Salt Lake Symphony

Utah Talent Spotlight
2015-04-25 19:30 (America/Denver)
Utah Talent Abounds! Our April 25th concert features home-grown talent like no other concert this year! We are pleased to welcome back to the podium Barbara Scowcroft, conductor of the Utah Youth Symphony and violinist with the Utah Symphony. Barbara is a favorite local personality, known for her insightful interpretations and gift of communication for musicians and audiences alike. We will open the concert with a performance of Utah composer John Costa’s Vignette, a work originally commissioned by Barbara Scowcroft and the Utah Youth Symphony to celebrate the Salt Lake Winter Olympics in 2002. Also featured will be Shenae Anderson, the winner of the Utah Division of the Stradivarius International Violin Competition. She will join the orchestra to perform Beethoven’s Violin Concerto. Long considered one of the quintessential concertos by any composer, this work sparkles with energy and clarity. The evening ends in sunny Italy with Mendelssohn’s ebullient Symphony No. 4 (Italian). Here the local talent of the Salt Lake Symphony musicians will shine as bright as the Italian sun in summer!
ConductorsBarbara Scowcroft

Costa, John Vignette for Orchestra
Beethoven Violin Concerto Stradivarius Competition Utah Division Winner Solo: Shenae Anderson, violin
Mendelssohn Symphony No. 4 (Italian)

Fire and Ice!
2015-03-21 19:30
Take a pinch of the Arctic Circle, an epic journey in Antarctica, and throw in a fiery Russian legend. What do you get? The recipe for Fire and Ice, our exciting March 21st program. We will be joined on the stage by talented high school student to play Sibelius’ most enduring work, the tone poem Finlandia. Long considered the unofficial national anthem of Finland, the work brims with dark energy and soaring melody, indicative of the nordic country and its inhabitants. The music gets more colorful for Stravinsky’s first ballet, The Firebird. The 1919 Suite presents the major themes and events of the ballet in a cohesive, four-movement work. The cast of characters comes alive, from princesses to princes, evil sorcerers and the Firebird herself. After intermission, we journey south-—far south-—to the South Pole. Vaughan Williams’ Symphony No. 7 (Sinfonia Antarctica) is based on material written for a 1948 film which depicts Robert Scott’s ill-fated attempt to be the first to reach the South Pole. Vaughan Williams effectively used the symphony orchestra to depict the landscape, which ranges from bleak to awe-inspiring, as well as the feelings experienced by the members of the expedition. Added voices of Emily Nelson, soprano, and a 16-voice chorus of female voices, will add to the symphonic chills in store for the entire audience. So bundle up and light a fire with YOUR neighbors and friends, the Salt Lake Symphony!
ConductorsRobert Baldwin

Sibelius Finlandia Side-by-Side with high school students
Stravinsky Suite from the Firebird (1919)
Vaughan Williams Symphony #7 (Sinfonia Antarctica)

Vienna Ball
2015-02-14 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
2015-01-24 19:30
The winners of the SummerArts Piano Concerto Competition take center stage with Salt Lake Symphony conducted by Resident Conductor and U of U DMA alum, Jong-hun Bae. These gifted young people will play concerto movements by Mozart, Rachmaninoff, Mendelssohn, Grieg, and Liszt.
ConductorsJong-hun Bae

Family Concert: Music, the Final Frontier!
2015-01-17 14:00
January’s Family Concert has long been a favorite with Salt Lake families. This year music director/conductor Robert Baldwin, special guest Sterling Poulson, and the Salt Lake Symphony have cooked up more fun for all ages. The orchestra will perform a variety of music, including the Flying Theme from E.T., Bach’s Little Fugue in G minor, The Remarkable Farkle McBride with Sterling Poulson narrating, selections from Frozen, and some audience improvisation to Adophe’s Tawoop. Perfect for all ages, this year’s concert will look into the building blocks of music, how it is put together, and why we love to listen. And every audience member gets a debut with the symphony. Audience participation is essential! What you do with your career afterwards is totally up to you!
ConductorsRobert Baldwin
GuestSterling Poulson, narrator

Christmas Eve Magic
2014-12-06 14:00
There’s holiday magic in the air for our December concert. Come see emerging talent dance the first act of Tchaikovsky’s beloved Nutcracker. We are pleased to welcome dancers from the University of Utah’s Department of Ballet to present this famous tale. The first act represents the very best of story, action, and magic. The SLS will also share holiday favorites that are guaranteed to put you in the holiday mood. Two performances. Come for the matinee and stay for the second show!
ConductorsRobert Baldwin

traditional Selected Holiday Favorites
Tchaikovsky Act 1 from the Nutcracker

Cultural Roots
2014-11-15 19:30
For November, we present two orchestral favorites and also feature one of our players as a soloist. Long an audience favorite, Dvo?ák’s Eighth Symphony brims with memorable melodies and thrilling climaxes. Beethoven’s Overture to Coriolanus is an orchestral showcase, filled with drama and power. Our principal bassoonist, Ryan van Liere, also takes center stage as soloist for John Williams’ The Five Sacred Trees, a unique work that highlights the solo bassoon as well as the colors of the orchestra.
ConductorsRobert Baldwin

Beethoven Overture to Coriolan
Williams, John Five Sacred Trees Solo: Ryan van Liere, bassoon
Dvo?ák Symphony No. 8 in G major

Celebrating Ten Years
2014-09-27 19:30
Join us on September 27th as the SLS and Maestro Baldwin celebrate the start of his tenth season by conducting one of his favorite symphonies, the monumental Symphony No. 10 by Dmitri Shostakovich. This work will highlight and challenge every section of the orchestra with its technical and emotional demands. Audience members often remark after hearing it that the work is one of their new favorite pieces. It is a work filled with every aspect of the human condition, reflecting the struggle and triumph of the individual—something we all can relate to. To contrast, we will open with the ebullient Overture to Candide by Leonard Bernstein. Join the party! Don’t miss this event that will highlight one of the finest community orchestras in the Western U.S.!
ConductorsRobert Baldwin

Bernstein Overture to Candide
Shostakovich Symphony No. 10

The Legacy of Bach
2014-05-17 19:30
ConductorsRobert Baldwin

Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 1
Villa-Lobos Aria from Bachianas Brasilieras No. 5 Arr: Krance
Mendelssohn Symphony #5 “Reformation”

Sacred Sounds
2014-04-26 19:30
ConductorsRobert Baldwin, Anton Armstrong

Kodály Dances of Galanta
Bloch Sacred Service Solo: Christopher Clayton, baritone

Irish Ides are Smiling
2014-03-15 19:30
ConductorsRobert Baldwin

Williams, John Symphonic Excerpts from “Far and Away” (side by side)
Grainger Irish Tune from County Derry Side-by-Side with high school students
Harty In Ireland Solo: Christina Castellanos, flute
Beach Symphony #2 “Gaelic”

Vienna Ball
2014-02-08 20:00
ConductorsJong-hun Bae

Summer Arts Piano Concerto Concert
2014-01-25 19:30

Family Concert: Symphonic Stories
2014-01-18 14:00
ConductorsRobert Baldwin

Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf
Smith The Great Locomotive Chase
Grieg In the Hall of a Mountain King.
Gregson-Williams Chronicles of Narnia Suite
Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade: Last mvt. excerpt

Through a Child's Eyes
2013-12-07 19:30
ConductorsRobert Baldwin

Menotti Amahl and the Night Visitors
Arnold The Holly and the Ivy (Fantasy on Christmas Carols)
traditional Do You Hear What I Hear? Arr: Regney/Lowden
traditional Mary’s Little Boy Child Arr: Hairston
traditional A Holly & Jolly Sing-Along

East Meets West: Promoting Peace Through Music
2013-11-09 19:30
ConductorsRobert Baldwin

Ippolitov-Ivanov Procession of the Sardar from Caucasian Sketches
Merritt Dervish
Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade
traditional Popular Persian tunes

GuestMonika Jalili and her Persian Ensemble

Season Opener
2013-10-05 19:30
ConductorsRobert Baldwin

Wolking, Henry Salt Lake Overture
Brahms Double Concerto Solo: Ralph Matson, violin; John Eckstein, cello
Sibelius Symphony #1

Verdi: A Bicentennial Celebration
2013-05-18 19:30
ConductorsMichael Huff, Lawrence Spell, Robert Baldwin

Verdi Four Sacred Pieces
Verdi “Anvil Chorus” from Il Travatore
Verdi La Forza del Destino Overture
Verdi “Pace, pace mio dio” from La Forza del Destino Solo: Melissa Heath, soprano
Verdi “Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves” from Nabucco (va pensiero)
Verdi “Triumphal March” & “Ballet” from Aida

GuestUtah Voices, chorus

Music on the Orient Express
2013-04-20 19:30
ConductorsGerald Elias

Enesco Romanian Rhapsody No. 1
Iachimciuc, Igor Adagio
Bartók Concerto for Orchestra

An Italian Odyssey
2013-03-16 19:30
ConductorsNicholas Palmer

Rossini William Tell Overture
Tchaikovsky Capriccio Italien, op. 45
Berlioz Harold in Italy, op. 16 Solo: Robert Baldwin, viola

Vienna Ball
2013-02-09 20:00
ConductorsRobert Baldwin

Family Concert – Mechanized Musical Magic: Getting from Here to There
2013-01-26 14:00
Just how do you plan to get to our Family Concert on January 26th? No doubt you’ll take a car, train, or bicycle. Maybe it’ll be a horse, helicopter or spaceship! However you arrive, you’ll enjoy and relate to our theme: Mechanized Musical Magic. It’s a short concert, but a fast ride for the entire family. All ages welcome! Hold on to your hats and keep your hands inside the concert at all times!
ConductorsLarry Spell, Robert Baldwin, Jong-hun Bae

Rossini William Tell Overture
Honneger Pacific 231
Rodgers Carousel Waltz Arr: Custer
Newman The Big Race from “Cars” Arr: Sacks
Adams Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Mancini March with Mancini
Williams, John Star Wars Selections Arr: Burden

We Three Kings
2012-12-15 19:30
ConductorsRobert Baldwin

Ellington Three Black Kings
Respighi Three Botticelli Pictures
Menotti Amahl and the Night Visitors

Concert
2012-11-10 19:30
ConductorsRobert Baldwin

Beethoven Overture to Egmont Side-by-Side with high school students
Copland Clarinet Concerto Solo: Robert Walzel, clarinet
Tchaikovsky Symphony #5

Sound and Light: Playing and Painting for a Purpose
2012-10-13 19:00
ConductorsRobert Baldwin

Rimsky-Korsakov Russian Easter Overture
Bach Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor BWV 582 Arr: Stokowski
Purcell, Henry Chacony
Respighi Roman Festivals

SummerArts Piano Concerto Concert
2012-09-08 19:30
ConductorsRobert Baldwin and Larry Spell

Utah Arts Festival
2012-06-21 20:00

Exploring Personality
2012-05-19 19:30
ConductorsRobert Baldwin

Bernstein On the Waterfront
Elgar Enigma Variations

Spring Concert
2012-04-21 19:30
ConductorsJong-hun Bae

Mendelssohn Concerto for Two Pianos in Ab Solo: Susan Duehlmeier and Bonnie Gritton, pianos
Brahms Symphony #1 in C minor

Glorious Beethoven
2012-03-17 19:30
ConductorsMichael Huff, Robert Baldwin

Beethoven Gloria from Missa Solemnis
Beethoven Symphony #9 “Choral” Solo: Jennifer Larson, soprano;Kirsten Gunlogson, mezzo-soprano;Robert Breault, tenor;Steve Meredith, baritone

GuestUtah Voices, chorus
