Utah Symphony Announces 2013-2014 Season

Utah Symphony Announces
2013-2014 Season

Maestro Thierry Fischer to conduct Nielsen symphony cycle, commission second world premiere and welcome back popular guest artists in his fourth full season as Music Director.

Music Director Thierry Fischer, Principal Pops Conductor Jerry Steichen and Associate Conductor Vladimir Kulenovic announced the Utah Symphony’s complete 2013-2014 season, in which Fischer will again conduct 12 of the 18 Masterworks performances.

Maestro Fischer will lead the orchestra through many of the season’s highlights including an entire Carl Nielsen symphony cycle, a world premiere commission by American composer Andrew Norman featuring Colin Currie on percussion, an anticipated performance of Berlioz’ “The Damnation of Faust” with internationally acclaimed vocalists Michael Spyres, Kate Lindsey and Roderick Williams, as well as a program commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the JFK Assassination and the 100th Anniversary of Benjamin Britten’s birth.

Another season highlight will be Kulenovic conducting the Utah Symphony Special Event, Disney’s “Pixar in Concert” featuring music and images from Pixar’s most beloved film moments. Steichen will lead four of the five Entertainment Series performances led by Steichen and featuring artists such as Tony award-winner Brian Stokes Mitchell, Juno and Grammy-award winning fiddler Natalie MacMaster, as well as jazz trumpeter and vocalist Byron Stripling.

2013-2014 Entertainment Series
Principal Pops Conductor Jerry Steichen will lead the orchestra in four of the five concerts of the 2013-2014 Entertainment Series. The dynamic and popular series will feature performances with Broadway’s Brian Stokes Mitchell, trumpeter and vocalist Byron Stripling swinging to holiday favorites, Juno & Grammy-award winning fiddler Natalie MacMaster, A Rodgers and Hammerstein Celebration and “The Beat Goes On!” a concert featuring hits from the baby boomer era led by guest conductor Jack Everly.

2013-2014 Family and Lollipops Series
The highlights of the Utah Symphony’s Family series, for ages 12-18 conducted by Associate Conductor Vladimir Kulenovic, will include a performance exploring the magic of Harry Potter, the always popular Halloween-themed concert in October (this year themed “A Superhero Halloween”) and the Utah Symphony’s annual Salute to Youth and All-Star Evening performances with young Utah musicians. The Lollipops Series (for ages 6-12) will be highlighted by a performance “Tyrannosaurus Sue: A Cretaceous Concerto” written for the opening of a Tyrannosaurus Rex specimen exhibit of the same name now on display at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. The series will also include the yearly treat, “Here Comes Santa Claus” in December.

2013-2014 Special Events
In addition to the annual “Messiah Sing-In,” the Utah Symphony will present two special performances of Disney’s “Pixar in Concert,” a magical program of music and imagery from Pixar’s thirteen feature films.


FULL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Masterworks 1
Beethoven’s Triple Concerto
September 13-14, 2013 | 8 PM | Abravanel Hall
Thierry Fischer, Conductor
Philip Setzer, Violin
David Finckel, Cello
Wu Han, Piano
BEETHOVEN: Egmont Overture
WAGNER: “Forest Murmurs” from Siegfried
NIELSON: Symphony No. 1
BEETHOVEN: Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Piano

Masterworks 2
Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture
September 20-21, 2013 | 8 PM | Abravanel Hall
Thierry Fischer, Conductor
Emmanuel Pahud, Flute
TCHAIKOVSKY: 1812 Overture
ELLIOTT CARTER: Flute Concerto
TCHAIKOVSKY: “Lenski’s Aria” from Eugene Onegin
MOZART: Flute Concerto No. 2
R. STRAUSS: Suite from Der Rosenkavalier

Masterworks 3
The Damnation of Faust
September 27-28| 8 PM | Abravanel Hall
Thierry Fischer, Conductor
Michael Spyres, Faust
Kate Lindsey, Marguerite
Roderick Williams, Méphistophélès
Utah Symphony Chorus
BERLIOZ: The Damnation of Faust

Family 1
54th Annual Salute to Youth
October 1, 2013 | 7 PM | Abravanel Hall
Vladimir Kulenovic, Conductor

Masterworks 4
Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 25
October 25-26, 2013 | 8 PM | Abravanel Hall
Yan Pascal Tortelier, Guest Conductor
Orion Weiss, Piano
DUKAS: “Fanfare” from La Peri
DUKAS: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 25
SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 5

Family 2
A Superhero Halloween
October 29, 2013 | 7 PM | Abravanel Hall
Vladimir Kulenovic, Conductor

Entertainment 1
Brian Stokes Mitchell with the Utah Symphony
November 1-2, 2013 | 8 PM | Abravanel Hall
Jerry Steichen, Conductor
Brian Stokes Mitchell, Vocalist

Masterworks 5
Vivalidi’s Four Seasons
November 8-9, 2014 | 8 PM | Abravanel Hall
Thierry Fischer, Conductor
Nicola Benedetti, Violin
VIVALDI: The Four Seasons
NIELSEN: Symphony No. 2 “The Four Temperaments”

Special 1
Katheen Cahill’s Fatal Song
November 14-16, 2013 | 7:30 PM | Jeanne Wagner Theatre
November 17, 2013 | 4:00 PM | Jeanne Wagner Theatre

Masterworks 6
Beethoven, Mozart & Nielsen
November 15-16, 2013 | 8 PM | Abravanel Hall
Thierry Fischer, Conductor
Ronald Brautigam, Piano
HAYDN: Symphony No. 4
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 3
MOZART: The Magic Flute Overture
NIELSEN: Symphony No. 3 “Sinfonia Espansiva”

Masterworks 7
Remembering JFK
November 22-23, 2013 | 8 PM | Abravanel Hall
Thierry Fischer, Conductor
BRITTEN: An American Overture
NIELSEN: Symphony No. 4 “The Inextinguishable”
STRAVINSKY: Elegy to JFK
LIBERSON: Remembering JFK
BRITTEN: The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra

Special 2
35th Annual Messiah Sing-in
November 30 & December 1, 2013 | 7 PM | Abravanel Hall
Susanne Sheston, Conductor
Utah Symphony Chorus

Masterworks 8
Schubert & Tchaikovsky
December 6-7, 2013 | 8 PM | Abravanel Hall
Hans Graf, Guest Conductor
HENRI DUTILLEUX: The Starry Night
SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 8 “Unfinished”
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 3 “Polish”

Entertainment 2
Holiday Swing
December 13-14, 2013 | 8 PM | Abravanel Hall
Jerry Steichen, Conductor
Byron Stripling, Trumpet/Vocals

Lollipops 1
Here Comes Santa Claus!
December 14 | 11:00 A.M. & 12:30 P.M. | Abravanel Hall
Vladimir Kulenovic, Conductor

Special 3
Disney’s Pixar in Concert
January 3-4, 2014 | 7 P.M.| Abravanel Hall
Vladimir Kulenovic, Conducto

Masterworks 9
Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4
January 10-11, 2014 | 8 PM | Abravanel Hall
Matthias Pintscher, Guest Conductor
Inon Barnatan, Piano
MATTHIAS PINTSCHER: Towards Osiris
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 4
DVORAK: Symphony No. 8

Masterworks 10
Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4
January 31-Feb. 1 | 8 PM | Abravanel Hall
Thierry Fischer, Conductor
Conrad Tao, Piano
QIGANG CHEN: Wu Xing (The Five Elements)
PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No. 3
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4

Masterworks 11
Mozart & Shostakovich
February 7-8, 2014 | 8 PM | Abravanel Hall
Thierry Fischer, Conductor
Utah Symphony Chorus
MOZART: Mass in C “Trinity"
SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 7 “Leningrad”

Masterworks 12
Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto
February 14-15, 2014 | 8 PM | Abravanel Hall
Thierry Fischer, Conductor
Itamar Zorman, Violin
TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto
MOZART: The Marriage of Figaro Overture
JOHN CAGE: Amores
MAHLER: “Bouquet of Flowers”
BIZET: Carmen Suite
TCHAIKOVSKY: “Waltz of the Flowers” from The Nutcracker
PIAZZOLLA: Libertango
MENDELSSOHN: “Wedding March” from Midsummer Night’s Dream

Family 3
The Magic of Harry Potter
February 18 | 7 PM | Abravanel Hall
Vladimir Kulenovic, Conductor

Entertainment 3
Natalie MacMaster with the Utah Symphony
February 21-22, 2014 | 8 PM | Abravanel Hall
Jerry Steichen, Conductor
Natalie MacMaster, Fiddle

Masterworks 13
Grieg’s Piano Concerto
February 28-March 1 | 8 PM | Abravanel Hall
Mark Wigglesworth, Guest Conductor
Alexander Melrikov, Piano
ALBERT SCHNELZER: A Freak in Burbank (U.S. Premiere)
GRIEG: Piano Concerto
SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 2

Masterworks 14
Dvorak’s “New World” Symphony
March7-8, 2014 | 8 PM | Abravanel Hall
Mark Wigglesworth, Conductor
MOZART: Symphony No. 35 “Haffner”
LUTOSLAWSKI: Symphony No. 4
DVORAK: Symphony No. 9 “From the New World”

Lollipops 2
Tyrannosaurus Sue: A Cretaceous Concerto
March 15, 2014 | 11 AM & 12:30 PM | Abravanel Hall
Vladimir Kulenovic, Conductor

Entertainment 4
A Rodgers & Hammerstein Celebration
March 28-29, 2014 | 8 PM | Abravanel Hall
Jerry Steichen, Conductor
Utah Symphony Chorus

Masterworks 15
Mozart, Bernstein & Nielsen
April 11-12, 2014 | 8 PM | Abravanel Hall
Thierry Fischer, Conductor
Kathryn Eberle, Violin
MOZART: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
BERNSTEIN: Serenade after Piato’s Symposium
BERNSTEIN: Candide Overture
NIELSEN: Symphony No. 5

Masterworks 16
Mahler’s Symphony No. 5
April 18-19, 2014 | 8 PM | Abravanel Hall
Thierry Fischer, Conductor
Colin Currie, Percussion
PACHELBEL: Canon
ANDREW NORMAN: Percussion Concerto (World Premiere)
MAHLER: Symphony No. 5

Masterworks 17
Tchaikovsky’s Suite No. 3
April 25-26, 2014 | 8 PM | Abravanel Hall
Andrey Boreyko, Guest Conductor
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Russian Easter Overture
MESESIAEN: L’Ascension
TCHAIKOVSKY: Suite No. 3

Entertainment 5
The Beat Goes On! The Music of the Baby Boomers
May 2-3, 2014 | 8 PM | Abravanel Hall
Jack Everly, Guest Conductor

Family 4
All-Star Evening
May 20, 2014 | 7 PM | Abravanel Hall
Vladimir Kulenovic, Conductor

Masterworks 18
Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances
May 23-24, 2014 | 8 PM | Abravanel Hall
Thierry Fischer, Conductor
Matthew Zalkind, Cello
TCHAIKOVSKY: Variations on a Rococo Theme
NIELSEN: Symphony No. 6 “Sinfonia Semplice”
RACHMANINOFF: Symphonic Dances


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