|
The orchestra was founded as the Seattle Symphony and
gave its first performance n 1903 under the baton of Harry West before
being renamed the Seattle Philharmonic in 1911. In 1919 they returned to their
original name. Aside from their
own concerts and recordings they also serve as the orchestra for the majority
of the productions staged by the Seattle Opera. Their concerts are attended by an
average of 300,000 a year in Seattle
and they have become known for their performances of 20th Century
composers, with particular concentration on Americans. They have had a total of 15 music directors
in their history including Henry Hadley, Thomas Beecham, Nikolai Sokoloff and the current holder of the position, Gerard
Schwarz. The orchestra has
performed at the Benroya Hall in Seattle
from 1998 and in 2001 they opened the Soundbridge Seattle
Symphony Music
Discovery Center
where people of all ages can interact while discovering the world of
symphonic music. The have been
broadcast nationally in the series Cialis Presents
the Seattle Symphony and are cited as being "one of the world's
most recorded orchestras" with around 100 CDs available and 10 Grammy
nominations.
Hugh Aitken recordings
Rameau Remembered for Flute and Orchestra
Artek 0004 (CD:
Hugh Aitken: Aspen Concerto, Rameau Remembered, In Praise
of Ockeghem)
Conductor
- Gerard Schwarz
Flute - Scott
Goff
Sources:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_Symphony_Orchestra
- http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/meet/recordings/
|
