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November/December 2017 Performances

CONTENTS

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6 Welcome

NOVEMBER 3–4 | 7:30 PM

8 Utah Symphony

RACHMANINOFF’S SYMPHONIC DANCES

10 Board of Trustees 15 Music Director 16 Assistant Conductor 16 Symphony Chorus Director 18 Upcoming Performances 20 A Russian, a Michiganian and a Salt Lake Native

NOVEMBER 10–11 | 7:30 PM

MOZART’S GREAT MASS WITH BRAHMS’ SONGS

22 From Muggles to Outlaws 26 Social Snapshots

NOVEMBER 17–18 7:30 PM | NOV 17 10AM

30 Season Sponsors

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31–38 Tonight’s Concert(s) 39 Support USUO 40 Thank You 51 Tanner & Crescendo Societies 52 Legacy Giving

NOVEMBER 25–26 | 7:30 PM

MESSIAH SING-IN

54 Administration 59 House Rules 63 Education

DECEMBER 1–2 | 7:30 PM

64 Acknowledgments

SAINT-SAËNS’ “ORGAN” SYMPHONY

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DECEMBER 8–9 | 7:30 PM

LOUIS LORTIE PERFORMS SAINT-SAËNS’ PIANO CONCERTO NO. 2 DECEMBER 12 | 7:30 PM

HOLIDAY HITS WITH THE MIDTOWN MEN AND UTAH SYMPHONY DECEMBER 15–16 | 7:30 PM

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LEANN RIMES: TODAY IS CHRISTMAS WITH THE UTAH SYMPHONY DECEMBER 21–23 | 7 PM

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WELCOME

Paul Meecham

Thierry Fischer

Kem Gardner

President & CEO

Symphony Music Director

Chair, Board of Trustees

Welcome to Abravanel Hall and this performance of the Utah Symphony. We can think of no better way to enjoy the wonder of the holiday season and promise of the New Year than through the magic of great live music experienced together as a community.

The range of concert experiences we’re offering in November and December promises satisfying options for every musical taste. Our Masterworks concerts feature native Utah artists of world-renown, violinist Will Hagen and soprano Celena Shafer, as well as three remarkable guest conductors Matthias Pintscher, Markus Stenz and Mark Wigglesworth who will inspire you and the musicians of the Utah Symphony with their approaches and artistic motivation. Iconic Broadway and Country artists Brian Stokes Mitchell, the Midtown Men, and LeAnn Rimes each join the Utah Symphony in special holiday programs. And we celebrate longstanding holiday traditions of our Messiah Sing-In and Here Comes Santa Claus family programs as well as our newer tradition of Films in Concert with our second year at Hogwarts and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets™ in Concert.

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We also continue our Saint-Saëns festival including his symphonies which the prestigious Hyperion label is recording live at the concerts for future release. The orchestra’s newest CD release, Mahler’s 8th “Symphony of a Thousand” featuring the orchestra with music director Thierry Fischer and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir recorded live at the memorable Utah Symphony 75th anniversary performances in the Salt Lake Tabernacle, will be available November 17th.

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In honor of the holiday season, we’d like to express our deep appreciation to all of you for supporting our organization.

Because of the generosity of friends like you, we are able to bring the gift of music year-round to our audiences throughout the state and region. Thank you for being our ambassadors and reminding your friends and family of the importance of the work we do.

On behalf of all of the musicians, staff and board members at Utah Symphony | Utah Opera, we wish you the happiest of holiday seasons and a joyful 2018!

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Thierry Fischer, Music Director / The Maurice Abravanel Chair, endowed by the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation Conner Gray Covington Assistant Conductor

Roberta Zalkind# Associate Principal

OBOE James Hall Principal The Gerald B. & Barbara F. Stringfellow Chair

Peter Margulies Gabriel Slesinger††

Barlow Bradford Symphony Chorus Director

Elizabeth Beilman Acting Associate Principal

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

Julie Edwards Joel Gibbs Carl Johansen Scott Lewis Christopher McKellar Leslie Richards†† Whittney Thomas

Robert Stephenson Associate Principal

Sam Elliot Associate Principal

Lissa Stolz

BASS TROMBONE Graeme Mutchler† David Hagee††

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

CELLO* Rainer Eudeikis Principal The J. Ryan Selberg Memorial Chair

Ralph Matson Associate Concertmaster

Matthew Johnson Associate Principal

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

David Park Assistant Concertmaster

John Eckstein Walter Haman Andrew Larson Anne Lee Louis-Philippe Robillard Kevin Shumway Pegsoon Whang

Erin Svoboda Associate Principal

BASS* David Yavornitzky Principal

Claude Halter Principal Second Wen Yuan Gu Associate Principal Second Evgenia Zharzhavskaya Assistant Principal Second Joseph Evans LoiAnne Eyring Lun Jiang Rebekah Johnson Tina Johnson†† Amanda Kofoed†† Veronica Kulig David Langr Melissa Thorley Lewis Hannah Linz•• Yuki MacQueen Alexander Martin Rebecca Moench Hugh Palmer• David Porter Lynn Maxine Rosen Barbara Ann Scowcroft• M. Judd Sheranian•• Lynnette Stewart Bonnie Terry• Julie Wunderle Karen Wyatt•• VIOLA* Brant Bayless Principal The Sue & Walker Wallace Chair

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Corbin Johnston Associate Principal James Allyn# Antonio Escobedo†† Benjamin Henderson†† Lee Philip†† Edward Merritt Jens Tenbroek Thomas Zera† HARP Louise Vickerman Principal FLUTE Mercedes Smith Principal The Val A. Browning Chair Lisa Byrnes Associate Principal Caitlyn Valovick Moore PICCOLO Caitlyn Valovick Moore

ENGLISH HORN Lissa Stolz

TROMBONE Mark Davidson Principal

TUBA Gary Ofenloch Principal TIMPANI George Brown Principal Eric Hopkins Associate Principal

Lee Livengood

PERCUSSION Keith Carrick Principal

BASS CLARINET Lee Livengood

Eric Hopkins Michael Pape

E-FLAT CLARINET Erin Svoboda

KEYBOARD Jason Hardink Principal

BASSOON Lori Wike Principal The Edward & Barbara Moreton Chair Leon Chodos Associate Principal Jennifer Rhodes CONTRABASSOON Leon Chodos 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

LIBRARIANS Clovis Lark Principal Maureen Conroy† Katie Klich†† ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL Walt Zeschin Director of Orchestra Personnel Andrew Williams Orchestra Personnel Manager 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

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES ELECTED BOARD Kem C. Gardner* Chairman

Alex J. Dunn Brian Greeff Lynnette Hansen Matthew Holland Thomas N. Jacobson Mitra Kashanchi Thomas M. Love* Brad W. Merrill Theodore F. Newlin III* Dee O’Donnell Dr. Dinesh C. Patel Frank R. Pignanelli Gary B. Porter Shari H. Quinney Brad Rencher Joanne F. Shiebler* Diane Stewart Naoma Tate Thomas Thatcher

David Utrilla Craig C. Wagstaff Bob Wheaton Kim R. Wilson Thomas Wright

Clark D. Jones Herbert C. Livsey, Esq. David T. Mortensen Scott S. Parker David A. Petersen*

Patricia A. Richards Harris Simmons Verl R. Topham M. Walker Wallace David B. Winder

Kristen Fletcher Burton L. Gordon Richard G. Horne Ronald W. Jibson

Warren K. McOmber E. Jeffrey Smith Barbara Tanner

Spencer F. Eccles The Right Reverend Carolyn Tanner Irish Dr. Anthony W. Middleton, Jr. Edward Moreton Marilyn H. Neilson O. Don Ostler

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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 Chairman Annette W. Jarvis* Secretary John D’Arcy* Treasurer Paul Meecham* President & CEO Jesselie B. Anderson* Doyle L. Arnold* Judith M. Billings Howard S. Clark Gary L. Crocker David Dee*

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Margaret Sargent Utah Symphony Guild Dr. Robert Fudge Ogden Symphony Ballet Association Judith Vander Heide Ogden Opera Guild *Executive Committee Member

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Music Director of the Utah Symphony since 2009 and currently extended to 2022, 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 recording of Mahler’s 1st Symphony, 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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ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR / SYMPHONY CHORUS DIRECTOR Conner Gray Covington begins his position as Assistant Conductor of the Utah Symphony with the 2017–2018 season. He recently completed his tenure as the Rita E. Hauser Conducting Fellow at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia where he worked closely with the Curtis Symphony Orchestra and the Curtis Opera Theater while also being mentored by Yannick Nézet-Séguin. A twotime recipient of a Career Assistance Award from the Solti Foundation U.S. (2017 and 2014), Covington worked with the Nashville Symphony as a featured conductor in the 2016 Bruno Walter National Conductor Preview presented by the League of American Orchestras.

Conner Gray Covington Assistant Conductor

Dr. Barlow Bradford Symphony Chorus Director

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Covington has also worked with the St. Louis Symphony, Utah Symphony, and Virginia Symphony as a guest conductor and has served as a cover conductor for the Philadelphia Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Atlanta Symphony, Kansas City Symphony, and The Florentine Opera Company (Milwaukee, WI). He has also participated in the 6th International David Zinman Conducting Masterclass with the Tonhalle Orchester Zürich. In 2014, Covington was selected by members of the Vienna Philharmonic to attend the Salzburg Festival as a recipient of the Ansbacher Fellowship for Young Conductors.

Over the course of his musical career, Dr. Barlow Bradford has distinguished himself as a conductor, composer, arranger, pianist, organist, and teacher. As an orchestral and choral conductor, he 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. Arrangements by Bradford have been performed/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 Director of the Utah Symphony Chorus, Dr. Bradford continues as Artistic Director of Utah Chamber Artists and serves as the Ellen Neilson Barnes Presidential Chair of Choral Studies at the University of Utah.

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20, 22, 24, 26 (7:30 pm) / 28 (2 pm) Since its debut in 2010, Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer’s opera adaptation of Melville’s classic novel has enraptured audiences with its innovative storytelling. Now, come experience this entirely new production created by and for Utah Opera. Don’t miss this incredible combination of astounding visuals and spellbinding music as Utah Opera sweeps you out to sea on a quest fueled by one man’s willingness to risk everything for revenge.

Music by Jake Heggie; Libretto by Gene Scheer / Commissioned by The Dallas Opera Company

Kristine McIntyre director Joseph Mechavich conductor Erhard Rom Set Designer Jessica Jahn Costume Designer Joshua Dennis Greenhorn Roger Honeywell Captain Ahab David Adam Moore Starbuck Musa Ngqungwana Queequeg Jasmine Habersham Pip Craig Irvin Stubb Jesus Murillo Captain Gardiner UTAH OPERA CHORUS UTAH SYMPHONY

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The timeless elegance and romance of the golden age of Hollywood musicals will sweep you off your feet with song and dance standards inspired by Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Gene Kelly and “the queen of tap dancing” herself, Eleanor Powell. You’ll be dancing cheek to cheek by the time the concert is over—just in time for Valentine’s Day.

HIGH NOON in Concert FEBRUARY 17

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Saddle up for the greatest showdown in the history of cinema! In his Oscar-winning role for best actor, Gary Cooper stars as a lawman who stands alone to defend his town against a gang of revenge-seeking outlaws. You’ll be on the edge of your seat as High Noon plays on the big screen while the Utah Symphony performs the intense music of Dimitri Tiomkin’s award-winning score live.

BERNSTEIN AT 100: SYMPHONY NO. 2 with CONR AD TAO FEBRUARY 23 & 24

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A Russian, a Michiganian and a Salt Lake Native

By Renée Huang It sounds like the punchline for a joke but Utah Symphony’s three new violins really do hail from vastly different places. Director of Communications Renée Huang (who herself comes from Toronto, Canada) sat down with the newest members of the violin section to learn about the journeys that brought them to Salt Lake City.

Evgenia Zharzhavskaya, Assistant Principal Second Violin BACKGROUND I was born and spent most of my life in St. Petersburg, Russia. I started my musical education playing piano at a very early age and then switched to violin when I was six. I entered the Rimsky-Korsakov School of Music the same year and later continued my studies at the St. Petersburg state conservatory where I got my Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees. While still at the conservatory I won a position with the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra under Valery Gergiev. I also took part in numerous music festivals including Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival in Germany, Verbier Festival in Switzerland, Gustav Mahler Academy in Italy, and Miyazaki Festival in Japan. I moved to Florida in 2010 to study with Elmar Oliveira at Lynn University Conservatory of Music. In 2014 I won a full-time substitute position with the Houston Symphony, where I played for three seasons, and in April of 2017 I won the Assistant Principal Second position with the Utah Symphony.

WHY UTAH SYMPHONY? I was drawn to the distinguished sound of the orchestra, great community, and the beauty of Utah.

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HOBBIES I like nature very much so I am very happy to have an excellent opportunity to explore the unbelievable beauty of Utah. I like baking, biking, hiking, reading, dancing salsa, learning self-defense with Krav Maga, and spending time with my dear husband and friends.

Bonnie Terry, Section First Violin BACKGROUND I was born and raised here in Salt Lake City. I started violin when I was six and studied with Kris Palmer and Hiroko Primrose. When I was ten, I had the opportunity to solo with the Utah Symphony under the direction of Joseph Silverstein on the annual Salute to Youth Concert. I left home at age 12 to study violin at the Preucil School of Music in Iowa City and then attended high school in Michigan where I graduated from the Interlochen Arts Academy. I did, however, spend one year of high school here at West High (Go Panthers!) where I sang in the Chorale and A Capella, and studied violin with Gerald Elias, then associate concertmaster of the Utah Symphony. I received my bachelor’s degree and performer’s certificate from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY where I studied with William Preucil (concertmaster of the Cleveland Orchestra and a former concertmaster of the Utah Symphony), and master’s degree from the Cleveland Institute

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of Music where I was also a Preucil student.

Following grad school I spent a year as a fellow with the New World Symphony in Florida. From there I moved to Tucson, Arizona for three years where I was the concertmaster of the Tucson Symphony Orchestra and taught violin at the University of Arizona. I also spent a year in Charlottesville, VA teaching at the University of Virginia. For the last ten years I have lived in San Antonio, TX as the Associate Concertmaster of the San Antonio Symphony.

I have spent the last fourteen summers in Chicago playing with the Grant Park Music Festival Orchestra.

WHY UTAH SYMPHONY? I moved here to be closer to my family and because I grew up watching the Utah Symphony play! I couldn’t be happier to be back in the Motherland! My parents, older brother, and younger sister also live and grew up here. My sister plays the violin and is a dance teacher, and my brother plays piano and trumpet.

HOBBIES I love to sing, dance (danced as a member of the Children’s Dance Theater from age 4–17), attend SLAC plays, RDT and Ririe Woodbury performances, and hang out with friends and family.

Hannah Linz, Section Second Violin BACKGROUND I grew up in a musical family as the youngest of four children in Okemos, Michigan. I began playing the violin at age three and the piano at age five. After having won competitions for solo playing and chamber music, as well as attending summer music programs, I went on to pursue a degree in violin performance at Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, studying privately with Ik-Hwan Bae, Jorja Fleezanis, and Alexander Kerr.

WHY UTAH SYMPHONY? I am joining the Utah Symphony after having performed with the Dallas Symphony for two seasons as a Jaap van Zweden Scholar, and as a substitute member of The Philadelphia Orchestra. I am thrilled to join the Utah Symphony not only because it is a great orchestra with a fantastic music director, but I also enjoy the incredible natural beauty that this state has to offer. I am excited to get to know Utah and explore this gorgeous state.

HOBBIES In my free time, I enjoy cooking, reading, and watching movies.

Renée Huang is the Director of Communications and Digital Media.

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From Muggles to Outlaws Utah Symphony’s new “Films in Concert” series unites unlikely heroes. Some of the most beloved tales in cinematic history play out on the big screen as the orchestra performs the gripping soundtracks live. Director of Communications Renée Huang explores what else makes the experience captivating for audiences of all ages.

Building upon the audience excitement for film screenings coupled with live orchestra playing the soundtrack, the Utah Symphony proudly announced the creation of a Films in Concert series on its 2017–18 season featuring four orchestra presentations paired with motion pictures on the big screen at Abravanel Hall.

Just in time for the holidays, the second film in the Harry Potter Film Concert Series takes to the Abravanel Hall stage in three performance dates, December 21, 22 and 23. In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets™, cars fly, trees fight back and a mysterious house-elf comes to warn Harry Potter at the start of his second year at Hogwarts. Adventure and danger await when writing on the wall announces: The Chamber of Secrets has been opened.

“This film series shows our commitment to creating exciting programming that inspires a whole new generation of symphony goers,” said Utah Symphony | Utah Opera President and CEO Paul Meecham. “There is nothing quite like the immersive experience of watching a feature film on the giant screen while the soundtrack is played by a live orchestra.”

The Utah Symphony’s 2017–18 season opened in September with Raiders of the Lost Ark, the first in the epic adventure chronicles of Indiana Jones. Tim Burton’s delightful animated film, The Nightmare Before Christmas, screened before Halloween.

Utah Symphony’s Films in Concert series concludes on February 17, 2018 with a world-premiere screening of award-winning Western classic, High Noon, with live orchestra playing the soundtrack. In his Oscar-winning role for best actor, Gary Cooper stars as a lawman who stands alone to defend his town against a gang of revenge-seeking outlaws.

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From Muggles to Outlaws Enjoy this gripping, award-winning classic with an added sense of suspense as the Utah Symphony performs live the critically-acclaimed score by Dimitri Tiomkin.

This film presentation is in collaboration with Go West! Art of the American Frontier, a festival focused on Western art from the Buffalo Bill Center of the West, December 3, 2017– March 11, 2018, at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts (UMFA).

Go West! Art of the American Frontier presents a century of art from an extraordinary era of exploration. Featuring 90 works by artist-explorers and Plains Indian tribes, it chronicles a pivotal period from 1830–1930 in which cultures were merging, clashing, and finding fortune or hardship in a changing American landscape. Paintings and sculptures

by George Catlin, Albert Bierstadt, Frederic Remington, Charles Russell, and N.C. Wyeth document the journeys that would solidify our popular understanding of the American West. Objects made by Sioux, Cheyenne, and other Native American tribes reflect the rich cultural heritage of the Native peoples who struggled against encroachment into their lands.

The diversity of works presented demonstrates how artists took part in shaping contemporary views of this layered and complex history. This exhibition is organized by the Buffalo Bill Center of the West, in Cody Wyoming.

For more information on the festival, visit umfa.utah.edu.

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Louis Lortie performs Saint-Saëns’ Piano Concerto No. 2 December 8–9 / 2017 / 7:30PM / ABRAVANEL HALL THIERRY FISCHER, conductor LOUIS LORTIE, piano

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Concerto No. 2 in G minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 22 I. II. III.

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Carnival of the Animals I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. X. XI. XII. XIII. XIV.

Introduction and Royal March of the Lion Hens and Roosters Wild Donkeys (Quick Animals) Tortoises The Elephant Kangaroos Aquarium People With Long Ears The Cuckoo in the Depths of the Forest Aviary Pianists Fossils The Swan Finale

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See page 15 for Thierry Fischer’s profile.

Louis Lortie piano

Mr. Lortie is in high demand internationally. In 2017–18, he is Artist in Residence of the Shanghai Symphony and performs four different programs with them throughout the season. He performs with the OSESP Sao Paulo and the complete Liszt Années de Pèlerinage in recital for them. In Australia, Mr. Lortie performs with WASO/Perth and with the Adelaide Symphony. He performs Liszt’s Années for the Chicago Symphony and for the annual Liszt Festival in Raiding, Hungary. There will be two Lortie recitals at London’s Wigmore Hall and an extensive recital tour in Italy. He performs and records with Sir Andrew Davis and the BBC Symphony, and was also selected by Jaap Van Zweden to play Mozart K466 for one of Mr. Van Zweden’s final Dallas Symphony concerts as Music Director. He returns to the National Symphony Taipei, the Philadelphia Orchestra with Nézet-Séguin, the Toronto Symphony, Budapest Philharmonic, Detroit Symphony, and the New York Philharmonic this season. He also has play/conduct engagements with great orchestras world-wide. Louis Lortie’s long-awaited LacMus International Festival on Lake Como, Italy, made its debut July 9–16, 2017.

Mr. Lortie is the Master in Residence at The Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel of Brussels. He studied in Montréal with Yvonne Hubert (a pupil of the legendary Alfred Cortot), in Vienna with Beethoven specialist Dieter Weber, and subsequently with Schnabel disciple Leon Fleisher. In 1984, he won First Prize in the Busoni Competition and was also prizewinner at the Leeds Competition. He has lived in Berlin since 1997 and also has homes in Canada and Italy.

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Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921)

Symphony in F Major, “Urbs Roma” INSTRUMENTATION: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons; 4 horns, 2 trumpets; timpani; strings.

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40 minutes.

BACKGROUND

The fact that four of Saint-Saëns’ five symphonies were written when he was in his teens or twenties does not tell us much about them. They are not youthful works; like Mozart, Saint-Saëns was beyond precocious, and was writing fully mature compositions in his late teens. His Symphony in F Major, which he titled “Urbs Roma” (“The City of Rome”), dates from 1856, when he was all of 21. Its relative obscurity says more about Saint-Saëns’ reticence as a composer than about the work’s merit; although it was enthusiastically received at its premiere and went on to critical acclaim, he withdrew it from public performance and did not intend to publish it. Surprisingly, it is actually his longest symphonic work, though No. 3 mobilizes larger orchestral forces, including both organ and piano.

Saint-Saëns did not base the symphony on direct experience of Rome, though a lost opportunity to travel there might well have piqued his creativity: Only a few years earlier, when he was 17, he competed for the Paris Conservatory’s prestigious Prix du Rome, which was awarded with a stipend for two years’ travel and musical study in

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and around Italy. He was widely expected to win, but did not, and did not compete again (as Bizet did, winning on his second attempt). Having acquired an encyclopedic knowledge of European musical styles at an early age, Saint-Saëns was able to create a musical meditation on the richness of Roman culture without actually going there, and prepared “Urbs Roma” as his entry for another competition sponsored by the Bordeaux Société Sainte Cécile. Unusually, his two awards from that society drew more attention than the Prix du Rome that he never achieved. The student who beat him for the Prix du Rome went on to near-total oblivion.

WHAT TO LISTEN FOR

This ambitious, expressive symphony evokes its Roman subject without a specific program or narrative line. In its first movement we encounter an unusual plan of development with alternating tempi: a stately opening largo followed by a more energetic allegro.

This pattern is repeated in full before the movement reverts to its introductory theme, creating a sense of elegant symmetry. The second movement brings us the contrasting feeling of a country dance in a lively scherzo rhythm; it is the symphony’s shortest movement, and the most exuberant.

The symphony’s third movement is traditionally slow (marked moderato, assai serioso), and a common critical assessment—”funeral march for the death of an empire”—confirms that Saint-Saëns looked back to classical antiquity in creating this work. Its final movement brings us a sense of summation and reflection, reflecting a broad backward glance at the grandeur that was Rome.

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Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921)

Concerto No. 2 in G minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 22 INSTRUMENTATION: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons; 2 horns, 2 trumpets; percussion; solo piano.

PERFORMANCE TIME:

23 minutes.

BACKGROUND

When it comes to piano virtuosity, there could be no stronger endorsement than that of Franz Liszt, the composer and superstar pianist whose piano recitals drove his audiences to a frenzy. Camille SaintSaëns’ manner of performance was far more reserved, but Liszt recognized in him a kindred greatness. Although he was better known as an organ soloist, Saint-Saëns possessed a blistering piano technique. His Concerto No. 2 is probably his greatest and most popular piano concerto, a work that showcases traditional technical brilliance in some rather untraditional ways.

Although Liszt did not hear this work in live performance, he read the score and praised it lavishly.

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Saëns studied and admired. Saint-Saëns intertwines the theme of this introduction with another borrowed from his student Gabriel Fauré. He combines these elements in a development section of spectacular contrapuntal skill. A coda ends the movement with formal Baroque symmetry.

The second movement defies concerto tradition by adopting a lively, scherzo-like pace (rather than the slower adagio we expect in a concerto’s central movement).

As in the first movement, two themes spiral around each other, but they are sprightly and informal, taking us from the opening movement’s G minor into a jaunty E-flat Major.

In the final movement we move back to G minor, but the pace is even faster: a fiery tarantella that is fleet and fabulous in its appeal.

The effect of the pianist’s rapid passagework in this movement has been compared to mice scampering up and down the keyboard, but they would have to be turbocharged mice. The concerto ends with a thrilling torrent of G minor arpeggios, full speed ahead.

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921)

Carnival of the Animals INSTRUMENTATION: flute doubling piccolo, clarinet; percussion; 2 pianos; strings.

WHAT TO LISTEN FOR

The Polish pianist Zygmunt Stojowski, famously quipped that the concerto “begins with Bach and ends with Offenbach.”

Stojowski’s deft turn of phrase frames the concerto in just a few words. His Bach reference is a nod to the concerto’s extended introduction, which is reminiscent of a fantasia by the Baroque master, whom Saint-

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PERFORMANCE TIME:

22 minutes.

BACKGROUND

Music history, like politics, makes strange bedfellows. In considering the evergreen charm and popularity of Camille Saint-Saëns’ suite Carnival of the Animals, it’s instructive to compare it to an equally familiar work from

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the Great American Songbook: Broadway composer Frank Loesser’s sophisticated standard “Baby It’s Cold Outside.”

Though they inhabited very different musical worlds, Frank Loesser and Camille Saint-Saëns were both revered as versatile musical geniuses by their colleagues. Loesser gave us the words and lyrics for the classic musical Guys and Dolls and the nearly operatic Most Happy Fella. But the strange history of his song “Baby It’s Cold Outside” uncannily resembles that of Carnival of the Animals. Both were composed as private entertainments to be performed exclusively for friends. As both works became unexpectedly popular—the respective equivalents of “going viral”—their composers resisted pressures to capitalize on their success by publishing. In the end, Saint-Saëns held out, while Loesser did not. But in the end, it didn’t make much difference; both works entered the standard repertory. They are now widely programmed and enjoyed.

WHAT TO LISTEN FOR

The Carnival is actually a succession of witty movements introduced with a two-piano statement that is somehow portentous, stately and ungainly all at once. Scales diverge, then reconverge. We are put off balance and put on notice: Something dramatic and strange is coming. But what?

In a word, fun—in the form of 14 movements that parade before our ears and seemingly before our eyes.

There are always more musical jokes to be discovered in Carnival of the Animals. But this music rises above mere amusement, and its humor does not diminish its descriptive powers, which make us gasp as well as laugh.

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No composer excelled Saint-Saëns in the creation of vivid atmosphere and, in this case, mimicry. The sketches are vivid, deft, atmospheric and funny. And the wit is in their selection as well as their uncanny accuracy of aural description.

We all have our favorites: the otherworldly aquarium for anyone who has ever owned or seen one; the doleful solitary cuckoo in the woods, for anyone who has ever heard one. Personnages á longues oreilles, or characters with long ears, are braying donkeys. Or are they braying music critics?

But neither does Saint-Saëns spare himself and his colleagues: the Pianistes movement depicts pianists at their interminable scales.

The most famous movement of the Carnival is number XIII, Le cygne (“The Swan”), a moment of poetry that comes just before the raucous finale. This purling cello solo, with its extended legato phrases, was immediately co-opted as a separate concert work, and was the sole movement of the Carnival that Saint-Saëns consented to publish during his lifetime. (To resist would have been like trying to push back the tide.) With this movement as musical accompaniment, the Russian prima ballerina Anna Pavlova moved audiences to tears in one of the most celebrated dance interpretations of the 20th century, “The Dying Swan.” The poet Ogden Nash created verses for the Carnival in the 1940s, including this stanza, which successfully captures the performance tradition of the both ballerina and composer: The swan can swim while sitting down.

For sheer conceit he takes the crown.

He looks in the mirror over and over, And claims to have never heard of Pavlova.

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The Midtown Men with Utah Symphony

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The Midtown Men with Utah Symphony STARS FROM THE ORIGINAL CAST OF BROADWAY’S JERSEY BOYS

December 12 / 2017 / 7:30PM / ABRAVANEL HALL CONNER GRAY CONVINGTON, conductor CHRISTIAN HOFF, TRAVIS CLOER, J ROBERT SPENCER, QUINN VANANTWERP, vocalists

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See page 16 for Conner Gray Covington’s profile.

Christian Hoff is thrilled to reunite with The Midtown Men. He won a Tony Award for his performance as Tommy DeVito in Jersey Boys, as well as Drama Desk, Drama League, and Outer Critics Circle Award nominations. He was named “The Master of Mimicry” by Entertainment Weekly when his voicing of over 200 characters for Tell Me How You Love the Picture surpassed the audio book world record; the recording was also named Audio Book of the Year. His voice-over career was launched as the voice of Richie Rich in the HannaBarbera cartoon series. Favorite stage roles include King Herod in the national revival tour of Jesus Christ Superstar, Governor Hugh Dorsey in the Los Angeles revival of Parade, the original L.A. cast of Evita, George M. Cohan in George M!, Will Rogers in The Will Rogers Follies, Huck in Big River, and his Broadway debut in the Tony Award-winning The Who’s Tommy. He recorded GRAMMY-winning cast albums for both Jersey Boys and The Who’s Tommy with famed Beatles producer George Martin.

Christian Hoff vocalist

Travis Cloer is thrilled to join The Midtown Men! After sharing the stage with the other Men in the Broadway company of Jersey Boys, he went on to star as Frankie Valli in the Las Vegas company and is the longest running actor to consecutively play the part. The show played in Vegas for eight and a half years, closing in 2016 after 3,279 performances, and is in the books as the longest-running Broadway show to play the Strip in Las Vegas history. You can see him as Frankie Valli in the Will Farell and Mark Wahlberg film The Other Guys, as well as on many TV shows including The Doctors, The Queen Latifah Show, and the 2010 Daytime Emmy Awards celebrating the legendary Dick Clark. As a recording artist, Travis can be heard on Seasons Greetings: a Jersey Boys Christmas, where he worked directly with original Four Seasons member and composer Bob Gaudio. He also has released two solo records. Travis’ life is and always was full of music. He finds his inspiration from his wife Jen and two children Andi and Rowan, who make it sound so much sweeter.

Travis Cloer vocalist

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J. Robert Spencer vocalist

Quinn VanAntwerp

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J. Robert Spencer is excited to return to making music with The Midtown Men. A Tony Award-nominated actor, independent film director, producer, and writer, he originated the role of Nick Massi in the Tony and GRAMMY Award-winning Jersey Boys.

He also originated the role of Dan Goodman in the Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway musical Next To Normal, for which he received nominations for both the Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Lead Actor and the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical. He has voiced two animated features: Nightmare Campus and the critically acclaimed, award-winning Grave of the Fireflies. J. Robert’s independent film company is 7 Spencer Productions, with which he produced, wrote, starred and directed the comedy Farm Girl in New York. The film was featured on The Today Show with Ann Currey and Al Roker, and was the official selection of the Sacramento International Film Festival (nominated for Best Comedy and Best Actress). The film was also selected by Big Apple, Atlanta, Buffalo Niagara, and Seattle True Independent Film Festivals, and is distributed by Maverick Entertainment.

Through Sony Masterworks, he appeared with Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops in PBS’ Handel’s Messiah Rocks, for which he was nominated for a Midwest Emmy Award for Best On Camera Performance by a Leading Actor. J. Robert is the recipient of an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from Shenandoah University.

Quinn VanAntwerp has had the honor of playing Bob Gaudio in Jersey Boys longer than any other actor in the show’s history. After originating the role of Gaudio in the Toronto production, where he received a Dora Award Nomination for Best Actor, he went on to perform over 2,500 performances both on tour and on Broadway. Quinn is a California native with a degree from the University of California Irvine, and can also be seen on television in shows like The Affair, Elementary, The Good Wife, Blue Bloods, Shades of Blue, The Following, Nurse Jackie, and the upcoming season of Better Call Saul. Follow him on Facebook/Twitter/Instagram (@QuinnVanAntwerp).

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David & Judi Harris Lisanne & Don Hendricks Debbie Horton Sunny & Wes Howell Dixie & Robert Huefner Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Huffman Sherry & Jim Hulse Scott Huntsman M. Craig & Rebecca Johns Bryce & Karen† Johnson Jill Johnson Maxine & Bruce Johnson Catherine Kanter Susan Keyes Merele & Howard Kosowky Donald L. & Alice A. Lappe Victoria McNeil Le Vine Herbert C. & Wilma S. Livsey Patricia & Mark Lucas Milt & Carol Lynnes Donations received as of September 20, 2017

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Thank You ABRAVANEL OR PETERSON SOCIETY $2,500 to $3,999 Anonymous David & Donna Lyon Jed & Kathryn Marti Zelda Marzec Christopher & Julie McBeth George & Nancy Melling Dr. Jean H. & Dr. Richard R. Miller Mr. & Mrs. Richard Mithoff Dr. Louis A. Moench & Deborah Moench Marilyn & Rulon Neilson Thomas & Barbara O’Byrne O. Don & Barbara Ostler Dr. S. Keith & Barbara Petersen

Dan & June Ragan W. E. & Harriet R. Rasmussen Dr. Richard & Frances Reiser Joyce Rice Kenneth Roach & Cindy Powell Lousje & Keith Rooker Thomas Safran Mark & Loulu Saltzman John F. Foley, M.D. & Dorene Sambado, M.D. Margaret P. Sargent Shirley & Eric Schoenholz Barbara & Paul Schwartz William G. Schwartz & Joann Givan

Christine St. Andre Dawn & Mitch Taubin Richard & Janet Thompson Mr. & Mrs. Glen R. Traylor Susan & David† Wagstaff John & Susan Walker Bryan & Diana Watabe Suzanne Weaver & Charles Boynton David & Jerre Winder Catherine Wong Gayle & Sam Youngblood

Dr. & Mrs. Michael A. Kalm Carl & Gillean Kjeldsberg Val Lambson Guttorm & Claudia Landro Anne Lee & Claude Halter Dr. Vivan S. Lee & Mr. Benedict Kingsbury James Lether Lisa & James Levy Ronald W. Tharp & Kate F. Little Dennis & Pat Lombardi Ross & Kathleen Matthews Daniel & Noemi P. Mattis George & Lina Mendelson Brad & Trish Merrill Dr. Nicole L. Mihalopoulos & Joshua Scoville David Mortensen & RoseMarie Brittner Mahyera

Dan & Janet Myers Michael & Leslie O’Malley Robert & Catherine Pedersen Mr. David A. Petersen Victor & Elizabeth Pollak Jana Ramacher Gina Rieke Grant Schettler Gibbs & Catherine W. Smith Payam Tristani Rachel Varat-Navarro Susan Warshaw Erik & Linda Watts Dan & Amy Wilcox Norman & Kathy Younker Laurie Zeller Michael & Olga Zhdanov

PATRON $1,500 to $2,449 Anonymous (2) Barry Bergquist Shauna Bona Mr. & Mrs. Lee Forrest Carter David & Carol Coulter Kathleen & Frank Dougherty Katherine W.† & E. R. Dumke, Jr. Robert S. Felt, M.D. William Fickling Heidi Gardner The George B. & Oma E. Wilcox & Gibbs M. & Catherine W. Smith Fdn. Ronald & Kaye Gunnell Arlen Hale Drs. Carolyn & Joshua Hickman Caroline & David Hundley James Hynes Drs. Randy & Elizabeth Jensen

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Thank You FRIEND $1,000 to $1,499 Anonymous (5) Carolyn Abravanel Madeline Adkins & John Forrest Christine A. Allred Drs. Crystal & Dustin Armstrong Curtis Atkisson, Jr. Diane Banks & Dr. Mark Bromberg Roger & Karen Blaylock Dana Carroll & Jeannine Marlowe Michael & Beth Chardack William J. Coles & Dr. Joan L. Coles Dr. & Mrs. David Coppin Denise Corr Dorothy B. Cromer† James & Rula Dickson Margaret Dreyfous Alice Edvalson Naomi K. Feigal Ralph & Rose Gochnour Dr. & Mrs. John Greenlee Geraldine Hanni

John Edward Henderson Connie C. Holbrook Todd & Tatiana James Dale & Beverly Johnson Jocelyn Johnson Chester & Marilyn Johnson Robert & Karla Knox Greg Larson Sheryl Laukat Tiffany & Mark Lemons Peter Margulies & Louis Vickerman Edward & Grace McDonough Clifton & Terri McIntosh Mr. & Mrs. Michael Mealey Lex Hemphill & Nancy Melich Hal & JeNeal Miller Mary Muir Oren & Liz Nelson Timothy F. Buehner Richard O’Brien Mary Jane O’Connor Ruth & William Ohlsen Linda S. Pembroke

Rori & Nancy Piggott David Porter Keith & Nancy Rattie David & Lois Salisbury Janet Schaap James Schnitz Mr. August L. Schultz Annabelle & Dennis Shrieve Barbara Slaymaker Dorotha Smart Dr. & Mrs. Michael H. Stevens Amy Sullivan & Alex Bocock Douglas & Susan Terry Craig & Christy Wagstaff M. Walker & Sue Wallace Gerard & Sheila Walsh Judith Warner Mary & Scott Wieler Margaret & Gary Wirth Marsha & Richard Workman John & Jean Yablonski Kathie & Hugh Zumbro

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Utah Symphony | Utah Opera is grateful to the corporations, foundations & public institutions that sustain our mission and to those who have pledged multi-year gifts (recognized in bold). For more information, please call 801-869-9013.

ENCORE $100,000 & ABOVE The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Dominion Energy Emma Eccles Jones Foundation The Florence J. Gillmor Foundation George S. & Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation Janet Q. Lawson Foundation

Larry H. & Gail Miller Family Foundation John & Marcia Price Foundation Marriner S. Eccles Foundation O.C. Tanner Utah State Legislature / Utah State Board of Education Salt Lake County Shiebler Family Foundation

Sorenson Legacy Foundation State of Utah Summit County Restaurant Tax/ RAP Tax The Tony & Renee Marlon Charitable Foundation Utah Division of Arts & Museums Zions Bank

Lawrence T. & Janet T. Dee Foundation

Grand & Little America Hotels* Sinclair Oil Corporation

BRAVO $50,000 to $99,999 Carol Franc Buck Foundation Chevron Corporation

OVERTURE $25,000 to $49,999 Anonymous Arnold Machinery B.M.W. of Murray C. Comstock Clayton Foundation Charles Maxfield & Gloria F. Parrish Foundation Deer Valley Resort** FJ Management, Inc. The Beesley Family Foundation

Montage Deer Valley** Harris H. & Amanda P. Simmons Foundation Nora Eccles Treadwell Foundation R. Harold Burton Foundation S. J. & Jessie E. Quinney Foundation The Sam & Diane Stewart Family Foundation

Simmons Family Foundation Stein Eriksen Lodge** Summit Sotheby’s Vivint.SmartHome Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC Wells Fargo Foundation Workers Compensation Fund

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MAESTRO $10,000 to $24,999 Adobe Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation B. W. Bastian Foundation Brent & Bonnie Jean Beesley Foundation Caffé Molise* CenturyLink Community Foundation of the Lowcountry Haven J. Barlow Family

Hyatt Centric Park City** Marie Eccles Caine FoundationRussell Family Marriott International, Inc. McCarthey Family Foundaton Merrill Lynch Wealth Management Merrill Lynch Coast Access LLC The New Yorker Opera America

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The Dorsey & Whitney Foundation Flynn Family Foundation Holland & Hart Huntsman International LLC J. Wong’s Thai & Chinese Bistro* Jones Waldo Park City Macy’s Martine* Patricia Dougall Eager Trust Pro Helvetia, The Swiss Arts Council

Raymond James & Associates Resorts West by Natural Retreats* Spencer F. & Cleone P. Eccles Family Foundation St. Regis/Deer Crest Club Utah Autism Foundation Utah Office of Tourism The Val A. Green & Edith D. Green Foundation Victory Ranch & Conservancy

Graystone Consulting Henry W. & Leslie M. Eskuche Charitable Foundation Jones & Associates Love Communications Millcreek Coffee Roasters* Nebeker Family Foundation Park City Foundation Peczuh Printing Ray, Quinney & Nebeker Foundation Robert S. Carter Foundation

Rodney H. & Carolyn Hansen Brady Charitable Foundation Snell & Wilmer LLP Snow, Christensen & Martineau Foundation Squatters Pub* Stay Park City Stoel Rives TraskBritt P.C. Wells Fargo Zuvii*

PATRON $5,000 to $9,999 Anonymous (2) The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc. Bambara* Bessemer Trust Berenice J. Bradshaw Trust The Capital Group The Foundation for Jewish Philanthropy Deluxe Corporation Foundation Discover Financial Services

FRIEND $2,500 & ABOVE Anonymous Art Works for Kids!

Bertin Family Foundation Boeing Employees Community Fund Castle Foundation Chevron Matching Employee Fund Cope & Cope Investments, LLC D’Addario Foundation Diamond Rental ExxonMobil Foundation Fanwood Foundation George Q. Morris Foundation * In-kind donation only ** In-kind and cash donation

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Thank You DONORS TO UTAH SYMPHONY | UTAH OPERA ENDOWMENT Utah Symphony | Utah Opera is grateful to those donors who have made commitments to our Endowment Fund. The Endowment Fund is a vital resource that helps ensure the long-term wellbeing and stability of USUO, and through its annual earnings, supports our Annual Fund. For further information, please contact 801-869-9028.

Anonymous Gael Benson Edward Ashwood & Candice Johnson Estate of Alexander Bodi The Elizabeth Brown Dee Fund for Music in the Schools Lawrence T. & Janet T. Dee Foundation

Thomas & Candace Dee Hearst Foundation Roger & Susan Horn The Right Reverend Carolyn Tanner Irish & Frederick Quinn Edward & Barbara Moreton Estate of Pauline C. Pace Perkins-Prothro Foundation

Kenneth†& Jerrie Randall The Evelyn Rosenblatt Young Artist Award Norman C. Tanner & Barbara L. Tanner Trust O.C. Tanner M. Walker & Sue Wallace

GIFTS MADE IN HONOR OF Dr. J. R. Baringer & Dr. Jeannette J. Townsend Neill & Linda Brownstein

Herond & Gaylen Hoyt Pamela Robinson-Harris & Jeff Harris

The Right Reverend Carolyn Tanner Irish

GIFTS MADE IN MEMORY OF Jay T. Ball Janet Bennett Robert H. Burgoyne, M.D. Jeffrey L. Chaney Kathie Dalton Charles Dean Dean E. Eggertsen Loraine L. Felton Rosalie Frost Ursula Gleason Joanne Johnson Muriel Lindquist Panos Johnson

Joseph S. Kowlton Valice M. Laramee Sonja Margulies Frank & Maxine McIntyre Bill Peters Mardean Peterson John A. Reinertsen Alvin Richer Kathryn Romney J. Ryan Selberg Bert Schaap Aurelia H. Schettler

Catharine Schettler Ben Schippen Claudia Silver-Huff Hope B. Stevens Patrick L. Wade Robert Van Wagenen Nadine Ward Ardean Watts John W. Williams Lawrence Young Martin Zwick

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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.

TANNER SOCIETY OF UTAH SYMPHONY Beethoven Circle gifts valued at more than $100,000 Anonymous (3) Doyle Arnold & Anne Glarner Dr. J. Richard Baringer Haven J. Barlow Edward† & Edith† Brinn Shelly Coburn Captain Raymond & Diana Compton Anne C. Ewers Flemming & Lana Jensen

James Read Lether Daniel & Noemi P. Mattis Anthony & Carol W. Middleton, Jr., M.D. Robert & Dianne Miner Glenn Prestwich & Barbara Bentley Kenneth A.† & Jeraldine S. Randall Mr.† & Mrs. Alvin Richer

Patricia A. Richards & William K. Nichols Sharon & David† Richards Harris H. & Amanda P. Simmons E. Jeffery & Joyce Smith G.B. & B.F. Stringfellow Norman† & Barbara Tanner Mr. & Mrs. M. Walker Wallace

Dianne May Dr. & Mrs. Louis A Moench Jerry & Marcia McClain Jim& Andrea Naccarato Stephen H. & Mary Nichols Mr. & Mrs. Scott Parker Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Pazzi Richard Q. Perry Chase† & Grethe Peterson Glenn H. & Karen F. Peterson Thomas A. & Sally† Quinn

Dan & June Ragan Mr. Grant Schettler Glenda & Robert† Shrader Mr. Robert C. Steiner & Dr. Jacquelyn Erbin JoLynda Stillman Edwin & Joann Svikhart Frederic & Marilyn Wagner Jack R. & Mary Lois† Wheatley Edward J. & Marelynn Zipser

Mahler Circle Anonymous (3) Eva-Maria Adolphi Dr. Robert H.† & Marianne Harding Burgoyne Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth E. Coombs Paul (Hap) & Ann† Green Robert & Carolee Harmon Richard G. & Shauna† Horne Ms. Marilyn Lindsay Turid V. Lipman Herbert C. & Wilma Livsey

CRESCENDO SOCIETY OF UTAH OPERA Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. William C. Bailey Judy Brady & Drew W. Browning Dr. Robert H.† & Marianne Harding Burgoyne Shelly Coburn Dr. Richard J & Mrs. Barbara N. Eliason Anne C. Ewers Edwin B. Firmage

Joseph & Pat Gartman Paul (Hap) & Ann† Green John & Jean Henkels Clark D. Jones Turid V. Lipman Herbert C. & Wilma Livsey Constance Lundberg Richard W. & Frances P. Muir Marilyn H. Neilson Carol & Ted Newlin

Stanley B. & Joyce Parrish Patricia A. Richards & William K. Nichols Mr.† & Mrs. Alvin Richer Jeffrey W. Shields G.B. & B.F. Stringfellow Norman† & Barbara Tanner Dr. Ralph & Judith Vander Heide Edward J. & Marelynn Zipser

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Leave a lasting legacy of excellent music.

When you make a gift through your estate, either now or at the end of your life, you provide invaluable support to Utah Symphony | Utah Opera. Your financial advisor or estate planning attorney can help you build a gift that can meet goals for you or your heirs, and provide USUO with the resources that create incredible music. Help USUO preserve our future of performing favorite symphonic and operatic works and new works for years to come.

To learn more about how 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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ASSISTIVE LISTENING DEVICES 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.

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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