Concert Previews

The Beethoven Festival Park City’s Autumn Classics starts this weekend and will run through Oct. 13. Returning guest artists John Novacek and Michael Gurt, piano, and Airi Yoshioka, violin, will be joined by a number of local musicians. Besides festival co-directors Leslie Harlow, viola, and Russell Harlow, clarinet, area players performing at the festival are …

When she still lived in Utah Laurel Ann Maurer was an active member of the classical music scene as a recitalist and chamber musician, in addition to her work as principal flute of the Salt Lake Symphony. Now that she’s moved to Vermont, Maurer still manages to return to the Beehive State on occasion to …

This is going to be a busy weekend for the musicians of the Beethoven Festival: four concerts and a musical brunch in four days. There will be a wide range of composers and works at these upcoming concerts. Among the pieces to be played are Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet in A major, K. 581, and Brahms’ …

When the Beethoven Festival Park City began 29 years ago, there weren’t too many summer chamber music festivals around the country. That’s not the case anymore. Today there is an abundance, but few do it as well as Park City’s own summer series, which also happens to be Utah’s oldest chamber music festival. The secret …

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 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 …

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 …

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, …

One of today’s most distinctive choral composers is the American Morten Lauridsen. In his long career, the 69-year-old has created a huge body of work that has made him one of the most performed composers of the 20th and 21st centuries. Why his music is so popular is easily understood. “He has his own musical …