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Contents
January & February 2017 Performances Purchase tickets at utahsymphony.org or call 801-533-6683
6 Welcome
JANUARY 6–7 | 7:30 PM
8 Utah Symphony
TCHAIKOVSKY’S VIOLIN CONCERTO
10 Board of Trustees 15 Music Director 16 Ghost Light
JANUARY 13 | 10 AM
17 Access to Music 18 Support USUO
JANUARY 13–14 | 7:30 PM
19 Legacy Giving
TRISTAN AND ISOLDE
20 Tanner & Crescendo Societies 22 Composing History 25 Who we Are
JANUARY 18 | 7:30 PM
29 Tagged & Hashtagged!
SERENADE FOR STRINGS
30 Season Sponsors 31–38 Today’s Concert(s) FEBRUARY 3–4 | 7:30 PM
BRAHMS’ SYMPHONY NO. 2
41 Season Honorees 44 Corporate & Foundation Donors 46 Individual Donors 50 Utah Symphony Guild 54 Administration
FEBRUARY 10–11 | 7:30 PM
59 House Rules
JERRY HERMAN: THE BROADWAY LEGACY CONCERT
60 A Post-Concert Talkback… 63 Education 64 Acknowledgments
FEBRUARY 17–18 | 7:30 PM
MOZART’S REQUIEM
Program notes and artist bios for upcoming and past performances are available on utahsymphony.org.
FEBRUARY 24–25 | 7:30 PM
BRAHMS’ SYMPHONY NO. 4
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Welcome
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Did you know that, in addition to the more than 100 subscription concerts and operas at our home venues every year, we perform a combined total of 240 symphony education concerts and in-school opera presentations? And that nearly one-third of our total audience is comprised of students? Utahns have long recognized that a person’s quality of life rests, in part, on the community’s commitment to the arts to inspire the human spirit and motivate the betterment of mankind. Utah Symphony | Utah Opera reflects this value through a deep commitment to education and strives to impact every urban and rural community in the state with our education and outreach programs. Our annual Fifth-Grade Concerts represent a great example of this commitment. In the months of February and March, nearly 20,000 fifth-grade students will attend special concerts in Abravanel Hall. The concerts embody themes that relate to other fifth-grade curriculum concepts, and teachers receive classroom materials as well as personal visits from volunteer docents to help prepare students. These concerts are just a few of the many programs we offer to every public school in the state of Utah over a three- to five-year cycle. Our efforts
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are focused primarily towards underserved districts and are available free of charge to supplement the core music curriculum for Utah students. Last year, we served over 143,000 students with our symphony and opera education programs. Much credit goes to the Utah State Legislature, which values these programs and provides over one-third of the support towards their cost. The remainder of that credit goes to our many individual donors, corporate sponsors and foundation sponsors who cumulatively match the state’s support. Thank you for your support and advocacy of Utah Symphony | Utah Opera, and please thank your legislators for their support. It is through your involvement that we are able to connect the community through great live music! Sincerely, Paul Meecham President & CEO
Thierry Fischer Symphony Music Director
David Petersen Chair, Board of Trustees
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Elizabeth Beilman Julie Edwards Joel Gibbs Carl Johansen Scott Lewis Christopher McKellar Whittney Thomas CELLO* Rainer Eudeikis Principal The J. Ryan Selberg Memorial Chair Matthew Johnson Associate Principal John Eckstein Walter Haman Andrew Larson Anne Lee Louis-Philippe Robillard Kevin Shumway Pegsoon Whang BASS* David Yavornitzky Principal
ENGLISH HORN Lissa Stolz
BASS TROMBONE Graeme Mutchler
CLARINET Tad Calcara Principal The Norman C. & Barbara Lindquist Tanner Chair, in memory of Jean Lindquist Pell
TUBA Gary Ofenloch Principal
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HARP Louise Vickerman Principal FLUTE Mercedes Smith Principal The Val A. Browning Chair Lisa Byrnes Associate Principal Caitlyn Valovick Moore PICCOLO Caitlyn Valovick Moore OBOE Robert Stephenson Principal The Gerald B. & Barbara F. Stringfellow Chair James Hall Associate Principal
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HORN Edmund Rollett Acting Principal Alexander Love†† Acting Associate Principal Llewellyn B. Humphreys Brian Blanchard Stephen Proser TRUMPET Travis Peterson Principal
TIMPANI George Brown Principal
PERCUSSION Keith Carrick Principal Eric Hopkins Michael Pape KEYBOARD Jason Hardink Principal LIBRARIANS Clovis Lark Principal Maureen Conroy ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL Nathan Lutz Interim Director of Orchestra Personnel STAGE MANAGEMENT Chip Dance Production & Stage Manager • First Violin •• Second Violin * String Seating Rotates † Leave of Absence # Sabbatical †† Substitute Member
Jeff Luke Associate Principal Peter Margulies Nick Norton TROMBONE Mark Davidson Principal Sam Elliot†† Acting Associate Principal
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ELECTED BOARD David A. Petersen* Chair
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HONORARY BOARD Rodney H. Brady Ariel Bybee Kathryn Carter R. Don Cash Bruce L. Christensen Raymond J. Dardano Geralyn Dreyfous Lisa Eccles
Spencer F. Eccles The Right Reverend Carolyn Tanner Irish Dr. Anthony W. Middleton, Jr. Edward Moreton Marilyn H. Neilson O. Don Ostler Stanley B. Parrish
Marcia Price David E. Salisbury Jeffrey W. Shields, Esq. Diana Ellis Smith Ardean Watts
NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL Joanne F. Shiebler Chair (Utah)
Susan H. Carlyle (Texas)
Harold W. Milner (Nevada)
David L. Brown (S. California)
Robert Dibblee (Virginia)
Marcia Price (Utah)
Anthon S. Cannon, Jr. (S. California)
Senator Orrin G. Hatch (Washington, D.C.)
William H. Nelson* Vice Chair Annette W. Jarvis* Secretary John D’Arcy* Treasurer Paul Meecham* President & CEO
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MUSICIAN REPRESENTATIVES
Mark Davidson* Lissa Stolz* EX OFFICIO
Carol Radinger Utah Symphony Guild Paul C. Kunz Ogden Symphony Ballet Association Judith Vander Heide Ogden Opera Guild *Executive Committee Member
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Music Director
Music Director of the Utah Symphony since 2009 and currently extended to 2019, Thierry Fischer has revitalized the orchestra with creative programming, critically acclaimed performances, and new recordings. Highlights of his tenure include a multi-season Haydn symphony cycle; Mahler, Beethoven and Nielsen cycles; and a tour of Utah’s five national parks. In celebration of its 75th anniversary season, the orchestra appeared at Carnegie Hall in April 2016 to critical acclaim and released an album of newly commissioned works by Nico Muhly, Andrew Norman, and Augusta Read Thomas on Reference Recordings. Following a well-reviewed Mahler 1 CD, they recorded Mahler’s 8th Symphony in Utah with the world-renowned Mormon Tabernacle Choir, due for release later this season.
Thierry Fischer Music Director The Maurice Abravanel Chair, endowed by the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation
In September 2016 Fischer was appointed Principal Guest Conductor of the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, starting January 2017 and running concurrently with his Utah position for an initial three years. He will visit Seoul at least four times a season and will play an important role in the artistic planning. In Summer 2016 Fischer toured with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, and debuted at the Mostly Mozart Festival in New York and at the Maggio Musicale Festival in Florence. Guesting in the past couple of years has also included Boston Symphony, Atlanta, Cincinnati and Detroit Symphonies, Oslo Philharmonic, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Salzburg Mozarteumorchester, Munich Chamber, Swedish Chamber and the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, as well as the BBC Symphony at the Barbican and the London Sinfonietta. In Autumn 2016 he conducts the Sao Paulo Philharmonic—his first visit to South America. 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 2001–06. He was Chief Conductor of the Nagoya Philharmonic 2008–11, making his Suntory Hall debut in Tokyo in May 2010, and is now Honorary Guest Conductor.
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Ghost Light
The stage is dark, but the conversation is just beginning. Listen in on conversations related to our performances and performers with the Utah Symphony’s new podcast, The Ghost Light. Each episode is 10–15 minutes long (perfect for a commute!) and focuses on topics related to the orchestra and classical music. The podcast is now 14 episodes in and past episodes have included conversations with Thierry Fischer, Mary Anne Huntsman, Mike Pape, Paul Meecham, and Christopher McBeth. The Utah Symphony’s General Manager and Vice President of Operations, Jeff Counts, hosts each episode. If you were to walk on the stage in Abravanel Hall or Capitol Theater when the venue was closed and no one was there, you wouldn’t be alone in the dark. A ghost light is a single bulb that is left on and placed on the stage after each performance. There are different explanations for ghost lights, which is a tradition in most venues. Some believe it keeps ghosts away from the stage. Others think it appeases the ghosts and keeps them happy. The pragmatic see it as an important safety measure to keep people from falling over things that have been left on stage (or off the stage itself!). In that spirit, each episode includes a bonus feature—a ghost story! You can now subscribe to Ghost Light via iTunes, Stitcher, or SoundCloud or search for “Utah Symphony” in your podcast app. New episodes are released each Monday.
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A Concert for Children with Special Needs and their Families Thursday, January 26, 2017 | 7 PM | Capitol Theater 50 West 200 South Salt Lake City Utah Symphony | Utah Opera offers an annual concert for children with special needs and their families. We present this concert because we know that many families with children with special needs have difficulty attending cultural events together. We feature the Utah Opera Resident Artists with the Utah Symphony on the Capitol Theater Stage this special concert. This concert is FREE but registration is required. Children with special needs of ANY age are welcome to attend. The doors of Capitol Theater will open at 6:30PM, and the concert will begin at 7PM. Seating is general admission. After the concert, please join us for cookies in the lobby. (Unfortunately, we cannot accommodate special allergies) To register visit www.usuo.education.org/specialneeds.
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Support USUO
Utah Symphony Associate Conductor Rei Hotoda and members of the orchestra perform at a high school in Utah County.
Thank you for joining Utah Symphony | Utah Opera for a winter of stunning music. We sincerely appreciate your support as a patron! We ask that you take that support a step further, with a donation to our Annual Fund. In addition to our main-stage performances, our education and outreach programs allow us to connect with over 140,000 children across the state of Utah every single year. We visit each of Utah’s 41 school districts on a three- to five-year rotation. We also perform in the community for a variety of audiences, including those with autism, vision impairment, memory loss, and other special needs. In our 2015–16 season alone, Utah Symphony’s musicians and Utah Opera’s Resident Artists performed in 99 community collaborations. To offer our education and outreach programs free of charge and to keep our tickets affordable, we rely on donations from patrons like you. Please donate today by visiting usuo.org/give or by calling our Development staff at 801-869-9015.
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There are many ways to leave a legacy, and for those who would like their legacy to include a long-term gift to Utah Symphony | Utah Opera, there are many options to consider. From leaving a gift in your will to leaving part or all of your IRA to USUO, your financial advisor or estate planning attorney can help you build a gift that can meet your goals and benefit USUO for years to come. You have the ability to build a musical future for the state of Utah. When you leave a gift to USUO in your estate plans, you are building a proud legacy that will inspire tomorrow’s musicians and music lovers. For over 75 years, USUO has been a leader in music excellence and community education. Your gift will make a difference. To learn more about how your estate planning can benefit both you and USUO, please call Kate Throneburg at 801-869-9028, or visit us online at usuo.giftplans.org.
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“You are the music while the music lasts.” ~T.S. Eliot Utah Symphony | Utah Opera offers sincere thanks to our patrons who have included USUO in their financial and estate planning. Please contact Kate Throneburg at kthroneburg@usuo.org or 801-869-9028 for more information, or visit our website at usuo.giftplans.org.
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Composing History:
Why orchestras commission By Jeff Counts
“The creation of new music is important to the Utah Symphony and we take great pride in the ambitious legacy of ‘living’ art we are building.” These are the words of Music Director Thierry Fischer, spoken last season before the world premiere performance of Switch by Andrew Norman. At the time, Switch was the second of three commissions by American composers planned for performance, live recording and album release as part of the orchestra’s 75th Anniversary celebrations. Big projects such as these are common during celebratory seasons and many orchestras choose landmark anniversary years for expensive but artistically-rewarding work like touring, recording and commissioning. Of those three ideals, the commissioning of a new work, in particular, is the most immediately apt way to commemorate something important and has been for as long as orchestras and art music have existed. Most ensembles, however, have commissioning strategies that go beyond the memorialization of specific dates or events. Regular, active relationships between living composers and orchestras can enrich the culture of a city in many ways, thanks to the immersive process that each new piece demands of its creator. Composers, like embedded reporters, must exist for a time alongside the orchestra that hires them, sometimes quite literally, as they learn its strengths, its trajectory and general artistic personality. If, like in the case of the Jarrell/Leleux commission (February 24–25), a soloist is involved, the role of the composer as a
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translator of multiple perspectives is even more pronounced. Utah Symphony has been exploring this fertile collaborative ground on an annual basis for several years now and, as a result, has curated a fairly comprehensive study of this century’s symphonic voice as it currently stands. Each commissioned composer has interacted with Maestro Thierry Fischer throughout the development of their music and the conversations helped make certain the end result matched the overarching vision of great music played with excellence, regardless of when it was written. The composers don’t likely know that they are part of a grand plan but they don’t need to. Their job is to make something new and thrilling that reflects the aspirations of their benefactor/muse, even though they know full well that fresh ideas have always been potentially frightening for an audience. We must never forget that Beethoven’s 2nd Symphony was likened to a “wounded dragon” that “refuse[d] to die” during its premiere. Thankfully, Maestro Fischer understands that commissions are a critical component of any healthy orchestra’s identity and remains undaunted. “It is not enough simply to interpret history,” he has stated, “we must also help make history.” Jeff Counts is General Manager and Vice President of Operations for Utah Symphony. He hosts a regular podcast called “Ghost Light” and writes regularly for Utah Opera.
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Founded during the Great Depression as a Works Progress Administration orchestra under Roosevelt’s New Deal, the Utah Symphony today is the premier provider of symphonic music in the Intermountain West and one of only 15 year-round professional orchestras in the nation. Recognized as a leading American ensemble largely because of the efforts of Maurice Abravanel (Music Director 1947–1979), the Utah Symphony released over 100 recordings during his tenure, including the first complete recording of all of Gustav Mahler’s symphonies by an American orchestra. Named the orchestra’s seventh music director in 2009, Thierry Fischer renewed the orchestra’s commitment to Abravanel’s legacy of artistic excellence and an active recording schedule, as evidenced by the recent, live recording of Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 “Titan” (2015) and the release of three Utah Symphony commissions by American composers Andrew Norman, Nico Muhly, and Augusta Read Thomas (2016). Building on a history of seven international tours, Maestro Fischer and the Utah Symphony performed the nationally covered Mighty 5® Tour in 2014, visiting all five national parks
in Utah and, in 2016, impressed audiences at New York City’s esteemed Carnegie Hall. Under Maestro Fischer’s inspiring leadership, the Utah Symphony features leading musicians and internationally recognized soloists through refreshed and ambitious programming; as a result, the orchestra is attracting increased audiences and unprecedented community support. In addition to more than 65 subscription concerts in its home venue, Abravanel Hall in Salt Lake City, the Utah Symphony plays for Utah Opera’s four annual productions for 20 opera performances; presents the six-week Deer Valley® Music Festival each summer in Park City, Utah; and performs numerous outreach concerts throughout the state, drawing an audience of over 350,000 each year. The 40+ education outreach programs developed by Utah Symphony | Utah Opera (USUO), the orchestra’s parent organization, reach approximately 140,000 students annually from all Utah school districts in more than 240 educational outreach performances and activities. With its many subscription, education, and outreach concerts and tours, the Utah Symphony is one of the most engaged orchestras in the nation.
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/upcoming concerts Pokémon: Symphonic Evolutions March 4, 2017 / 7:30 PM / ABRAVANEL HALL Jeron Moore, lead creative Chad Seiter, composer
Susie Benchasil Seiter, conductor
Executive Producer: Princeton Entertainment Organization/Ed Kasses.
Brought to life by the Utah Symphony, Pokémon: Symphonic Evolutions gives fans and newcomers of all ages the chance to experience the evolution of the Pokémon franchise like never before. Meet up with friends of all ages to catch, battle and trade Pokémon from your favorite games. Enjoy all-new orchestral arrangements and carefully timed visuals drawn from recent and classic Pokémon video games.
Pink Martini with the Utah Symphony March 21, 2017 / 7:30 PM / ABRAVANEL HALL Pink Martini, guest artist
Spend a colorful and classy evening with Portland’s favorite “little orchestra” as they join the Utah Symphony in Abravanel Hall to perform their cosmopolitan blend of vintage pop, jazz, classical and global styles.
The Mozart Experience WITH Magic Circle Mime Co. March 18, 2017 / 11 AM / ABRAVANEL HALL Magic Circle Mime Company
Experience a one-of-a-kind morning at the symphony, with this double threat of classical entertainment. The performers of the Magic Circle Mime Company join forces with the Utah Symphony to act out the tale of Mozart’s life as it’s relived by a mischievous street performer. It’s a show you have to hear to appreciate and see to believe.
An Evening of Bach March 24 & 25, 2017 / 7:30 PM / ABRAVANEL HALL Richard Egarr, conductor & piano Mercedes Smith, flute Madeline Adkins, violin
J.S. BACH J.S. BACH J.S. BACH J.S. BACH
Orchestral Suite No. 3 Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 Piano Concerto in D Minor Orchestral Suite No. 4
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Pictures at an Exhibition April 7 & 8, 2017 / 7:30 PM / ABRAVANEL HALL Thierry Fischer, conductor
ELGAR ELGAR RAVEL/BOULEZ MUSSORGSKY/ RAVEL
Fumiaki Miura, violin
Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 Violin Concerto Frontispice Pictures at an Exhibition
Bronfman plays Beethoven Piano Concerti 3 & 4 April 14 & 15, 2017 / 7:30 PM / ABRAVANEL HALL Thierry Fischer, conductor
BEETHOVEN BERG BEETHOVEN
Yefim Bronfman, piano
Piano Concerto No. 3 Three Pieces for Orchestra Piano Concerto No. 4
The Spy Who Loved Me April 21 & 22, 2017 / 7:30 PM / ABRAVANEL HALL Randall Craig Fleischer, conductor
Rachel York, vocalist
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Mozart’s Requiem February 1 7–18 / 2017 / 7:30PM / ABRAVANEL HALL THIERRY FISCHER, Conductor BARLOW BRADFORD, Chorus Director JOÉLLE HARVEY, Soprano SARAH COIT, Mezzo-Soprano BENJAMIN BUTTERFIELD, Tenor DERRICK PARKER, Baritone UTAH SYMPHONY CHORUS UNIVERSITY OF UTAH CHAMBER CHOIR
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Requiem, K. 626 I. II. III.
Introitus Kyrie Sequenz Dies irae Tuba mirum Rex tremendae Recordare Confutatis Lacrimosa IV. Offertorium Domine Jesu Hostias V. Sanctus IV. Benedictus VII. Agnus Dei VIII. Communio Lux aetera / INTERMISSION / IVES
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See page 15 for Thierry Fischer’s artist profile.
Joélle Harvey Soprano
Sarah Coit Mezzo-Soprano
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A native of Bolivar, New York, soprano Joélle Harvey has quickly established herself as a noted interpreter of a broad range of repertoire, specializing in Handel, Mozart, and new music. During the summer of 2016, Joélle Harvey returned to the Cleveland Orchestra for a program of Bach and Handel, conducted by Bernard Labadie. Subsequently, she joins the Milwaukee Symphony under Edo de Waart in Le nozze di Figaro, the Los Angeles Philharmonic under John Adams in Nixon in China, The English Concert under Harry Bicket in Ariodante, and returns to the Glyndebourne Festival Opera in La clemenza di Tito, conducted by Music Director Robin Ticciati. In concert, she appeared with the Mostly Mozart Festival for Mozart’s Mass in C Minor and his Requiem, which she also sings for the Kansas City Symphony and Utah Symphony. Additionally, she joins the Cincinnati Symphony for Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis, Handel’s Messiah with the Handel & Haydn Society and National Symphony, the San Francisco Symphony for Mahler’s Das klagende Lied, and the London Symphony Orchestra and Concertgebouw Orchestra for John Adams’ El Niño. She also appears in concert with the LA Chamber Orchestra and the North Carolina Symphony. Ms. Harvey received her Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in vocal performance from CCM. Mezzo-soprano Sarah Coit is a native of Spring Hill, FL and is in her second year as a Utah Opera Resident Artist. Her repertoire includes such roles as Nancy in Albert Herring, Rosina in The Barber of Seville, Shepherd/Cat/Squirrel in L’enfant et les sortilèges, Sister Helen Prejean in Dead Man Walking, the title role in Giulio Cesare, and the Waitress in the world premiere of Michael Ching’s Speed Dating Tonight. Sarah holds degrees in Music Studies and Theatre Performance from the University of South Florida and a Master’s degree from the University of Michigan. She spent the summer of 2015 as a Gerdine Young Artist with Opera Theatre of St. Louis, where she covered Richard in the American premiere of Handel’s Richard the Lionheart. This past summer, she was an Apprentice Singer at The Santa Fe Opera where she covered Erika in Barber’s Vanessa and was 2nd cover of Zerlina in Don Giovanni. This season, Sarah performed in Utah Opera’s Carmen and Man of La Mancha and will sing Zerlina in Don Giovanni. She will return to The Santa Fe Opera as an Apprentice Singer the summer of 2017. MASTERWORKS
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Benjamin Butterfield Tenor
Derrick Parker Baritone
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Benjamin Butterfield has performed with many of the world’s leading conductors including Sir Andrew Davis, James Conlon, Nicholas McGegan, Charles Dutoit, Leonard Slatkin, Bramwell Tovey, Seiji Ozawa, Bernard Labadie, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Trevor Pinnock, Bruno Weil and Marc Minkowski. Butterfield’s 2016–17 season features a dynamic range of repertoire showcasing his versatility with both contemporary and classic works. Recent performances include Carnegie Hall with Orchestra of St. Luke’s (Haydn’s Creation), Lincoln Center with American Classical Orchestra, Haydn Masses with San Diego Symphony and Orchestre Symphonique de Québec, and Britten’s Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, Op. 31 and War Requiem with L’Orchestre Lyrique de Montreal and Victoria Symphony. Associate Professor, head of voice and co-head of performance for the School of Music at the University of Victoria, Butterfield is the 2015 recipient of the UVic. Craigdarroch Award for Excellence in Artistic Expression. He has also served as guest faculty for Opera Nuova, the Amalfi Coast Music Festival in Italy, The Victoria Conservatory Summer Vocal Academy, Vancouver International Song Institute, Yellow Barn, and Opera on the Avalon. Derrick Parker returns to Utah Opera as Raimondo in Lucia di Lammermoor and Utah Symphony for Mozart’s Requiem in the 2016–17 season, following performances of Aïda and L’enfant et les sortilèges with each, respectively, last season. Also in the previous season, he sang in Show Boat with Kentucky Opera and Porgy and Bess with Lyric Opera of Chicago. He recently sang his first performances of Haydn’s Creation with Robert Spano conducting the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Also on the concert stage, he has sung A Child of Our Time with the Utah Symphony conducted by Keith Lockhart, as well as with Santa Rosa Symphony and Santa Cruz Symphony. He has also performed with the Dallas Symphony, National Symphony, Houston Symphony, Pacific Symphony, Evansville Philharmonic, Rochester Philharmonic, Santa Barbara Symphony, Boise Philharmonic, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo, both conducted by Marin Alsop, as well as New Choral Society and the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir.He also returned to the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra for a solo concert program commemorating July Fourth. 33
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Utah Symphony Chorus Director Dr. Barlow Bradford has distinguished himself as a conductor, composer, arranger, pianist, organist, and teacher. As an orchestral and choral conductor, Dr. Barlow co-founded the Utah Chamber Artists in 1991 and has led that organization to international acclaim for its impeccable, nuanced performances and award-winning recordings. Dr. Bradford’s focused, energetic conducting style led to his appointment as Music Director of the Orchestra at Temple Square in Salt Lake City and Associate Director of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Prior to that, he was Director of Orchestras at the University of Utah. His compositions and arrangements have garnered much attention for their innovation and dramatic scope, from delicate, transparent intimacy to epic grandeur. Arrangements by Bradford have been performed and recorded by the Cleveland Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Dallas Symphony, Tucson Symphony Orchestra, New York Choral Artists, Seattle Pacific University, Baylor University, Mormon Tabernacle Choir/Orchestra at Temple Square, Newfoundland Festival 500, and the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus, among others. In addition to his post as Symphony Chorus Director, Dr. Bradford currently serves as the Ellen Nielsen Barnes Presidential Chair of Choral Studies at the University of Utah, where his work with the Chamber Choir led to the Gran Prix in the Florilege International Competition for Choral Singing in 2014 and the European Gran Prix for Choral Singing in 2015. He also continues as Music Director of Utah Chamber Artists.
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Utah Symphony Chorus SOPRANO
Alexia Adair Courtney Bergen Julie Hadlock Sarah Hansen Leslie Jenkins Chelsie Kindred Julie Petersen Melissa Stettler Stephanie Stiles Brandy Stubbs
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Kahli Dalbow Anna Dickison Dacia Gray Becca Hardman April Iund Misti Moberly Rebecca Nelson Sonja Poulter Melissa Swingle Brooke Yadon
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David Hansen Jon Hansen John Hayward David Layton Chad Millar Nathan Moulton Kevin Rowe Cecil Sullivan Connor Thompson Dan White
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John Bergquist Nathan Curtis Zachary Dickison Brett Finlay Ben Lobrot Joel Longhurst James Marshall Hal Mauchley Ryan Oldroyd Austin Thorpe
University of Utah Chamber Choir SOPRANO
Kiersten Erickson Lily Graham Mika Holbrook Jacquelyn Musig Cadie Payne Bethany Pehrson Yesenia Ruelas Julia Thomas Jordyn Updyke
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Emily Bolman Caroline Campbell Kyra Furman Dana Higa Alla Keoppel Emily Larsen Jessica Mella Christina Phillips Talia Stivender
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Alexander Beck Tanner Dehann Mark Hayward Mason McDermaid Garrett Medlock Cory Mendenhall Dayne Romero Kort Zarbock
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Ives Symphony No. 4, Movement 1 chorus text, based on John Bowring’s Poem “Watchman”
Watchman, tell us of the night, What its signs of promise are. Traveler, o’er yon mountain’s height, See that glory beaming star! Watchman, aught of joy or hope? Traveler, Yes; it brings the day, Promised day of Israel. Dost thou see its beauteous ray? Dost thou see? Oh, dost thou see?
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791), completed by Franz Xaver Süssmayr (1766–1803)
Requiem, K. 626 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons; 2 trumpets, 3 trombones; timpani; organ; strings; chorus INSTRUMENTATION:
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BACKGROUND
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It’s probable that no other composer’s life has been mythologized as much as Mozart’s. His early years as a child prodigy; his close relationship with father Leopold, who managed his gifted son’s career as a financial asset; his proclivity for pranks and jokes whose occasional crudeness contradicted the supreme elegance of his music; his incredible productivity, which made him seem like a “divine child” channeling God’s music rather than composing his own; all of these colorful elements are fixed in the public imagination as aspects of Mozart’s biography. And they are all based in fact, though perhaps a bit exaggerated. But the most colorful bit of Mozartian lore is more recent, and seems like an idea from a horror story: his mysterious commission for a requiem mass, bestowed by a mysterious stranger 36
for an indeterminate fee to memorialize a nameless friend. Receiving this commission, did Mozart somehow know that he was in the final year of his life, and would become deathly ill during its composition? In the play and movie Amadeus, Peter Shaffer— the British playwright who died in 2016 at age 90—gave us the indelible image of a shadowy, cloaked figure coming to Mozart’s door with this fearful assignment, forcing us to identify Mozart’s patron as Death itself. Vivid drama, yes, but did Mozart make the same connection? It’s entirely possible. We do know that Mozart, despite his outward playfulness, was seriously religious and had wanted to compose a solemn religious work for years. Dying in one’s thirties was not so unusual in the 18th century, so mortality could well have been on his mind in 1791 (in fact, his student Franz Süssmayr, who was entrusted to complete the Requiem, died at age 37). Accounts by Mozart’s contemporaries suggest that he had come to associate the Requiem with his own death. And, astonishingly, the actual circumstances of the Requiem’s commission were probably as mysterious as Shaffer’s dramatization. WHAT TO LISTEN FOR
Writing tips about listening to Mozart’s music can seem like an act of criminal presumption. Is it really possible for a commentator to do better than “sit down, pay attention and enjoy what you hear”? A comment from the great Maria Callas (on acting) applies: “Listen, listen, listen. The music will tell you what to do.” We know that the sublime melodies will pull us along, reaching into our hearts and inspiring deep feelings.
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Commentators tend to frame composers’ approaches to setting the Requiem Mass in two categories: those focusing on judgment and the righteous fear of God, and those offering comfort and meaning in the face of death—our own and others’. In listening to Mozart’s requiem, we hear a “third path” that seems closer to the message of English writer John Bunyan’s 1678 Christian allegory, The Pilgrim’s Progress: that each individual’s life is a journey from earth to heaven. In the Requiem, Mozart parallels this story by using music to bear the listener’s soul up to God. To this listener, it is through the harmonies, with their miraculous progressions that this musical enactment takes place. We can’t anticipate them, yet once we’ve heard them, they sound inevitable.
But the Requiem gives us a hint as soon as the music begins. In its first eight bars alone, we hear one of the most majestic and mysterious chordal journeys in all of music. Music critics tell us that if all of his other music had disappeared, the first eight bars of Mozart’s Requiem would be enough to assure his place as one of the greatest composers who ever lived.
It’s not a stretch to say this use of harmony anticipates Richard Wagner, who relied on innovative harmony more than traditional melody to accomplish similar miracles in his later operas. Wagner thought of himself as Beethoven’s heir rather than Mozart’s, but toward the end of his life, Mozart’s harmonic innovations grew increasingly daring. Some analysts have said his explorations, had he lived longer, would inevitably have led to experiments with atonality. The famous anecdote about Beethoven listening to Mozart perform his Piano Concerto No. 24 and lamenting to his publisher, “Oh, my dear Cramer, we shall never get any idea like this!” was prompted by harmonic wizardry. The Harvard psychologist Howard Gardner points to the shocking, explosive chords in the Jupiter Symphony, composed three years before the Requiem. Since Mozart’s productivity and inspiration only accelerated as he got older, says Gardner, there is no telling where they might have led.
Charles Ives (1874–1954)
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Symphony No. 4 INSTRUMENTATION: 3 flutes, piccolo, 2 oboes, 3 clarinets, saxophone doubling tenor saxophone and baritone saxophone, 2 bassoons; 4 horns, 6 trumpets, 4 trombones, tuba; celesta, piano, piano 4-hands, quarter-tone piano, ether organ, organ; harp; strings; percussion; chorus PERFORMANCE TIME: 31
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In addition to being his last numbered symphony, No. 4 is, like many of Ives’ compositions, a highly philosophical work that belongs with Beethoven’s Ninth and the symphonies of Mahler in the monumentality of its themes. Though he was born less than a decade after the end of the Civil War, Ives survived into the atomic age, and his art embodies a world-view that is distinctively 37
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modern—a view that seems, if anything, even more relevant now than when this symphony was written, almost a century ago. Ives is thought to have begun composing this symphony in 1910, when he was in his mid-thirties and well established in his insurance career, having turned his back on the professional world of classical music, which he found so commercialized that it stifled the experimentation he found essential. He continued work on the symphony into the 1920s; the second movement, tagged “Comedy,” is thought to date from 1924. Excerpts of the symphony were performed in New York as early as 1927, but the first full performance of the Symphony No. 4 did not occur until 1965, with Leopold Stokowski leading the American Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall. WHAT TO LISTEN FOR
Listening to Ives’ music is not for the faint of heart—especially this symphony, which is so complex and ambitious that it usually requires two conductors to coordinate the proceedings. Ives himself was often quoted as having no interest in “nice” music for “old ladies of both sexes.” This is where Michael Tilson Thomas’ phrase “all of this” is so well-chosen: we hear lots of things happening at once. On the other hand, the elements that make this music complex and challenging have become commonplaces of modern life: simultaneous messages competing for our attention… conflicting rhythms that overlap in unexpected ways…snippets of melodies like rappers’
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samples that may or may not be what we thought they were. A description by Michael Tilson Thomas demonstrates by example: In the first movement, just after the main theme is introduced, you have a group Ives called the ‘Star of Bethlehem.’…And this is a group of musicians, violins and harps who are meant to play someplace suspended above the stage. They play the first hymn tune in the piece, “Nearer, My God, to Thee,” which is, as you probably know, the hymn tune that the musicians on the Titanic were playing when they went down. A hymn of great significance because of its words: “Nearer my God to Thee, nearer, nearer to Thee, still all my soul shall be, nearer to my God to Thee.” It’s almost a mantra-like repetition of the Transcendentalist’s ideal, to be nearer, to be at one with God… As listeners, how do we cope with such superabundance? By opening ourselves to the experience, with all its chaos and contradictions, Ives forces us to reconsider all the myriad sensory conflicts of a walk down Broadway as a work of great art. Can any work of art accomplish more than to make us reflect on how we experience life, and what it all means? According to Bernard Herrmann, the Academy Award-winning composer who gave us soundtracks for movies such as Psycho and Citizen Kane, this is “one of the greatest symphonies ever penned. It is the great American symphony that our critics and conductors have cried out for.”
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SYMPHONY ARTISTIC Thierry Fischer Symphony Music Director Anthony Tolokan Vice President of Symphony Artistic Planning Rei Hotoda Associate Conductor Barlow Bradford Symphony Chorus Director Nathan Lutz Interim Director of Orchestra Personnel Lance Jensen Executive Assistant to the Music Director and Symphony Chorus Manager
MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS Jon Miles Vice President of Marketing & Public Relations RenĂŠe Huang Director of Public Relations Chad Call Marketing Manager Mike Call Website Manager Ginamarie Marsala Marketing Communications Manager Aaron Sain Graphic Design & Branding Manager
SYMPHONY OPERATIONS Jeff Counts Vice President of Operations & General Manager Cassandra Dozet Director of Operations Chip Dance Production & Stage Manager Melissa Robison Program Publication & Front of House Manager Erin Lunsford Artist Logistics Coordinator 0PERA ARTISTIC Christopher McBeth Opera Artistic Director Michael Spassov Opera Chorus Master Carol Anderson Principal Coach Michelle Peterson Opera Company Manager Mandi Titcomb Opera Production Coordinator DEVELOPMENT Leslie Peterson Vice President of Development Hillary Hahn Senior Director of Institutional Gifts Natalie Cope Director of Special Events & DVMF Community Relations
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Assistive Listening Devices are available free of charge at each performance on a first-come, first-served basis at Abravanel Hall. Ask at the Coat Check for details.
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WHEELCHAIR SEATING Ample wheelchair seating is available. Please inform our ticket office representative when making your reservation that you require wheelchair space. Arrive 30 minutes before curtain time to obtain curbside assistance from the House Manager.
LATECOMERS In consideration of patrons already seated in the hall, reserved seating will be held until curtain, after which alternate seating will be used. During some productions late seating may not occur until an intermission after which time you may be seated by an usher in an alternate section. When traveling to performances, please allow ample time for traffic delays, road construction, and parking.
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A Post-Concert Talkback in Your Own Living Room
We hope you take this performance home with you. If not in the shape of something from the Utah Symphony Guild Gift Shop, then in continued conversation with your friends, family and those who had this experience with you. Continue your pleasure for hours—even days—by exchanging ideas about it. Here are some topics we can suggest: •
Jan 6–7 | When Tchaikovsky first wrote his Violin Concerto the critics hated it and now it is a cherished piece among audiences. What are some pieces of music that critics, or even you, hate today that you think could flip to the audience’s favor in the future.
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Jan 13–14 | Tristan und Isolde is a famous love story that has been made come alive in almost every art form. Brainstorm to see where you have seen it last and what your favorite re-telling has been.
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Feb 3–4 | An isolated figure, working under one of the 20th century’s most terrifying dictatorships, Dmitri Shostakovich’s music is emotional, controversial, misunderstood— and a guaranteed hall-filler. So why are we obsessed with Shostakovich?
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Feb 17–18 | Which movement of Mozart’s Requiem moved you the most and why? What musical part would you want to perform in this piece?
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Feb 10–11 | Tonight we celebrated the music of Jerry Herman. What are your favorite Broadway musicals and if you were cast in one, who would you want to be cast as and why?
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Feb 24–25 | Compared to most of the pieces we perform, the composer of Aquateinte, Michael Jarrell, is still composing today. Have you ever thought about writing a piece of music and if so what kind of music would it be? What instruments would it highlight?
Visit “The Musicians Lounge” to read more behind the scenes interviews with our artists and musicians. www.utahsymphony.org/blog/
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WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER ABOUT 5TH GRADE?
If you grew up along the Wasatch Front, your memories might include a field trip to Abravanel Hall to hear the Utah Symphony. The tradition continues. Each year most of the 5th graders in Canyons, Davis, Granite, Jordan, Murray, Salt Lake and Tooele school districts ride their yellow school buses to hear the talented, professional musicians of our orchestra perform in the acoustical splendor of Abravanel Hall. Before students come to the concert, their teachers receive materials about the concert and a trained Utah Symphony Docent visits their school to help prepare them for the concert. Slides are projected above the orchestra before and during the concert to entertain and help keep the learning lively.
In 2015–16, 18,899 STUDENTS and 814 TEACHERS from 218 SCHOOLS attended our 5th Grade Concerts.
for the 2016–17 concerts, Utah Symphony Associate Conductor Rei Hotoda has chosen the title All in the Family for the concert. Students will be introduced to the instrumental families of the orchestra piece by piece, and then enjoy an exciting finale with the full orchestra playing. We look forward to this annual chance to share great repertoire played by our dedicated musicians. This year’s 5th Grade Concerts take place between February 7 and March 1, 2017.
PLEASE SUPPORT OUR EDUCATION & COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAMS. By donating you help provide arts events for students, aid classroom teachers, invest in the future citizens of Utah, and support your Utah Symphony and Utah Opera. Donate today! Contact our Development Department at (801) 869-9015.
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High School Senior Scholarship Competition 1.18.17 // 6:30–10:00p Dumke Recital Hall University of Utah
Tia Jaynes in Recital
Utah Flute Association Annual Flute Festival & Sonata Competition 2.25.17 // 9:00a–4:00p Westminster College
Denis Bouriakov in Recital
Flute Instructor, Salt Lake Community College 1.20.17 // 7:30p Dumke Recital Hall University of Utah
Principal Flute, Los Angeles Philharmonic 3.20.17 // 7:30p Vieve Gore Recital Hall Westminster College
Tia Jaynes Masterclass
Denis Bouriakov Masterclass
1.21.17 // 9:00a–12:00p Dumke Recital Hall University of Utah
Nicolas Duchamp in Recital Gaubert expert, International Performer & Teacher 2.24.17 // 7:30p Vieve Gore Recital Hall Westminster College
3.21.17 // 5:30–8:00p Dumke Recital Hall University of Utah
Sonata Competition Winners Recital 4.21.17 // 7:30p Dumke Recital Hall University of Utah
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Get exclusive access to concerts and masterclasses with prominent national and local flutists, competitions and workshops at the student and professional levels, and networking opportunities. The Utah Flute Association is a non-profit organization created to foster great flute music in the Utah community and beyond.
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2016/17 CULTURAL FESTIVAL
ARTS IN SERVICE TO THE MILITARY
Our 2016–17 cultural festival shines a spotlight on veterans and current military, focusing on ways our arts community can appreciate and support them. As part of this festival, many local arts organizations will present events on military themes and will also provide access for active and separated military personnel to a variety of arts performances. We will also draw attention to veterans’ active art-making as a means of self-expression. FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:
The Western US Premiere of The Long Walk by Utah Opera Guest writer events with Brian Castner, author of the memoir The Long Walk Performances and events based on military experiences, produced by Salt Lake Acting Company, Art Access, Ballet West, U of U Creative Writing, and more Annual Veterans Creative Arts Festival at the VA SLC Medical Center Free/discounted tickets to performances and other events for veterans and current military FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT
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