UTAH SYMPHONY | UTAH OPERA’S 2019-20 SEASON

DATE TIME PERFORMANCE CONDUCTOR / ARTISTS VENUE SERIES DATE TIME PERFORMANCE CONDUCTOR / ARTISTS VENUE SERIES

6 & 7 7:00 PM Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back—Film in Concert Conner Gray Covington, conductor AH Films in Concert 7 & 8 7:30 PM BERNSTEIN Three Dance Episodes from On Thierry Fischer, conductor AH Masterworks Utah Symphony the Town Joyce Yang, piano Signature Performance Series: C, D GERSHWIN Piano Concerto in F 13 & 14 7:30 PM BEETHOVEN The Consecration of the House Overture Thierry Fischer, conductor AH Masterworks DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 8 KAIJA SAARIAHO Asteroid 4179 – Toutatis Barlow Bradford, chorus director Series: A, D HAYDN The World of the Moon Overture Sopranos & Altos of the 14 & 15 7:30 PM Women Rock Sarah Hicks, conductor AH Entertainment Utah Symphony Chorus Cassidy Catanzaro, vocalist MESSIAEN “What is Written in the Stars” from Des canyons Honoring the powerful female singers and songwriters who 2020 Katrina Rose, vocalist aux étoiles changed Pop and Rock & Roll forever. JOHN WILLIAMS Star Wars (Main Title) Shayna Steele, vocalist

2019 MESSIAEN “The Desert” from Des canyons aux étoiles HOLST The Planets 21 7:30 PM MESSIAEN “Bryce Canyon and the Red-Orange Rocks” from Thierry Fischer, conductor AH Masterworks Des canyons aux étoiles Francesco Piemontesi, piano 22 5:30 PM Series: B, E 16 7:30 PM ¡Celebración Sinfónica! Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor AH Special SCHUMANN Piano Concerto

Signature Performance - Youth Priced tickets available FEBRUARY MESSIAEN “Cedar Breaks and the Gift of Awe” from Des canyons aux étoiles 20 & 21 7:30 PM The Music of John Williams Jack Everly, conductor AH Entertainment BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7

SEPTEMBER Conner Gray Covington, conductor 24 7:00 PM Conner Gray Covington, conductor AH Special 28 & 29 7:30 PM Singin’ in the Rain—Film in Concert AH Entertainment 60th Annual Salute to Youth Winning soloists from the Salute to Films in Concert Youth Competition 6 10:00 AM ANDREW NORMAN Unstuck Fabien Gabel, conductor AH Finishing Touches 27 10:00 AM MOZART Overture from Idomeneo Thierry Fischer, conductor Finishing Touches LALO Symphonie espagnole Benjamin Beilman, violin AH 6 & 7 7:30 PM Viviane Hagner, violin Masterworks 27 7:30 PM MOZART Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola Masterworks RAVEL Rhapsodie espagnole RESPIGHI The Birds Brant Bayless, viola AUBERT Habanera Series: A,D 5:30 PM Series: B, E 28 MESSIAEN “The Orioles” from Des canyons aux étoiles DEBUSSY “Ibéria” from Images pour orchestre RESPIGHI Pines of Rome 14 7:30 PM Gary Thor Wedow, conductor CT Opera 12 7:30 PM Steven White, conductor CT Opera Michael Shell, director Garnett Bruce, director 16 7:00 PM 14 7:00 PM Rossini’s The Barber of Seville Verdi’s La traviata 18 7:00 PM Michael Adams, Figaro 2019 16 7:00 PM Anya Matanovič, Violetta 20 7:30 PM Sarah Coit, Rosina 18 7:30 PM Rafael Moras, Alfredo Matthew Grills, Count Almaviva Michael Chioldi, Germont 22 2:00 PM Kevin Burdette, Don Bartolo 20 2:00 PM 19 7:00 PM All-Star Youth Pro-Am Conner Gray Covington, conductor AH Special 25 & 26 7:30 PM MUSSORGSKY / Night on Bald Mountain Aziz Shokhakimov, conductor AH Masterworks All-Star players from local youth orchestras RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Lukáš Vondráček, piano Series: C, D OCTOBER RACHMANINOFF Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Conner Gray Covington, conductor 2020 21 11:00 AM Carnival of the Animals with Children’s Dance Theatre AH Family PROKOFIEV Symphony No.5 Children’s Dance Theatre

1 & 2 7:00 PM Disney and Pixar’s Coco—Film in Concert Conner Gray Covington, conductor AH Films in Concert 27 7:30 PM NATHAN LINCOLN The Maze (World Premiere, Kazuki Yamada, conductor AH Masterworks de CUSATIS commissioned by Madeline Adkins) Madeline Adkins, violin

MARCH Series: C,E Fri 8 7:30 PM REVUELTAS Sensemayá Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor AH Masterworks VAUGHAN WILLIAMS The Lark Ascending Amy Owens, soprano RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 3 Kirstin Chávez, mezzo-soprano Brian Stucki, tenor 9 5:30 PM Series: B, E ORFF Carmina Burana FALLA El sombrero de tres picos Boris Giltburg, piano Christopher Clayton, baritone (The Three-Cornered Hat) Barlow Bradford, chorus director Utah Symphony Chorus 15 7:30 PM ANDREW NORMAN Sacred Geometry Thierry Fischer, conductor AH University of Utah Choirs Masterworks Choristers of the Madeleine

2019 GERSHWIN Second Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra Kevin Cole, piano Series: C, E Fri Choir School GERSHWIN “I Got Rhythm” Variations for Piano and Orchestra Kazuki Yamada, conductor GERSHWIN Cuban Overture 28 7:30 PM AH UNWOUND UNWOUND: Carmina Burana Amy Owens, soprano GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue Brian Stucki, tenor Series: C, E Sat Christopher Clayton, baritone 16 7:30 PM UNWOUND: Rhapsody in Blue Thierry Fischer, conductor AH UNWOUND Barlow Bradford, chorus director Kevin Cole, piano Series: C, E Sat Utah Symphony Chorus NOVEMBER University of Utah Choirs 22 10:00 AM HAYDN Symphony No. 10 Thierry Fischer, conductor AH Finishing Touches Choristers of the Madeleine Piano Concerto No. 20 Choir School 22 & 23 7:30 PM MOZART Till Fellner, piano (Mozart) Masterworks MESSIAEN “The White-Browed Robin-Chat” Jason Hardink, piano (Messiaen) from Des canyons aux étoiles Series: A, D 10 & 11 7:30 PM WAGNER Prelude to Act III from Lohengrin Thierry Fischer, conductor AH Masterworks MAHLER Totenfeier, A Symphonic Poem Nicholas Angelich, piano STRAVINSKY Series: A,D The Rite of Spring MESSIAEN “Interstellar Call” from Des canyons aux étoiles Conner Gray Covington, conductor AH 11/30 & 12/1 7:30 PM Messiah Sing-in Special BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 2

6 & 7 7:30 PM A Broadway Christmas with Ashley Brown Michael Krajewski, conductor AH Entertainment 15 7:00 PM Family Special: How to Train Your Dragon—Film in Concert Conner Gray Covington, conductor AH Family Special Ashley Brown, vocalist Utah Symphony

Choristers from The Madeleine 2020 Choir School 17 & 18 7:30 PM The Temptations with the Utah Symphony Conner Gray Covington, conductor AH Entertainment 7 11:00 AM Here Comes Santa Claus! Conner Gray Covington, conductor AH Family The Temptations, guest artist

12:30 PM APRIL 2019 24 & 25 7:30 PM HANDEL Organ Concerto No. 13 “The Thierry Fischer, conductor AH Masterworks Cuckoo and the Nightingale” Paul Jacobs, organ 13 7:30 PM ROSSINI Overture to The Thieving Magpie Thierry Fischer, conductor AH Masterworks Series: C,D BERNSTEIN Symphonic Dances from West Side Story Barlow Bradford, chorus director and conductor BARBER Toccata Festiva for Jason Hardink, piano (Messiaen) 14 5:30 PM Series: B, E BARBER Die Natali (Christmastide), Utah Chamber Artists Organ and Orchestra Chorale Preludes for Christmas University of Utah Chamber Choir BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6 “Pastoral” University of Utah A Cappella Choir arr. BARLOW BRADFORD “Sing We Now of Christmas” MESSIAEN “The Mockingbird” from Des CHRISTOPER BRADFORD “Carol of the Bells” canyons aux étoiles

DECEMBER arr. BARLOW BRADFORD “The First Noel”

arr. BARLOW BRADFORD “Ding Dong! Merrily on High” 1 7:30 PM MESSIAEN “The Wood Thrush” from Des Thierry Fischer, conductor AH Masterworks canyons aux étoiles Augustin Hadelich, violin CHRISTOPER BRADFORD “A Christmas Lullaby” 2 5:30 PM Series: B,E arr. BARLOW BRADFORD “Pat-a-pan” BEETHOVEN Romance No. 1 for Violin BARLOW BRADFORD “Let Us All Be Merry” MESSIAEN “Omao, Leiothrix, Elepaio, Shama” from Des canyons aux étoiles 20 & 21 7:00 PM Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix™—Film in Concert TBD conductor AH Films in Concert DUTILLEUX The Tree of Dreams Signature Performance Utah Symphony BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5

3 & 4 7:30 PM BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No.3 Conner Gray Covington, conductor AH Masterworks 9 7:30 PM Kenneth Montgomery, conductor CT Opera EDGAR MEYER Violin Concerto Kathryn Eberle, violin Andrea Cigni, director Series: C, E 11 7:00 PM ARLENE SIERRA Moler Massenet’s Thaïs 13 7:00 PM Nicole Heaston, Thaïs DEBUSSY La mer 15 7:30 PM Troy Cook, Athanaël Dominick Chenes, Nicias 10 & 11 7:30 PM MOZART Overture to The Marriage of Figaro Bernard Labadie, conductor AH Masterworks 17 2:00 PM MOZART “Non so più” from The Marriage of Figaro Isabel Leonard, mezzo-soprano Series: A, D 2020 MOZART “Voi che sapete” from The Marriage of Figaro 16 7:30 PM Conner Gray Covington, conductor AH Special MOZART “Deh per questo istante” from La clemenza Gala with Joshua Bell Signature Performance Joshua Bell, violin

2020 di Tito MOZART La clemenza di Tito Overture MAY SMETANA “Moldau” from Ma Vlast MOZART Exsultate, jubilate J. STRAUSS JR Emperor Waltzes MENDELSSOHN Symphony No.4 “Italian” BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto

18 7:30 PM Robert Tweten, conductor CT Opera 22 10:00 AM MESSIAEN “The Resurrected and the Song of Thierry Fischer, conductor AH Finishing Touches Tomer Zvulun, director the Star Aldebaran” from Des JANUARY JANUARY 20 7:00 PM Kevin Puts & Mark Campbell’s Silent Night 22 & 23 7:30 PM Andrew Stenson, Nikolaus Sprink canyons aux étoiles Masterworks 22 7:00 PM Abigail Rethwisch, Anna Sørensen BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3 “Eroica” Series: A,D 24 7:30 PM Craig Irvin, Lt. Horstmayer MESSIAEN “Zion Park and the Celestial City” Daniel Belcher, Ponchel 26 2:00 PM from Des canyons aux étoiles Troy Cook, Father Palmer RAVEL Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2 31 7:30 PM ANDREW NORMAN Spiral Thierry Fischer, conductor AH Masterworks TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto Karen Gomyo, violin JUNE 7:00 PM Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince™—Film in Concert TBD conductor AH Films in Concert Feb 1 5:30 PM Series: B, E Utah Symphony R. STRAUSS An Alpine Symphony 19 & 20 Signature Performance

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