UTAH SYMPHONY RECOMMENDS

for the 2018 –19 season, Utah Symphony musicians offer their instrument-specific recommendations for concerts not to be missed.

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Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy”ANDREW NORMAN Suspend a fantasy for piano and orchestra BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 “Choral”

September 21 & 227:30 PM Thierry Fischer

Jason Hardink, pianoJoélle Harvey, sopranoKirstin Chávez, mezzo-sopranoIssachah Savage, tenorPatrick Carfizzi, bass-baritone

· · · · · · · ·An American in Paris GERSHWIN An American in Paris RAVEL Piano Concerto in G SCHUBERT Symphony No. 9 “The Great C Major”

September 287:30 PMSeptember 295:30 PM

Thierry Fischer Alexandre Tharaud, piano · · · · · · · · · ·

Gounod's Romeo and JulietOctober 13–19EveningsOctober 21Sunday Matinée

Robert TwetenVera Lúcia Calábria, directorAnya Matanovič, JulietJoshua Dennis, Romeo · · · · · · · · · ·

Tchaikovsky’s 4th & The Red ViolinBERNSTEIN Three Dances from Fancy Free JOHN CORIGLIANO Violin Concerto “The Red Violin”TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4

October 267:30 PMOctober 275:30 PM

Andrew Litton Philippe Quint, violin · · · · · · · · · · ·

Bernstein’s Candide BERNSTEIN Candide

November 97:30 PMNovember 105:30 PM

Thierry Fischer

Garnett Bruce, directorJames Sale, lighting designerJonathan Johnson, CandideLauren Snouffer, CunegondeHugh Russell, Dr. Pangloss

· ·Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos 1 & 2J.S. BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 1BOULEZ Dérive 1J.S. BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 2J.S. BACH Symphony No. 3

November 16 & 177:30 PM Thierry Fischer · · · · · · · · ·

Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos 3 & 4J.S. BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 3BOULEZ MémorialeJ.S. BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 4SIBELIUS Violin ConcertoGRIEG Selections from Peer Gynt

December 7 & 87:30 PM Thierry Fischer Baiba Skride, violin · · · ·

An Evening in Spain with Boléro & CarmenCHABRIER España FALLA Nights in the Gardens of Spain BIZET Selections from Carmen (Prélude, Aragonaise, Seguedille, (ARR. FRITZ HOFFMAN) Les Toréadors, Habañera, Chanson du Toréador, Danse Bohême)RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Capriccio espagnolRAVEL Boléro

December 147:30 PMDecember 155:30 PM

Jun Märkl Ingrid Fliter, piano · · · · · · · · · · ·

A New Year’s CelebrationJOAN TOWER Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman No. 1 TCHAIKOVSKY Suite from Sleeping Beauty SZYMANOWSKI Violin Concerto No. 1J. STRAUSS JR. Overture to The Gypsy BaronJ. STRAUSS JR. Bitte schön!R. STRAUSS Suite from Der Rosenkavalier

January 4 & 57:30 PM Xian Zhang Madeline Adkins, violin · · · · ·

Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 1VIVIAN FUNG Dust Devils CHOPIN Piano Concerto No. 1DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 7

January 11 & 127:30 PM Peter Oundjian Jan Lisiecki, piano · · · · ·

Portman & Wright's The Little Prince January 19–25EveningsJanuary 27Sunday Matinée

James Lowe

Tara Faircloth, directorJared Bybee, The PilotChoristers of The Madeleine Choir School, The Little Prince / Stars and Birds

· · · ·Symphonie fantastiqueJ.S. BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 BOULEZ InitialeJ.S. BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 6BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique

February 1 & 27:30 PM Thierry Fischer · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·

Tchaikovsky’s “Pathétique”WAGNER Overture to Tannhäuser BERLIOZ Sara la baigneuseBERLIOZ La Mort d’OphélieBERLIOZ Rêverie et capriceTCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6 “Pathétique”

February 8 & 97:30 PM Thierry Fischer

Philippe Quint, violin Utah Symphony ChorusUniversity of Utah ChoirsBarlow Bradford, chorus director

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Brahms’ Violin ConcertoBEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No. 2 BRAHMS Violin Concerto LISZT Hungarian Rhapsody No. 4SIBELIUS “Valse triste” from KuolemaVERDI “Ballet for the Queen” from Don Carlos

February 22 & 237:30 PM Mario Venzago Stefan Jackiw, violin · · · · · ·

Mozart's The Magic FluteMarch 9–15EveningsMarch 17Sunday Matinée

Thierry Fischer

Paul Peers, directorAndrew Stenson, TaminoZulimar López-Hernádez, PaminaCelena Shafer, Queen of the NightJoo Won Kang, Papageno

· · · ·Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 / UNWOUND: Rach 2RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2 ANDREW NORMAN Play RACHMANINOFF Vocalise ( March 22 only )

March 227:30 PMMarch 237 PM

Thierry Fischer Alexander Gavrylyuk, piano · · · · · ·Dvořák’s “New World” SymphonyROSSINI Overture to William Tell DUTILLEUX Tout un monde lointain for Cello and Orchestra DUTILLEUX Symphony No. 9 “From the New World”

March 29 & 307:30 PM Thierry Fischer Alban Gerhardt, cello · · · · · · · · ·

Rachmaninoff & ShostakovichKODÁLY Dances of Galánta RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 4 SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 12 “The Year 1917”

April 127:30 PMApril 135:30 PM

Vassily Sinaisky Simon Trpčeski, piano · · · · · · · ·Villegas plays Concierto de AranjuezMOZART Symphony No. 31 “Paris” RODRIGO Concierto de Aranjuez SCHUMANN Symphony No. 2

April 26 & 277:30 PM Richard Egarr Pablo Sáinz Villegas, guitar · · ·

Bellini's NormaMay 47:30 PMMay 67 PM

Stephen Lord

Crystal Manich, directorMarjorie Owens, NormaAnnie Rosen, AdalgisaChad Shelton, PollioneAdam Lau, Oroveso

· · ·Copland’s Appalachian Spring & Billy the KidCOPLAND Appalachian Spring BRUCH Violin Concerto ZHOU TIAN New Work (commissioned to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Golden Spike) COPLAND Suite from Billy the Kid

May 17 May187:30 PM 5:30 PM Thierry Fischer James Ehnes, violin · · · · · ·

Season Finale: Mahler’s Symphony No. 1HAYDN Symphony No. 9 SCHNITTKE Moz-Art à la Haydn MAHLER Symphony No. 1 “Titan”

May 24 & 257:30 PM Thierry Fischer Kathryn Eberle, violin

Claude Halter, violin · · · · · · · · · · · ·

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* These concerts have open rehearsals for secondary school groups. More information is available at www.usuoeducation.org.