Salt Lake Symphony

Creative Connections
2021-07-08 19:00 (America/Denver) | UT
The Salt Lake Symphony returns to an indoor concert venue with a program of varied music, ranging from the classical period to the 20th Century, that is sure to appeal to both symphony lovers and newcomers alike. Our program, Creative Connections, will explore music that is evocative of time, place and era – all in a comfortable format that introduces audiences to the composers, sounds, and possibilities of orchestral music. Designed as a program to entertain and educate the entire family, don’t miss this evening of classics! ConductorsRobert Baldwin Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges), Joseph Symphony #2 in DJoplin, Scott Five Scenes from TreemonishaCopland Quiet City Solo: Geoff Stevens, trumpet; Charlotte Bell, English hornMozart Symphony #23 in D major, K. 181

SLS Returns: A Summer of Music
2021-06-12 19:00
ConductorsRobert Baldwin, Brandon Horrocks

Gounod Petite Symphony for Winds
Schubert Symphony #5 in B-flat major

SLS Returns: A Summer of Music
2021-06-05 19:00
ConductorsRobert Baldwin, Brandon Horrocks

Mendelssohn Sinfonia #10 for Strings
Gounod Petite Symphony for Winds
Schubert Symphony #5, mvt. 4 in B-flat major

SLS Returns: A Summer of Music
2021-05-22 19:00
Here you are classical music fans: The Salt Lake Symphony will be performing the second of four short outdoor concerts on Saturday, May 22 at the Murray Park Amphitheater (495 5300 S, Murray, UT 84107)
On the docket this week, a free concert with Eric Ewazen’s impressive Symphony in Brass and some youthful Schubert, his Symphony #5. The entire program runs 50 minutes. Social distancing encouraged and quite possible at this venue. Thank you for supporting your Salt Lake Symphony!
ConductorsRobert Baldwin

Ewazen, Eric Symphony in Brass
Schubert Symphony #5 in B-flat major

SLS Returns: A Summer of Music
2021-05-15 18:00
Here you are classical music fans: The Salt Lake Symphony will be performing the first of four short outdoor concerts on Saturday, May 15 at the Midvale City Park Amphitheater (425 6th Ave, Midvale, UT 84047)
On the docket this week, a free concert with some youthful Mendelssohn and Schubert and Eric Ewazen’s impressive Symphony in Brass. The entire program runs 40 minutes. Social distancing encouraged and quite possible at this venue. Thank you for supporting your Salt Lake Symphony!
ConductorsRobert Baldwin

Mendelssohn Sinfonia #10 for Strings
Schubert Symphony #5, mvt. 1 in B-flat major
Ewazen, Eric Symphony in Brass

Concert
2020-10-09 18:00
What better way to enjoy music outdoors than to hear music written expressly for an outdoor performance? We are pleased to present the Water Music by George Frederick Handel on October 9th at 6:00 on the outdoor stage at the The Salt Lake International Peace Gardens. Originally written for an outdoor party on the Thames River in 1717, the music is as fresh today as when it was premiered for King George I and his guests. Bring your lawn chair and enjoy a socially-distanced celebration of live music with YOUR Salt Lake Symphony. Royal invitations optional.
ConductorsRobert Baldwin

Handel Water Music Suite

Vienna Ball
2020-02-08 20:00
ConductorsJinhyoun Baek

Ravel Concerto for Left Hand Solo: Ian Wagman, piano
Grieg Concerto #1, 1st movement Solo: McCalle Tobler, piano
Mozart Concerto in A, K 414, 1st movement Solo: Yixin Huang, piano
Prokofiev Concerto #3, 3rd movement Solo: Bernard Li, piano
Tchaikovsky Concerto #1, 3rd movement Solo: Seth Horman, piano
Brahms Concerto #1, 1st movement Solo: Carmen Hall, piano

Summers Arts Piano Concerto Night
2020-01-25 19:30
Guest conductor from South Korea, Jinhyuon Baek, joins the orchestra to conduct our annual collaboration with the University of Utah Summer Arts Piano Competition. This year, we are presenting all of the works from the collegiate division winners. Come hear tomorrow’s piano stars on the fabulous Libby stage!
ConductorsJinhyoun Baek

Ravel Concerto for Left Hand Solo: Ian Wagman, piano
Grieg Concerto #1, 1st movement Solo: McCalle Tobler, piano
Mozart Concerto in A, K 414, 1st movement Solo: Yixin Huang, piano
Prokofiev Concerto #3, 3rd movement Solo: Bernard Li, piano
Tchaikovsky Concerto #1, 3rd movement Solo: Seth Horman, piano
Brahms Concerto #1, 1st movement Solo: Carmen Hall, piano

Family Fun Concert: The Thrill of Music
2020-01-11 14:00
Experience the thrill of being in the orchestra as the Salt Lake Symphony presents some of the most exciting music ever written. This program, designed especially for families, will introduce the instruments of the orchestra in ways unlike any you’ve ever experienced. Parents: bring the kids. Kids: bring the parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles. Bring the neighbors, too! This concert is appropriate for ages 1-100!
ConductorsRobert Baldwin, Matthew Makeever

Wagner Ride of the Valkyries
Newton-Howard Selections from King Kong
Peck, Russell The Thrill of the Orchestra
Brahms Hungarian Dances #5 and #6
Strauss, Sr. Radetzky March
Williams, John Music from Star Wars ‘The Force Awakens’

GuestDancers from the University of Utah School of Dance

Holiday Concert: Let There Be Peace
2019-12-14 19:30
Two inspiring events await our audiences to ring in the holiday season. The SLS is collaborating with the University of Utah Lyric Opera Ensemble to present Menotti’s beloved Christmas opera: Amahl and the Night Visitors. This will be presented as a double-bill with Utah composer Michael Leavitt’s new setting of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. With four performances (December 5 – 7) this performance allows flexibility for your busy schedule with room to remember the spirit of the season.
The orchestra will also present Christmas favorites on December 14th in ‘Let There Be Peace”, and this program will feature beloved and new works to remind us of the special messages of the season. We are thrilled to be joined by the Utah Voices for our annual celebration of holiday music.
ConductorsRobert Baldwin, Kelly DeHaan, Eric Noyes
GuestUtah Voices

Amahl & Christmas Carol
2019-12-05 19:30 - 2019-12-07 00:00
Two inspiring events await our audiences to ring in the holiday season. The SLS is collaborating with the University of Utah Lyric Opera Ensemble to present Menotti’s beloved Christmas opera: Amahl and the Night Visitors. This will be presented as a double-bill with Utah composer Michael Leavitt’s new setting of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. With four performances (December 5 – 7) this performance allows flexibility for your busy schedule with room to remember the spirit of the season.
The orchestra will also present Christmas favorites on December 14th in ‘Let There Be Peace”, and this program will feature beloved and new works to remind us of the special messages of the season. We are thrilled to be joined by the Utah Voices for our annual celebration of holiday music.
ConductorsRobert Baldwin, Mike Leavitt

Menotti Amahl and the Night Visitors
Leavitt and Buck A Christmas Carol

New Horizons
2019-11-09 19:30
From the gauchos of Argentina to some of the most sweeping symphonic notes every composed, we’re travelling to the New World for our November concert. Now considered a standard of the orchestral repertoire, Argentinian composer Alberto Ginastera’s energetic Estancia was one of the first to introduce the rhythms and melodies from South America to a wider audience.
Joining the orchestra will be some of Salt Lake’s finest high school student musicians for a side-by-side performance of John Williams’ delightfully swaggering overture to motion picture, The Cowboys.
The evening will be capped off with what many consider to be the finest ever symphony by an American composer, the Symphony No. 3 by Aaron Copland. Though non-programmatic, the work nonetheless reminds the listeners of the broad vistas and powerful stories of the American narrative and of the distinctive benign, noble self-confidence that has historically defined the American spirit. It is no surprise that the aptly named Fanfare for the Common Man, which forms the motivic backbone of the entire symphony, still resonates so strongly within us. It’s an immersive experience that simply must be experienced in person!
ConductorsGerald Elias, Matthew Makeever

Williams, John Cowboys Overture Side-by-Side with high school students
Ginastera Four Dances from Estancia
Copland Symphony #3

Fantastique!
2019-09-28 19:30
Beware the idée fixe! Berlioz broke the mold and changed history with his monumental score to Symphonie Fantastique. More than merely a big work with massive forces, it’s a deeply personal vision of both love and obsession that touches from every corner of the mind, with a final stop in an imagined Hell of the artist’s own devices. Berlioz’s inventive compositional style and thrilling music set the standard for most of the programmatic music that followed in the 19th century, especially where a touch of the supernatural was involved. We open the program with one of those very pieces he influenced, César Franck’s rarely performed Le Chasseur maudit (The Accursed Huntsman). It’s a thrilling, and slightly chilling, way to open our 44th season that we know you will love to death!
ConductorsMatthew Makeever, Matthew Mainella

Franck Le Chasseur maudit
Berlioz Symphonie fantastique

Days of ’47
2019-07-12 19:30 - 2019-07-13 00:00
The Salt Lake Symphony joins the Choral Arts Society of Utah for the Annual Days of ’47 Pops Concert in Abravanel Hall to kick off Utah’s Pioneer Celebration. Sterling Poulson and Robert Baldwin share conducting duties leading the choir, orchestra and special guests in two nights of family friendly music celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Apollo moon landing..
Sponsored by: Days of ’47 KUTV 2News Northrop Grumman Sorenson Legacy Foundation Med One Salt Lake Zoo Arts and Parks
ConductorsSterling Poulson, Robert Baldwin

Gilbert, Donny Through Perils to the Stars: Liftoff 50th Anniversary of the 1969 Apollo Moon Landing
MacDermot, Galt Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In
Diamond, Neil Sweet Caroline Arr: Shaw, Kirby
Conti, Bill The Right Stuff
Leigh, Mitch Impossible Dream Arr: Welch, Jay
Goldsmith, Jerry Star Trek: First Contact
Strauss, Richard Also Sprach Zarathustra
Strauss, Johann Jr. Blue Danube Waltz
Davis, Chip Earthrise and Return
Graham, Brendan O America Arr: Joseph, William
Graham and Lovland You Raise Me Up Arr: Krogstad
Martin, Joseph Who Are the Brave Arr: Williams, Paul

GuestChoral Arts Society of Utah, Chorus

Mahler in May
2019-05-16 19:30
Mere mention of the name Gustav Mahler evokes images of struggle and triumph. His music is the pinnacle of orchestral writing and achievement. The Salt Lake Symphony and Utah Voices will share one of the monuments of the repertoire on Thursday, May 16 as we perform Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, also known as the Resurrection Symphony. It is a powerful exploration of life, death, spirituality and eternity. Mahler’s score attempts to answers life’s biggest questions with one of the largest group of musicians ever assembled for a symphony—over 120 players, two soloists, and a chorus of over 200. In addition to our frequent collaborators, the Utah Voices, we will also be joined by renowned vocalists Melissa Heath, soprano, and Kirstin Chávez, mezzo-soprano, to perform this memorable masterpiece. Rarely does an audience remain unmoved and unchanged by this powerful work. Join us for the season-ender for the ages!
ConductorsRobert Baldwin

Mahler Symphony #2 “Resurrection” Solo: Melissa Heath, soprano; Kirstin Chávez, mezzo-soprano

GuestUtah Voices

Nuances de bleu (Shades of Blue)
2019-04-20 19:30
Guest conductor Robert Seebacher leads the SLS on a journey to France, the land of art and inspiration. Join the SLS for a concert of French classics. One of the most evocative works ever composed, Debussy’s La Mer presents both images and moods of the sea. His Petite Suite will provide contrast to the depth of this remarkable Impressionist composer. Maurice Ravel’s Pavane pour une infante défunte and the little-heard Overture to Raymond by Ambroise Thomas round out our salute to France: Nuances de bleu (Shades of Blue)
ConductorsRobert Seebacher

Thomas, Ambroise Overture to Raymond
Debussy Petite Suite
Ravel Pavane pour une infante défunte
Debussy La Mer

Classical Tides
2019-03-16 19:30
Nature is in focus on the SLS March concert with music by Ludwig van Beethoven, Benjamin Britten and Peter Boyer. Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6, the Pastorale Symphony may be known to audiences from its use in Walt Disney’s classic Fantasia. Beethoven’s homage to personal feelings he experienced while being in the countryside pervade this work, one of the finest examples of Classical-era programmatic writing. In contrast, Benjamin Britten’s Four Sea Interludes from the opera Peter Grimes, provides a stark contrast, as the orchestra paints pictures of different aspects of the sea that can be interpreted differently by each listener. Peter Boyer’s bright Festivities will open the concert with bright colors and musical sunshine, a feature for our brass and percussion sections.
ConductorsRobert Baldwin

Boyer, Peter Festivities
Britten Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes op. 33a
Beethoven Symphony #6 “Pastoral” in F Major, op. 68

Vienna Ball
2019-02-09 20:00
Transport yourself to old Vienna at the Salt Lake Symphony’s 33rd Annual Vienna Ball. Join music director/conductor Robert Baldwin, assistant conductor Nick Harker, emcee Sterling Poulson, and the Salt Lake Symphony on Saturday, February 9th from 8:00 pm until midnight at the University of Utah Union Ballroom. Admission is $65 for general admission, $90 for reserved seats. Tickets are available at Brown Paper Tickets by calling 1-800-838-3006 or by visiting this website:http://www.brownpapertickets.com.
Dance the night away to waltzes, polkas and pops standards by the Salt Lake Symphony and jazz standards by the Mark Chaney Jazz Trio. Enjoy performances by the award-winning BYU Ballroom Dance Team. DanceScene’s Margene Anderson will offer free ballroom dance lessons from 6:30 to 7:30 pm prior to the ball. Enjoy a sit-down dinner and silent auction. Black tie suggested but not required.
ConductorsRobert Baldwin
GuestSterling Poulson, emcee

Summer Arts Piano Competition Winners Concert
2019-01-26 19:30
The SLS proudly partners with the University of Utah’s Summer Arts Piano Competition to present some of the finest young talent in the Intermountain West. Join us for an evening of youthful energy, dazzling technique and great piano concertos.
Conductors, Nick Harker, Robert Baldwin

Mozart Concerto K459, mvt. 1 Solo: Samuel Lu, piano
Mozart Concerto K488, mvt. 1 Solo: Joyce Wang, piano
Saint-Saëns Concerto #2, mvt. 1 Solo: Timothy Liang, piano
Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Solo: Ben Tufte, piano
Rachmaninoff Concerto #1, mvt. 3 Solo: Karl Schriewer, piano

Family Concert: Soar - Fantastic Flying Friends
2019-01-12 14:00
The SLS Family Concerts are beloved events, introducing music and other arts to kids and their families for over three decades. This year’s concert promises something for everyone, as we pay homage to our fantastic flying friends. Music celebrating the kingdom of the air will feature birds, insects, dragons and other flying creatures. Special guests from the University of Utah School of Dance will help to illustrate music that takes off and leaves you breathless. So grab your wingsuit and your imagination and join us for SOAR: Fantastic Flying Friends.
ConductorsNick Harker, Robert Baldwin

Mozart The Magic Flute: Overture and Papageno’s Song
Rossini The Thieving Magpie Overture (La Gazza Ladra)
Stravinsky Berceuse & Finale from The Firebird
Newton-Howard Music from Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Rimsky-Korsakov Flight of the Bumblebee kids conduct from seats
Tchaikovsky Swan Lake, Act IV Finale
Powell Flying Theme from How to Train Your Dragon

Christmas Through the Ages
2018-12-15 19:30
Two inspiring events await our audiences to ring in the holiday season. The SLS is collaborating with the University of Utah Lyric Opera Ensemble to present Menotti’s beloved Christmas opera: Amahl and the Night Visitors. This will be presented as a double-bill with Utah composer Michael Leavitt’s new setting of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. With four performances to choose from (November 29 – December 1) this performance allows flexibility for your busy schedule with room to remember the spirit of the season.
The orchestra will also present Christmas favorites on December 15th in “Christmas Through the Ages.” Holiday favorites like Tchaikovsky’s Overture from The Nutcracker, Corelli’s Christmas Concerto, and Leroy Anderson’s Sleigh Ride are sure to help even the grinchiest Grinch experience plenty of holiday cheer! Happy Holidays from YOUR Salt Lake Symphony!
ConductorsRobert Baldwin, Nick Harker

Tchaikovsky Overture from The Nutcracker
Rimsky-Korsakov Polonaise from Christmas Eve Suite
Stephenson, James Bassoon It Will Be Christmas
Corelli Christmas Concerto
Chase, Bruce Around the World at Christmas Time
Lane, Phillip Old Christmas Music
DiLorenzo Trumpets on Parade
Anderson, Leroy Sleigh Ride

Amahl
2018-11-29 19:30 - 2018-12-01 00:00
Two inspiring events await our audiences to ring in the holiday season. The SLS is collaborating with the University of Utah Lyric Opera Ensemble to present Menotti’s beloved Christmas opera: Amahl and the Night Visitors. This will be presented as a double-bill with Utah composer Michael Leavitt’s new setting of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. With four performances to choose from (November 29 – December 1) this performance allows flexibility for your busy schedule with room to remember the spirit of the season.
The orchestra will also present Christmas favorites on December 15th in “Christmas Through the Ages.” Holiday favorites like Tchaikovsky’s Overture from The Nutcracker, Corelli’s Christmas Concerto, and Leroy Anderson’s Sleigh Ride are sure to help even the grinchiest Grinch experience plenty of holiday cheer! Happy Holidays from YOUR Salt Lake Symphony!
ConductorsRobert Baldwin, Mike Leavitt

Menotti Amahl and the Night Visitors
Leavitt and Buck A Christmas Carol

Triumphs & Fanfares
2018-11-03 19:30
Local talent shines for our November concert. Dr. Peyden Shelton joins us from the University of Utah School of Music, performing Alexandra Pakhmutova’s dazzling Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra. We will also perform the premiere of Utah composer Nathaniel Eschler’s Cherish, written specifically for the Salt Lake Symphony and marking the 10th Anniversary of the Salt Cricket Composers Collective. The SLS is pleased to collaborate with this organization and support our local composers. We also continue our tradition of playing side-by-side with some of the talented young musicians from the Salt Lake region. Youthful talent will join us to play Rossini’s effervescent Overture to Gazza Ladra. All of this AND Sibelius’ beloved Symphony No. 5, featuring YOUR Salt Lake Symphony! It’s an evening chock full of talent, music, and energy!
ConductorsRobert Baldwin, Nick Harker

Rossini Overture to La Gazza Ladra Side-by-Side with high school students
Eschler, Nathaniel Cherish: Seven Fall and Winter Scenes World Premiere
Pakhmutova, Alexandra Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra Solo: Peyden Shelton, trumpet
Sibelius Symphony No. 5 in E-flat major, op. 82

Rhythm, Passion, Fate
2018-09-29 19:30
We open our season with a salute to rhythm. Stravinsky’s Petroushka is one if the composer’s earliest examples of mastery. In many ways, the piece set the stage for the Rite of Spring, appearing only two years after this ballet. We will be performing the original 1911 version, the version the young Stravinsky intended when it was composed. Also on the program is Silvestre Revueltas’ homage to sacrifice, Sensemaya. Revueltas’ music is highly evocative and will transport audiences to long-forgotten rituals and new musical vistas. Add to that Utah native and favorite pianist Josh Wright playing Saint-Saëns’ Piano Concerto No. 2, and it’s an evening to remember. Don’t miss it!
ConductorsRobert Baldwin

Revueltas, Silvestre Sensemayá
Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto #2 in G Minor, op. 22 Solo: Josh Wright, piano
Stravinsky Petrushka 1911 version

Peter and the Wolf
2018-06-07 10:30
ConductorsRobert Baldwin

Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf 4870 S 2700 W

Mozart’s Coda
2018-05-19 19:30
Mozart’s Requiem has long been hailed as one of the great masterpieces of western art. To listen to this music is to be transported to a different time and space. Come hear the Salt Lake Symphony, Utah Voices and U of U Faculty Voice Quartet perform this masterpiece, as we bring our season to a close with style and gravitas. It’s a fitting end to a grand season of music.
ConductorsRobert Baldwin

Mozart Ave verum corpus
Mozart Requiem Solo: Julie Wright-Costa, soprano;Kirstin Chavez, mezzo-soprano;Robert Breault, tenor;Seth Keeton, bass

GuestUtah Voices

Concert
2018-04-28 19:30
April brings guest conductor Russell Guyver to town for his first appearance, and also the return of pianist Andrew Staupe, an audience favorite from last season. A cornerstone of the orchestral repertoire, Schubert’s Unfinished Symphony will be played alongside two lesser-known works, Malcolm Arnold’s Scottish Dances and Tchaikovsky’s thrilling “other piano concerto,” the Piano Concerto No. 2. Come hear the familiar and soon-to-be familiar music at Libby Gardner Concert Hall!
ConductorsRussell Guyver

Arnold Four Scottish Dances
Schubert Symphony #8 “Unfinished”
Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto #2 Solo: Andrew Staupe, piano

American Expressions
2018-03-24 19:30
We celebrate American music in our March concert, featuring names you know (Aaron Copland, Samuel Barber), and names you will not soon forget (Miguel Chuaqui, Alan Hovhaness, Peter Boyer). Boyer’s Symphony No. 1 rounds out the evening, marking the Utah premiere of this rising American composer’s work. We invite you to hear the scope of American classical music in an evening of variety and unity.
ConductorsRobert Baldwin

Copland Fanfare for the Common Man
Hovhaness And God Created Great Whales
Barber Adagio for Strings
Chuaqui Sonora Run Utah composer
Boyer Symphony #1

Vienna Ball
2018-02-10 20:00
It’s time for the Vienna Ball, the Salt Lake Symphony’s annual gala fund raiser.
Click the Vienna Ball link for further details.
ConductorsRobert Baldwin

Summer Arts Piano Competition Winners Concert
2018-01-27 19:30
The SLS proudly partners with the University of Utah’s Summer Arts Piano Competition to present some of the finest young talent in the Intermountain West. Join us for an evening of youthful energy, dazzling technique and great piano concertos.
ConductorsMatthew Mainella

Mendelssohn Piano Concerto in g minor 3rd movement Solo: Juyoung Kim
Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto in d minor, 1st movement Solo: Jacob Lobrot
Gershwin Concerto in F, 1st movement Solo: Spencer Hopson
Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto 3rd movement Solo: Harrison Wynn
Prokofiev Piano Concerto #1 Solo: Ian Wagman
