Seattle, WA USA – Seattle Symphony – Opening Night

PERFORMERS
Simon Trpčeski, piano
Seattle Symphony
Xian Zhang, conductor

PROGRAMME
Jessie Montgomery: Hymn for Everyone
Grieg: Piano Concerto
Verdi: Overture to La Forza del Destino
Smetana: Šárka from Má vlast
Wagner: Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

VENUE NOTE:
Music Director Xian Zhang begins her inaugural season with a powerful Opening Night Concert celebrating destiny, drama and the power of music. Jessie Montgomery’s Hymn for Everyone is a meditation for orchestra. Bedřich Smetana depicts the female warrior Šárka, leading the way in a legendary uprising against men. Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner bring operatic intensity. And our opening night soloist, the charismatic Simon Trpčeski, performs Edvard Grieg’s heroic Piano Concerto.