Utah Symphony Concludes Season with Music by Dvořák and Brahms

Utah Symphony Concludes Season with
Music by Dvořák and Brahms

The Utah Symphony presents Dvořák and Brahms in Abravanel Hall.
Friday, May 24, 2013, 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 25, 2013, 8:00 p.m.

Utah Symphony Associate Conductor Vladimir Kulenovic brings the Utah Symphony’s 2012-13 Masterwork Series to a spectacular close by conducting two master composers’ stunning works.

Vladimir Kulenovic has led the Utah Symphony in many education, family, and pops concerts throughout the state of Utah but will for the first time lead the orchestra in a performance on the Masterworks Series in Abravanel Hall. The May 24 and 25 performances will begin at 8:00 p.m. with the sophisticated Symphony No. 2 by Johannes Brahms. The concert will also include two exciting works by Brahms’ Czech contemporary, Antonín Dvořák. These include his “Slavonic Dances” op. 72 nos. 2 and 3 as well as the Violin Concerto in A minor with international soloist Augustin Hadelich.

Repertoire
After finishing the momentous task of writing his first symphony, Brahms produced his second symphony with ease. Brahms’s Symphony No. 2 is almost pastoral in its light-hearted passages and careful structuring. The symphony is often compared to Beethoven’s “Pastoral” because of its form and its sophistication of melodic and harmonic writing.

The vivid and colorful “Slavonic Dances” brought Dvořák international recognition and launched his world-wide career. His original set of “Slavonic Dances” was written in response to Brahms’s “Hungarian Dances.” The second set was written at the request of Dvořák’s publisher, who insisted on more due to the success of the first set. Both sets of dances are now among his most beloved works.

Dvořák’s Violin Concerto in A minor was dedicated to Hungarian violinist Joseph Joachim, who was also a mutual friend of Brahms. While Dvořák was composing the concerto, Joachim wasn’t fully pleased and asked for multiple revisions. After the revisions were made, still to Joachim’s disapproval, the piece was premiered in Prague by a different violinist. The piece retained the original dedication to Joachim although he never performed it.

Pre-concert Chat
Associate Conductor Vladimir Kulenovic, Vice President of Artistic Planning Toby Tolokan, and guest artist Augustin Hadelich will present a free pre-concert chat each night, one hour prior to the start of the performance on the orchestra level of Abravanel Hall.

Tickets can be purchased by calling 801-355-2787, in person at the Abravanel Hall ticket office (123 W. South Temple) or by visiting www.utahsymphony.org.

Guest Artist
Consistently cited in the press for his “gorgeous tone,” “poetic communication” and “fast-fingered brilliance,” Augustin Hadelich has confirmed his place in the top echelon of young violinists. After performing a stellar debut with the Boston Symphony at Tanglewood in August playing the Barber Violin Concerto, he has recently played an equally impressive subscription debut with the New York Philharmonic at Lincoln Center playing Lalo’s “Symphonie espagnole.”

Among Mr. Hadelich’s 2012/2013 season highlights are debuts with the Buffalo Philharmonic, Dallas Symphony, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, National Symphony, New Jersey Symphony, Saint Louis Symphony, San Francisco Symphony and the Toronto Symphony, as well as re-invitations to the Colorado, Houston and Jacksonville symphonies. This summer he will appear with the Britt Festival Orchestra, Chautauqua Festival Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl and the New York Philharmonic at Vail. Among his upcoming worldwide engagements are the BBC Philharmonic, SWR Orchestra/Stuttgart and the Tampere Philharmonic.

In the United States, Augustin Hadelich has performed with the Cleveland Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Pacific Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic, and the symphonies of Alabama, Atlanta, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Colorado, Columbus, Florida, Fort Worth, Houston, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Kansas City, Louisville, Nashville, New Orleans, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle, Syracuse, Utah, Vancouver and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. Festival appearances include Aspen, Blossom, Bravo! Vail Valley, Chautauqua (where he made his American debut in 2001), Hollywood Bowl and Tanglewood.

Mr. Hadelich has recorded two CDs for AVIE: Flying Solo, a CD of masterworks for solo violin (including the Bartók solo sonata); and Echoes of Paris, which features French and Russian repertoire influenced by Parisian culture in the early 20th century. For Naxos, he has recorded Haydn’s complete violin concerti with the Cologne Chamber Orchestra and Telemann’s complete Fantasies for Solo Violin. A new CD, Histoire du Tango will be released in the spring of 2013.

The 2006 Gold medalist of the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis, Mr. Hadelich is the recipient of Lincoln Center’s Martin E. Segal Award (2012), an Avery Fisher Career Grant (2009) and a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship in the UK (2011).

Born in Italy in 1984, the son of German parents, Augustin Hadelich holds an artist diploma from The Juilliard School, where he was a student of Joel Smirnoff. He plays on the 1723 “Ex-Kiesewetter” Stradivari violin, on loan from Clement and Karen Arrison through the generous efforts of the Stradivari Society.

Program
The Utah Symphony presents:
       Dvořák and Brahms
              Vladimir Kulenovic, Conductor
              Augustin Hadelich, Violin

Antonin Dvořák
       Slavonic Dances, op. 72
              No. 2 in E minor: Allegretto grazioso
              No. 3 in F major: Allegro
       Concerto in A minor for Violin and Orchestra, op. 53
              I. Allegro, ma non troppo
              II. Adagio, ma non troppo
              III. Finale: Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo
                     Augustin Hadelich, Violin

Intermission

Johannes Brahms
       Symphony No. 2 in D Major, op. 73
              I. Allegro non troppo
              II. Adagio non troppo
              III. Allegretto grazioso (Quasi andantino)
              IV. Allegro con spirito


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