APRIL CLAYTON, FLUTE, Waterford School, June 29 For four days last week, the Waterford School was the host venue for the first ever Salt Lake Flute Forum that brought local students and teachers together, as well as guest artists. It concluded Saturday with a concert by event organizer and Brigham Young University faculty member April …
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SALT LAKE CHILDREN’S CHOIR CONCERT PROMISES TO BE FUN FILLED EVENING OF OLD FAVORITES
It just wouldn’t be spring without the Salt Lake Children’s Choir annual May concert. For over 30 years, Ralph B. Woodward’s young charges have been delighting audiences with their angelic voices and infectious enthusiasm. And this weekend’s two concerts promise to be no different. “We’re doing a fun program and I’m looking forward to it,” …
UTOPIA EARLY MUSIC: FROM MEDIEVAL EUROPE TO AMERICAN FRONTIER
Utopia Early Music closes its fourth season this weekend with a program that crosses two continents and spans several centuries. Titled “The Morning Trumpet: American Medieval,” the program goes from medieval Paris and renaissance England to America’s Appalachian Mountains. The concert features music by William Billings (the first named Anglo-American composer), as well as ballads …
UTAH CHAMBER ARTISTS SHOWCASE THEIR TALENTS WITH INTRIGUING PROGRAM
UTAH CHAMBER ARTISTS, Libby Gardner Concert Hall, May 6 The Utah Chamber Artists completed their 2012-2013 season on Monday night with an intriguing program of music both old and new, featuring works that were orchestral, choral, and a mixture of the two. Gabriel Fauré’s Messe Basse set the tone for the evening. The work, a …
BEETHOVEN FESTIVAL CONCERT SPOTLIGHTS CLARINET AND GUITAR MUSIC
BEETHOVEN FESTIVAL PARK CITY, Park City Community Church, April 19 One of the things that distinguished the Beethoven Festival Park City is the variety of repertoire performed. Repertoire by well known composers is at the core, but the festival also presents music that is rarely, if ever, heard by composers who are anything but household …
BEETHOVEN FESTIVAL’S SPRING SERIES OPENS TODAY
The Beethoven Festival Park City’s spring edition starts today with a free concert in the Salt Lake City Main Library. The program includes works by Bruch, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Rimsky-Korsakov and Busoni. Performing will be festival co-directors Leslie Harlow, viola, and Russell Harlow, clarinet. Joining them will be clarinetist Matthew Nelson and pianist Bryan Stanley. There …
INTERPRETATION: A CASE FOR BROAD PERSPECTIVE
How wonderful it would be to be able to hear Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony exactly as it was heard at its premiere! Or would it? Let’s picture it. It’s December 1808. You live in a tidy hamlet a few miles from the center of bustling Vienna. Though it has been a few years since you’ve gone …
MOZART'S CLARINET QUINTET HIGHLIGHT AT BEETHOVEN FESTIVAL CONCERT IN PARK CITY
BEETHOVEN FESTIVAL PARK CITY, Temple Har Shalom, Park City, Feb. 17; final concert 7:30 p.m. Feb. 22, Park City Community Church, tickets at www.beethovenfestivalparkcity.org. There is just a small handful of works that capture the clarinet’s infinite expressive possibilities. One of these is Mozart’s quintet, K. 581. Arguably the greatest chamber work for clarinet, the quintet …
BEETHOVEN FESTIVAL PARK CITY TO PRESENT THREE CONCERTS
Beethoven Festival Park City will be presenting three concerts starting today. Tickets for each concert are $20 for general and $15 for seniors and students. Music students are admitted free. Tickets are available at the door or in advance by logging on to www.beethovenfestivalparkcity.org. Below is a schedule with venues, programs and artists. Feb. 15, …
A STUNNING EVENING OF SYMBOLISM AND SCRIABIN
GINA BACHAUER PIANO FOUNDATION, ARTHUR GREENE, PIANO, Jeanné Wagner Theatre, Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, Feb. 8 Alexander Scriabin was a mystic and visionary who believed that music had properties that extended beyond the merely aural and should embrace all the senses. And while one can appreciate his music for what it is, adding another …