Everett Philharmonic’s goal: A musically impassioned season
Published 1:30 am Thursday, August 30, 2018
The Everett Philharmonic Orchestra plans a season of impassioned musical performances, starting with the very first concert.
The 2018-19 season, which was announced this week, begins Oct. 14 with Mahler’s Adagietto from Symphony No. 5; Korngold’s Violin Concerto in D Major; and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 in C Minor.
Mahler’s Adagietto is just one example of the intense emotion audiences can expect to hear.
Mahler was in competition with other suitors to win the heart of a woman who eventually would become his wife, said the orchestra’s music director, Paul-Elliott Cobbs. The piece is a love story to her he composed while he was courting her. “This was the piece that sealed the deal,” he said.
Beethoven’s Fifth will be familiar even to those who don’t know much about the composer’s works. Its dramatic opening notes seem to be saying “O-pen-the-door!” It’s a theme that’s repeated and riffed upon, throughout the work.
The Nov. 25 concert is family themed, with works to engage people of all ages.
It includes Richard Strauss’ Also Sprach Zarathustra, which may be most familiar as the theme from Stanley Kubrick’s movie “2001: A Space Odyssey.” It could easily earn the nickname of “a tympanist’s delight.”
Tchaikovsky’s well-known Symphony No. 4 in F Minor includes a robust brass introduction followed by more reflective sections led by the strings.
Strauss’ hum along, dance along, Blue Danube waltz and Bloch’s Concerto Grosso No. 1 will be followed by what has become a yearly seasonal delight, Anderson’s Sleigh Ride.
Tiny sleigh bells are passed out at the concert. On cue from an orchestra member, the audience is asked to make them jingle. “The kids are really thrilled to play in the orchestra,” said Cami Davis, a cellist and the group’s general manager.
The Feb. 10 concert continues the orchestra’s tradition of an all-Mozart concert with The Abduction from the Seraglio, Marriage of Figaro, Cosi fan Tutte, Magic Flute and Symphony No. 29 in A Major.
The season concludes with another tradition, “Listeners Choice” — performances requested by audience members and sometimes by philharmonic members themselves.
This season’s choices are Wagner’s Overture to Rienzi, and his Tristan and Isolde, followed by Brahms’ Symphony No.2 in D Major.
Sharon Salyer: 425-339-3486 or salyer@heraldnet.com.
If you go
What: Everett Philharmonic Orchestra
Where: Everett Civic Auditorium, 2415 Colby Ave., Everett; Feb. 10 performance at Everett First Presbyterian Church, 2936 Rockefeller Ave., Everett
When: 3 to 5 p.m. Oct. 14, Nov. 25, Feb. 10 and May 5 (all Sundays)
Tickets: $25 general, $20 seniors and military, $10 youth and students with ID, children 12 and younger get in free; “Music for the Imagination” concert has special pricing: $20 general, $10 youth ages 5 to 18, children 4 and younger get in free
More: 206-270-9729 or www.everettphil.org
Everett Philharmonic Orchestra
Here is the concert schedule for the 2018-19 season:
Oct. 14: “Masterworks”
Adagietto from Symphony No. 5 Mahler; Violin Concerto in D Major, Korngold; Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Beethoven
Nov. 25: “Music for the Imagination”
Also Sprach Zarathustra (“2001: A Space Odyssey”) Richard Strauss; Blue Danube, Johann Strauss; Concerto Grosso No. 1, Bloch; Symphony No. 4 in F Minor,Tchaikovsky; Sleigh Ride, Anderson.
Feb. 10: “That Magnificent Mozart!”
Overture to The Abduction from the Seraglio; Marriage of Figaro; Cosi fan Tutte; Magic Flute; Symphony No. 29 in A Major.
May 5: “Listener’s Choice”
Wagner’s Overture to Rienzi and Tristan and Isolde, and Brahms’ Symphony No. 2 in D Major.
