Seattle Philharmonic: "The calm, open space of unknown future possibilities" – Macklay's 'Dissolving Bands'

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — March in D major, K. 249 “Haffner”
François-Joseph Gossec — Marche lugubre, RH 617
Anton Bruckner — March in D minor, WAB 96
Morton Gould — American Salute
Sky Macklay — Dissolving Bands
Jean Sibelius — Symphony No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 82

The arresting and delightful orchestral essay Dissolving Bands by American composer Sky Macklay will receive its West Coast premiere at this concert. Ms. Macklay will be present to introduce her composition (winner of  the top prize in the 2013 ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composers Awards) and chat afterwards with our audience. The curtain is raised by a suite of four very different marches from three centuries, by Mozart, Gossec, Bruckner, and (as a tribute to the namesake of the prize awarded to Ms. Macklay) Morton Gould. Following intermission, the Philharmonic turns to the powerful music of Jean Sibelius: his towering and granitic Symphony No. 5.

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