Berlioz Symphonie fantastique
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Berlioz Symphonie fantastique
Music Center At Strathmore
Thursday, April 6, 2017— 8pm
Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall Friday, April 7, 2017— 8pm Saturday, April 8, 2017— 8pm
Ludovic Morlot, conductor Ray Chen, violin
Niccolo Paganini Concerto No. 1 in D major for Violin and Orchestra, opus 6 I. Allegro maestoso II. Adagio III. Rondo: Allegro spiritoso
RAY CHEN
INTERMISSION
Hector Berlioz Symphonie fantastique, opus 14 Reveries and Passions
( Largo – Allegro agitato e appassionato assai) A Ball: Waltz( Allegro non troppo) In the Country( Adagio) March to the Scaffold( Allegretto non troppo) Dream of the Witches’ Sabbath( Larghetto- Allegro)
The concert will end at approximately 10 pm on Thursday and 9:55 pm on Friday and Saturday.
Friday, April 7: Join violinist Ray Chen in the Meyerhoff lobby after the concert for a Late Night performance. recordings on the orchestra’ s label, Seattle Symphony Media.
This season, Mr. Morlot returns to conduct the Los Angeles Philharmonic and makes his debut with the Minnesota Orchestra. He has a strong connection with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, having been Seiji Ozawa Fellowship Conductor in 2001 and assistant conductor for the orchestra 2004 – 2007. Since then he has conducted the orchestra in subscription concerts in Boston, at Tanglewood and on a tour to the west coast of America. Mr. Morlot served as conductor in residence with the Orchestre National de Lyon under David Robertson( 2002 – 2004).
In Europe this season, Mr. Morlot makes his debut with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, and the Netherlands Radio and Helsinki Philharmonic orchestras. He returns to the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France. Last season’ s engagements included the DSO Berlin and City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.
Ludovic Morlot was Chief Conductor of La Monnaie from 2012 to 2014, conducting several new productions. Concert performances, both in Brussels and Aix-en-Provence included repertoire by Beethoven, Stravinsky, Britten, Webern and Bruneau.
Trained as a violinist, Mr. Morlot studied conducting at the Royal Academy of Music in London and then at the Royal College of Music as recipient of the Norman del Mar Conducting Fellowship. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music in 2014 in recognition of his significant contribution to music. He is chair of Orchestral Conducting Studies at the University of Washington School of Music in Seattle. sussie ahlburg
Ludovic Morlot
The French conductor Ludovic Morlot has been music director of the Seattle Symphony since 2011. During his tenure, the orchestra has won two Grammy Awards and performed at Carnegie Hall in 2014.
During the 2016 – 2017 season, Mr. Morlot and the Seattle Symphony perform Ravel’ s L’ enfant et les sortilèges, complete their cycle of Beethoven Symphonies and Piano Concertos and mount several world premieres, including compositions by Agata Zubel and Gabriel Prokofiev. All of this will be complemented by the Seattle Symphony’ s highly innovative series, Sonic Evolution and [ untitled ]. This season will also see the release of several more
Julian Hargreaves
Ludovic Morlot last appeared with the BSO in November 2008, performing Franck ' s Symphony in D minor.
Ray Chen
Winner of the Queen Elisabeth( 2009) and Yehudi Menuhin Competitions( 2008),
Ray Chen recently completed a five-city
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