Salt Lake Symphony

The SLS Returns!
2021-09-25 19:30 (America/Denver) | UT
Now that the pandemic season has wrapped up for the Salt Lake Symphony, we are looking forward to a full orchestra to open the 2021-2022 Season on September 25. It was always our destiny to return, and our program will feature three works that explore destiny, fate, and the meaning of life. The program is filled with some of the most memorable melodies and beloved ever written.
Conductors, Robert Baldwin, Matthew Makeever, Brenden McCauley

Verdi Overture to La Forza del Destino
Ives The Unanswered Question
Tchaikovsky Symphony #4 in F Minor, op. 36

Concert
2021-11-13 19:30 | UT
Join us at the new Mid-Valley Performing Arts Center as we take a journey of the spirit through music. In a program that explores how composers describe the indescribable, we will play music that both invites reflection and expresses joy. We are pleased to welcome Utah Symphony Associate Concertmaster Kathryn Eberle, joining us to play Ottorino Respighi’s seldomly heard masterpiece Concerto Gregoriano. Spanning over 400 years, the program will also feature will our brass section playing works by Giovanni Gabrielli, and our string section performing Adolphus Hailstork’s Concerto da Chiesa. The program will close with Paul Hindemith’s Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes by Weber, which the orchestra was primed to perform in March of 2020 when the pandemic struck. Returning to finish this work presents closure and promises to be cathartic for both musicians and patrons.
ConductorsMatthew Makeever, Robert Baldwin

Gabrieli, Giovanni Two Canzoni for Brass Arr: Crees
Respighi Concerto Gregoriano Solo: Kathryn Eberle, violin
Hailstork, Adolphus Sonata da Chiesa for String Orchestra
Hindemith Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes by Weber

Happy Holidays
2021-12-18 19:30 | UT
Holidays are special with the Salt Lake Symphony. Join us for a musical cup of cheer on December 18 at Libby Gardner Concert Hall as we present the sounds of the season! Filled with beloved tunes, cheerful décor, and both old and new classics, you are assured a break from the Christmas rush. Our Happy Holidays concert is an energizing and inspiring evening with the SLS musicians—and the perfect way to celebrate the season.
ConductorsRobert Baldwin, Matthew Makeever

Handel Overture and Pastorello from The Messiah
Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Greensleeves
Haydn, Michael Pastorello, Christmas Music, Salzburg, 1766
Taylor, Samuel Coleridge A Christmas Overture
traditional Christmas Canticles Arr: O’Loughlin
traditional Hanukkah Festival Overture Arr: Custer
Tchaikovsky March from The Nutcracker
Silvestri Polar Express Suite
Miller/Jackson Let There Be Peace on Earth

Musical Fairytales, Family Concert
2022-01-08 14:00 | UT
Have you ever wondered just what is so inspiring about music? Bring the entire family as the Salt Lake Symphony presents “The Story of Music,” our annual family concert. This year, audiences will be enthralled with Kile Smith’s retelling of the classic tale The Bremen Town Musicians.
ConductorsRobert Baldwin, Matthew Makeever

Stravinsky Katschei’s Dance from The Firebird
Ravel Mother Goose Suite
Smith, Kyle The Bremen Town Musicians
Stravinsky Berceuse and Finale from The Firebird

GuestUniversity of Utah School of Dance, Department of Ballet

Vienna Ball
2022-02-12 20:00 | UT
It’s Back! We are so happy to invite patrons back to Old Vienna for the traditional Vienna Ball. Come dance the night away to the tunes of Johann Strauss, Jr. and company. Special guests include the BYU Ballroom Dance Team, and the Jazz Trio. So put on your dancing shoes, enjoy a bite to eat and bring your checkbook to help support the Salt Lake Symphony at this most anticipated ballroom dance event of the year!
ConductorsRobert Baldwin

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GuestSterling Poulson, emcee

Eye on Utah Talent
2022-03-19 19:30 | UT
We keep our eyes and ears on Utah talent, for our March program. Schubert’s beloved Overture to Die Zauberharfe will open the concert. Also known as the Overture to Rosamunde, the work delights audiences and players alike with its memorable melodies and perfectly balanced writing. The program will also present a world-premiere by Utah composer Andrew Maxfield for soprano and orchestra. Featuring guest artist Michelle Pedersen, Snowdrifts uses evocative poetry from several renown poets, including one you may not recognize as a published writer, our music director, Robert Baldwin. The program will conclude with the Symphony No. 1 in C major by Ludwig van Beethoven. This work will highlight our string and woodwind sections with wonderfully energetic motives and memorable writing, a trademark of the symphonic writing from one of the world’s greatest composers.
ConductorsRobert Baldwin

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GuestSterling Poulson, emcee

Schubert Overture to Die Zauberharfe
Maxfield, Andrew Snowdrifts for Soprano and Orchestra Barlow Endowment for Music Composition Commission Premiere Solo: Michelle Pederson, soprano
Shostakovich Symphony #12 in D Minor, op. 112 “The Year 1917”
Beethoven Symphony #1

The Dream of America
2022-04-09 19:30 | UT
The Dream of America can be defined many ways, as something realized, or something yet to be achieved. We look at several expressions of the history and hope of our country in our April concert. The program will open with Robert Wendel’s newly composed Fanfare for the Frontline Workers. Certainly we have seen few American heroes as worthy as the men and women who helped in various ways throughout the pandemic. The difficult history of slavery will be explored with Florence Price’s Ethiopia’s Shadow in America. The work deals with not only the tragedy, but also the hope for a better future. A rediscovered talent, Florence Price was one of the leading African-American composers of the 20th century. The program centers on a work by composer Peter Boyer, Ellis Island: The Dream of America. A powerful work, featured on PBS’s Great Performances, the music is accentuated with readings of letters from immigrants soon after they landed at Ellis Island. We are happy to welcome the students to perform alongside the symphony for this special evening of music, history, and hope.
ConductorsRobert Baldwin

Wendel, Robert Fanfare for the Frontline Workers
Price, Florence Ethiopia’s Shadow in America
Boyer, Peter Ellis Island: The Dream of America

Concert
2022-05-21 19:30 | UT
We end of 2021-2022 season with beginnings. Beethoven’s first symphony signaled the end of the classical period, while Prokofiev’s opening to his oeuvre, composed 120 years later, looked back in the very ideals Beethoven was using. Beethoven’s First Symphony is a delightful work in the style of his teacher, Franz Joseph Haydn. We will demonstrate from the stage how Beethoven used and departed from tradition. Similarly, Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev tried to espouse the classical ideal while writing in his unmistakable 20th-century style for his first symphony, also known as the Classical Symphony. It’s the perfect pairing of innovation and formal perfection. Hilary Coon, our principal oboist, also will also be featured, playing Alessandro Marcello’s moving Concerto in C-Minor.
ConductorsRobert Baldwin

Beethoven Symphony #1 in C major, op. 21
Marcello, Alessandro Oboe Concerto in D minor Solo: Hilary Coon, oboe
Prokofiev Symphony #1 in D Major, op. 25 “Classical”
Rachmaninoff Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30, Movement 2 Solo: Bernard Li, piano
Grieg Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16, first movement Solo: Benjamin Tufte, piano
Chopin Concerto No. 2 in F minor Op. 21, 1. Maestoso Solo: Caleb Spjute, piano
Chopin Concerto No. 1 in E minor Op. 11, first movement Solo: He Chang, piano
Moszkowski Piano Concerto Op.59 in E Major, First Movement Solo: Yangqi Wang, piano
Scriabin Concerto in F sharp minor, Op. 20, III. Allegro Moderate Solo: Hongda Wu, piano
Chopin Concerto No. 2 in F minor Op. 21, 1. Maestoso Solo: Conrad Flake, piano

The Days of ’47 Pops Concert: Pioneer Courage, Live It!
2022-07-08 19:30 - 2022-07-09 00:00 | UT
Join us for the KUTV Days of 47 Pops concert with Sterling Poulson and Robert Baldwin as conductors.
ConductorsSterling Poulson, Robert Baldwin
GuestChoral Arts Society of Utah, Chorus

Season Opener
2022-09-24 19:30 | Mid-Valley Performing Arts Center, Mid-Valley Performing Arts Center 2525 Taylorsville Blvd, Taylorsville, 84129, United States
We celebrate the diversity of composers and our audiences with our May Family concert. Tales from the Mist will take us into magical realms and even some real places, all composed by real people. It’s a story of US, the people that make up our human community. Appropriate for the whole family, this is a…

Matthew Makeever, Robert Baldwin, conductorsHilary Coon, oboe

Sibelius Symphony #7 (in C major, op. 105)Alessandro Marcello Oboe Concerto in C minorShostakovich Symphony #9 (in E-flat major, op. 70)

$10 for adults, $5 for students and seniorsGeneral Seating

Anyone Out There?
2022-11-12 12:30 | Libby Gardner Concert Hall, Libby Gardner Concert Hall 1375 Presidents' Circle, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, United States
We celebrate the diversity of composers and our audiences with our May Family concert. Tales from the Mist will take us into magical realms and even some real places, all composed by real people. It’s a story of US, the people that make up our human community. Appropriate for the whole family, this is a…

Conductors

Robert Baldwin, Matthew Makeever

Program

Haydn Overture to Il mondo della lunaMason Bates MothershipHolst The Planets (op. 32 )

Amahl and the Night Visitors & A Christmas Carol
2022-12-01 19:30 - 2022-12-03 19:30 | The Grand Theatre, The Grand Theatre 1575 S State St, Salt Lake City, UT, United States
We celebrate the diversity of composers and our audiences with our May Family concert. Tales from the Mist will take us into magical realms and even some real places, all composed by real people. It’s a story of US, the people that make up our human community. Appropriate for the whole family, this is a…

Thursday December 1, 2022 7:30 pmFriday December 2, 2022 7:30 pmSaturday December 3, 2022 2:00 pmSaturday December 3, 2022 7:30 pm

Conductors

Robert Baldwin, Mike Leavitt

Program

Menotti Amahl and the Night VisitorsLeavitt and Buck A Christmas Carol

Tickets can be purchased online at The Grand Theatre

Gloria! A Baroque Holiday Concert
2022-12-17 19:30 | Libby Gardner Concert Hall, Libby Gardner Concert Hall 1375 Presidents' Circle, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, United States
We celebrate the diversity of composers and our audiences with our May Family concert. Tales from the Mist will take us into magical realms and even some real places, all composed by real people. It’s a story of US, the people that make up our human community. Appropriate for the whole family, this is a…

Conductors

Kelly DeHaan, Robert Baldwin

Guest

Utah Voices

Program

Handel Zadok the PriestBach Orchestral Suite #3 (BWV 1068 )Vivaldi Gloria

Summers Arts Piano Concerto Night
2023-01-28 19:30 | Libby Gardner Concert Hall, Libby Gardner Concert Hall 1375 Presidents' Circle, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, United States
We celebrate the diversity of composers and our audiences with our May Family concert. Tales from the Mist will take us into magical realms and even some real places, all composed by real people. It’s a story of US, the people that make up our human community. Appropriate for the whole family, this is a…

Conductor

Brandon Horrocks

Vienna Ball
2023-02-11 20:00 | UU Olpin Union Ballroom, Olpin Union Ballroom 200 S, Central Campus Dr., Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, United States
We celebrate the diversity of composers and our audiences with our May Family concert. Tales from the Mist will take us into magical realms and even some real places, all composed by real people. It’s a story of US, the people that make up our human community. Appropriate for the whole family, this is a…

Welcome Spring!
2023-03-18 19:30 | Mid-Valley Performing Arts Center, Mid-Valley Performing Arts Center 2525 Taylorsville Blvd, Taylorsville, 84129, United States
We celebrate the diversity of composers and our audiences with our May Family concert. Tales from the Mist will take us into magical realms and even some real places, all composed by real people. It’s a story of US, the people that make up our human community. Appropriate for the whole family, this is a…

Guest Artist

Kasia Sokol-Borup

Conductors

Brandon Horrocks, Barbara Scowcroft

Program

William Grant Still – Festive Overture

Vaughan Williams – The Lark Ascending

Brahms – Symphony #4 (in E Minor, op. 98 )

Deep Imagination
2023-04-15 19:30 | Libby Gardner Concert Hall, Libby Gardner Concert Hall 1375 Presidents' Circle, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, United States
We celebrate the diversity of composers and our audiences with our May Family concert. Tales from the Mist will take us into magical realms and even some real places, all composed by real people. It’s a story of US, the people that make up our human community. Appropriate for the whole family, this is a…

Conductors

Robert Baldwin

Guest

Andrew Clement – Cello

Program

Prokofiev Symphony #1 “Classical”Bloch Schelomo for Cello and OrchestraSmetana The Moldau from Ma vlast (Side by side)Strauss Til Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks

Family Outreach Concert: Tales from the Mist
2023-05-20 19:30 | Libby Gardner Concert Hall, Libby Gardner Concert Hall 1375 Presidents' Circle, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, United States
We celebrate the diversity of composers and our audiences with our May Family concert. Tales from the Mist will take us into magical realms and even some real places, all composed by real people. It’s a story of US, the people that make up our human community. Appropriate for the whole family, this is a…

Conductors

Robert Baldwin, Brandon Horrocks

Program

Germaine Franco Dysfunctional Tango from Disney’s “Encanto”Miguel de Aguila ToccataKile Smith The Bremen Town MusiciansJerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate Chokfi’Dan Welcher Haleakala: How Maui Snared the SunGermaine Franco El Camino de Mirabel from Disney’s “Encanto”
