{"id":31463,"date":"2006-04-19T10:00:59","date_gmt":"2006-04-19T10:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/2006\/04\/19\/the-20062007-seattle-symphony-subscription-season-at-a-glance\/"},"modified":"2006-04-19T10:00:59","modified_gmt":"2006-04-19T10:00:59","slug":"the-20062007-seattle-symphony-subscription-season-at-a-glance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/20060419-59\/?p=31463","title":{"rendered":"The 2006\/2007 Seattle Symphony subscription season at a glance"},"content":{"rendered":"

I put together this little pocket guide to the 2006\/2007 Seattle Symphony subscription season for my symphony friends to help them decide which ticket package they wanted. Maybe it’ll help you, too. Maybe not. But since I already put it together, I may as well post it. Explanatory notes follow the table.<\/p>\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
Weekend<\/th>\nProgram<\/th>\nComments<\/th>\n

<!– <\/p>\n

Masterpiece<\/th>\nListener’s
Choice<\/th>\n		Encore<\/th>\nOvation<\/th>\nBravo<\/th>\nCrescendo<\/th>\nApplause<\/th>\nMusically
Speaking<\/th>\n		Popular
Classics<\/th>\n		Allegro<\/th>\n

–> <\/p>\n

M<\/th>\nL<\/th>\nE<\/th>\nO<\/th>\nB<\/th>\nC<\/th>\nA<\/th>\nS<\/th>\nP<\/th>\nG<\/th>\nF<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
09\/28\/2006<\/td>\nRachmaninov: Third Piano Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony #3 (Eroica)<\/td>\n		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<\/tr>\n
10\/05\/2006<\/td>\nCopland: Music for the Theatre
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
Brahms: Symphony #1<\/td>\n		Okay?
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<\/tr>\n
11\/02\/2006<\/td>\nBerlioz: Royal Hunt and Storm
Harbinson: Double Bass Concerto†
Tchaikovsky: Symphony #5<\/td>\n		Okay?
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<\/tr>\n
11\/09\/2006<\/td>\nBrahms: Hungarian Dances
Bartók: Violin Concerto #2
Stravinsky: Petrouchka<\/td>\n		Excellent
Okay?
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<\/tr>\n
11\/16\/2006<\/td>\nGrieg: Peer Gynt
Williams: Bassoon Concerto
Schumann: Symphony #1 (Spring)<\/td>\n		Excellent
Wildcard?
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<\/tr>\n
12\/01\/2006<\/td>\nWeber: Invitation to the Dance
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake (excerpts)
Prokofiev: Cinderella (excerpts)
Ravel: La Valse<\/td>\n		Excellent
Excellent
Excellent
Awesome<\/td>\n		 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n½<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12\/28\/2006<\/td>\nBeethoven: Symphony #9<\/td>\nAwesome<\/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\/04\/2007<\/td>\nDvořák: Serenade for Strings
Barber: Cello Concerto
Elgar: Enigma Variations<\/td>\n		Excellent
Okay?
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<\/tr>\n
02\/01\/2007<\/td>\nKernis: Newly Drawn Sky
Kodály: Hary Janos Suite
Brahms: Piano Concerto #2<\/td>\n		Nervous?
Good
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<\/tr>\n
02\/08\/2007<\/td>\nGrieg: Piano Concerto
Bruckner: Symphony #9<\/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<\/tr>\n
02\/15\/2007<\/td>\nRimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Overture
Pärt: Tabula Rasa
Sibelius: The Swan of Tuonela
Sibelius: Symphony #7<\/td>\n		Excellent
Polarizing?
Okay?
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<\/tr>\n
03\/03\/2007<\/td>\nBeethoven: Piano Concerto #2
Beethoven: Piano Concerto #1
Beethoven: Piano Concerto #3<\/td>\n		Excellent
Awesome
Awesome<\/td>\n		 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n½<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
03\/15\/2007<\/td>\nBeethoven: Egmont Overture
Beethoven: Triple Concerto
McKinley: Sympho\nny #7†
Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements<\/td>\n		Good
Good
Nervous?
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<\/tr>\n
03\/22\/2007<\/td>\nWeber: Ruler of the Spirits
Mozart: Violin Concerto #4
Shostakovich: Symphony #10<\/td>\n		Good?
Good?
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<\/tr>\n
04\/05\/2007<\/td>\nBeethoven: Missa Solemnis<\/td>\nGood<\/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\/2007<\/td>\nStravinsky: Feu D’artifice
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto #3
Messiaen: L’Ascension
Debussy: La Mer<\/td>\n		Good?
Good
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<\/tr>\n
04\/19\/2007<\/td>\nRavel: Ma Mère L’oye (Mother Goose)
Szymanowsky: Symphony #4
Mussorgsky\/Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition<\/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<\/tr>\n
04\/29\/2007<\/td>\nProkofiev: Symphony #1 (Classical)
Bobby McFerrin Improvisation
Bizet: Symphony in C<\/td>\n		Excellent
Excellent?
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<\/tr>\n
05\/31\/2007<\/td>\nMartinů: Double Concerto
Kurtág: … quasi una fantasia …
Bartók: Bluebeard’s Castle<\/td>\n		Nervous
Nervous?
Wildcard<\/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\/2007<\/td>\nJanáček: Glagolitic Mass<\/td>\nNervous?<\/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\/2007<\/td>\nMendelssohn: The Hebrides
Bruch: Scottish Fantasy
Stock: Symphony #5†
Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier<\/td>\n		Good
Excellent
Nervous?
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<\/tr>\n
06\/21\/2007<\/td>\nSchoenfield: Klezmer Rondo
Poulenc: Gloria
Dvořák: Symphony #8<\/td>\n		Wildcard?
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<\/tr>\n
06\/27\/2007<\/td>\nMahler:Symphony #3<\/td>\nPolarizing<\/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<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
† <\/td>\nPremiere<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
M <\/td>\nMasterpiece<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
L <\/td>\nListener’s Choice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
E <\/td>\nEncore<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
O <\/td>\nOvation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
B <\/td>\nBravo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
C <\/td>\nCrescendo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A <\/td>\nApplause<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
S <\/td>\nMusically Speaking<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
P <\/td>\nPopular Classics<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
G <\/td>\nAllegro<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
F <\/td>\nAfternoons with the Symphony<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Notes:\n This chart doesn’t include “one-off” concert series such as the Visiting Orchestras or Distinguished Artists series.\n Two boxes in the Bravo series are marked ½. The Thursday Bravo series includes the Ravel concert, whereas the Saturday Bravo series includes the Beethoven concert.\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. These predictions have, of course, proven wrong in the past. For example, this season, I was pleasantly surprised to find that one of my friends started getting into Kodály after hearing the Dances of Galanta<\/i>. (I consider Kodály an acquired taste.)<\/p>\n

Here’s what the comments mean: <\/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

    A question mark means that 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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