{"id":19273,"date":"2009-02-03T10:00:01","date_gmt":"2009-02-03T10:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/2009\/02\/03\/the-20092010-seattle-symphony-subscription-season-at-a-glance\/"},"modified":"2009-02-03T10:00:01","modified_gmt":"2009-02-03T10:00:01","slug":"the-20092010-seattle-symphony-subscription-season-at-a-glance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/20090203-01\/?p=19273","title":{"rendered":"The 2009\/2010 Seattle Symphony subscription season at a glance"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every<\/a> year<\/a>, I put together a little pocket guide to the Seattle Symphony 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 Gerard Schwarz’s 25th and penultimate<\/a> season as the orchestra’s music director.<\/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
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09\/24
2009<\/td>\n		 § Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn<\/i>
Mozart: Concerto for Two Pianos #10
§ Golijov: Fantasía sobre La Pasión según San Marcos<\/i><\/font>†<\/strike>
Brahms: Symphony #1<\/td>\n		Awesome
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10\/01
2009<\/td>\n		 Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
Mahler: Symphony #5<\/td>\n		Awesome
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10\/08
2009<\/td>\n		 Ravel: Alborada del gracioso<\/i>
Poulenc: Aubade<\/i>
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto #1
Dvořák: Symphony #8<\/td>\n		Awesome
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10\/22
2009<\/td>\n		 Prokofiev: Symphony #1 “Classical”<\/i>
Martinů: Oboe Concerto
Dvořák: Legends<\/i> #6, 7, 9
Haydn: Symphony #88<\/td>\n		Awesome
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10\/30
2009<\/td>\n		 Handel: Alexander’s Feast<\/i><\/strike><\/td>\nExcellent<\/strike><\/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 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11\/01
2009<\/td>\n		 Beethoven: Coriolan<\/i> Overture
Beethoven: Piano Concerto #2
Beethoven: Symphony #6 “Pastoral”<\/i><\/td>\n		Excellent
Excellent
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11\/05
2009<\/td>\n		 § Beethoven: Leonore<\/i> Overture #1<\/strike>
§ Borodin: Symphony #3
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
§ R. Strauss: Ein Alpensinphonie<\/i><\/strike>
§ Shostakovich: Symphony #15<\/td>\n		Good<\/strike>
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11\/12
2009<\/td>\n		 § Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn<\/i><\/strike>
§ Mendelssohn: Overture Die Heimkehr aus der Fremde<\/i><\/font>
Spohr: Violin Concerto #8
§ Brahms\/Schoenberg: Piano Quartet in g minor<\/strike>
§ Orff: Carmina Burana<\/i><\/td>\n		Awesome<\/strike>
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11\/19
2009<\/td>\n		 Jensen: The Drover<\/i>
Mozart Piano Concerto #21
Tchaikovsky: Symphony #6<\/td>\n		Okay
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12\/03
2009<\/td>\n		 § Glinka: Russlan and Ludmilla<\/i> Overture
Vivaldi: Viola Concerto, RV 417
§ Tchaikovsky: Three Dances from Nutcracker<\/i>
Dukas: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice<\/i>
§ Dvořák: Three Slavonic Dances<\/i><\/strike>
§ Bizet: Farandole<\/i> from L’Arlésienne<\/i><\/strike>
§ Humperdinck: Prelude to Hansel und Gretel<\/i><\/strike>
§ Smetana: The Moldau<\/i><\/strike>
§ Rimsky-Korsakov: Polonaise from Christmas Eve<\/i>
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake<\/i> Suite<\/td>\n		Excellent
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12\/30
2009<\/td>\n		 § Bach: Orchestral Suite #3, BWV 1068<\/strike>
§ Brahms: Liebeslieder Waltzes
Beethoven: Symphony #9<\/td>\n		Excellent<\/strike>
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2010<\/td>\n		 Mozart: Symphony #40
Bruckner: Symphony #4 “Romantic”<\/i><\/td>\n		Excellent
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2010<\/td>\n		 Purcell: Indian Queen<\/i> Suite
Corelli: Concerto Grosso Op 6 No 4
Handel: Organ Concerto Op 7 No 1
Handel: Organ Concerto Op 4 No 5
Rameau: Les Indes galantes<\/i> Suite<\/td>\n		Wildcard
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2010<\/td>\n		 Mozart: Symphony #27
Mozart: Adagio for Violin and Orchestra
§ Mozart: Rondo in C major for Violin and Orchestra<\/font>
Beethoven: Romance #2
Mendelssohn: Symphony #4<\/td>\n		Excellent
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02\/04
2010<\/td>\n		 Busoni: Turandot<\/i> Suite
R. Strauss: Violin Concerto
Schumann: Symphony #3 “Rhenish”<\/i><\/td>\n		Okay
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02\/11
2010<\/td>\n		 Barber: Medea’s Meditation and Dance of Vengeance<\/i><\/font>
Barber: Violin Concerto
§ Shostakovich: Symphony #15<\/strike>
§ Brahms\/Schoenberg: Piano Quartet in g minor<\/td>\n		Okay
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2010<\/td>\n		 Mozart: Symphony #34
Mozart: Violin Concerto #5 “Turkish”<\/i>
Mozart: Serenade #9 “Posthorn”<\/i><\/td>\n		Awesome
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03\/05
2010<\/td>\n		 Rameau: Les Paladins<\/i> Suite
Mercadante: Flute Concerto in e minor
§ Handel: Concerto Grosso, Op 3 No 2<\/strike>
Rossini: String Sonata #1 in G
Telemann: Suite in C major, TWV 55:C6<\/td>\n		Okay
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2010<\/td>\n		 Mendelssohn: Sinfonia #12
Haydn: Piano Concerto in D, Hob. XVIII
Mozart: Divertimento, K136
Mozart: Symphony #29<\/td>\n		Good
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03\/18
2010<\/td>\n		 Brahms: Double Concerto
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé<\/i><\/td>\n		Excellent
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03\/25
2010<\/td>\n		 § Lutosławski: Symphony #4
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto #4
Sibelius: Symphony #5<\/td>\n		Nervous
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04\/01
2010<\/td>\n		 Janáček: The Cunning Little Vixen<\/i> Suite
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto #5
Mussorgsky\/Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition<\/i><\/td>\n		Okay
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04\/15
2010<\/td>\n		 Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody<\/i>
Beethoven: Piano Concerto #4
Stravinsky: Pétrouchka<\/i> (1947)<\/td>\n		Excellent
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04\/22
2010<\/td>\n		 Haydn: Symphony #93
Dutilleux: Cello Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony #5<\/td>\n		Excellent
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2010<\/td>\n		 Sibelius: Pohjola’s Daughter<\/i>
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto #2
Adams: Harmonielehre<\/i><\/td>\n		Okay
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05\/06
2010<\/td>\n		 Corelli: Concerto Grosso Op 6 No 3
Tippett: Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli<\/i><\/font>
Tallis: When rising from the bed of death<\/i>
Elgar: Introduction and Allegro
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis<\/i><\/font><\/td>\n		Good
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05\/13
2010<\/td>\n		 Wagner: Siegfried Idyll<\/i>
Schumann: Piano Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony #4<\/td>\n		Good
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06\/10
2010<\/td>\n		 Debussy: Prélude à l’Après-midi d’un faune<\/i>
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto #2
§ Ravel: Pavana pour une infante défunte<\/i>
Chausson: Symphony in B-flat major<\/td>\n		Awesome
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06\/17
2010<\/td>\n		 § Messiaen: Oiseaux exotiques<\/i><\/strike>
§ Mozart: Rondo for Piano K382<\/strike>
§ Wagner: Parsifal<\/i> excerpts
Mendelssohn: Symphony #2<\/td>\n		Nervous
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06\/24
2010<\/td>\n		 Bernstein: Chichester Psalms<\/i>
§ Bernstein: Serenade<\/i><\/strike>
§ W. Schuman: Symphony #3
Bernstein: Symphony #2 “The Age of Anxiety”<\/i><\/td>\n		Okay
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22<\/font><\/th>\n13<\/font><\/th>\n10A<\/font><\/th>\n10B<\/font><\/th>\n7AB<\/font><\/th>\n7CD<\/font><\/th>\n7EF<\/font><\/th>\n7G<\/font><\/th>\n4A<\/font><\/th>\n4B<\/font><\/th>\nMS<\/font><\/th>\nBB<\/font><\/th>\nMM<\/font><\/th>\nPC<\/font><\/th>\nSS<\/font><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
† <\/td>\nPremiere<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MS <\/td>\nMusically Speaking<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BB <\/td>\nBasically Baroque<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MM <\/td>\nMainly Mozart<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PC <\/td>\nPopular Classics<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SS <\/td>\nSymphony Specials<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Notes: <\/p>\n

This chart doesn’t include “one-off” concert series such as the Visiting Orchestras or Distinguished Artists series. <\/p>\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 somebody new. 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. These predictions have, of course, proven wrong in the past. For example, my assessments of Bruckner have always been optimistic. (And I haven’t learned my lesson, because this year, I’m rating the Bruckner Fourth Symphony as Good<\/i>, because this time I really<\/i> think they will like it.) <\/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. <\/p>\n