\/td>\n		 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n\n
 <\/div>\n<\/td>\n
 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
03\/09
2012<\/td>\n		 L. Mozart: Symphony in G, G. 16
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto #3
Bach: Sinfonia in G minor, Op. 6, No. 6
Mozart: Viola Concerto (orig. Clarinet concerto)<\/td>\n		Good
Awesome
Good
Excellent<\/td>\n		 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
03\/15
2012<\/td>\n		 Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Fawn<\/i>
Dutilleux: Tout un monde lointain<\/i>
Ravel: La Valse<\/i><\/td>\n		Excellent
Nervous
Excellent<\/td>\n		 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
03\/22
2012<\/td>\n		 Schubert: Rosamunda<\/i> excerpts
Janáček: Taras Bulba<\/i>
Brahms: Violin Concerto<\/td>\n		Good
Okay
Awesome<\/td>\n		 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
04\/05
2012<\/td>\n		 Mozart: Overture Marriage of Figaro<\/i>
Mozart: Piano Concerto #24, K491
Mahler: Symphony #1<\/td>\n		Awesome
Awesome
Excellent<\/td>\n		 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
04\/12
2012<\/td>\n		 Rouse: Infernal Machine<\/i>
Dvořák: Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony #4<\/td>\n		Nervous
Excellent
Awesome<\/td>\n		 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n\n
 <\/div>\n<\/td>\n
 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
04\/19
2012<\/td>\n		 Dutilleux: Symphony #1
Imeri: Za Simon<\/i>
Ravel: Piano Concerto in G
Dukas: The Sorceror’s Apprentice<\/i><\/td>\n		Nervous
Wildcard
Excellent
Awesome<\/td>\n		 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
04\/26
2012<\/td>\n		 Prokofiev: Piano Concerto #3
Shostakovich: Symphony #8<\/td>\n		Awesome
Polarizing<\/td>\n		 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
05\/03
2012<\/td>\n		 Mozart: Divertimento in F, K138
Mozart: Violin Concerto #2, K211
Vieuxtemps: Violin Concerto #5 Gretry<\/i>
Schubert: Symphony #3<\/td>\n		Awesome
Excellent
Okay
Excellent<\/td>\n		 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
05\/15
2012<\/td>\n		 Hindemith: Kammermusik<\/i> #1
Bartók: Bluebeard’s Castle<\/i><\/td>\n		Okay
Wildcard<\/td>\n		&n\nbsp;<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
06\/07
2012<\/td>\n		 R. Strauss: Don Juan<\/i>
Korngold: Violin Concerto
Turina: Danzas Fantásticas<\/i>
Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol<\/i><\/td>\n		Excellent
Okay
Good
Excellent<\/td>\n		 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
06\/14
2012<\/td>\n		 Bernstein: Candide<\/i> Overture
Ives: Symphony #2
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto #3<\/td>\n		Excellent
Polarizing
Excellent<\/td>\n		 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
06\/21<\/td>\n Berlioz: The Damnation of Faust<\/i><\/td>\nExcellent<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
07\/12
2012<\/td>\n		 R. Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra<\/i> fanfare
Ligeti: Atmosphères<\/i>
Matthews: Pluto<\/i>
Holst: The Planets<\/i> (with video)<\/td>\n		Excellent
Polarizing
Wildcard
Awesome<\/td>\n		 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Week<\/th>\nProgram<\/th>\nComments<\/th>\n21<\/font><\/th>\n13<\/font><\/th>\n7A
7B<\/font><\/th>\n		7C
7D<\/font><\/th>\n		7E
7F<\/font><\/th>\n		7G<\/font><\/th>\n4A<\/font><\/th>\nBW<\/font><\/th>\nMM<\/font><\/th>\nRH<\/font><\/th>\nBS<\/font><\/th>\nSS<\/font><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Legend:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
21<\/td>\nMasterworks 21-concert series (Choice of Thursdays or Saturdays)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/td>\nMasterworks 13-concert series (Choice of Thursdays or Saturdays)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7A<\/td>\nMasterworks 7-concert series A (Thursdays)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7B<\/td>\nMasterworks 7-concert series B (Saturdays)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7C<\/td>\nMasterworks 7-concert series C (Thursdays)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7D<\/td>\nMasterworks 7-concert series D (Saturdays)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7E<\/td>\nMasterworks 7-concert series E (Thursdays)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7F<\/td>\nMasterworks 7-concert series F (Saturdays)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7G<\/td>\nMasterworks 7-concert series G (Sunday afternoons)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4A<\/td>\nMasterworks 4-concert series A (Friday afternoons)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BW<\/td>\nBaroque & Wine Series (Choice of Fridays or Saturdays)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MM<\/td>\nMainly Mozart (Choice of Thursdays or Saturdays)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RH<\/td>\nRush Hour (Fridays)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BS<\/td>\nBeyond the Score<\/a> multimedia lecture-concert (Sunday afternoons) <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SS<\/td>\nSymphony Specials (Various evenings)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

For those not familiar with the Seattle Symphony ticket package line-ups: Most of the ticket packages are named Masterworks nX<\/i> where n<\/i> is the number is the number of concerts in the package, and the letter indicates which variation. Ticket packages have been combined if they are identical save for the day of the week. For example, 7C and 7D are the same concerts; the only difference is that 7C is for Thursday nights, while 7D is for Saturday nights. The Beyond the Score<\/i> concerts focus on only one of the pieces.\n Changes from last season:<\/p>\n

    \n
  • The Masterworks 20 series has been expanded to 21 concerts. <\/li>\n
  • The Masterworks 10A and 10B series have been dropped. <\/li>\n
  • The Masterworks 4B series was renamed 4A. (There used to be 4A and 4B, then 4A was dropped last year leaving just 4B. Then I guess they figured having a 4B without a 4A was confusing, so they renamed 4B to 4A.) <\/li>\n
  • The Thursday Rush Hour series has been dropped. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    This chart doesn’t include “one-off” concert series such as the Visiting Orchestras or Distinguished Artists series. A “one-off” series is a concert series which shares no concerts with any other series. (Baroque & Wine<\/i> and Symphony Specials<\/i> are grandfathered in; I’ll probably omit them in future years.)\n The comments column very crudely categorizes the works to assist my less-classically-aware friends. This is, of course, a highly subjective rating system, but I tried to view each piece from the ears of my symphony friends. Thus, I rated downward pieces that I personally like but which others might not and rated up pieces that I may not find musically satisfying but which nevertheless tend to be crowd-pleasers.\n These predictions have, of course, proven wrong in the past.<\/p>\n

    Here’s what the comments mean. Note that they do not indicate whether the piece is significant in a musicological sense; they’re just my guess as to whether my friends are going to like it. (For example, I know that my friends hate minimalism, so I rated the Adams down even though I myself might enjoy it. They also aren’t big fans of Bruckner.) <\/p>\n

      \n
    • Awesome: Guaranteed crowd-pleaser. <\/li>\n
    • Excellent: You will definitely like this piece. <\/li>\n
    • Good: You will probably like this piece. <\/li>\n
    • Okay: You may like this piece. <\/li>\n
    • Nervous: I have a bad feeling about this one. <\/li>\n
    • Polarizing: Some people will love it; others will hate it. <\/li>\n
    • Wildcard: I have no idea what will happen. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      In many cases, I am not familiar with the piece and am basing my evaluation on what I know about the composer (or am just guessing). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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