Utah Symphony Presents Vivaldi's Four Seasons with Violinist Nicola Benedetti

Utah Symphony Presents
Vivaldi's Four Seasons

with Violinist Nicola Benedetti

Violin virtuoso Nicola Benedetti joins Utah Symphony in Vivaldi's Four Seasons and Nielsen's Symphony No. 2, "The Four Temperments". Abravanel Hall, Friday Nov. 8, 8:00 pm / Saturday Nov. 9, 8:00 pm.

Good things come in fours as Maestro Thierry Fischer returns to the Abravanel Hall stage in November with Guest Violinist Nicola Benedetti and the Utah Symphony presenting Vivaldi’s legendary tour de force The Four Seasons.

Also on the program at the November 8 and 9 evening performances is the second step in this season’s Nielsen symphony cycle. “The Four Temperaments” is Nielsen’s thrilling musical depiction of the essential components of the human soul.

Nielsen’s Symphony No. 2 depicts the ancient medical belief of the four temperaments: choleric (ambitious), phlegmatic (relaxed), melancholic (thoughtful), and sanguine (sociable). In program notes about the symphony Nielsen mentioned that he was inspired by a poster he saw in a pub that featured the four temperaments in a very exaggerated and comical style. After laughing at it with his wife and friends he found his mind returning to the image again and again, and it inspired the work. Although the symphony is programmatic, it still follows a traditional symphonic structure.

Antonio Vivaldi's Four Seasons are among the boldest pieces of program music from the Baroque period. Vivaldi wrote the individual movements in the work to represent each of the four seasons. It was originally for solo violin, string quartet, and basso continuo (basically a Baroque period technique where an instrument or instruments form the harmonic structure and basis of the piece; most commonly keyboard, or keyboard and cello).

Utah Symphony has programmed The Four Seasons, whole and in part, many times over the years. The most recent Masterworks performance was in 2006 with Corey Cerovsek.

Related Events:
The concert will also be presented at Browning Fine Arts Center (1901 University Circle, Ogden, Utah) at Weber State University in Ogden on Thursday, November 7 at 7:30 pm.

Music Director Thierry Fischer and Vice President of Artistic Planning Toby Tolokan 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.

Pre-concert chat one hour before each concert with Music Director Thierry Fischer and Vice President of Symphony Artistic Planning Toby Tolokan.

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

About Nicola Benedetti, Violin
Nicola Benedetti is one of the most sought after violinists of her generation. Her ability to captivate audiences with her innate musicianship and dynamic presence, coupled with her wide appeal as a high profile advocate for classical music, has made her one of the most influential classical artists of today.

With concerto performances at the heart of her career, Nicola is in much demand with major orchestras and conductors across the globe. Recent and future performances include engagements with the London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice, Frankfurt Radio Symphony, WDR Cologne, Danish National Symphony, Strasbourg Philharmonic, Orchestre National D’Ile de France, Beethoven Orchester Bonn, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Chamber, Philadelphia Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, National Symphony Orchestra of Washington D.C., Dallas Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony, Vancouver Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, Melbourne Symphony and Hong Kong Philharmonic among others. Nicola will also embark on tours with the Bergen Philharmonic (Germany), Camerata Salzburg and BBC Scottish Symphony (India).

The 2014-15 season will see Nicola further her passion for music of the Italian Baroque and historical performance realized in collaborations with Andrea Marcon and WDR Cologne, Venice Baroque Orchestra and a European tour with La Cetra Barockorchester Basel.

These international appearances have resulted in her working with a host of distinguished conductors including Vladimir Ashkenazy, Stéphane Denève, Christoph Eschenbach, James Gaffigan, Valery Gergiev, Alan Gilbert, Jakub Hrůša, Louis Langrée, Andrew Litton, Jiří Bělohlávek, Sir Neville Marriner, Diego Matheuz, Kristjan Järvi, Neeme Järvi, Paavo Järvi, Donald Runnicles, Yan Pascal Tortelier, Pinchas Zukerman, and Jaap van Zweden.

Born in Scotland of Italian heritage, Nicola began violin lessons at the age of five with Brenda Smith. In 1997, she entered the Yehudi Menuhin School, where she studied with Natasha Boyarskaya. Upon leaving, she continued her studies with Maciej Rakowski and then Pavel Vernikov, and continues to work with multiple acclaimed teachers and performers.

Program
     The Utah Symphony presents Vivaldi’s Four Seasons
          Maestro Thierry Fischer, conductor
          Nicola Benedetti, violin

Antonio Vivaldi
     The Four Seasons for Violin and Orchestra, Opus 8, Nos. 1-4
          I. Concerto in E Major (La primavera)
          II. Concerto in g minor (L'estate)
          III. Concerto in F major (L'autunno)
          IV. Concerto in f minor (L'inverno)
               Nicola Benedetti, Violin

Intermission

Carl Nielsen
     Symphony No. 2, Opus 16, "The Four Temperaments"
          I. Allegro collerico
          II. Allegro comodo e flemmatico
          III. Andante malincolico
          IV. Allegro sanguineo


Abravanel Hall
123 West South Temple
Salt Lake City, UT


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Pygmalion Theatre Presents The Twelve Days of Christmas

Pygmalion Theatre Presents

The Twelve Days of Christmas

by Ginna Hoben

"The Twelve Days of Christmas" with YouTube Celebrity Deena Marie Manzanares as Mary and Marylynn Ehrengard, Tamara Johnson-Howell, and Angela Trusty as the Doo-Wops.

Utah’s only women-centric theater organization, Pygmalion Theatre Company (PYG) will produce the hilarious show, The Twelve Dates of Christmas by Ginna Hoben on November 1 - 16, 2013. Described as “Bridget Jones meets Carrie Bradshaw,” 12 Dates is a humorous look at dating set against the backdrop of the holidays. YouTube celebrity Deena Marie Manzanares will be Mary, the play’s main character. 12 Dates runs November 1 - 16 in the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center’s Black Box.

“Anyone who has been thrown into the dating pool as a fully formed adult will understand the plight of Mary,” states Barbara Gandy, Director. “As Mary says in the play, “‘the whole point of the Rebound is to weed through the dregs, the ones who could never work out, the frogs.’ Love can’t be forced, no matter the efforts of one’s well-intentioned and meddling family. And, then, as is often the case, love unexpectedly comes on its own holiday schedule.”

About Deena Marie Manzanares:
Deena Marie is a graduate of the Atlantic Theater Co. Acting School in NYC. Training also includes NYU’s Cap21, Juilliard, and The Barrow Group. NYC credits are Witch/Mom in Amazing Adventures of Arthur with Atlantic Theater Company, Darlene in Balm in Gilead with Atlantic 453. Recent credits include co-creating and performing in the original piece, Love with PopUp performed at The Leonardo, Hermione in The Winter’s Tale with Sting and Honey Company, and Actor #5 in The Third Crossing with Plan-B theatre Co. Among favorite credits are Shirin/Azedeh in The Persian Quarter with Salt Lake Acting Company, and Sheila in Hair with the Egyptian Theatre Company. Other local credits include Pioneer Theatre Co., Meat & Potato, and Hale Centre Theatre. Deena Marie has been featured on G4TV’sAttack of the Show, MTV’s It’s on with Alexa Chung, and our local KUTV2 Morning Show, Good Things Utah, Fresh Living, and Daily Dish. Recipient, Salt Lake Magazine’s Best of the Beehive (The Comedienne) and City Weekly’s Best of Utah (Media/Politics). She is currently entertaining crowds online as an agent for Ford’s national social media campaign, the Ford Fiesta Movement. She is a proud member of Actors Equity Association. Deena’s Twilight musical parodies have garnered over 3 million views on YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/BeanerLaRue.

Tickets are available at 801.355.ARTS (2787), online at pygmalionproductions.org, or in person at any ArtTix outlet.

Dates and times of the show are: 
       Friday, November 1, 2013 | 8pm
       Saturday, November 2, 2013 | 8pm
       Sunday, November 3, 2013 | 2pm
       Thursday, November 7, 2013 | 7:30pm
       Friday, November 8, 2013 | 8pm
       Saturday, November 9, 2013 | 8pm
       Sunday, November 10, 2013 | 2pm
       Thursday, November 14, 2013 | 7:30pm
       Friday, November 15, 2013 | 8pm
       Saturday, November 16, 2013 | 2pm
       Saturday, November 16, 2013 | 8pm

Smart, sexy, and sophisticated, Pygmalion Theatre Company is SLC based and dedicated to giving voice to women – playwrights, directors, performers, characters – and telling the stories that reflect women’s lives. Since 1994.

Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center
138 West Broadway
Salt Lake City, UT


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Brian Stokes Mitchell with The Utah Symphony

Brian Stokes Mitchell with The Utah Symphony

Utah Symphony welcomes "Last Leading Man" Brian Stokes Mitchell, star of Broadway, Television and Film.
Abravanel Hall, Friday Nov. 1, 8:00 PM / Sat. November 2, 8:00 PM 

In the first pops concert of the season, Utah Symphony is proud to welcome back to Utah Brian Stokes Mitchell, a much-loved vocalist who performed with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir during their annual Christmas Concert in 2008.

As a Tony Award-winning baritone, Brian Stokes Mitchell has enjoyed a wildly successful career on Broadway, television, and film. Dubbed “The Last Leading Man” by The New York Times, Mr. Mitchell joins the Utah Symphony led by Principal Pops Conductor Jerry Steichen. His repertoire for the evening will touch upon some best-loved classics from Broadway and beyond, including “Some Enchanted Evening” from “South Pacific”, “Stars” from “Les Misérables”, a Gershwin medley (“S'wonderful”, “I Got Rhythm”, “Fascinatin' Rhythm”, “Our Love is Here to Stay”) and “Impossible Dream” from “Man of La Mancha”.

In the spirit of show business and spontaneity, Mr. Mitchell will be announcing song selections from the stage so the final repertoire may reflect last-minute changes.

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


Brian Stokes Mitchell, Vocalist 
Brian Stokes Mitchell has enjoyed a rich and varied career on Broadway, television and film, along with appearances in the great American concert halls.

His musical versatility has kept him in demand by some of the country’s finest conductors and orchestras. He has performed selections from “Porgy and Bess” with Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony at Carnegie Hall; works by Aaron Copland and various contemporary composers at the Hollywood Bowl with the L.A. Philharmonic under the batons of Leonard Slatkin and John Mauceri; Broadway tunes at Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. under the baton of late Marvin Hamlisch (most recently at the National Symphony Orchestra’s 75th season Pops concert debut); and jazz standards with Maestro John Williams at Disney Hall and with the Boston Pops. He recently debuted Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Del Tredici’s “Rip Van Winkle” with the National Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Leonard Slatkin. He has been invited to the White House and has performed for Presidents Clinton and Obama.

His Broadway career includes performances in “Man of La Mancha” (Tony nomination and Helen Hayes Award); “Kiss Me Kate” (Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards); “Ragtime” (Tony nomination); August Wilson’s “King Hedley II” (Tony nomination); “Kiss of the Spider Woman;” “Jelly’s Last Jam;” David Merrick’s “Oh, Kay!” and “Mail,” which earned him a Theatre World award for outstanding Broadway Debut.

His long television career began with a seven year stint on “Trapper John, MD.” Numerous film and TV appearances more recently include “One Last Thing” which debuted at this year’s Toronto Film Festival, recurring roles on “Crossing Jordan” and “Frasier,” PBS’ “Great Performances,” DreamWorks’ “The Prince of Egypt ,” and his “Presidential Debut” in “The Singer and the Song” from the White House.

He continues to perform as both a soloist and a guest star at concerts all over the United States. In December of 2008 he performed as the musical guest artist at “Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square”. The concert was aired on PBS during Christmas of 2009.

Stokes has enjoyed working with numerous charitable organizations including the March of Dimes and is the 8-year Chairman of the Board of the Actors Fund.

Jerry Steichen, Principal Pops Conductor
Maestro Gerald Steichen has established himself as one of America’s most versatile conductors. He currently holds the positions of Principal Pops Conductor of the Utah Symphony and Music Director of the Ridgefield Symphony (Connecticut). He also completed sixteen seasons as Principal Pops Conductor of the New Haven Symphony Orchestra. Steichen is a frequent guest conductor for the New Jersey Symphony, and has appeared with the Boston Pops, Cincinnati Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, as well as the symphonies of Naples, Florida; Portland, Oregon; the Florida Orchestra in Tampa; Columbus, Oklahoma City, Hartford and the New York Pops. International appearances include the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Tokyo City Symphony, the NDR Philharmonie Hannover at the Braunschweig Festival, and numerous appearances with the Norwegian Radio Symphony.

During ten seasons with the New York City Opera, Steichen led performances including “La Bohème”, “L’Elisir ’Amore”, Jake Heggie’s “Dead Man Walking”, Rachel Portman’s “The Little Prince”, Jonathan Miller’s production of “The Mikado”, “The Pirates of Penzance”, and Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “Cinderella”. In 2007, he led the New York City Opera Orchestra and soloists in a live WQXR broadcast of Wall to Wall Opera from New York’s Symphony Space. A gifted pianist, he performed on stage for the New York City Opera’s acclaimed productions of “Porgy and Bess” and “Carmina Burana”. He has also conducted Utah Opera, Anchorage Opera, New Jersey Opera Theater, Glimmerglass Opera in Cooperstown, NY, and Opera East Texas.

Steichen toured nationally as the associate conductor with “The Phantom of the Opera”, “The Secret Garden”, and “Peter Pan”, and he conducted “CATS” in New York for two years. He has also appeared on Broadway, portraying Manny the Accompanist in the Tony Award-winning “Master Class”. In pursuit of his passion for education, Steichen spent eighteen years with the “Meet the Artist” series at Lincoln Center as conductor, clinician and pianist. Originally from Tonkawa, Oklahoma, Maestro Steichen holds degrees from Northern Oklahoma College, Oklahoma City University and the University of Southern California. He currently resides in New York City.

Program

**Song selections will be announced from the stage on concert night but may include:

Cole Porter
       Kiss Me, Kate (Selection)
Rodgers & Hammerstein
       "Some Enchanted Evening" from South Pacific
Jule Styne
       "Don't Rain On My Parade" from Funny Girl
Claude-Michel Schonberg
       "Stars" from Les Misérables
George Gershwin
       Gershwin Medley
              S'wonderful
              I Got Rhythm
              Fascinatin' Rhythm
              Our Love is Here to Stay
Stephen Flaherty
       Selections from "Ragtime"
Antonio Carlos Jobim
       Waters of March
Stephen Ward, Samuel Augustus and Flaherty
       "America the Beautiful/ Wheels of a Dream"
Mitch Leigh
       "The Impossible Dream" from Man of La Mancha


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123 West South Temple
Salt Lake City, UT


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Utah Symphony Presents Superhero Halloween

Utah Symphony Presents
Superhero Halloween

"Superhero Halloween"
Abravanel Hall, Tuesday, October 29, 7:00 pm

Join the Utah Symphony and Associate Conductor Vladamir Kulenovic for Utah’s favorite Halloween tradition, with theme music from your favorite superhero classics, including Batman, X-Men, Superman and Spiderman. Compete for great prize giveaways – including passes to Utah’s best loved museums, attractions and 2014 Comic Con – in one of the state’s largest costume contests.

Utah families and superhero fanatics are invited to enjoythe magic and thrills of the Utah Symphony’s 23nd annual Halloween concert and costume contest complete with prizes, musical storytelling and festive symphonic tunes.

This year, community partners including KSL NewsRadio, Salt Lake City Comic Con, Utah Museum of Natural History, Geek Show podcast and The Leonardo have donated multiple prizes for each of the four costume contest categories: adult, child, group and symphony member. Prizes include VIP weekend passes to 2014 Salt Lake City Comic Con, as well as family passes to The Leonardo, Clark Planetarium, Thanksgiving Point, Utah Museum of Natural History, Tracy Aviary, and various gift cards.

“Superhero Halloween” will take flight October 29 at 7 p.m. in Abravanel Hall and feature well-known selections from iconic symphonic superhero repertoire such as Richard Wagner’s “The Ride of the Valkyries”, John William’s iconic themes to “Starwars”, “Hook” and “Superman”, and Danny Elfman’s music for “Batman” and “Spider-man”. The program will come together with the musical storytelling of local actor Casey Elliott, who plays the role of a superhero with a mystery identity. Associate Conductor Vladimir Kulenovic and the orchestra’s musical super powers help solve our hero’s crisis.

Related Event:
Sponsored by KSL NewsRadio, the Utah Symphony’s traditional Halloween Costume Contest will precede the concert in the lobby of Abravanel Hall from 5:30 pm. to 6:30 pm. Guests from KSL NewsRadio, Salt Lake City Comic Con and Geek Show will judge the contest, which has become known over the past 22 years for its exciting prizes and outrageous costumes. They will choose three finalists from adult, child and group categories to appear onstage during the concert to be ranked by the audience. Potential contestants must be in line at the judges’ table (on the main floor of the Abravanel Hall lobby) no later than 6:15 p.m. to be considered. The contest concludes at 6:30 pm.

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


Guest Artists & Judges:

Bryan Brandenburg – Vice President of Salt Lake City Comic Con
Bryon Brandenburg is a serial entrepreneur, marketing expert and scientist. He has founded two of the largest computer game companies in the country and produced games for Disney, Hasbro and Dreamworks. He has been a senior executive and partner in two of the industry’s top 3D model companies, selling 3D models and software to over 1 million artists worldwide. He is currently VP of Marketing and partner in Salt Lake Comic Con that broke multiple records including largest convention in the state of Utah and largest first year Comic Con in North American history. The event was written about in Forbes magazine and the Huffington Post. Bryan received his education at Weber State University in Mathematics and Physics and is a speaker at the upcoming Utah Governor’s Economic Summit.

Casey Elliot – Guest actor
A resident of Layton, UT, Casey Elliot has performed across the world in various musical theater productions, and concerts. Notable productions include the ’06-‘07 North American Tour of Aida, playing Radames, the first Broadway Tour of Aida in China (’08), playing Radames, and the Taiwan Tour of Aida (’12), playing Radames.

Casey has also appeared locally in a variety of productions including: Zorro (U.S. premier) playing Zorro; Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, playing Joseph; A Tale of Two Cities (Regional Premier) playing Sydney Carton – all at Hale Centre Theatre. Casey also performed last summer in the Utah Symphony’s ‘Accentuate the Positive’ concert, a celebration of the Jewish American composers of Broadway.

In addition to his acting career, Casey is the CEO of thereNow, an education technology company that has pioneered the use of classroom cameras to allow teachers to get better feedback on their teaching.

Geek Show
A show about all things geek: comics, movies, TV, toys, video games, role-playing games, etc. The podcast is recorded every week with a new episode available every Monday (but you can listen to it whenever you want ... (Hooray for technology!). This outrageous spectacle is provided by Kerry Jackson (X96), Jimmy Martin (KUTV), Jeff Vice (MSN), Scott Pierce (Salt Lake Tribune), Leigh George Kade (Frisch Compassionate Eatery), Shannon Barnson (City Weekly's "Worst Utahan"), comedian Jay Whittaker and producer Tony Eccles. Everything can be found at www.geekshowpodcast.com.

Vladimir Kulenovic – Associate Conductor
Since his professional conducting debut in 2006 with the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa, Canada, Kulenovic has conducted performances with the Verbier Festival Orchestra, Beethoven-Orchester Bonn, Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss am Rhein, Aspen Music Festival AACA Orchestra, Cabrillo Festival Orchestra, New Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra, Indian Hill Orchestra, Connecticut Valley Chamber Orchestra, Juilliard Conductors’ Orchestra, Manhattan School of Music Symphony Orchestra, Peabody Institute Symphony Orchestra and Boston Conservatory Orchestra.

Kulenovic studied with Kurt Masur at the Kurt Masur Conducting Seminar in New York in 2008 and 2009, as well as at the Beethoven-Orchester Bonn and the Verbier Festival in Switzerland, where his final performance with the Verbier Festival Orchestra was internationally televised on Medici TV. Kulenovic spent the summer of 2010 as a conducting fellow at the Aspen Music Festival, and has also conducted in other prestigious music festivals worldwide, including the National Arts Centre Conducting Programme, the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music, and the Mozarteum Internationale Sommerakademie in Salzburg.

Amy Iverson – Co-host of KSLNewsRadio “The Browsers”
Amy Iverson is a native of Salt Lake City and is the co-host of KSL NewsRadio's The Browsers. She started her radio career at KSL and after 12 years away, she is happy to be back at the station she considers home. Amy has worked as a producer, editor, and reporter in Dallas, Seattle, and for the Armed Forces Radio Network in Europe. Amy spent several years overseas and fell in love with the people and places near her homes in Germany and Italy. Her time spent as a military wife has shaped her views on the world in many ways. Amy and her husband live in Summit County and have three children.

Jay Mcfarland – Co-host of KSLNewsRadio “The Browsers”
Jay Mcfarland spent most of his early career as a restaurant owner and operator in Salt Lake City and Las Vegas Nevada. At the age of 29 he was asked to run 42 restaurants for a national corporation. In 2002 Jay financed a small talk radio show with a desire to have an impact on local and national issues. Within a matter of months Jay was offered a position with the number one talk station in Nevada. In 2005 Jay was asked to bring his show to Dallas Texas where he hosted a very popular talk program focusing on issues instead of partisan bickering. In August of 2010, with a great desire to return home, Jay accepted a position with KSL NewsRadio as a co-host on the Browser radio program.

In addition to his hosting duties on KSL Jay has also authored two books, "Freedom Ain't Free" and "Joyful Union," and he has created several popular apps and games for the iPhone and iPad devices.

The Utah Symphony presents "A Superhero Halloween"
Igor Stravinsky
     "Danse Sacrale" from Le Sacre du printemps
Sergei Prokofiev
      March from The Love for Three Oranges, op. 33bis
Richard Strauss
     Also sprach Zarathustra, op. 30
          Introduction
Edward Elgar
      "Nimrod" from Enigma Variations
Danny Elfman
     Batman Suite
          1. The Batman Theme
John Williams
      "The Flight To Neverland" from Hook
John Ottman
      Suite from X2: X-Men United

Intermission

Richard Wagner
     "The Ride of the Valkyries" from Die Walküre
John Williams
     "Imperial March" from Star Wars Suite for Orchestra
          "Main Title" from Star Wars
Danny Elfman
     Spider-Man
          Main Title
          Declared Love
          Finale
James Horner
     "To the Rescue" from The Rocketeer
John Williams
     Theme from Superman


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123 West South Temple
Salt Lake City, UT


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Utah Symphony Presents Mozarts Concerto No. 25 & Dukas' Sorcerer's Apprentice

Utah Symphony Presents
Mozarts Concerto No. 25 and
Dukas' Sorcerer's Apprentice

Piano Concerto No. 25 & Sorcerer's Apprentice
Friday, October 25 8:00 PM / Saturday, October 26 8:00 PM 
Finishing Touches
Friday, October 25 10 AM

Utah Symphony, led by guest conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier, presents Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s majestic Piano Concerto No. 25 and the dramatic Sorcerer’s Apprentice by Paul Dukas, the charming musical fable made famous by Disney’s Fantasia.

Acclaimed rising American pianist Orion Weiss joins the Utah Symphony for the Mozart piano concerto, which was written during one of the greatest years of the composer’s compositional life and stands tall among his impressive wealth of piano masterpieces. The orchestra also performs Jean Sibelius’ heroic Symphony No. 5, the original version of which was premiered by Sibelius himself with the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra on his own 50th birthday, December 8, 1915.

It would be a challenge to find a composer who had a more important year than Mozart did in 1786, in which he completed The Marriage of Figaro, the “Prague” Symphony, the “Hoffmeister” String Quartet and the B-flat Major Piano Trio, and finally Piano Concerti nos. 23, 24 and 25. It was also the beginning of a transition for Mozart, from the performing pianist phase to the opera composer phase. Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 25 was last performed by the Utah Symphony in 2009. Stefan Solyom conducted and Gunilla Sussmann was soloist.

“Pity the poor one-piece composer” writes Orrin Howard in his essay on Dukas’ great scherzo The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, which premiered in May of 1897 and immediately launched the composer into stardom. An apt piece for the orchestra to play during the Halloween season, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice has been frequently performed by the Utah Symphony over the years. The last Masterworks Series iteration was in 2002 under Pavel Kogan. Dukas’ Fanfare to La Péri was last performed by the Utah Symphony as part of the Lollipops Series. The year was 2005 and Scott O’Neil was on the podium.

Related Events:
The Utah Symphony’s Finishing Touches Series returns in the 2013-2014 season on Friday, October 25, 2013 at 10 AM. These events are a behind-the-scenes look at the orchestra during the final rehearsals. They will impress upon attendees the diligence and dedication that goes into each performance.

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


Guest Artists

Orion Weiss, Piano 
One of the most sought after soloists in his generation of young American musicians, pianist Orion Weiss has performed with the major American orchestras, including the Chicago Symphony, Boston Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and New York Philharmonic. The 2013‐14 season will feature Weiss with orchestras around North America, including the Milwaukee and Vancouver Symphonies; in the summer of 2014 he will perform again with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. The 2012-13 season saw Weiss in repeat engagements with the Baltimore Symphony and New World Symphony; he released a recital album of Dvorak, Prokofiev, and Bartok in spring 2012, and also spearheaded a recording project of the complete Gershwin works for piano and orchestra with his longtime collaborators the Buffalo Philharmonic and JoAnn Falletta. Named the Classical Recording Foundation’s Young Artist of the Year in September 2010, in the summer of 2011 Weiss made his debut with the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood as a last---minute replacement for Leon Fleisher. In 2004, he graduated from the Juilliard School, where he studied with Emanuel Ax.

Yan Pascal Tortelier, Conductor
Yan Pascal Tortelier enjoys a distinguished career as a guest with the world’s most prestigious orchestras. He began his musical career as a violinist and at fourteen won first prize for violin at the Paris Conservatoire and also made his debut as a soloist with the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Following general musical studies with Nadia Boulanger, Tortelier studied conducting with Franco Ferrara at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena, and from 1974 to 1983 he was Associate Conductor of the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse. Recent highlights have included his debut performances with the Iceland and Stavanger Symphony Orchestras, return visits to the BBC Philharmonic and Hallé Orchestras, the St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, and the San Francisco, St Louis, Cincinnati and Baltimore Symphony Orchestras.

Program
Paul Dukas
     Fanfare to precede La Péri

Paul Dukas
     The Sorcerer's Apprentice

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
     Concerto No. 25 in C major for Piano and Orchestra, K. 503
          I. Allegro maestoso
          II. Andante
          III. Allegretto Orion Weiss, piano

Intermission

Jean Sibelius
     Symphony No. 5 in E-Flat major, Opus 82
          I. Tempo molto moderato - Allegro moderato - Presto
          II. Andante mosso, quasi allegretto
          III. Allegro molto - Misterioso

Pre-concert chat one hour before each evening concert with Guest Conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier and Vice President of Symphony Artistic Planning Toby Tolokan.

About the Utah Symphony
Founded in 1940, the Utah Symphony is dedicated to providing Utah residents and visitors with great performances which engage, educate and enrich lives. Utah Symphony | Utah Opera, the orchestra’s parent organization, reaches 450,000 citizens in Utah and the Intermountain region, with educational outreach programs serving more than 200,000 students annually. The orchestra presents more than 70 performances each season in Abravanel Hall, participates in the Utah Opera's four annual productions at the Capitol Theater, in addition to numerous community concerts throughout Utah and the annual outdoor summer series – the Deer Valley® Music Festival –in Park City, Utah. With its many subscription, education and outreach concerts and tours, the Utah Symphony is one of the most engaged full-time orchestras in the nation. For more information visit www.utahsymphony.org.

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123 West South Temple
Salt Lake City, UT


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Pumpkinpalooza at the Viridian Event Center

Pumpkinpalooza
at the Viridian Event Center

Salt Lake County Library Services hosts Pumpkinpalooza.
Viridian Event Center
Saturday, October 26, 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

The Salt Lake County Library will host what is sure to become a Halloween tradition for many families. This celebration centers around all things pumpkin – with a pumpkin decorating contest for kids, teens and adults, a pumpkin pie eating contest, pumpkin arts and crafts, pumpkin smashing and more pumpkin fun for the entire family. Don’t forget, a costume contest too (pumpkin costume not required – but you couldn't throw a Halloween party without a costume contest).

Viridian Event Center
8030 South 1825 West
West Jordan, UT
801-943-4636


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USUO Announce New Chorus Masters

Utah Symphony | Utah Opera Announce:

New Chorus Masters

Retirement of Susanne Sheston

Utah Symphony | Utah Opera announced the appointment of Barlow Bradford as Utah Symphony chorus master, and Caleb Harris as Utah Opera chorus master.

After a decade as chorus master of both groups, Susanne Sheston has decided to pursue other professional music opportunities. The finale for her tenure was marked by the September performance of Berlioz’s Damnation of Faust. “Susanne brought a professionalism and integrity to her work that was evident in the quality of performances achieved by both the Utah Opera Chorus and Utah Symphony Chorus,” said President and CEO Melia Tourangeau. “She is so ‘irreplaceable’ we had to hire two people to attempt to fill her shoes.”

Dr. Bradford is already well known in Utah for his work with the University of Utah choirs and the Utah Chamber Singers. “Barlow Bradford has already greatly influenced the choral community in Salt Lake City and we are thrilled he will be preparing the Utah Symphony Chorus to collaborate with our world-class Utah Symphony musicians,” said Ms. Tourangeau.

After an extended search, Utah Opera Artistic Director Christopher McBeth was pleased to announce the appointment of Caleb Harris. He comes to Utah from the University of Northern Colorado, where he served as associate professor of music, piano/collaborative piano, and director of the collaborative program.

“Caleb Harris has an impressive background of operatic and collaborative musical experiences. We feel fortunate to bring him into the team of talented artists preparing our Utah Opera performances so quickly after he moved to our community,” said Mr. McBeth.

Dr. Harris’ first presentation with Utah Opera Chorus will be for the January 18-26, 2014 presentation of Verdi’s La Traviata in the newly renovated Capitol Theatre.

About Barlow Bradford
Over the course of his extraordinary musical career, Dr. Barlow Bradford has distinguished himself as a conductor, composer, arranger, pianist, organist, and teacher. As an orchestral and choral conductor, he co-founded the Utah Chamber Artists in 1991 and has led that organization to international acclaim for its impeccable, nuanced performances and award-winning recordings—including an INDIE from NAIRD (National Association of Independent Record Distributors & Manufacturers) for the CD "Welcome All Wonders," released in 1996 on the BWE label.

Utah Chamber Artists was featured on NPR's "The First Art," a program dedicated to choral music and performed as a featured ensemble with the Boston Pops and Utah Symphony. Under his baton, Utah Chamber Artists also toured Israel with the Israel Chamber Orchestra, performed as the guest choir at the American Choral Directors Association national convention, and joined the Mormon Tabernacle Choir on their national television broadcast. Dr. Bradford's focused, energetic conducting style led to his appointment as music director of the Orchestra at Temple Square in Salt Lake City and associate director of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Prior to that, he was director of orchestras at the University of Utah.

His compositions and arrangements have garnered much attention for their innovation and dramatic scope, from delicate, transparent intimacy to epic grandeur. Many of Bradford's arrangements have been recorded by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and performed regularly by such noted ensembles as the Dallas Symphony Chorus, New York Choral Artists, and the Utah Chamber Artists.

Dr. Bradford's performance career began in his early teens when he won numerous competitions in both organ and piano performance, including the National Young Artists Competition and the Utah Symphony Salute to Youth. As a teacher, Dr. Bradford taught courses in music theory, conducting, arranging, composition, private piano and organ at the University of Utah and Brigham Young University Hawaii. He received his doctorate of musical arts from the University of Southern California. He studied conducting at the Aspen Music Festival and the Tanglewood Music Festival and received bachelor of music in piano performance from the University of Utah.

About Caleb Harris
Caleb Harris enjoys an active career as a pianist, chamber musician, conductor, and vocal and opera coach. He is equally at home at the keyboard and on the podium. Harris has appeared throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia at many prestigious venues including Carnegie Hall, Seiji Ozawa Hall at Tanglewood, and the National Concert Hall in Taipei, Taiwan. In the United States he has performed and/or given masterclasses in some of the country's top music schools (such as Eastman School of Music, Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, Westminster Choir College, and the University of Michigan).
Harris also held the Nat King Cole Fellowship at Tanglewood for two summers and has performed with such notable musicians as William Preucil, concertmaster of the Cleveland Orchestra, and tenor Vale Rideout.

A graduate of the Eastman School of Music, Dr. Harris joins Utah Opera from an appointment as Associate Professor of Music, Piano/Collaborative Piano; and Director of the Collaborative Program at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, Colorado. His students have won awards in many competitions, including the MTNA state and district finals, Denver Philharmonic Competition, Greeley Chamber Orchestra Concerto Competition, UNC Concerto Competition, and Rocky Mountain Concerto Competition. Harris has also adjudicated over 30 competitions for piano, voice, and chamber music across the United States.

About Utah Symphony | Utah Opera
Utah Symphony | Utah Opera connects Utah communities through great live music, serving as the premier local provider of orchestral and operatic art forms. The Utah Symphony, which performs at Abravanel Hall, is one of the nation’s only year-round orchestras. Together with Utah Opera, which performs at the Capitol Theatre, USUO reaches 450,000 citizens in Utah and the Intermountain region with educational outreach programs serving more than 200,000 students annually. The organization employs 60 staff and 85 full-time musicians, presenting four full operas and more than 70 symphony performances in each regular season as well as community concerts throughout Utah and an annual summer series – the Deer Valley® Music Festival – in Park City, Utah. For more information, visit www.usuo.org.


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Red Butte Garden After Dark: Fearsome Flora

Red Butte Garden

Fearsome Flora

Garden After Dark: Fearsome Flora
October 17 - 19, 24 - 26
Thursday - Saturday
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Fearsome Flora! There is a mystery brewing in the Garden, meet the wicked-plants suspects and decide for yourself "whodunnit."

There’s trouble brewing in the Garden, and one of the plants in Red Butte Garden's collection is the culprit! Join with them as they safely uncover details of carnivorous, poisonous and downright dangerous plants found in nature, all in the spirit of Halloween. After you complete your Garden explorations, be sure to guess which of their suspicious plants is the villain in the Garden whodunit!

With crafts, activities, light displays and more, this is an event you definitely don’t want to miss! Join them for Garden After Dark, an indoor/outdoor, costume and kid-friendly experience in the Garden to celebrate Halloween.

Red Butte Garden
300 Wakara Way
Salt Lake City, UT


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Celebrate National Book Month

Celebrate National Book Month

St. George Book Festival October 14-19.

October brings all of the seasonal elements that make it the perfect month to settle in with an array of good books. Cooler weather, falling leaves, and the entire ambiance of Fall come together in October, which is National Book Month.

Each year, in combination with National Book Month, Utah Humanities Book Festival celebrates all things literature. This year, their 16th annual festival, is another.

St. George Book Festival

Utah Humanities is very pleased to announce the return of their sister festival to the south. The St. George Book Festival is back and better than ever this year with a full week of authors to whet your literary palate from October 14-19. Authors will be visiting schools, libraries, and other venues around the St. George area.

For more information on these events, visit: heritagewriters.tripod.com. This year's participants represent a wide spectrum of genres, styles, and age ranges.


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Free Snowbird Tram Rides for Food Donations

Free Snowbird Tram Rides
for Food Donations

Continuing its tradition of providing free Tram and lift rides while helping Utah’s hungry, Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort announced dates for its annual Customer Appreciation Days. On Nov. 2, 3, 9 and 10, guests may receive a free foot passenger Aerial Tram ride with the donation of a can of food or hygiene item to the Utah Food Bank, or $3 donation to Wasatch Adaptive Sports.

“This is a wonderful opportunity to help needy families, and a beautiful time of year to visit Hidden Peak,” said Dave Fields, Vice President of Resort Operations.

Last year, 7,858 pounds of food was donated to the Utah Food Bank as the result of the annual Customer Appreciation Days. In addition, $4,261 was raised for Wasatch Adaptive Sports.

To take advantage of the offer, guests may bring either a can of food, a hygiene item or $3, to Snowbird on any Saturday or Sunday from Nov. 2 until Nov. 10 between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m., weather permitting. Please check snowbird.com for updates on the schedule of operations.

Requested hygiene items are toothpaste, soap, baby diapers and wipes. Preferred canned food items are peanut butter, tuna, chili, soup/stew, vegetables, fruit, beans and spaghetti sauce. Acceptable boxed foods are rice, macaroni and cheese, boxed dinners, cake mix and pasta. Special-needs foods, such as low-sugar, low-sodium, are also appreciated.

Offering the longest ski and snowboard season in Utah, Snowbird is scheduled to open for the 2010-11 season Wednesday, Nov. 20, weather permitting.


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Utah Opera Presents Strauss' Salome

Utah Opera Presents Strauss' Salome

Utah Opera presents Strauss’ Salome at Abravanel Hall, Friday, October 18 at 7:30 pm and Sunday, October 20 at 2:00 pm. 

Utah Opera brings a visceral, operatic experience to Abravanel Hall with the evocative production of Richard Strauss’ Salome, featuring veterans of the Metropolitan Opera House, guest artists Jon Frederic West as Herod and Victoria Livengood as Herodias.

Rising soprano star Marcy Stonikas sings the title role as the disturbed young heroine in her Utah Opera debut of the semi-staged production at Abravanel Hall at 7:30 pm on October 18 and October 20, which also has a 2 pm show. Michael Chioldi plays Jochanaan. Directed by Kevin Newbury and conducted by Stewart Robertson, the opera will be sung in German with English supertitles. The performance will last approximately 96 minutes with no intermission.

Due to renovations on Capital Theatre, Salome will be presented onstage at Abravanel Hall, something Utah Opera Artistic Director Christopher McBeth says lends itself perfectly to the opera in a “theatrical symphonic staging.”

“Opera audiences are usually denied the opportunity to actually see the orchestra playing a score,” explains McBeth. “A staging in a symphonic setting allows us to feature the music front and center; the orchestra itself plays a major character both musically and theatrically. We are excited to make Salome an immersive theatrical experience, with the orchestra front and center.

McBeth describes the opera as rooted in Expressionism, a modernist movement of the early 20th century Germany. Expressionist artists and musicians sought to evoke visceral, emotional responses in audiences with their visual art form. Strauss’ Salome is based upon Hedwig Lachmann's German translation of the French play Salomé by Irish poet and playwright Oscar Wilde which was refused a license for England due to the absolute prohibition of Biblical subjects on the English stage.

The story of Salome revolves around a disturbed and overtly sensual young woman whose shocking behavior is matched in potency only by the latent lechery of King Herod. The setting is not a tranquil court, but rather a den of vipers where no man is safe from seduction and harm. The opera is famous for its "Dance of the Seven Veils" in which Salome dances provocatively at the urging of King Herod. It is now better known for the more shocking final scene (often a concert-piece for dramatic sopranos), where Salome declares her love to – and kisses – the severed head of John the Baptist.

Additional Events
Utah Opera Principal Coach Carol Anderson will offer an Opera Prelude Lecture, free of charge for ticket holders, in the First Tier Room of Abravanel Hall one hour before curtain of each performance.

Utah Opera Artistic Director Christopher McBeth will hold a Q&A session, free of charge, immediately following each performance in the First Tier Room of Abravanel Hall.

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

Utah Opera Presents:
Strauss’ Salome
     Composed by Richard Strauss
     Based on Hedwig Lachmann's German translation of the French
          play Salomé by Oscar Wilde
     Sung in German
          Supertitles in English prepared by Floyd Anderson
     Premiere: Hofoper in Dresden, December 9,1905
          First produced by Utah Opera in January 1995

CAST
Salomé
     Marcy Stonikas
Herod
     Jon Fredric West
Jokanaan
     Michael Chioldi
Herodias
     Victoria Livengood
Narraboth
     Robert Breault
Page
     Gretchen Windt
1rst Jew
     Timur Bekbosunov
2nd Jew
     Torrance Blaisdell
3rd Jew
     Jim Miller
4th Jew
     Todd Miller
5th Jew
     Thomas Forde
1rst Nazarene
     Patrick Blackwell
2nd Nazarene
     Shea Owens
1rst Soldier
     Jason Switzer
2nd Soldier
     Tyler Oliphant
A Slave
     Amy Owens

SYNOPSIS
Judea, A.D. 30. From the moonlit terrace of King Herod's palace, Narraboth, captain of the guard, gazes rapturously inside at the Princess Salome, who is feasting with her stepfather and his court. The voice of the prophet Jochanaan echoes from a deep cistern, where he is imprisoned by the king, who fears him.

Salome, bored with Herod's lechery and his coarse guests, rushes out for fresh air and becomes curious when she hears Jochanaan curse Herodias, her mother. When the soldiers refuse to bring Jochanaan to her, Salome turns her wiles on Narraboth, who orders that Jochanaan be summoned. Salome is fascinated by the prophet's deathly pallor and pours out her uncontrollable desire to touch him. The prophet rejects her, speaking of the Son of God who will come to save mankind. When Salome continues to beg for Jochanaan's kiss, Narraboth stabs himself in horror, and the prophet descends into the cistern, urging her to seek salvation in the Messiah. The girl collapses in frustration and longing.

Herod appears, followed by his court. When he slips in Narraboth's blood, he becomes unnerved and begins to experience hallucinations, which Herodias scorns. Herod's thoughts turn to Salome, who spurns his attentions. Renewed abuse from Jochanaan's subterranean voice harrasses Herodias, who demands that Herod turn the prophet over to the Jews. Herod's refusal incurs an argument among several Jews concerning the nature of God, and a narrative of Christ's miracles by two Nazarenes.

Herod begs Salome to divert him by dancing and offers her anything she might wish in return. Salome makes him swear he will live up to his promise, then dances, slowly shedding seven veils and finishing her performance at his feet. Salome demands the head of Jochanaan on a silver platter, ignoring Herod's desperate alternatives - jewels, rare birds, a sacred veil. The terrified king finally gives in. After a tense pause, the arm of the executioner rises from the cistern, offering the head to Salome. As clouds obscure the moon, Salome seizes her reward passionately, addressing Jochanaan as if he lived and triumphantly kissing his lips. Overcome with revulsion, Herod orders the soldiers to kill Salome.

Abravanel Hall
123 West South Temple
Salt Lake City, UT


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Tracy Aviary Indoor Bird Encounters & Fall Break Camps

Tracy Aviary

Indoor Bird Encounters

Fall Break Camps

There is more to do at Tracy Aviary every time you visit.

Fall Break Camps
Younger Tracy Aviary fans won't want to miss the opportunity to spend an entire day learning, playing, and meeting some of Salt Lake City’s finest birds during Tracy Aviary's third annual Fall Break Camps, held October 16th, 17th, and 18th from 9 am - 4 pm. The Fall Break camps are the best way to beat the cold weather blues during UEA break and are full of games, experiments, on-grounds explorations, and of course personal experiences with birds from all over Tracy Aviary. For additional information and registration, please visit http://www.tracyaviary.org/fall-break-camps/. Space is limited, so enroll today!

Indoor Bird Encounters
Vultures, and parrots, and owls—oh my! Even as it gets chilly this October, Tracy Aviary has opportunities for everyone to get nose-to-beak with Tracy Aviary's bird show stars every day of the week. The indoor Bird Encounters, held at 11 am and 1 pm daily in the Visitors Center Education Space, is the perfect opportunity to enjoy up-close and intimate experiences with the talented trained bird collection, all while keeping warm and dry. Maybe you will guffaw with a crow, feel the wind from a macaw’s wings, or see a falcon as it dives to its trainer. Whoever you meet, they are sure to be the highlight of your day.

Tracy Aviary 
589 East 1300 South
Salt Lake City, UT 84105


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