Seattle Philharmonic: "Completely Novel and Ingenious" – Brahms' Fourth
$28 ($20 student/senior; ages 16 & under free)
- Sydney Maltese, narrator
- Adam Stern, conductor
Jenny McLeod — The Emperor and the Nightingale (U.S. premiere)
Johannes Brahms — Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98
The critic Eduard Hanslick was ecstatic in his praise of Brahms' fourth and final symphony, lauding its "craftsmanship, strength, unbending consistency, and earnestness…" This simultaneously lyrical and robust symphony caps the Philharmonic's season in a blaze of romantic vigor. Noted Seattle-based actress Sydney Maltese joins the orchestra for the U.S. premiere of Australian composer Jenny McLeod's colorful setting of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale The Emperor and the Nightingale, preceded by a performance of Percy Grainger's rumbustious take on the English folk song Green Bushes.
About Sydney Maltese, narrator
Sydney Maltese is an actor, writer, and legal advocate with roots in northeastern Ohio. Seattle theater credits include Macbeth: A Rock Musical (Seattle Public Theater) as Banquo, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Book-It Repertory Theatre) as Parker/Ursula, Our Country's Good (Strawberry Theatre Workshop) as Liz Worden, The Tempest (Seattle Shakespeare Company) as Ariel, Peeling (Sound Theatre Company/BroadwayWorld Seattle Award nominee) as Beaty, Twelfth Night (Off Road Shakespeare) as Dame Toby Belch, and The Journey of the Saint (eSe Teatro/ACT Lab) as Rosalindo. In all her work, she is an advocate for the representation of all bodies and abilities onstage.
Sydney is an Associate Artist with Parley, and in such capacity has helped bring to life new work by local playwrights, including The Mermaids and This Pleasant Prison by Katherine Jett, Anton by Brian Dang, Little Brother's Body by drew david combs, and Iguazú and About Marilyn by Julieta Vitullo. She is a graduate of Marietta College, where she studied communication and sang in the Concert Choir and Oratorio Chorus. She is also an alum of Freehold Studio's Meisner Progression. Sydney is a legal advocate at the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project.
http://www.facebook.com/sydney.malteseAbout Adam Stern, conductor
Benaroya Hall – S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium
200 University StreetSeattle, WA 98101
United States