Concert Reviews

PARK CITY MUSIC FESTIVAL, Temple Har Shalom, Park City, July 17; runs through Aug 1; www.pcmusicfestival.com The Park City Music Festival, which is in its 27th season, never fails to delight its audiences with its outstanding programming that focuses on both the standard chamber repertoire as well as neglected works. And Sunday’s concert in Temple …

ALPINE CHAMBER WINDS AND LESLIE HARLOW, “AN EVENING OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC,” Leona Wagner Black Box Theater, Rose Wagner Center, April 5 Presenting a full length concert featuring three world premieres along with two major 20th century works can be a daunting task for a woodwind quintet, but Utah Valley University’s Alpine Chamber Winds showed its …

CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER, MADSEN RECITAL HALL, HARRIS FINE ARTS CENTER, BYU, JAN. 21 Pierre Jalbert is a 40-ish American composer who can wow both audiences and musicians. The secret to his success lies in the immediacy and appeal of his music. But what he writes isn’t easy listening – not in any …

WINTER CLASSICS CONCERT, DUMKE RECITAL HALL, UNIVERSITY OF UTAH, JAN . 9 Sunday’s Winter Classics concert was a showcase for American and Russian music – with a couple of French pieces thrown in for good measure. The first half focused solidly on flutist Laurel Ann Maurer. One of today’s preeminent flutists, the concert gave Maurer …