We end our 40th Anniversary Season with a trip to France and spend it with some of our favorite collaborators, the Utah Voices, directed by Kelly DeHaan. Music from the French Baroque to Impressionism will be featured, culminating with the spiritually-moving Requiem by Gabriel Faure. Thank you to all of our patrons for a fantastic 40th season. We look forward to performing for you next September as we begin Season 41!
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.
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Salt Lake's new Eccles Theater Hall becomes alive with sounds of Russia and Germany for our opening concert. The program will feature our outstanding horn section in Weber’s Overture to Der Freischütz. We are pleased to welcome Utah Symphony principal cellist Rainer Eudeikis to perform Tchaikovsky’s Variations on a Rococo Theme, an exciting work of virtuosity and melodic invention. Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 5 ends the evening. Prokofiev’s Fifth is a monument of the 20th century orchestral repertoire and a testament to the creative artist. Though lacking an exact program, Prokofiev described the work as “a hymn to free and happy Man, to his mighty powers, his pure and noble spirit.” Don’t miss this unforgettable, uplifting evening of music!
The SLS welcomes many friends, Romans and countrymen to the stage for our November concert. Our annual side-by-side event will feature young artists playing alongside seasoned veterans for the Roman Carnival Overture by Hector Berlioz. The theme continues with the rest of the program with Khatchaturian’s Adagio from Spartacus and Debussy’s seldom heard symphonic fragments from his unfinished opera, Le Martyre de Saint Sebastien. Music by the most famous Roman composer of all ends the program, with a rousing finale—-Respighi’s Belkis, Queen of Sheba Suite. Get your marching sandals ready and join your Salt Lake Symphony for the march into the past. The Legions depart on Saturday, November 12, 2016 at Libby Gardner Concert Hall.
Get in the holiday spirit with the Utah Voices and the Salt Lake Symphony for a free Christmas concert at Temple Square, Saturday November 26, 2016 7:30 pm. The Salt Lake Tabernacle is the stage for the opening concert of the Christmas Season at Temple Square. Utah Voices conductor Kelly DeHaan and SLS conductor, Robert Baldwin will share the podium and help spread good cheer to all.
Holiday magic continues with a classical touch on December 17th as the Salt Lake Symphony performs music that will help you entertain, inspire and invigorate. On the program is two unique selections of traditional holiday carols, Samuel Barber’s reflective Die Natali, and Victor Hely-Hutchinson imaginative Carol Symphony.
And a traditional adventure is awaiting as well with Leopold Mozart’s Musical Sleigh-Ride featuring dancers from the University of Utah Department of Ballet. Happy Holidays!
Join the Salt Lake Symphony and special guest KUTV Chief Meteorologist Sterling Poulson for a concert the whole family will love on Saturday, January 14, 2017 at 2:00 pm at Libby Gardner Concert Hall on President’s Circle on the University of Utah campus. Led by Conductor Claudia Restrepo, the orchestra will perform selections, traditional and new, dedicated to the amazing animals that inhabit this planet.
Music includes Beethoven’s Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus, Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake Finale, Mark McKenzie’s The Lion and the Mouse, Elton John’s Hakuna Matata from The Lion King, Haydn’s Finale from Symphony no. 82 “The Bear,” and Highlights from Jurassic Park.
The Salt Lake Symphony will accept donations of new and/or gently used stuffed animals at the concert. The animals collected will be donated to Family Promise of Salt Lake, a non-profit, interfaith, non-proselytizing, organization that provides shelter, case management and housing services to homeless families.
The winners of the SummerArts Piano Concerto Competition take center stage with Salt Lake Symphony conducted by Assistant Conductor Claudia Restrepo. These gifted young people will each play one concerto movement.
It's time for the Vienna Ball, the Salt Lake Symphony's annual gala fund raiser.
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Ever wonder what the musicians would choose if they programmed a concert? Come see our March concert: Musicians’ Choice! From Haydn’s ebullient and rarely heard Symphony No. 99, to DeFalla’s energetic dances from the Three-Cornered Hat, the SLS musicians will transport you into a realm of sound with exciting textures, buoyant rhythms and memorable melodies. The Silver Fanfare kicks off the program. It’s the debut of music by American composer Peter Boyer with the orchestra, and is filled with a full orchestral sound inspired by the biggest Hollywood studio orchestras. Join us on March 18th. The musicians cannot wait to share some of their favorites with you!
Cultural exchange has long been a hallmark of classical music tradition. The SLS proudly takes this to a new level in April. Guest conductor Xiao Ming joins us from Hunan, China to conduct music from China, Russia and Austria in a truly rich program of both old favorites and music that will be new to western audiences. Maestro Xiao is bringing two pieces with him that were written for his orchestra, the Hunan Symphony. In addition, pianist Andrew Staupe joins us to present Shostakovich’s powerful Piano Concerto No. 2. The concert will conclude with the shortest, yet most carefully composed, symphony from the pen of Johannes Brahms, the Symphony No. 3. It’s a cross cultural evening of great music with connections and friendships made from around the world.
Luckily we are never at a loss for natural wonder in our great state of Utah. Composers have looked to nature for inspirations for thousands of years, and our final concert of the 2016-2017 season features three works that depict nature with uniquely individual expressions. Dvo?ák’s In Nature’s Realm is a seldomly heard concert overture that expresses the nature of the composer's native Bohemia. Inspired by Beethoven’s Pastorale Symphony, the work effectively imparts the feeling of being in the woods surrounding Prague. We will also feature our concertmaster, Elizabeth Palmer, in Vivaldi’s Spring from the Four Seasons, one of the finest depictions of nature ever written—-and it’s a concerto! We conclude with American composer Ferde Grofé’s signature work, the Grand Canyon Suite. Musical sunrises, sunsets, storms and even a burro ride down to the floor of the Grand Canyon are all effectively portrayed in this beloved piece. So bring your virtual backpack and boots and join us as we venture outside with music. We’ll provide the musical compass!