2018/19 UTAH SYMPHONY | UTAH OPERA SEASON CALENDAR DATE TIME CONCERT PROGRAM CONDUCTOR / ARTISTS VENUE SERIES 11 7:00 PM 59th Annual Salute to Youth Conner Gray Covington conductor AH 14 & 15 7:30 PM Bernstein on Broadway Teddy Abrams conductor Morgan James vocalist AH Barlow Bradford Thierry Fischer conductor chorus director ANDREW NORMAN Suspend a fantasy for piano and orchestra Jason Hardink piano Kirstin Chávez mezzo-soprano 21 & 22 7:30 PM Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 “Choral” Joélle Harvey soprano AH A, D Issachah Savage tenor Patrick Carfizzi bass-baritone SEPTEMBER Utah Symphony Chorus University of Utah Choirs GERSHWIN An American in Paris 28 7:30 PM An American in Paris RAVEL Piano Concerto in G Thierry Fischer conductor Alexandre Tharaud piano AH B, E 29 5:30 PM SCHUBERT Symphony No. 9 “The Great C Major” 13 7:30 PM 15 7:00 PM Robert Tweten conductor Vera Calábria director 17 7:00 PM Gounod’s Romeo and Juliet CT Joshua Dennis Romeo Anya Matanoviĉ Juliet 19 7:30 PM 21 2:00 PM 26 7:30 PM BERNSTEIN Three Dances from Fancy Free OCTOBER Tchaikovsky’s 4th & The Red Violin 27 5:30 PM JOHN CORIGLIANO Violin Concerto “The Red Violin” Andrew Litton conductor Philippe Quint violin AH B, E 26 10:00 AM LITTON/QUINT FINISHING TOUCHES OPEN REHEARSAL TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4 2 & 3 7:00 PM Ghostbusters in Concert Peter Bernstein conductor Utah Symphony AH Thierry Fischer conductor Garnett Bruce director James Sale lighting designer Jonathan Johnson Candide B, E 9 7:30 PM Bernstein’s Candide with the Utah Symphony BERNSTEIN Candide Lauren Snouffer Cunegonde Hugh Russell Dr. Pangloss AH 10 5:30 PM Aleks Romano Paquette Victoria Livengood Old Lady Utah Opera Chorus Mark Diamond Maximilian J.S. BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 BOULEZ Dérive 1 16 & 17 7:30 PM Thierry Fischer conductor AH Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos 1 & 2 J.S. BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 A,D COPLAND Symphony No. 3 NOVEMBER 24 & 25 7:30 PM Messiah Sing-in Conner Gray Covington conductor AH 29 & 30 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban™ 7:00 PM Justin Freer conductor Utah Symphony AH 12/1 in Concert J.S. BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 BOULEZ Mémoriale 7 & 8 7:30 PM Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos 3 & 4 J.S. BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 Thierry Fischer conductor Baiba Skride violin AH C, E SIBELIUS Violin Concerto GRIEG Selections from Peer Gynt CHABRIER España 14 7:30 PM An Evening in Spain with Boléro & Carmen FALLA Nights in the Gardens of Spain 15 5:30 PM BIZET Selections from Carmen Jun Märkl conductor Ingrid Fliter piano AH B, E 14 10:00 AM MÄRKL/FLITER FINISHING TOUCHES OPEN REHEARSAL RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Capriccio espagnol RAVEL Boléro Celtic Woman: The Best of Christmas 18 7:30 PM Celtic Woman guest artist AH DECEMBER with the Utah Symphony Pink Martini’s Joy to the World: A Holiday Spectacular 21 & 22 7:30 PM Conner Gray Covington conductor Pink Martini guest artist AH with the Utah Symphony 22 11:00 AM Here Comes Santa Claus! Conner Gray Covington conductor AH 22 12:30 PM JOAN TOWER Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman No. 1 TCHAIKOVSKY Suite from Sleeping Beauty SZYMANOWSKI Violin Concerto No. 1 4 & 5 7:30 PM Xian Zhang conductor Madeline Adkins violin AH A New Year’s Celebration J. STRAUSS JR. Overture to The Gypsy Baron C, E J. STRAUSS JR. Bitte schön! R. STRAUSS Suite from Der Rosenkavalier VIVIAN FUNG Dust Devils 11 & 12 7:30 PM Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 1 CHOPIN Piano Concerto No. 1 Peter Oundjian conductor Jan Lisiecki piano AH A, D DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 7 19 7:30 PM 21 7:00 PM James Lowe conductor Choristers from 23 7:00 PM Rachel Portman & Nicholas Wright’s The Little Prince Tara Faircloth director The Madeleine CT JANUARY 25 7:30 PM Utah Symphony Choir School 27 2:00 PM Ryan Brown , piano Melody Brown , piano 26 7:30 PM The 5 Browns Gregory Brown , piano AH Deondra Brown, piano Desirae Brown, piano J.S. BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 BOULEZ Initiale 1 & 2 7:30 PM Thierry Fischer conductor AH Symphonie fantastique J.S. BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 A,D BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique WAGNER Overture to Tannhäuser Thierry Fischer conductor Barlow Bradford BERLIOZ Sara la baigneuse 8 & 9 7:30 PM Tchaikovsky’s “Pathétique” BERLIOZ La Mort d’Ophélie Philippe Quint violin chorus director AH C, E BERLIOZ Rêverie et caprice Utah Symphony Chorus University of Utah Choirs TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6 “Pathétique” 15 & 16 7:30 PM Lerner and Loewe’s My Fair Lady with the Utah Symphony Conner Gray Covington conductor AH Utah Opera FEBRUARY l BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No. 2 BRAHMS Violin Concerto 22 & 23 7:30 PM Brahms’ Violin Concerto LISZT Hungarian Rhapsody No. 4 Mario Venzago conductor Stefan Jackiw violin AH A, D SIBELIUS “Valse triste” from Kuolema VERDI “Ballet for the Queen” from Don Carlos 1 & 2 7:00 PM Casablanca in Concert Conner Gray Covington conductor Utah Symphony AH Special Events l 9 7:30 PM Thierry Fischer conductor Paul Peers director 11 7:00 PM Andrew Stenson Tamino Zulimar LÓpez- 13 7:00 PM Mozart’s The Magic Flute Joo Wong Kang Papageno Hernández Pamina CT Family Family 15 7:30 PM Celena Shafer Queen of the Night Joseph Gaines Monostatos 17 2:00 PM Utah Symphony Utah Opera Chorus l 11:00 AM Conner Gray Covington conductor Christopher Sellars 16 Peter & the Wolf with Ballet West II PROKOFIEV Peter and the Wolf AH 12:30 PM Dancers from Ballet West II choreography RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2 MARCH 22 7:30 PM Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 ANDREW NORMAN Play Thierry Fischer conductor Alexander Gavrylyuk piano AH C, D RACHMANINOFF Vocalise Films In Concert In Concert Films 23 7:00 PM UNWOUND: Rach 2 RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2 Thierry Fischer conductor Alexander Gavrylyuk piano AH C, D l ROSSINI Overture to William Tell DUTILLEUX Tout un monde lointain (A Whole Distant World) 29 & 30 7:30 PM Thierry Fischer conductor Alban Gerhardt cello AH Dvořák’s “New World” Symphony for Cello and Orchestra C,D DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 9 “From the New World” 12 7:30 PM KODÁLY Dances of Galánta Entertainment Rachmaninoff & Shostakovich 13 5:30 PM RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 4 Vassily Sinaisky conductor Simon Trpčeski piano AH B, E l 12 10:00 AM SINAISKY/TRPČESKI FINISHING TOUCHES OPEN REHEARSAL SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 12 “The Year 1917” 19 & 20 7:30 PM Cirque Dances with Troupe Vertigo & the Utah Symphony Conner Gray Covington conductor AH APRIL 20 11:00 AM Story Pirates: Symphony Extravaganza! Conner Gray Covington conductor AH Masterworks l MOZART Symphony No. 31 “Paris” 26 & 27 7:30 PM Villegas plays Concierto de Aranjuez RODRIGO Concierto de Aranjuez Richard Egarr conductor Pablo Sáinz Villegas guitar AH A, D SCHUMANN Symphony No. 2 Stephen Lord conductor Crystal Manich director 4 7:30 PM SERIES: Bellini’s Norma Bradon McDonald costume designer Marjorie Owens Norma AH 6 7:00 PM Chad Shelton Pollione 9 11 7:00 PM Star Wars: A New Hope in Concert Conner Gray Covington conductor Utah Symphony AH 13 COPLAND Appalachian Spring 17 7:30 PM BRUCH Violin Concerto No. 1 Copland’s Appalachian Spring & Billy the Kid th 18 5:30 PM ZHOU TIAN New Work (commissioned to celebrate the 150 Thierry Fischer conductor James Ehnes violin AH B, E MAY 17 10:00 AM FISCHER/EHNES FINISHING TOUCHES OPEN REHEARSAL anniversary of the Golden Spike) Theatre Capitol COPLAND Suite from Billy the Kid CT Conner Gray Covington conductor All-star players from local 21 7:00 PM Utah Symphony Pro-Am: Youth All-Stars Edition AH youth orchestras HAYDN Symphony No. 9 Thierry Fischer conductor Kathryn Eberle violin 24 & 25 7:30 PM Season Finale: Mahler Symphony No. 1 SCHNITTKE Moz-Art à la Haydn AH C, D Claude Halter violin MAHLER Symphony No. 1 “Titan” 20 Hall Abravanel 21 7:00 PM Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire™ in Concert Utah Symphony AH AH 22 JUNE VENUE:.