MEMETERIA by Thomas May

Music & the Arts

Melos and Mischief in a Provocatively Varied Seattle Symphony Program

Randall Goosby, Christian Reif and the Seattle Symphony; photo (c)Brandon Patoc

While the search for a permanent music director continues, versatility has been in high demand at Seattle Symphony in recent seasons. Week after week, the musicians have had to adjust to the remarkably varied styles of a revolving door of guest conductors. But the latest visitor to the podium, the German conductor Christian Reif, brought the added challenge of a program calling for drastic shifts in style from one work to the next ….

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