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Contents
March & April 2017 Performances
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6 Welcome
MARCH 4 | 7:30 PM
8 Utah Symphony
POKEMON SYMPHONIC EVOLUTIONS
10 Board of Trustees 15 Music Director 16 On the Brandenburg Concerto 18 Support USUO
MARCH 21 | 7:30 PM
20 Pre-concert Rituals
PINK MARTINI
22 A Look Ahead 26 A Post-Concert Talkback 29 Who We Are 30 Upcoming Concerts
MARCH 24–25 | 7:30 PM
33 Tagged & Hashtagged!
AN EVENING OF BACH
34 Season Sponsors 35–42 Today’s Concert(s) APRIL 7–8 | 7:30 PM
PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION
45 Legacy Giving 46 Tanner & Crescendo Societies 49 Season Honorees 54 Corporate & Foundation Donors 54 Individual Donors
APRIL 14–15 | 7:30 PM
58 Utah Symphony Guild
BRONFMAN PLAYS BEETHOVEN CONCERTO NOS. 3 & 4
62 Administration 67 House Rules 71 Education 72 Acknowledgments
APRIL 21–22 | 7:30 PM
74 Arts in Service to the Military
THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
Program notes and artist bios for upcoming and past performances are available on utahsymphony.org.
APRIL 28–29 | 7:30 PM
BARBER’S VIOLIN CONCERTO
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Welcome
Photo Credit: Brandon Flint
Paul Meecham
Thierry Fischer
David Petersen
President & CEO
Symphony Music Director
Chair, Board of Trustees
Welcome to Abravanel Hall and today’s concert featuring the Utah Symphony. Since 1985, March has been designated Music in Our Schools month (MIOSM) across the nation. Sponsored by the National Association for Music Education, the purpose of MIOSM is to raise awareness of the importance of music education for all children—and to remind citizens that school is where all children should have access to music. Schools and community groups celebrate with creative activities and events. Here at USUO, our Education and Outreach initiatives provide the citizens of Utah with one of the most extensive arts education programs by a professional musical arts organization in the United States. Students enjoy the gift of live classical music and the inspiration to develop their own creative capabilities to enhance their lives. Genuine enthusiasm, confident determination, and artistry are vital skills demonstrated in our outreach programs, and we believe every student receives a unique experience by participating.
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The support we receive from the Utah State Legislature for our education programs is augmented by many individuals, corporations, and foundations, and we are very grateful to all those who believe in arts education. Nevertheless, especially at the district level, some public school music programs face budget cuts and are no longer considered essential, and we urge you as parents and residents to speak to your school education representatives as well as your legislators to emphasize the importance of supporting music in our schools. The arts in schools are one of the reasons Utah is such a wonderful place to live, and we want to keep it that way! Thank you for joining us today. When we see the excited faces of people entering and leaving Abravanel Hall, it is a wonderful reminder of the legacy of our education and outreach programs which have connected our community through great live music for several generations.
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Utah Symphony Thierry Fischer, Music Director / The Maurice Abravanel Chair, endowed by the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation Rei Hotoda 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 Ralph Matson Associate Concertmaster David Park Assistant Concertmaster Claude Halter Principal Second Wen Yuan Gu Associate Principal Second Karen Wyatt Acting Assistant Principal Second Leonard Braus• Associate Concertmaster Emeritus Jerry Chiu• Joseph Evans LoiAnne Eyring Lun Jiang Rebekah Johnson Tina Johnson†† Amanda Kofoed†† Hye Jin Koh†† Veronica Kulig David Langr Melissa Thorley Lewis Yuki MacQueen Alexander Martin Rebecca Moench Hugh Palmer• David Porter Lynn Maxine Rosen Barbara Ann Scowcroft• M. Judd Sheranian Lynnette Stewart Julie Wunderle VIOLA* Brant Bayless Principal The Sue & Walker Wallace Chair Roberta Zalkind Associate Principal
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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
Erin Svoboda Associate Principal
Eric Hopkins Associate Principal
Lee Livengood BASS CLARINET Lee Livengood E-FLAT CLARINET Erin Svoboda BASSOON Lori Wike Principal The Edward & Barbara Moreton Chair
Corbin Johnston Associate Principal
Leon Chodos Associate Principal
James Allyn Benjamin Henderson†† Edward Merritt Claudia Norton Jens Tenbroek Thomas Zera#
CONTRABASSOON Leon Chodos
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
Jennifer Rhodes
HORN Edmund Rollett Acting Principal Alexander Love†† Acting Associate Principal Llewellyn B. Humphreys Brian Blanchard Stephen Proser TRUMPET Travis Peterson Principal Jeff Luke Associate Principal Peter Margulies Nick Norton
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 Jeff Herbig Properties Manager & Assistant Stage Manager • First Violin •• Second Violin * String Seating Rotates † Leave of Absence # Sabbatical †† Substitute Member
TROMBONE Mark Davidson Principal Sam Elliot†† Acting Associate Principal
Lissa Stolz
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Board of Trustees
ELECTED BOARD David A. Petersen* Chair
Naoma Tate Thomas Thatcher Craig C. Wagstaff Bob Wheaton Kim R. Wilson Thomas Wright
Jesselie B. Anderson Doyle L. Arnold* Dr. J. Richard Baringer Judith M. Billings Howard S. Clark Gary L. Crocker David Dee*
Alex J. Dunn Kristen Fletcher Kem C. Gardner* Lynnette Hansen Matthew S. Holland Thomas N. Jacobson Ronald W. Jibson* Tyler Kruzich Thomas M. Love R. David McMillan Brad W. Merrill Theodore F. Newlin III* Dee O’Donnell Dr. Dinesh C. Patel Frank R. Pignanelli Shari H. Quinney Brad Rencher Bert Roberts Joanne F. Shiebler* Diane Stewart
LIFETIME BOARD William C. Bailey Edwin B. Firmage Jon Huntsman, Sr. Jon Huntsman, Jr. G. Frank Joklik
Clark D. Jones Herbert C. Livsey, Esq. David T. Mortensen Scott S. Parker Patricia A. Richards
Harris Simmons Verl R. Topham M. Walker Wallace David B. Winder
TRUSTEES EMERITI Carolyn Abravanel Haven J. Barlow John Bates
Burton L. Gordon Richard G. Horne Warren K. McOmber
E. Jeffrey Smith Barbara Tanner
HONORARY BOARD 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 the Boston, 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 conducted 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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On the Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 By Mercedes Smith, Principal Flute
A native of Texas, Mercedes Smith served as the Principal Flutist for Houston Grand Opera and Houston Ballet Orchestras for nearly a decade before joining the Utah Symphony as Principal Flute in 2012. She describes her instrument’s role in Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, performed during “An Evening of Bach” March 24 and 25 with guest conductor and pianist Richard Egarr and Utah Symphony Concertmaster Madeline Adkins.
Intimate Conversations The flute is one of three solo instruments featured in Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, along with the violin and harpsichord. The second movement is written very intimately for only the trio of solo instruments without string accompaniment. In this movement each voice is of equal importance and the music is very conversational in nature.
Love at First Sight I actually started out playing the recorder (the historical predecessor of our modern day flute) simply because my mother had one stowed away in the piano bench from her own childhood. I taught myself the recorder for a year or so before switching to the flute when I began playing in my public school band program. I can’t remember what exactly drew me to the flute, but it was certainly love at first sight!
Getting the Low Down The Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 was one of the first works to be specified for the transverse flute instead of recorder during the Baroque era. The transverse flute during Bach’s time, made of wood with seven finger holes and only one key, produced a very mellow and sweet tone. The range of the transverse Baroque flute was somewhat more limited than that of the modern flute we hear today, and thus, in this work, you will hear the flute played mostly in the lower and middle registers.
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GRAMMY® Award-winning violinist Hilary Hahn plays Dvořák’s Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky’s “Little Russian” & Prokofiev with Conrad Tao
A centennial birthday celebration of the great American conductor/composer Leonard Bernstein
U.S. Premiere, Utah Symphony Commission Reflections / Reflets III by Tristan Murail
Maestro Fischer and the Utah Symphony will become the first American orchestra to record all of the symphonies by the revered French master Saint-Saëns
Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
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Students participate during an interactive portion of a 5th Grade Concert at Abravanel Hall
Thank you for joining Utah Symphony | Utah Opera for a concert this spring. 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 mainstage performances, our education and outreach programs allow us to connect 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 February and March, the orchestra played our annual 5th Grade Concerts, where thousands of students from across the Wasatch Front join us at Abravanel Hall for an outstanding concert. Not only do these concerts support the teaching of the fifth grade music curriculum, they draw upon cross-curricular ties to other content areas, and provide an once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to hear the Utah Symphony perform a concert especially designed for the fifth grade age group. 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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2017 Plays
June 29 – October 21
As You Like It Shakespeare in Love Romeo and Juliet Guys and Dolls A Midsummer Night’s Dream Treasure Island The Tavern William Shakespeare’s Long Lost First Play (abridged) How To Fight Loneliness
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Pre-concert Rituals By Renée Huang, Public Relations Director
Professional musicians often spend much of their lives on the road performing in concert venues around the globe. Amid the hectic travel schedules, rehearsals, practice time and adjustments to a different time zone, culture and climate, regular routine is sacrificed. We asked three of our guest artists to share what pre-concert rituals help keep them grounded. “I don’t really do anything special but eating chocolate is always nice before the concert. And I just need to talk to somebody around me before going on stage. It makes me feel calm.” FUMIAKI MIURA, Violin
“My main focus before going on stage is always to get to the hall with plenty of time to warm up my fingers. Being quiet and calm helps my concentration so that I can give my best in the service of the music.” YEFIM BRONFMAN, Piano
“You’ll always find a banana and nuts in my dressing room before a concert, and fresh ginger tea, which I carry around in the thermos I travel with. It helps to keep my body warm when the backstage is cold, which is quite frequent. I’ve become more and more aware of the body-mind-soul connection, and am finding that strengthening my body, away from the violin, matters almost as much as the time I spend practicing and warming up before a concert. Generally I do the more vigorous workouts in the days leading up to the concerts, but on the day of the concert, I do a gentle and sweet version of yoga, and give myself a moment to meditate. Also, my phone tends to get neglected on concert days; I like to stay in my quiet, focused little bubble!” KAREN GOMYO, Violin
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A Look Ahead Memorable Moments at Abravanel Hall Pink Martini with singer China Forbes Portland’s favorite “little orchestra,” featuring singer China Forbes, returns to Abravanel Hall on March 21 for a colorful and classy evening. Experience their cosmopolitan blend of vintage pop, jazz, classical and global styles when they join the Utah Symphony for this special event concert.
Music from Bach with Richard Egarr British conductor Richard Egarr, Music Director of the Academy of Ancient Music, is known for his “muscular and strong Bach performances” (Audiophile Audition). On March 24–25, Utah audiences experience his joyful sense of music-making first hand as he leads an evening of Bach’s music, including his Third and Fourth Orchestral Suites, Piano Concerto in D Minor, and Brandenburg Concerto No. 5.
Yefim Bronfman completes the Beethoven Piano Concerto cycle Witness the astonishing talent of pianist Yefim Bronfman, whose playing has been described as “a finely spun whirl of notes that verged on the unbelievable” (The Los Angeles Times), on April 14–15 as he performs Beethoven’s Third and Fourth piano concertos in a single evening.
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A Look Ahead Karen Gomyo performs Barber’s Violin Concerto Violinist Karen Gomyo has been hailed as “a first-rate artist of real musical command, vitality, brilliance and intensity” (Chicago Tribune). On April 28–29, she returns to perform Barber’s Violin Concerto—a piece so explosive, the composer had to prove to his commissioner that the finale was not, indeed, unplayable.
Family Concerts Return! Our Family Series returns with two Saturday morning performances that are perfect for young children. On March 18, a mischievous street musician finds herself thrust into the role of Mozart as Magic Circle Mime Company presents Mozart’s life as a musical, human adventure. Then, on April 22, Classical Kids LIVE! magically weaves music into the story of a chance meeting on the streets of New York City between a poor newspaper boy and the great American composer George Gershwin.
Save the Date – An Evening with Renée Fleming The Utah Symphony’s 2017–18 season was announced in February, and among the highlights is a September 13 gala performance with international opera sensation Renée Fleming. Save the date for this celebration in honor of Utah Opera’s 40th Anniversary Season. Tickets are on sale now to 2017–18 season subscribers. Single tickets are available starting June 20.
Read ahead about our upcoming performances. Program notes and artist biographies for upcoming concerts are available online at www.utahsymphony.org.
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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 shared in your experience. Keep the discussion going! Here are some topics we can suggest:
• March 24–25 | The music of J.S. Bach serves as a perfect vehicle for an analysis of social, cultural, intellectual, and religious changes in Europe from the 17th to the 18th centuries, and reveals fascinating elements of both European and world history. Is there a modern composer that you feel inspires the same analysis today? • April 7–8 | Modest Mussorgsky composed his Pictures at an Exhibition to perpetuate the memory of a friend. What pictures or pieces of art would you place in a gallery to represent your life or a friend’s? • April 14–15 | Playing until your fingers bleed isn’t just an expression. After Yefim Bronfman played Bartók’s Third Piano Concerto at the Konzerthaus in Vienna, his piano was left with bloody fingerprints due to an earlier injury and a determination that the show must go on. Is there a piece of music that would inspire this dedication on your part? • April 28–29 | Critics and musicologists say that Samuel Barber transcended the stylistic trends of the mid-20th century. This soft-spoken, modest composer had the integrity and sheer will to write the best music he knew how to write, ignoring fads and fashions. What composers or artists do you see fighting fads and fashions today and what is your opinion of those swimming figuratively upstream? Visit “The Musicians Lounge” to read behind the scenes interviews with our artists and musicians which might inspire additional conversations. utahsymphony.org/blog/
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Who We Are
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 presented 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 UTAH SYMPHONY | UTAH OPERA PERFORMANCES: Rhapsody in Blue May 5 & 6
7:30 PM / ABRAVANEL HALL
Kazuki Yamada, conductor COPLAND GERSHWIN RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Benyamin Nuss, piano
El Salón México Rhapsody in Blue Scheherazade
WE ALL LOVE THE FAMOUS OPENING GLISSANDO.
We all love the energy. Now, we can love the live experience as the Utah Symphony, featuring guest pianist and composer Benyamin Nuss, delivers a solid, sensitive, nuanced performance.
Mozart’s Don Giovanni May 13, 15, 17 & 19 7:30 PM May 21 2 PM - SUNDAY MATINÉE / JANET QUINNEY LAWSON CAPITOL THEATRE Christopher Larkin, conductor Kristine McIntyre, director / Joshua Hopkins, Don Giovanni Melinda Whittington, Donna Anna / Aaron Blake, Don Ottavio Matthew Burns, Leporello / Erica Brookhyser, Donna Elvira Sarah Coit, Zerlina / Markel Reed, Masetto Richard Wiegold, Commendatore Utah Opera Chorus HE TAKES WHAT HE WANTS. And gets what he deserves. Whether it’s an act of lust or an act of violence, Don Giovanni does whatever he wants, to whomever he pleases. You might be surprised by how much his angst and unrest resonate with you in this hypnotic tale of a man who refuses to change, damn the consequences.
Sung in Italian with English supertitles PHOTO: Cory Weaver for Lyric Opera of Kansas City
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All-Star Evening: Dvořák’s Violin Concerto May 23
7 PM / ABRAVANEL HALL
Rei Hotoda, conductor
Karen Ferry, violin
Musicians selected from Area Youth Orchestras DVOŘÁK
Violin Concerto
WITNESS THE TALENT OF UTAH’S YOUNG MUSICIANS!
Hear teen violinist Karen Ferry, chosen as the All-Star soloist at the annual Salute to Youth audition, perform Dvořák’s Violin Concerto. Then, talented high school instrumentalists perform side-by-side with the Utah Symphony in this annual tradition.
The Rite of Spring May 26 & 27
7:30 PM / ABRAVANEL HALL
Thierry Fischer, conductor TCHAIKOVSKY VARÈSE STRAVINSKY
Simone Porter, violin
Souvenir d’un lieu cher Amériques The Rite of Spring
GET IN TOUCH WITH YOUR PRIMAL SIDE.
Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring incited a riot during its premiere in Paris over a century ago. Now, when it’s performed by the Utah Symphony, its savage, propulsive sound will have you sitting on the edge of your seat.
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Bronfman Plays Beethoven Piano Concerti Nos. 3 & 4 April 14–15 / 2017 / 7:30PM / ABRAVANEL HALL THIERRY FISCHER, Conductor YEFIM BRONFMAN, Piano
BEETHOVEN
Concerto No. 3 in C minor for Piano and Orchestra, Opus 37 I. II. III.
Allegro con brio Largo Rondo: Allegro
YEFIM BRONFMAN, Piano
BERG
Three Pieces for Orchestra, Opus 6 I. II. III.
Prelude Round Dance March
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Concerto No. 4 in G Major for Piano and Orchestra, Opus 58 I. II. III.
Allegro moderato Andante con moto Rondo: Vivace
YEFIM BRONFMAN, Piano
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See page 15 for Thierry Fischer’s profile. Internationally recognized as one of today’s most acclaimed and admired pianists, Yefim Bronfman stands among a handful of artists regularly sought by festivals, orchestras, conductors and recital series. His commanding technique, power and exceptional lyrical gifts are consistently acknowledged by the press and audiences alike. Acknowledging a relationship of more than 30 years, this fall Mr. Bronfman will open the Israel Philharmonic’s season with Zubin Mehta and participate in the orchestra’s 80th birthday celebrations in December. As a regular guest, he will return to the orchestras of New York, Los Angeles, Boston, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Chicago, San Francisco, St. Louis, Houston, and Dallas among many others. A cross-country series of recitals will culminate in the spring with a program in the Isaac Stern Auditorium of Carnegie Hall. Mr. Bronfman works regularly with an illustrious group of conductors, including Daniel Barenboim, Herbert Blomstedt, Semyon Bychkov, Riccardo Chailly, Christoph von Dohnányi, Gustavo Dudamel, Charles Dutoit, Daniele Gatti, Valery Gergiev, Alan Gilbert, Mariss Jansons, Vladimir Jurowski, James Levine, Zubin Mehta, Riccardo Muti, Andris Nelsons, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Sir Simon Rattle, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Franz Welser-Möst, and David Zinman. Summer engagements have regularly taken him to the major festivals of Europe and the US.
Yefim Bronfman Piano
He has also given numerous solo recitals in the leading halls of North America, Europe and the Far East, including acclaimed debuts at Carnegie Hall in 1989 and Avery Fisher Hall in 1993. In 1991 he gave a series of joint recitals with Isaac Stern in Russia, marking Mr. Bronfman’s first public performances there since his emigration to Israel at age 15. That same year he was awarded the prestigious Avery Fisher Prize, one of the highest honors given to American instrumentalists. In 2010 he was honored as the recipient of the Jean Gimbel Lane prize in piano performance from Northwestern University. Born in Tashkent in the Soviet Union, Yefim Bronfman immigrated to Israel with his family in 1973, where he studied with pianist Arie Vardi, head of the Rubin Academy of Music at Tel Aviv University. In the United States, he studied at The Juilliard School, Marlboro School of Music, and the Curtis Institute of Music, under Rudolf Firkusny, Leon Fleisher, and Rudolf Serkin. He is a 2015 recipient of an honorary doctorate from the Manhattan School of Music. Yefim Bronfman became an American citizen in July 1989.
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Bronfman Plays Beethoven Piano Concerti Nos. 3 & 4
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Notes by Michael Clive
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827)
Concerto No. 3 in C minor for Piano and Orchestra, Opus 37 (ed. Küthen) INSTRUMENTATION: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets 2 bassoons; 2 horns, 2 trumpets; strings; timpani PERFORMANCE TIME:
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BACKGROUND
Let’s just jump right into this. First, there’s the matter of the “Küthen” designation: The musicologist and Beethoven specialist Hans-Werner Küthen, a native of Germany, is the editor of the Henle edition of the Complete Works of Beethoven, including the performing edition we hear in this concert. He has described this concerto as a gateway between the Classical concerto tradition and the revolution that began with Beethoven’s fourth and fifth concertos, and that continued in the Romantic era. To put Küthen’s analysis into context, remember that critics generally divide Beethoven’s stylistic periods into early, middle and late; they identify his Piano Concerto No. 2 as the earliest of the early concertos, most clearly showing the influence of Mozart and Haydn. Beethoven MASTERWORKS
was reserved, even dissatisfied, with these early concertos. In the case of his undeniably beautiful Concerto No. 2, which met with immediate success after its premiere in 1795, Beethoven delayed publication, eventually submitting it only with reluctance. He charged his publisher, Hoffmeister of Leipzig, half the price of other early works of comparable scope including his Symphony No. 1, noting that “as I have already written, I don’t consider it one of my best works.” The concerto we know as No. 1, though published sooner, was actually written later. Beethoven completed most of his work on the Piano Concerto No. 3 in 1799 and 1800, just two years after finishing his [current] Concerto No. 1, though he continued refining No. 3 until performing the premiere in April 1803. Still, it represents a cautious departure from his earlier concertos: Here is Beethoven preparing to break away from the formal constraints of the Classical era, like a bicycle racer making his move. With this concerto Beethoven begins to explore a new kind of thinking about the concerto form, expanding its scope and force. With his deep study of all five of Beethoven’s piano concertos, Küthen observes that “The four versions of the B-flat Concerto [No. 2], the three of the C Major [No. 1], and a single one of the C minor Concerto show that the time span between draft and final form becomes increasingly short, that the composer wins the upper hand over the virtuoso, and in [the Third Concerto] Op. 37 a first perfection of the genre is reached, which was the object of the greatest emulation in the 19th century.” WHAT TO LISTEN FOR
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are much more grand and fervent than in the two former.” Marked C minor, this was Beethoven’s first piano concerto in a minor key, and it shifts direction from his first two concertos: there is less attention to formal elegance and decorative ornamentation of line, and more emphasis on sheer expressiveness. The dynamics have more contrast, the emotions are more turbulent, and the overall impression is less lapidary and more deeply passionate. The opening movement, marked allegro con brio, exposes a powerful, solemn theme in the orchestra, allowing it to modulate from minor to major and then introducing a second, more lyrical theme before settling back into minor. Thus the stakes are high before the piano even makes its entrance; and throughout the movement, it is left to the piano soloist to reconcile the emotions contested in the development of these two themes.
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Alban Berg (1885–1935)
Drei Orchesterstücke, Opus 6 (Three Pieces for Orchestra) INSTRUMENTATION: 4 flutes all doubling piccolo, 4 oboes, 4th oboe doubling English horn, 4 clarinets, 3rd clarinet doubling e-flat clarinet, bass clarinet, 3 bassoons, contrabassoon; 6 horns, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, tuba; percussion, 2 harps, celeste; strings PERFORMANCE TIME:
The second movement, a meditative largo, is poetic and contemplative, with the piano at times so deeply embedded in the ensemble that the orchestra takes the melodic line for extended periods. The gorgeous, zesty closing rondo is often described as joyful or jubilant despite its minor key—despite modulations into major, it remains at home in the key of C minor. The movement’s energy and exuberance come not only from the beauty of melody, but also from the sense of the concerto’s successful reconciliation of contending melodic forces. The movement’s conclusion brings a sense of drama and completion that is almost operatic.
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BACKGROUND
Who’s afraid of Alban Berg? Too many of us. As a hero of the Second Viennese School, the innovative musical movement pioneered by Arnold Schoenberg, Berg employed the compositional framework that became associated with terms such as “serial music,” “twelve-tone” and “atonality.” To traditionalists, these words and the music they described were terrifying, signaling a new kind of sound and a new way of listening—and the end of centuries of evolutionary development in compositional technique. Schoenberg was acknowledged as the father of the movement, which many listeners identify with two critical dates: his ravishing Verklärte Nacht (1899), a string sextet that seemed to mark the ultimate boundary for traditional composition, and his MASTERWORKS
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encyclopedic Harmonielehre (1910), the text that provided the theoretical basis for twelvetone composition.
dances), is entitled Reigen, or round-dances— perhaps suggesting that the listener is metaphorically whirling around with the music.
For decades, American classical music enthusiasts greeted Berg’s compositions with an almost reflexive resistance. They assumed that listening to Berg required some kind of special preparation or secret knowledge. But by now we’ve all gained that secret knowledge by listening to popular sci-fi movie and television soundtracks that could not have been composed without Berg’s innovations. According to one old trope, “The better part of Schoenberg is Berg,” a saying that is still with us because Berg’s once-newfangled music richly conveys old-fashioned emotion and dramatic effect. It doesn’t require a special kind of listening or the decoding of tone-rows; we need only sit back and let the music do its work for us.
The suite’s final movement is a march that is almost monumental in its impact. Berg was not above poking fun—even at himself—and regarding this movement’s emphatic, blaring brasses, he was quoted as saying, “There had to come a day when we could hear how a chord of eight tones really sounds in the brasses!” Maybe, but not until he and his colleagues broke through the old rules of classical harmony to allow thick, eight-tone dissonances.
Berg composed the Drei Orchesterstücke between 1913 and 1915, movingly dedicating it to his “teacher and friend Arnold Schoenberg in immeasurable gratitude and love.” This 1929 edition is a revision prepared for his publisher, Universal Edition. WHAT TO LISTEN FOR
Listeners who come to Berg expecting calculated coldness are often surprised by his music’s emotionalism. The expressiveness is not achieved through traditional harmonic intervals, but it is there, and it carries us along. This suite’s first movement, the Präludium (prelude), opens with an appealing, softly stated introduction. (Berg wrote beautifully for “murmuring” strings.) A deftly constructed development follows, opening onto a second movement filled with dance rhythms. In his two great operas, Berg uses dance rhythms with great dramatic potency; this movement, filled with waltz rhythms and Ländler (country 40
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Concerto No. 4 in G Major for Piano and Orchestra, Opus 58 INSTRUMENTATION: flute, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets 2 bassoons; 2 horns, 2 trumpets; strings; timpani PERFORMANCE TIME:
34 minutes
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Hearing Beethoven’s third and fourth piano concertos in one sitting seems to bear out a musical rule of thumb: that Mozart perfected the musical forms of the Classical era, while Beethoven stretched them beyond the breaking point and then created new ones. Mozart’s many piano concertos brought this MASTERWORKS
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form to a level of beauty, expressiveness and formal refinement it had never previously known. Beethoven had heard Mozart play them in concert but did not publish his own first piano concerto until years after Mozart’s death. But he may well have been inspired by hearing Mozart play one of his own late concertos, the harmonically daring No. 24, as early as 1786. According to a famous anecdote, Beethoven sat with his friend and publisher, Johann Cramer, listening in amazement, and said “Cramer, Cramer, I’ll never be able to write a concerto like that!” According to tradition, his comment came after a series of complex yet seemingly effortless modulations; Mozart’s apparent ease confounded Beethoven, who agonized over every note. Small wonder that Beethoven— though he deserves his reputation as one of music’s boldest innovators—was acutely conscious of the long shadow that Mozart cast. Beethoven’s first three concertos are musically brilliant, and are unmistakably the work of a great composer building upon the lessons of a great predecessor. But in his Piano Concerto No. 4, we hear the work of a more confident composer who is looking ahead, not back over his shoulder. Beethoven’s most ardent admirers feel that with this concerto he fully found his compositional voice, working with musical themes that were uniquely his own and developing them in ways no other composer had ever dared, opening the way for the great concertos of the Romantic era. Beethoven completed work on this concerto in 1807, and was soloist at the premiere in March of that year in a private concert at the home of Prinz Franz Joseph von Lobkowitz. Its first public hearing, at the Theater an der Wien in December 1808, was Beethoven’s last public performance as piano soloist. 42
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This concerto’s themes have a nobility that is distinctly Beethoven’s own, and he develops them in ways that previous composers had never dared. Beethoven’s freedom and boldness are evident early in this concerto’s first movement. After the piano introduces a simple theme in G Major with just a few chords and the orchestra at rest, the orchestra breaks its silence by introducing the same theme in a different key—one only distantly related to the piano’s utterance. This introduces a competitive tension between solo instrument and ensemble that would become a mainstay of Romantic concertos, and sustaining it with bold harmonic modulations. Throughout the movement, this simple theme is manipulated through modulations that are harmonically bold. The second movement—slow, rhapsodic and agonized—was described by no less a pianist than Franz Liszt as a representation of Orpheus taming the furies. In contrast with the first movement, the second begins with an emphatic statement in the orchestra answered by the piano, and unfolds as a conversation might, with the piano answering orchestral challenges…or perhaps, as Liszt suggested, overcoming Orphic perils that lead without interruption to a triumphant final movement. In the sublime third movement, the piano keeps returning to the dramatic main theme despite the allure of one sub-theme after another. The structure is a traditional rondo form – A-B-A-C-A-D-A – but it builds with a sense of joyful drama. Hearing the jubilant return to G Major (from the movement’s C Major introduction) and the dancing rhythms of the piano, we can easily believe that Liszt was right: this is Orpheus transfiguring the world with his music. MASTERWORKS
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Administration ADMINISTRATION Paul Meecham President & CEO David Green Senior Vice President & COO Julie McBeth Executive Assistant to the CEO Jessica Chapman Executive Assistant to the COO & Office Manager
Melissa Klein Director of Individual Giving Alina Osika Manager of Corporate Partnerships Lisa Poppleton Grants Manager Kate Throneburg Manager of Individual Giving Heather Weinstock Manager of Special Events
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
Steven Finkelstein Development Coordinator
SYMPHONY OPERATIONS Jeff Counts Vice President of Operations & General Manager Cassandra Dozet Director of Operations Chip Dance Production & Stage Manager Jeff Herbig Properties Manager & Assistant 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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Youth Guild members prepared for months in dedicated practice. Auditions in March selected a wonderful array of talents and repertoire for you to enjoy. Join us for the Youth Guild Recital, which is free and open to the public.
High schooler Karen Ferry from Brigham City, Utah, solos with the Utah Symphony playing Dvořák’s Violin Concerto. In the second half of the program students from eleven different youth orchestras sit sideby-side with the musicians of the Utah Symphony. Rei Hotoda conducts the concert. For tickets, visit utahsymphony.org or call 801-533-6683
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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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