In Thursday’s (1/26) Seattle Times, Michael Upchurch writes, “Just weeks before he took the helm as the Seattle Symphony’s music director last September, conductor Ludovic Morlot already had a notion of what he’d be doing in his 2012-13 season. ‘I ultimately want to go back and work on the classics,’ he said. ‘I’ll do a lot of Beethoven, Haydn, Mozart, Schubert, Schumann, Brahms with the orchestra, so that we start really working on the sound as well.’ Well, Mozart, Beethoven and the gang are all well represented in the newly announced season. But there are less expected items on the roster, too. Olivier Messiaen’s monumental Turangalila Symphony (with pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet as soloist) and Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem will both get their first Seattle Symphony performances.’ Executive Director Simon Woods noted that ‘the 2012-2013 season would make ‘a great commitment to accessibility and to opening the doors to new audiences. … You might like to know we have 1,000 more subscribers than we had this time last year.’ … The season opens with a concert and gala conducted by Morlot on Sept. 15, featuring violinist Joshua Bell in an all-American program (Gershwin, Copland and Bernstein). Morlot will conduct 10 of the 21 Wyckoff Masterworks Season programs, along with the Symphony’s returning Celebrate Asia concerts and ‘Sonic Evolution’ concert, featuring an appearance by Star Anna and the Laughing Dogs.”
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Posted January 27, 2012
