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CONTENTS

NOORDA 2021–22

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Welcome

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Utah Symphony

HILARY HAHN PLAYS BRAHMS SEPTEMBER 16, 2021 / 7:30 PM

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Board of Trustees

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Music Director

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ENRIQUE MAZZOLA CONDUCTS BRAHMS 4, VERDI & ROTA

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UTAH SYMPHONY’S HOLIDAY POPS STARRING JODI BENSON

Donors

OCTOBER 21, 2021 / 7:30 PM

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Administration

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Tanner & Crescendo Societies

DECEMBER 16, 2021 / 7:30 PM

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Planned Giving

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Acknowledgments

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Program notes and artist bios for upcoming and past performances are available on utahsymphony.org.

LOUIS SCHWIZGEBEL PLAYS MOZART’S PIANO CONCERTO NO. 12 MARCH 3, 2022 / 7:30 PM

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SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE CASE OF THE MISSING MAESTRO APRIL 19, 2022 / 7:30 PM

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WELCOME

On behalf of the board, musicians, and staff of Utah Symphony | Utah Opera, it is our pleasure to welcome you to Utah Valley University’s beautiful Noorda Center for the Performing Arts and tonight’s Utah Symphony concert. We are thrilled to return to the Noorda in partnership with UVU, with special thanks to President Dr. Astrid Tuminez and her colleagues at the School of Arts. Our Utah Valley home represents an exciting and significant initiative for USUO to bring performances by our state’s wonderful orchestra to you, the residents of Utah’s fastest growing county.

Steven Brosvik President & CEO

Thierry Fischer Music Director

The Utah Symphony has become increasingly recognized as one of the nation’s top orchestras, offering artistic and educational experiences at the highest level. Music has the power to connect us through a shared experience.

It entertains us. It lifts our spirits. It provides solace from our daily concerns. Beyond that, it helps build skills in our youth as they aspire to achieve their potential.

Through performance, appreciation, and instruction of music, USUO unites Utah in so many ways.

As leaders, it is our honor and responsibility to steward this wonderful organization so that it can make a difference in the lives of our citizens. Our vision is to continue the journey toward ever-greater performance experiences for you our current listeners, while at the same time welcoming new audiences and helping create a passion for the music we perform. We can only accomplish this in partnership with you, who recognize how the performing arts contribute to our quality of life.

Thank you for attending tonight’s concert. Whether you’re joining us for our three incomparable classical music concerts featuring esteemed guest artists Hilary Hahn, Enrique Mazzola, Francesco Lecce-Chong, and Louis Schwizgebel, for our Holiday Pops concert starring Jodi Benson, or for our family concert Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Mission Maestro, we guarantee you will leave wanting to return for another experience sharing great live music together!

Sincerely,

Thomas M. Love Board of Trustees Chairman 6

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UTAH SYMPHONY Thierry Fischer, Music Director

The Maurice Abravanel Chair, endowed by the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation Vacant

Associate Conductor

Barlow Bradford

Symphony Chorus Director

VIOLIN* Madeline Adkins

Concertmaster The Jon M. & Karen Huntsman Chair, in honor of Wendell J. & Belva B. Ashton

Kathryn Eberle

Associate Concertmaster The Richard K. & Shirley S. Hemingway Chair

Principal The Sue & Walker Wallace Chair

OBOE James Hall

Principal The Gerald B. & Barbara F. Stringfellow Chair

Yuan Qi

Brooks Fisher††

Elizabeth Beilman† Julie Edwards Joel Gibbs Carl Johansen Scott Lewis John Posadas Whittney Thomas

Lissa Stolz

Associate Principal

Associate Principal

ENGLISH HORN Lissa Stolz CLARINET Tad Calcara

Acting Principal The J. Ryan Selberg Memorial Chair

Principal The Norman C. & Barbara Lindquist Tanner Chair, in memory of Jean Lindquist Pell

Acting Associate Concertmaster

Andrew Larson

Erin Svoboda-Scott

David Park

John Eckstein Walter Haman Anne Lee Louis-Philippe Robillard Kevin Shumway Hannah ThomasHollands†† Pegsoon Whang

Lee Livengood

Ralph Matson

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Associate Concertmaster

Hugh Palmer

Assistant Concertmaster

Claude Halter

Principal Second

Wen Yuan Gu

Associate Principal Second

Evgenia Zharzhavskaya Assistant Principal Second

Karen Wyatt•• Sara Bauman†† Joseph Evans LoiAnne Eyring Laura Ha•† Lun Jiang# Rebekah Johnson Tina Johnson†† Jennifer Kozbial Posadas†† Veronica Kulig David Langr Hannah Linz•• Yuki MacQueen Alexander Martin Rebecca Moench David Porter Lynn Maxine Rosen Barbara Ann Scowcroft• Ju Hyung Shin• Bonnie Terry• Julie Wunderle

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CELLO* Matthew Johnson

Acting Associate Principal

BASS* David Yavornitzky Principal

Corbin Johnston Associate Principal

James Allyn Andrew Keller Edward Merritt Jens Tenbroek Thomas Zera

Associate Principal

BASS CLARINET Lee Livengood

TROMBONE Mark Davidson Principal

Sam Elliot

Associate Principal

BASS TROMBONE Graeme Mutchler TUBA

Vacant Principal

TIMPANI George Brown Principal

Eric Hopkins

Associate Principal

PERCUSSION Keith Carrick Principal

BASSOON Lori Wike

KEYBOARD Jason Hardink

Principal The Edward & Barbara Moreton Chair

Leon Chodos

Associate Principal

Jennifer Rhodes CONTRABASSOON Leon Chodos

FLUTE Mercedes Smith

Edmund Rollett

Lisa Byrnes

Caitlyn Valovick Moore

Llewellyn B. Humphreys Brian Blanchard† Julia Pilant†† Stephen Proser

PICCOLO Caitlyn Valovick Moore

TRUMPET Travis Peterson

* String Seating Rotates † On Leave

# Sabbatical †† Substitute Member

Associate Principal

Peter Margulies Paul Torrisi

Eric Hopkins Michael Pape

HORN Jessica Elder

Principal The Val A. Browning Chair

Associate Principal

E-FLAT CLARINET Erin Svoboda-Scott

HARP Louise Vickerman Principal

Jeff Luke

Principal

Associate Principal

Principal

LIBRARIANS Clovis Lark Principal

Katie Klich† Claudia Restrepo†† ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL Walt Zeschin

Director of Orchestra Personnel

Andrew Williams

Orchestra Personnel Manager

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MUSIC DIRECTOR

Swiss conductor Thierry Fischer has been Music Director of the Utah Symphony since 2009 and becomes Music Director Emeritus in 2023. Principal Guest of the Seoul Philharmonic 2017–2020, in March 2020 he began as Music Director of the Sao Paulo Symphony.

In Utah he has revitalized the organisation, instigating a major commissioning programme, taking the orchestra to Carnegie Hall for the first time in 40 years, recording Mahler symphonies for Reference Records and beginning a SaintSaens cycle for Hyperion.

Thierry Fischer Music Director The Maurice Abravanel Chair, endowed by the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation

Recent guesting has included Boston Symphony, London Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic, Bergen Philharmonic, Rotterdam Philharmonic, BBC Symphony, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Maggio Musicale Firenze, Salzburg Mozarteumorchester, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, also Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Mostly Mozart New York, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, London Sinfonietta and Ensemble Intercontemporain.

Whilst Principal Conductor of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales from 2006-2012, Fischer appeared every year at the BBC Proms, toured internationally, and recorded for Hyperion, Signum and Orfeo. His recording of Frank Martin’s opera Der Sturm with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus won the ICMA award in 2012 (opera category). In 2014 he released a Beethoven disc with the London Philharmonic on the Aparte label.

Fischer started out as Principal Flute in Hamburg and at the Zurich Opera. His conducting career began in his 30s when he replaced an ailing colleague, subsequently directing his first few concerts with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe where he was Principal Flute under Claudio Abbado. He spent his apprentice years in Holland, and became Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor of the Ulster Orchestra 2001–2006. He was Chief Conductor of the Nagoya Philharmonic 2008–2011, making his Suntory Hall debut in Tokyo in May 2010, and is now Honorary Guest Conductor.

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HILARY HAHN PLAYS BRAHMS SEPTEMBER 16, 2021 / 7:30 PM THE NOORDA CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

EDO DE WAART, conductor HILARY HAHN, violin

BEETHOVEN: Overture to Egmont, op. 84 BRAHMS: Concerto in D Major for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 77 I. Allegro non troppo II. Adagio III Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace Hilary Hahn, violin

INTERMISSION

Selections to be announced from stage.

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ARTISTS’ PROFILES

This 2019-20 Season Edo de Waart begins his new role as Principal Guest Conductor of the San Diego Symphony Orchestra, with whom has he been a featured guest conductor for the past five seasons. He concludes his tenure as Music Director of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra at the end of their 2019 season and takes up the role of Conductor Laureate; de Waart also holds the positions of Conductor Laureate of the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra and Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and Music Director Laureate of Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra.

In addition to his existing posts, he was previously Music Director of the San Francisco Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and Sydney Symphony Orchestra, and Chief Conductor of De Nederlandse Opera.

Edo de Waart Conductor

As part of the Beethoven 250th birthday celebrations, de Waart will conduct all the composer’s symphonies with New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, and several Beethoven programmes with the San Diego Symphony, with whom he will be joined by soloists Emmanuel Ax and Leila Josefowicz. He will make his annual appearance with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and return to Chicago and Dallas orchestras.

Other guest conducting highlights this season include KBS Symphony and Hangzhou Philharmonic.

Edo de Waart has received a number of awards for his musical achievements, including becoming a Knight in the Order of the Netherlands Lion and an Honorary Officer in the General Division of the Order of Australia.

He is also an Honorary Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.

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ARTISTS’ PROFILES

Three-time Grammy Award-winning violinist Hilary Hahn melds expressive musicality and technical expertise with a diverse repertoire guided by artistic curiosity. Her barrier-breaking attitude towards classical music and her commitment to sharing her experiences with a global community have made her a fan favorite. Hahn is a prolific recording artist and commissioner of new works, and her 20 feature recordings have received every critical prize in the international press.

Hilary Hahn Violin

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Hahn’s commitment to her fans extends to a long history of educational initiatives. A former Suzuki student, she released new recordings of the first three books of the Suzuki Violin School in 2020. In 2019, she released a book of sheet music for her encores project, “In 27 Pieces: the Hilary Hahn Encores.” Her Instagram-based practice initiative, #100daysofpractice, has helped to demystify the typically grueling and isolating practice process, transforming it into a community-oriented, social celebration of artistic development.

Hahn is a prolific and celebrated recording artist whose twenty feature albums on Decca, Deutsche Grammophon, and Sony have all opened in the top ten of the Billboard charts. In addition, she can be found on three DVDs, an award-winning recording for children, and various compilations. Hahn has also participated in a number of non-classical productions. She was featured in the Oscar-nominated soundtrack to The Village and has collaborated on two records by the alt-rock band.

Hahn is the recipient of numerous awards and recognitions. In 2001, she was named “America’s Best Young Classical Musician” by Time magazine, and in 2010, she appeared on The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien. She also holds honorary doctorates from Middlebury College—where she spent four summers in the total-immersion German, French, and Japanese language programs—and Ball State University, where there are three scholarships in her name.

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ENRIQUE MAZZOLA CONDUCTS BRAHMS 4, VERDI & ROTA OCTOBER 21, 2021 / 7:30 PM THE NOORDA CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

ENRIQUE MAZZOLA, conductor

VERDI: Overture to La forza del destino ROTA: Suite dal balletto “La Strada”

I. Nozze in Campagna. “È Arrivato Zampanò” II. I Tre Suonatori E Il “Matto” Sul Filo III. Il Circo (Il Numero Di Zampanò - I Giocolieri - Il Violino Del “Matto”) IV. La Rabbia Di Zampanò V. Zampanò Uccide \ “Matto”. Gelsomina Impazzisce Di Dolore VI. L’ultimo Spettacolo Sulla Neve - “Addio Gelsomina” VII. Solitudine E Pianto Di Zampanò

INTERMISSION

BRAHMS: Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98 I. II. III. IV.

Allegro non troppo Andante moderato Allegro giocoso Allegro energico e passionato

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ARTIST’S PROFILE

Renowned as an expert interpreter and champion of bel canto opera and a specialist in French repertoire and early Verdi, Italian conductor Enrique Mazzola is in demand worldwide as both an operatic and symphonic conductor. He is Music Director Designate at the Lyric Opera of Chicago from the 2019/20 season, commencing as Music Director in September 2021, Principal Guest Conductor at Deutsche Oper Berlin from the 2018/19 season and served as Artistic & Music Director of the Orchestre National d’Île de France from 2012/13 to 2018/19. In October 2018 he was made a Chevalier de l’ordre des Arts et des Lettres, in recognition of his significant contribution to musical life in France.

Enrique Mazzola Conductor

Plans for the 2020/21 season include debuts with Detroit Symphony, Berner Symphonieorchester, Youth Orchestra Flanders, National Symphony Orchestra Taiwan and Dutch National Opera (Anna Bolena). Return engagements include London Philharmonic Orchestra, Deutsche Oper Berlin (Lakme), Glyndebourne Festival Opera (Luisa Miller) and Bregenzer Festival (Rigoletto).

Appearances with Lyric Opera of Chicago and Houston Symphony sadly fell victim to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Recent seasons include notable debuts with Salzburg Festspiele (Orphée aux enfers), Wiener Staatsoper (Don Pasquale), Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Oslo Philharmonic, Royal Northern Sinfonia, New Japan Philharmonic, Taipei Symphony, Luxembourg Philharmonic, Brussels Philharmonic, Staatsphilharmonie Nurnberg and Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Return engagements have included Metropolitan Opera (La fille du régiment), Opernhaus Zurich (Turco in Italia, Maria Stuarda, Il barbiere di Siviglia, I puritani), Bregenzer Festspiele (Rigoletto and previously Rossini’s Mosè in Egitto), Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Norske Opera (Don Giovanni), Wiener Symphoniker, Orchestre Symphonique de Quebec, Sao Paulo State Symphony, and Glyndebourne Festival Opera

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ARTIST’S PROFILE

(Il bbarbiere di Siviglia). His final season with Orchestre National d’Île de France included recordings, Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 with Cédric Tiberghien and works by Respighi, of whose work he is an acclaimed interpreter. Highlights of previous seasons with ONDIF included a concert version of Rossini’s La Cenerentola, recordings and concerts in Paris at La Seine Musicale and their soldout Philharmonie de Paris series.

An accomplished interpreter of contemporary music, he has commissioned and conducted several premieres with ONDIF. He conducted the world premiere of Colla’s Il processo at La Scala, Il re nudo by Luca Lombardi at Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Medusa

by Arnaldo de Felice at the Bayerische Staatsoper, Isabella by Azio Corghi at the Rossini Opera Festival, and many other premieres with major European orchestras.

Hello music lovers, friends and associates, I am pleased to announce that a video presentation of my opera, El Curioso Impertinente has been posted for viewing/listening at www.williamcall.net. williamcall.net.

Camila and Lotario This 2 hour 15 minute El Curioso Impertinente performance features a complete cast of characters, chorus and orchestra.

The opera libretto is an adaptation of a captivating story interpolated by Miguel de Cervantes into his famous novel Don Quijote de la Mancha. You will laugh as you cry in response to the emotional impact of this great author’s narrative.

The opera is sung in the original Spanish with English subtitles.

I hope you enjoy it!

William A. Call, Author and Composer

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UTAH SYMPHONY’S

HOLIDAY POPS STARRING JODI BENSON

DECEMBER 16, 2021 / 7:30 PM THE NOORDA CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

LARRY BLANK, conductor JODI BENSON, vocalist

SELECTIONS TO BE ANNOUNCED FROM STAGE.

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ARTISTS’ PROFILES

Larry Blank is one of the most prolific and sought after composers, conductors and orchestrators in the entertainment business today. His work has been presented all over the world, including some of Broadway’s most successful musicals, Carnegie Hall and top television and film projects.

Larry Blank Conductor

He was the music director, conductor, and/or vocal arranger for many shows on Broadway and in Los Angeles. He has been nominated three times for both the Tony Award and the Drama Desk Award for his orchestrations. Mr. Blank has worked with top talent from varied fields of the entertainment world, notably as personal conductor to Michael Crawford. He has also worked with Michael Feinstein, Marvin Hamlisch, Bernadette Peters, Kelsey Grammar, Christine Baranski, Roberta Flack, Pete Fountain, Peabo Bryson, Sally Kellerman, Nancy Dussault, March Shaiman, Jerry Herman, Ann-Margaret, Davis Gaines, Bette Midler, George Benson, Placido Domingo, Randy Newman, Trisha Yearwood, Tom Scott, Quincy Jones, Michael Bolton, John Raitt and Diana Rigg.

Mr. Blank has guest conducted most of the orchestras throughout the world including the San Francisco Symphony, The New York Philharmonic, Western Australia Symphony Orchestra, The Los Angeles Philharmonic, Palm Beach Pops, Auckland Symphony, The National Symphony Orchestra, The Boston Pops, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Calgary Symphony, New Orleans Symphony and Toronto Symphony.

Larry has been named resident Pops Conductor along with regular Pops Conductor, Michael Feinstein, for the the Pasadena Symphony and Pops.

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Jodi Benson is honored and blessed to be a recipient of The Disney Legends Award having served the company for over 27 amazing years. Jodi has received worldwide recognition as the beloved, original voice of Ariel in the Academy Award winning Disney film The Little Mermaid.

She continues to bring Ariel to life as well as the bubbly voice of Barbie in Disney/Pixar’s Golden Globe winner Toy Story 2 and Oscar winning Toy Story 3. Other films: Flubber (Weebo), Thumbelina, Tinkerbell: Secret of the Wings, The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Beginning, The Little Mermaid 2: Return to the Sea, Lady and the Tramp II (Lady) and as Patrick Dempsey’s assistant Sam, in Disney’s Enchanted- as a real person with legs!

Ms. Benson received nominations for the Tony Award and Helen Hayes Award for Best Actress in a Musical for originating Polly Baker in the Tony Award winning Gershwin musical Crazy For You. Other Broadway credits include creating the starring role of Doria Hudson in the Howard Ashman-Marvin Hamlisch musical Smile and others.

Jodi Benson Vocalist

Her animated TV series include the Emmy winning “Camp Lazlo”, “The Little Mermaid”, “Sofia The First” (Disney) and many others.

As a concert soloist, Jodi has performed with symphonies all over the world, including The Boston Pops, The Philly Pops (conductor: Peter Nero), The Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, The National Symphony (conductor: Marvin Hamlisch), Tokyo, San Francisco and Chicago Symphonies, to name a few.

Jodi gives thanks to God for her loving husband, Ray, and amazing children, son, McKinley and daughter, Delaney.

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LOUIS SCHWIZGEBEL PLAYS

MOZART’S PIANO CONCERTO NO. 12 MARCH 3, 2022 / 7:30 PM THE NOORDA CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

FRANCESCO LECCE-CHONG, conductor LOUIS SCHWIZGEBEL, piano

GABRIELA LENA FRANK: Escaramuza MOZART: Concerto No. 12 in A Major for Piano and Orchestra I. Allegro II. Andante III. Allegretto

INTERMISSION

SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47 I. Moderato II. Allegretto III. Largo IV. Allegro non troppo

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ARTISTS’ PROFILES

Conductor Francesco Lecce-Chong is the Music Director of the Eugene Symphony in Oregon, and the Santa Rosa Symphony, performing at the Green Music Center in Northern California. The press has described him as a “fast rising talent in the music world” with “the real gift” and recognized his dynamic performances, fresh programming, deep commitment to commissioning and performing new music as well as to community outreach.

Mr. Lecce-Chong has appeared with orchestras around the world including the San Francisco Symphony, New York Philharmonic, National Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, Toronto Symphony, St. Louis Symphony, and Hong Kong Philharmonic and collaborated with top soloists including Renée Fleming and Itzhak Perlman.

Following the paths of renowned Music Directors of the Eugene and the Santa Rosa Symphonies including Francesco Lecce-Chong Marin Alsop, Giancarlo Guerrero and Jeffrey Kahane, Mr. Conductor Lecce-Chong has made his mark with the two orchestras introducing a series of new music and community initiatives. In 2019, the orchestras announced Mr. Lecce-Chong’s “First Symphony Project” commissioning four major orchestral works by young composers—Matt Brown, Gabriella Smith, Angélica Negrón and Michael Djupstrom—to be performed over several seasons accompanied by multiple composer residencies and community events. In Eugene, he has reinitiated family concerts and presented a number of innovative projects such as an original multimedia performance of Scriabin’s compositions engaging light and color.

During his successful tenures as Associate Conductor with the Milwaukee Symphony under Edo de Waart and the Pittsburgh Symphony under Manfred Honeck, Mr. Lecce-Chong also dedicated his time to opera, building his credentials as staff conductor with The Santa Fe Opera and conducted Madama Butterfly at the Florentine Opera with the Milwaukee Symphony.

Mr. Lecce-Chong is the recipient of several distinctions, including the prestigious Solti Foundation Award. Trained also as a pianist and composer, he completed his studies at the Curtis Institute of Music with Otto-Werner Mueller after attending the Mannes College of Music and Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Italy. He has had the privilege of being mentored and supported by celebrated conductors including Bernard Haitink, David Zinman, Edo de Waart, Manfred Honeck, Donald Runnicles and Michael Tilson Thomas.

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Louis Schwizgebel has been described as “a genuine virtuoso, a spirited young genius with real depth” (Fono Forum) and an “insightful musician” (New York Times). He is praised repeatedly for his poise, elegance, imagination, expressive lyricism and crystalline articulation. He performs regularly in recital and with the finest orchestras across the globe and has received critical acclaim for his recordings.

Schwizgebel’s 2019–20 season included debuts with the Bavarian Radio Symphony, Frankfurt Radio Symphony and Bern Symphony orchestras in Europe, with Cincinnati Symphony, Omaha Symphony and Louisiana Philharmonic orchestras in the US and further afield with the Tasmanian Symphony and Auckland Philharmonia Orchestras.

Louis Schwizgebel Piano

In recent seasons, highlights have included performances with the Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestre Orchestre National de France, National du Capitole de Toulouse, Danish National Symphony, Oslo Philharmonic, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, City of Birmingham Symphony, Vienna Symphony, Utah Symphony, Nagoya and Shanghai Philharmonic orchestras.

Conductors he has worked with include Gardner, Gražynite-Tyla, Krivine, Collon, Thierry Fischer, Dutoit, Luisi, Shani, Ticciati, Langrée, John Wilson, Gaffigan, Rouvali and Gabel amongst others.

Schwizgebel was born in 1987 in Geneva. He studied with Brigitte Meyer in Lausanne and Pascal Devoyon in Berlin, and then later at the Juilliard School with Emanuel Ax and Robert McDonald, and at London’s Royal Academy of Music with Pascal Nemirovski. At the age of seventeen he won the Geneva International Music Competition and, two years later, the Young Concert Artists International Auditions in New York. In 2012 he won second prize at the Leeds International Piano Competition and in 2013 he became a BBC New Generation Artist.

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FAMILY SERIES

SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE CASE OF THE MISSING MAESTRO APRIL 19, 2022 / 7:30 PM THE NOORDA CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

CONNER GRAY COVINGTON, conductor

ROSSINI: Overture to La gazza ladra SUPPÉ: Light Cavalry Overture MENDELSSOHN: Scherzo from A Midsummer Night’s Dream GOUNOD: Funeral March of a Marionette TCHAIKOVSKY: Serenade for Strings, Op. 48 II. Waltz SAINT-SAËNS: Fossils from Carnival of the Animals PONCHIELLI: Dance of the Hours from La Gioconda Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Missing Maestro © 2020 Enrico Lopez-Yañez Produced by Symphonica Productions, LLC See the Utah Symphony APP for updated program notes.

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STRAUSS, JR.: Thunder and Lightning Polka BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92 IV. Allegro con brio

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ARTIST’S PROFILE Conner Gray Covington recently completed his fourth season as Associate Conductor with the Utah Symphony, where he also served as the Principal Conductor of the Deer Valley® Music Festival, the summer home of the Utah Symphony. During the 2019–20 season, Covington conducted two subscription programs with the Utah Symphony and made his subscription debut by stepping in on short notice for a program of Andrew Norman and Gershwin. During his tenure in Utah, Covington conducted more than 250 performances of classical, education, film, pops, and family concerts as well as tours throughout the state. Previously, he was a Conducting Fellow at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia where he worked closely with the Curtis Symphony Orchestra, with whom he made his Carnegie Hall debut in 2016, and the Curtis Opera Theater while also being mentored by Philadelphia Orchestra Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin. He began his career as Assistant Conductor of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra and Music Director of the Memphis Youth Symphony Program. A four-time Conner Gray Covington recipient of a Career Assistance Award from the Solti Foundation Conductor U.S., Covington was a featured conductor in the 2016 Bruno Walter National Conductor Preview presented by the League of American Orchestras.

Highlights of recent seasons include appearances with the symphonies of St. Louis, Utah, Kansas City, Nashville, Virginia, Portland (ME), Monterey (CA), and the Oregon Mozart Players. In the 2020-2021 season, Covington will make debuts with the Reno Chamber Orchestra and the Omaha Symphony. He has served as a cover conductor for the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Pittsburgh Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, Kansas City Symphony, San Diego Symphony, and The Florentine Opera Company (Milwaukee, WI). Covington has also worked with the Tonhalle Orchester Zürich as part of the 6th International David Zinman Conducting Masterclass. In 2014, Covington was selected by members of the Vienna Philharmonic to attend the Salzburg Festival as a recipient of the Ansbacher Fellowship for Young Conductors. In 2012, he competed in the prestigious Malko Conducting Competition in Copenhagen, Denmark, where he conducted the Danish National Symphony for a jury headed by Lorin Maazel and was the youngest participant to advance to the third round. Covington also worked with the New Japan Philharmonic in the 2012 Tokyo International Conducting Competition and advanced to the semi-final round.

In the summers of 2011 and 2012, Covington attended the Aspen Music Festival as a fellowship student in the American Academy of Conducting at Aspen where he worked closely with Robert Spano, Larry Rachleff, and Hugh Wolff as well as other guest conductors throughout the summer.

He has also conducted the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra in a masterclass with Miguel HarthBedoya and for two summers studied at the Pierre Monteux School for Conductors.

Covington grew up in East Tennessee and began playing the violin at age 11. He completed high school at the renowned High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Houston, Texas. He then went on to study violin with Dr. Martha Walvoord and conducting with Dr. Clifton Evans at the University of Texas at Arlington where he graduated summa cum laude with a degree in violin performance. He continued his studies with Neil Varon at the Eastman School of Music where he earned a MM in orchestral conducting and was awarded the Walter Hagen Conducting Prize.

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Utah Symphony | Utah Opera is grateful to our generous donors who, through annual cash gifts and multi-year commitments, help us bring great live music to our community.

Gifts as of July 31, 2021 * in-kind donation

** in-kind & cash donations

† deceased

Alex & Debbie Dunn

Kem & Carolyn Gardner

MILLENNIUM ($250,000+) Anonymous

ENCORE ($100,000 TO $249,999) Anthony & Renee Marlon Elizabeth Solomon

George Speciale Jacquelyn Wentz

Edward & Marelynn† Zipser

BRAVO ($50,000 TO $99,999) Judy Brady & Drew W. Browning Diane & Hal Brierley

John & Flora D’Arcy Harris H. & Amanda Simmons

Norman C.† & Barbara L.† Tanner Second Charitable Trust Wheatley Family Charitable Fund

OVERTURE ($25,000 TO $49,999) Scott & Kathie Amann Doyle Arnold & Anne Glarner Intuitive Funding John & Carol Firmage Kristen Fletcher & Dan McPhun Brian & Detgen Greeff

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Mark & Dianne Prothro Alice & Frank Puleo Jonathan & Anne Symonds Naoma Tate & the Family of Hal Tate Jim & Zibby Tozer John & Jean Yablonski

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Dr. Dinesh & Kalpana Patel Frank R. Pignanelli & D’Arcy Dixon Brooks & Lenna Quinn Dr. & Mrs.† Marvin L. Rallison James & Gail Riepe Dewelynn & J. Ryan† Selberg Mary & Doug Sinclair Spitzberg-Rothman Foundation Christine St. Andre & Cliff Hardesty Glen Traylor Dr. Albert & Yvette Ungricht The V. Foundation, Inc. Howard & Barbara Wallack Brad E. & Linda P. Walton Susan Warshaw Douglas & Rebecca Wood The Christian V. and Lisa D. Young Family Foundation

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Thomas D. Dee III & Dr. Candace Dee Elizabeth deForest Dr. Kent C. DiFiore & Dr. Martha R. Humphrey Margarita Donnelly Bonnie Donohue Carol & Greg Easton Carolyn Enenstein Muffy Ferro Blake & Linda Fisher Adele & James Forman Joann Geer David & Lisa Genecov Andrea Golding Kenneth & Amy Goodman Geraldine Hanni Dr. Bradford D. Hare & Dr. Akiko Okifuji Mary Haskins

Jeff & Peggy Hatch Marian & Matt Hicks Matthew Higgins Dixie S. & Robert P. Huefner Michael Huerta & Ann Sowder Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Huffman Annette & Joseph Jarvis Diane Jenkins Maxine & Bruce Johnson Neone F. Jones Family Dr. & Mrs. Michael A. Kalm Dr. James & Carolyn Katsikas Rick & Paulette Katzenbach Marguerite Kaupp Michael Kennedy Susan Keyes & Jim Sulat Jeanne Kimball Spencer & Christy Knight

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David Mortensen & RoseMarie Brittner Mahyera Glenn & Dav Mosby Michael & Katie Mueller Marie Nelson Bennett Thomas & Barbara O’Byrne Ruth & William Ohlsen Dr. S. Keith & Barbara Petersen W.E. & Harriet R. Rasmussen Kenneth Roach & Cindy Powell Mr. & Mrs. Robert Rollo Rebecca Roof & Gary Smith Mark & Loulu Saltzman Margaret P. Sargent Dru Schmitt Shirley & Eric Schoenholz William G. Schwartz & Jo Ann Givan

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Jennifer Beckham Karen Bennett Francine R. Bennion Richard & Suzanne Burbidge Michael S. Butler Michael Carnes Po & Beatrice Chang & Family Michael & Beth Chardack Jay D. & Patricia Clark Jeremiah Clawson James & Elizabeth Cobb Kenneth Colen Dr. & Mrs. David Coppin David & Carol Coulter Dorothy B. Cromer James Dashner

Michael and Sheila Deputy Paul Dorgan Alice Edvalson Eric & Shellie Eide Eugene & Charlotte England William Fickling Thomas Fuller Heidi Gardner Mr. & Mrs. Eric Garen** Traci & Scott Garmon Dave Garside Bob & Mary Gilchrist Ralph & Rose Gochnour John & Ilauna Gurr Emily & Chauncey Hall Dr. Elizabeth Hammond

FRIEND ($1,000 TO $2,499) Anonymous [6] Alan, Carol, & Annie Agle Ryan Aller & Natasja Keys Christine A. Allred Robert & Cherry Anderson Drs. Crystal & Dustin Armstrong Curtis Atkisson, Jr. Mr. Dennis D. Austin & Dr. Ann Berghout-Austin Fred & Linda Babcock David Bailey Marlene Barnett Tom & Carolee Baron Tina and John Barry Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence R. Barusch David Bateman

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FRIEND ($1,000 TO $2,499) CONTINUED Kenneth & Kate Handley Scott W. Hansen Jonathan Hart Lex Hemphill & Nancy Melich Richard & Ruth Ann Hills Thomas Hogan Connie C. Holbrook Caroline & David Hundley Stephen Tanner Irish Gordon Irving Eldon Jenkins & Amy Calara Nick Johnson Bryce & Karen† Johnson Chester & Marilyn Johnson Jill Johnson James R. Jones & Family Catherine Kanter Randy King Carl & Gillean Kjeldsberg Mr. & Mrs. Bruce M. Lake Jeffrey LaMora Tim & Angela Laros Larry Gerlach Susan Loffler Heidi & Edward D. Makowski Neylan McBaine & Elliot Smith Aragon McCarthey Charitable Trust

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ENDOWMENT DONORS TO UTAH SYMPHONY | UTAH OPERA ENDOWMENT Utah Symphony | Utah Opera is grateful to those donors who have made commitments to our Endowment Fund. The Endowment Fund is a vital resource that helps the long-term well-being & stability of USUO, & through its annual earnings, supports our Annual Fund.

For further information, please contact 801-869-9015.

Anonymous Edward R. Ashwood & Candice A. Johnson Gael Benson Estate of Alexander Bodi The Elizabeth Brown Dee Fund for Music in the Schools Lawrence T. & Janet T. Dee Foundation Thomas D. Dee III & Dr. Candace Dee Hearst Foundation Roger & Susan Horn

The Right Reverend Carolyn Tanner Irish† and Mr. Frederick Quinn Loretta M. Kearns Vicki McGregor Edward Moreton Estate of Pauline C. Pace Perkins-Prothro Foundation Kenneth† & Jerrie Randall The Evelyn Rosenblatt Young Artist Award Bill & Joanne Shiebler

Steven P. Sondrop Family Trust James R. & Susan Swartz Norman C. and Barbara L. Tanner Charitable Trust O.C. Tanner Company Frederic and Marilyn Wagner M. Walker & Sue Wallace Jack & Mary Lois Wheatley Family Trust Edward & Marelynn† Zipser

GIFTS MADE IN HONOR Frances Darger

Anne & Ashby Decker

GIFTS MADE IN MEMORY Jay Ball Donald A. Basinger Jan Bennett Robert H. Burgoyne, M.D. Adrienne Coombs

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INSTITUTIONAL DONORS We thank our generous donors for their annual support of Utah Symphony | Utah Opera. * in-kind donation

** in-kind & cash donation

$100,000 OR MORE Alternative Visions Fund The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Foundation George S. & Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation Crocker Catalyst Foundation Lawrence T. & Janet T. Dee Foundation Marriner S. Eccles Foundation The Florence J. Gillmor Foundation

Emma Eccles Jones Foundation Love Communications** The Tony & Renee Marlon Charitable Foundation O.C. Tanner Company Salt Lake Redevelopment Agency Salt Lake County Salt Lake County Zoo, Arts, and Parks Shiebler Family Foundation

Sorenson Legacy Foundation Summit County Restaurant Tax / RAP Tax Utah Department of Cultural and Community Engagement Utah State Division of Arts & Museums/ National Endowment for the Arts Utah State Legislature / Utah State Board of Education Zions Bank

Frederick Q. Lawson Foundation Janet Q. Lawson Foundation League of American Orchestras’ Futures Fund

John & Marcia Price Foundation Harris H. and Amanda P. Simmons Foundation

The John C. Kish Foundation Moreton Family Foundation Charles Maxfield & Gloria F. Parrish Foundation Perkins-Prothro Foundation Promontory Foundation S.J. & Jessie E. Quinney Foundation Theodore and Elizabeth Schmidt Family Foundation JoAnne L. Shrontz Family Foundation

Simmons Family Foundation James & Kathleen Sorenson Legacy Foundation Struck* Summit Sotheby’s Nora Eccles Treadwell Foundation Utah Education Network Utah Office of Tourism

$50,000 TO $99,999 Anonymous Dominion Energy The Grand America Hotel & Little America Hotel* Hearst Foundation

$25,000 TO $49,999 Arnold Machinery Brent & Bonnie Jean Beesley Foundation BMW of Murray/ BMW of Pleasant Grove Cache Valley Electric Carol Franc Buck Foundation C. Comstock Clayton Foundation Deer Valley Resort The Kahlert Foundation McCarthey Family Foundation UTAHSYMPHONY.ORG

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INSTITUTIONAL DONORS $10,000 TO $24,999 HJ & BR Barlow Foundation B.W. Bastian Foundation R. Harold Burton Foundation Marie Eccles Caine FoundationRussell Family Caffè Molise* Cultural Vision Fund Daynes Music Company*

Discover Governor’s Office of Economic Development Greenberg Traurig Richard K. & Shirley S. Hemingway Foundation Kulynych Family Foundation II, Inc. Park City Chamber/Bureau Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah

The Joseph & Evelyn Rosenblatt Charitable Fund Salt Lake City Arts Council St. Regis / Deer Crest Club** The Clark L. Tanner Foundation W. Mack and Julia S. Watkins Foundation WCF Insurance

The Dallas Foundation David Dee Fine Arts Spencer F. & Cleone P. Eccles Family Foundation Henry W. & Leslie M. Eskuche Charitable Foundation The Fang Family Foundation Goldman Sachs & Co. Grandeur Peak Global Advisors The Val A. Green & Edith D. Green Foundation Holland & Hart Hotel Park City / Ruth’s Chris Restaurant Hyatt Centric Park City**

Onstage Ogden City of Orem CARE Tax Ray, Quinney & Nebeker Foundation Raymond James & Associates Rocky Mountain Power Foundation Snell & Wilmer Snow, Christensen & Martineau Foundation Sidney Stern Memorial Trust U.S. Bank Foundation Utah Autism Foundation Utah Symphony Guild Y2 Analytics*

$1,000 TO $9,999 Anonymous [2] Alta Bank Bertin Family Foundation Berkshire Hathaway Home Services Berenice J. Bradshaw Trust Rodney H. & Carolyn Hansen Brady Charitable Foundation CBRE Castle Foundation Chinese Railroad Workers Descendants Association The Christian V and Lisa D Young Family Foundation City Creek Center Corning Incorporated Foundation

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SYMPHONY ARTISTIC Thierry Fischer Symphony Music Director

Anthony Tolokan

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Ellesse Hargreaves

Stewardship & Event Coordinator

OPERA ARTISTIC Christopher McBeth Opera Artistic Director

Carol Anderson Principal Coach

Michelle Peterson

Director of Production

Michaella Calzaretta

Vice President of Symphony Artistic Planning

Opera Chorus Master

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OPERA TECHNICAL Ben Ramos

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Kelly Nickle

Walt Zeschin

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Challenger School offers uniquely fun and academic classes for preschool to eighth grade students. Our students learn to think for themselves and to value independence.

Farmington (801) 451-6565 1089 Shepard Creek Parkway

Sandy (801) 572-1910 10685 South 1000 East

Holladay (801) 278-4797 4555 South 2300 East

Lehi (801) 407-8777 3920 N. Traverse Mountain Blvd.

Salt Lake (801) 487-4402 1325 South Main Street

West Jordan (801) 565-1058 2247 West 8660 South

An independent private school offering preschool through eighth grade © 2021, Challenger Schools Challenger School admits students of any race, color, and national or ethnic origin.

151 East State Street • Lehi, Utah 84043 • 801-766-6448 1660 North State Street • Orem, Utah 84057 • 801-225-2555 www.osmonddesigns.com