Utah Symphony Playbill - November/December 2023

CONTENTS

UTAH SYMPHONY NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2023

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Welcome

BRAHMS’ SYMPHONY NO. 2

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NOVEMBER 17 & 18, 2023 / 7:30 PM

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Board of Trustees

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Utah Symphony

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MESSIAH SING-IN NOVEMBER 25 & 26, 2023 / 7:30 PM

Donors

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Acknowledgments

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Administration

27 APPALACHIAN SPRING & BACH WITH PIANIST AWADAGIN PRATT DECEMBER 1, 2023 / 7:30 PM DECEMBER 2, 2023 / 5:30 PM

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35 DAVID ROBERTSON CONDUCTS SCHUMANN’S “RHENISH” SYMPHONY DECEMBER 8 & 9, 2023 / 7:30 PM

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WELCOME

Welcome to Maurice Abravanel Hall and this concert featuring your Utah Symphony—one of only 16 full-time professional orchestras in the country. We can think of no better way to enjoy the holiday season than through the magic of sharing live music together with you.

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We are thrilled that music-making includes a host of incredible guest artists—from esteemed conductors and soloists joining us from around the world to Utah’s best young musicians performing with the Utah Symphony in our Salute to Youth concert. Whether it is the timeless appeal of Handel’s Messiah and Copland’s Appalachian Spring, the evocative orchestration of Strauss, Sibelius, and Ives, exciting new music from living composers, or performances with the stars of today and tomorrow, you will hear the musicians of the Utah Symphony demonstrate their extraordinary versatility and expertise as they deliver moments that will live long in your memory.

We would like to express our deep appreciation to all of you for supporting Utah Symphony | Utah Opera. Because of the generosity of friends like you, USUO brings the gift of music year-round to audiences throughout the state and region—with a remarkable one third of that audience comprised of students experiencing one of our many free education performances. Ticket sales account for only 35% of the cost to produce your concert, so if you haven’t yet made a contribution to USUO this calendar year please consider doing so.

Thinking of holiday gift-giving? Contributions can be made in honor of others and tickets or gift cards for our performances make wonderful gifts for those special people in your life. Share a performance with them and create musical memories together!

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On behalf of the musicians, staff, and board members at Utah Symphony | Utah Opera, we wish you the happiest of holiday seasons and a joyful 2024!

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

ELECTED BOARD Brian Greeff* Chair Annette W. Jarvis* Vice Chair and Secretary Joanne F. Shiebler* Vice Chair Steven Brosvik* President & CEO Austin Bankhead Dr. Stewart E. Barlow Judith M. Billings George Cardon-Bystry Gary L. Crocker John D’Arcy* David L. Dee Barry L. Eden*

Jason Englund Senator Luz Escamilla Theresa A. Foxley Brandon Fugal Dr. Julie Aiken Hansen Daniel Hemmert* Dennis H. Hranitzky Stephen Tanner Irish Thomas N. Jacobson Abigail E. Magrane Brad W. Merrill Judy Moreton Dr. Dinesh C. Patel Frank R. Pignanelli Gary B. Porter Shari H. Quinney Miguel R. Rovira Stan Sorensen Dr. Shane D. Stowell

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David A. Petersen Patricia A. Richards* Harris Simmons David B. Winder

Kristen Fletcher Richard G. Horne Ronald W. Jibson

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Lisa Eccles Spencer F. Eccles Dr. Anthony W. Middleton, Jr. Edward Moreton Marilyn H. Neilson

Stanley B. Parrish Marcia Price Jeffrey W. Shields, Esq. Diana Ellis Smith

MUSICIAN REPRESENTATIVES Claudia Restrepo* Barbara Ann Scowcroft* EX-OFFICIO Jean Vaniman Onstage Ogden

LIFETIME BOARD William C. Bailey Kem C. Gardner* Jon Huntsman, Jr. G. Frank Joklik

TRUSTEES EMERITI Carolyn Abravanel Dr. J. Richard Baringer Howard S. Clark

HONORARY BOARD Jesselie B. Anderson Kathryn Carter R. Don Cash Raymond J. Dardano Geralyn Dreyfous

* Executive Committee Member

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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

VIOLA* Brant Bayless Principal The Sue & Walker Wallace Chair

OBOE Zachary Hammond Principal The Gerald B. & Barbara F. Stringfellow Chair

Yuan Qi Associate Principal

James Hall Associate Principal

Julie Edwards Joel Gibbs Carl Johansen Scott Lewis John Posadas Whittney Sjogren Leslie Richards~

Lissa Stolz ENGLISH HORN Lissa Stolz

Claude Halter Principal Second

CELLO* Matthew Johnson Acting Principal The J. Ryan Selberg Memorial Chair

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

Wen Yuan Gu Associate Principal Second

Andrew Larson Acting Associate Principal

Erin Svoboda-Scott Associate Principal

Evgenia Zharzhavskaya Assistant Principal Second

John Eckstein Walter Haman Anne Lee Louis-Philippe Robillard Kevin Shumway Hannah Thomas-Hollands~ Pegsoon Whang

Lee Livengood# Chris Bosco~

Laura Ha 2nd Associate Concertmaster

Karen Wyatt 2nd Assistant Principal Second Erin David Joseph Evans Lun Jiang Rebekah Johnson•• Tina Johnson~ Alison Kim Amanda Kofoed~ Jennifer Kozbial Posadas~ Veronica Kulig David Langr Hannah Linz Yuki MacQueen Alexander Martin Rebecca Moench Hugh Palmer David Porter Lynn Maxine Rosen Barbara Ann Scowcroft Ju Hyung Shin Bonnie Terry Julie Wunderle

BASS* David Yavornitzky Principal Corbin Johnston Associate Principal James Allyn Andrew Keller Edward Merritt James Stroup~ Jens Tenbroek Thomas Zera HARP Louise Vickerman Principal FLUTE Mercedes Smith Principal The Val A. Browning Chair Lisa Byrnes Associate Principal Caitlyn Valovick Moore

BASS CLARINET Lee Livengood# Chris Bosco~ E-FLAT CLARINET Erin Svoboda-Scott BASSOON Lori Wike Principal The Edward & Barbara Moreton Chair Leon Chodos Associate Principal Jennifer Rhodes CONTRABASSOON Leon Chodos HORN Jessica Danz Principal Edmund Rollett Associate Principal Jonathan Chiou Julia Pilant~ Stephen Proser

TRUMPET Travis Peterson Principal Jeff Luke Associate Principal Peter Margulies Paul Torrisi TROMBONE Sam Elliot Acting Principal

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Matthew Straw Assistant Conductor

Andrew Zaharis~ Acting Second Trombone BASS TROMBONE Graeme Mutchler TUBA Alexander Purdy Principal TIMPANI George Brown Principal Eric Hopkins Associate Principal PERCUSSION Keith Carrick Principal Eric Hopkins Michael Pape KEYBOARD Jason Hardink Principal LIBRARIANS Clovis Lark Principal Claudia Restrepo ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL Walt Zeschin Director of Orchestra Personnel

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PICCOLO Caitlyn Valovick Moore

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PLAYING THE GREATST HITS FROM THE 1800s TO TODAY!

UTAH SYMPHONY’S CLASSICAL MASTERWORKS SERIES BEETHOVEN’S SYMPHONY NO. 7 JANUARY 5 / 7:30 PM JANUARY 6 / 5:30 PM David Danzmayr, conductor Francesca Dego, violin

Experience the duality of Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony paired with one of Mozart’s greatest violin concertos.

STEPHEN HOUGH PERFORMS STEPHEN HOUGH

JANUARY 12–13 / 7:30 PM Sir Donald Runnicles, conductor Sir Stephen Hough, piano

The first concerto by British piano legend Sir Stephen Hough, who gives its world premiere performance.

PROKOFIEV’S VIOLIN CONCERTO NO. 1 FEBRUARY 2 / 7:30 PM FEBRUARY 3 / 5:30 PM Jun Märkl, conductor Madeline Adkins, violin

Concertmaster Madeline Adkins is the featured soloist for Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 1.

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SYMPHONY NO. 2 NOVEMBER 17 & 18, 2023 / 7:30 PM Maurice Abravanel Hall

MARKUS POSCHNER, conductor

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Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73

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ARTIST’S PROFILE

MARKUS POSCHNER Conductor

Born in Munich, Markus Poschner was awarded the German Conductors Prize in 2004 and has since then received regular invitations from top orchestras both on the national and international platform.

Nowadays he is above-all known for his breathtaking interpretations and recordings of Beethoven, Brahms, and Mahler. Having studied at the local conservatory in Munich and as assistant of Sir Roger Norrington and Sir Colin Davies, Markus Poschner became Kapellmeister (conductor) at Komische Oper Berlin in 2006. His collaboration with directors like Nicolas Stemann, Hans Neuenfels, Peter Konwitschny, Andreas Homoki, and

Sebastian Baumgarten lead the Neue Zürcher Zeitung to describe him as the “most promising up-and-coming talent.”

In 2007 Markus Poschner was appointed GMD of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen. Together with the Bremer Philharmoniker Markus Poschner, who is also an excellent Jazz-pianist, rapidly gained reputation for his innovative and adventurous programming, interpretation, and presentation. Combined with his unique gift of communication he created a continuing audience boom. At Bremen Theatre he developed new ideas and forms of contemporary music theatre together with director Benedikt von Peter. Since the season 2017–18, Markus Poschner is Chief Conductor of the Bruckner Orchester Linz.

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Symphony 7: Let Them Love Now Who never loved before, And they who always loved, now love the more.

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From the Pervigilium Veneris (Vigil of Venus)

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HISTORY OF THE MUSIC

By Jeff Counts

Prélude à une nuit américaine Duration: 11 minutes.

THE COMPOSER – MATHILDE WANTENAAR (b. 1993) – “Lyrical, enchanting and eclectic yet authentic” is how Dutch composer Mathilde Wantenaar’s music is described in her bio.

She pursued a double life as a composer and singer until 2019, when competing commissions for an orchestral work (this Prélude - her first) and an opera

Death and Transfiguration, Op. 24 Duration: 23 minutes.

THE COMPOSER – RICHARD STRAUSS (1864–1949) – An obsession with Richard Wagner would not have adequately distinguished one young German musician from another in the late 1880s. Even though he was dead, many were still in his thrall and Richard Strauss was very much among them. In fact, Strauss at that time became a mentee of a foremost

Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73 Duration: 43 minutes in four movements.

THE COMPOSER – JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833–1897) – Brahms was so busy with travel and performance during his later years that he had to reserve his summers for secluded composition time. His preferred location in 1877 was the resort town of Pörtschach on Lake Wörth in southern Austria. The stunning Wörthsee area would

necessitated a renewed focus on music writing. Though no longer studying it formally, Wantenaar believes the time she spent in vocal practice, exploring the explicit drama inherent in song, has continued to influence her creativity as an instrumental composer. She also credits her parents for setting her life as an artist in motion, calling them “the reason I exist at all” in reference to the fact that they met and fell in love through music performance.

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Wagner interpreter, Hans von Bülow.

Bülow opened professional doors for Strauss, including the music directorship at Meiningen, and encouraged his young colleague to intensify his study of Wagner.

Strauss soon struck up a friendship with Alexander Ritter, a violinist at Meiningen who was married to Wagner’s niece Franziska. That’s a lot of Wagner, for anyone, but there were other critical influences in play.

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later nurture Mahler and Berg toward their separate aims, and both men must have encountered Brahms’ contented spirit there.

Brahms spoke happily of his “pleasant abode in the Castle” but admitted with his typical good humor that his rooms where actually located in the caretaker’s quarters.

“For my part,” he often wrote in letters to friends, “I won’t be going anywhere else in the summer without good reason.”

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JANUARY 20-28, 2024 A magical adaptation of the beloved children’s book

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G. Schirmer Sinfonia Comfort ye, comfort ye my people 7 Ev’ry valley shall be exalted 10 And the Glory of the Lord** 16 Thus saith the Lord 24 But who may abide the day 27 And he shall purify** 36 Behold, a virgin shall conceive 47 O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion** 47 For behold, darkness shall cover the earth 60 The people that walked in darkness 62 For unto us a Child is Born** 66 There were shepherds abiding in the field 79 And the angel said unto them 80 And suddenly, there was with the angel 81 Glory to God in the Highest** 82 Rejoice Greatly, O daughter of Zion 87 His yoke is easy, and His burthen is light 98

Baerenreiter 4 7 12 22 25 35 45 46 58 60 64 83 84 85 86 101 105

INTERMISSION Part II Behold the Lamb of God** He was despised and rejected of Men Surely He hath borne our griefs** And with His stripes we are healed** All we like sheep have gone astray** All they that see Him laugh Him to scorn He trusted in God** He was cut off But Thou didst not leave His soul in Hell Why do the nations so furiously rage He that dwelleth in Heaven Though shalt break them with a rod of iron Hallelujah** Part III I know that my Redeemer liveth Since by man came death Behold, I tell you a mystery The trumpet shall sound Worthy is the Lamb** Amen** UTAHSYMPHONY.ORG / (801) 533-NOTE

104 108 113 117 122 131 132 141 141 174 189 189 193

113 118 123 128 135 148 150 162 163 215 233 234 238

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ARTISTS’ PROFILES

MATTHEW STRAW Conductor

As the new Assistant Conductor of the Utah Symphony, Matthew Straw will work with Creative Partner David Robertson and Music Director Emeritus Thierry Fischer, and will conduct the orchestra in over 70 performances during the 2023-24 season. A two-time winner of the Career Assistance Award from the Solti Foundation US, Straw became the youngest awardee in the history of the foundation in 2022. In addition, he received the Helen F. Whitaker Conducting Fellowship at the 2019 Aspen Conducting Academy.

JASMINE RODRIGUEZ Soprano

Jasmine Rodriguez is a Latinx crossover artist from Santa Fe Springs, Southern California. She received a BM in Vocal Performance from Chapman University and her MM in Musical Theatre and Opera Performance from Arizona State University.

Some of her favorite operatic roles performed include Musetta (La bohème), Laetitia (The Old Maid and the Thief), Susannah (Susannah), Rose (Street Scene),

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As assistant conductor he has worked with Kazushi Ono and the Brussels Philharmonic, and Ilan Volkov and the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra at the Salzburg Festival. He has conducted the Des Moines Metro Opera, New World Symphony, and Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, and has participated in masterclasses with Stéphane Denève, Cristian Măcelaru, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Neeme and Paavo Järvi, Michael Tilson-Thomas, and Robert Spano. He is a recent graduate of the Eastman School of Music where he received an MM in conducting and holds degrees in music and philosophy from the Oberlin College and Conservatory of Music.

Miss Wordsworth (Albert Herring), and Lauretta (Gianni Schicchi). She is an Encouragement Award winner from the 2020 Met Opera National Council Auditions.

She’s had the pleasure of studying at the Taos Opera Institute, American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, and the Seagle Festival. In her first year as a Resident Artist with Utah Opera she had the opportunity to cover Marie in The Daughter of the Regiment, sing the Page in Rigoletto, and was featured ensemble in The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs. Rodriguez’ other hobbies include Latin dancing and happy hour.

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ARTISTS’ PROFILES

SARAH SCOFIELD Mezzo-Soprano

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French American mezzosoprano Sarah Scofield (she/ they) received her Master of Music from the University of Cincinnati CollegeConservatory of Music in the spring of 2023. Her recent roles include Narciso (Agrippina), Die Zweite Dame (Die Zauberflöte), and Messaggiera (l’Orfeo).

Dedicated to the creation of new works, Scofield performed the role of Uta Hagenin a workshop of Scott Davenport’s opera Robeson in Moscow with Cincinnati

JEREMIAH TYSON Tenor

American tenor, Jeremiah Tyson, from Dallas, TX, performed the role of Andy (Treemonisha) in his 2023 debut with Opera Theater of St. Louis, also covering Ferrando (Così fan tutte) and Sam Polk (Susannah) as a Gerdine Young Artist.

Other training programs include Opera Saratoga, the Dallas Opera, and the Glimmerglass Festival where he appeared as Raphael in the world premiere of Holy Ground, and Bus Driver/Donnie/Preacher (Taking up Serpents) in 2022. Recent roles

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Opera Fusion: New Works in 2022. An art song enthusiast, Scofield spent the summer of 2022 at the Music Academy of the West and as a Stern Fellow at Songfest.

As a Stern Fellow, she premiered Anna Weesner’s 3 Simple Songs and appeared alongside Graham Johnson in a recital of Schubert Lieder. In 2023 Scofield was a part of the LYNX Project’s Amplify Series, performing settings of texts by nonspeaking autistic youth with the Cincinnati Song Initiative. When not singing Scofield is likely to be found with her dog Cricket and her phone pressed to her ear, straining to hear whale song as a participant in the citizen science initiative: OrcaSoundLab.

include Grimoaldo (Rodelinda), Nemorino (The Elixir of Love), Rinuccio (Gianni Schicchi), Basilio (Don Quichotte auf der Hochzeit des Comacho), and Aeneas (Dido and Aeneas). Tyson was a New Orleans District Encouragement Winner of the 2022 Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition. He has performed with Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra as the tenor soloist in Messiah, and Dallas Symphony Orchestra as the Second Nazarene (Salome). Offstage, Tyson can be found enjoying the fresh air on a hiking trail or in the kitchen whipping up flavorful dishes to share with family and friends.

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South African baritone Tshilidzi Ndou holds degrees from North-Western University in South Africa, and a Performer’s Diploma in Voice and Master of Music from Southern Methodist University. Past roles include Count Almaviva (Le nozze di Figaro), Mr. Webb (Our Town), Luther Billis (South Pacific), Guglielmo (Così fan tutte), John Proctor (The Crucible), and the baritone soloist in Bach’s Magnificat. As part of Dallas Opera’s Educational Outreach program, he performed the Mayor in Doctor Miracle and Belcore in L’Elisir

d’amore. Tshilidzi has won numerous awards, including First Prize of the Pre-Professional Division and the Spiritual and Contemporary Art Song prizes in the 2022 George Shirley Vocal Competition, and District Winner and Western Region Encouragement Award Winner in the 2021 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. As a second-year Resident Artist, he has previously appeared with USUO in La fille du régiment as the Corporal, in Rigoletto as Marullo, as Schaunard in La bohème and as the baritone soloist in Messiah. Ndou joined Chautauqua Opera this past summer where he performed Escamillo in La tragédie de Carmen and as a soloist in their Opera Pops concert with the Chautauqua Symphony.

By Jeff Counts

Messiah Duration: 120 minutes in three parts.

THE HISTORY – The commission opportunity that stalled the (presumed) flight back to the continent was nothing less than Messiah. Done for good with opera and the fickle tastes that governed its relevance, Handel found in Messiah a return to a more weatherproof genre (in England at least)—that of the oratorio.

He completed the score during a 24day fury in the late summer of 1741 and by the reactions of the Irish press during the rehearsals and 1742 Dublin premiere, it was clear that the quickness of its creation did not speak to a lack of assured quality or effectiveness. “The finest composition of music that ever was heard,” went one comment and another claimed, “Words are wanting to describe the exquisite delight it afforded the admiring and crowded audience.”

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As much as the piece meant to Handel’s career at the time, he couldn’t know it was destined for the truly rarified air of “official annual tradition” throughout the Englishspeaking world in the centuries to come.

The practice of standing for the Hallelujah Chorus comes from a convenient, if completely speculative, legend. No one really knows for sure whether or not King George II stood for it in 1743, making it necessary for all of his subjects to do the same and inadvertently setting a precedent.

ARTISTS’ PROFILES

Baritone

HISTORY OF THE MUSIC

TSHILIDZI NDOU

THE WORLD – Elsewhere in 1742, Swedish scientist Anders Celsius created the first version of his temperature scale, Benjamin Franklin invented what was to become the “Franklin Stove,” and Russian Czarina Elizabeth cruelly ordered the expulsion of the Jews from her kingdom.

THE CONNECTION – Messiah is performed every season by the Utah Symphony as part of the traditional “sing-in.”

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Sat, Nov. 11, 7:30 p.m.

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NATALIE MACMASTER & DONNELL LEAHY A Celtic Family Christmas Thu, Dec. 21, 7:30 p.m.

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SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Fri, Nov. 17, 7:00 p.m.

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MACHINAL

SYNERGY DANCE COMPANY

Nov. 17–18, 7:30 p.m.

2:00 p.m. (Sat, Nov. 18) Nov. 28–Dec. 2, 7:30 p.m.

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DECEMBER 1, 2023 / 7:30 PM DECEMBER 2, 2023 / 5:30 PM Maurice Abravanel Hall

TEDDY ABRAMS, conductor AWADAGIN PRATT, piano

J.S. BACH

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APPALACHIAN SPRING & BACH

WITH PIANIST AWADAGIN PRATT

Keyboard Concerto in A Major No. 4, BWV 1055 AWADAGIN PRATT, piano

I. Allegro II. Larghetto III. Allegro ma non tanto

JESSIE MONTGOMERY

Rounds for Piano and String Orchestra AWADAGIN PRATT, piano

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TEDDY ABRAMS COPLAND

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Overture to The Greatest Appalachian Spring

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ARTISTS’ PROFILES

TEDDY ABRAMS Conductor

Teddy Abrams, Musical America’s 2022 Conductor of the Year, is in his tenth season as Music Director of the Louisville Orchestra (LO), where he has been the galvanizing force behind the orchestra’s artistic renewal since his appointment in September 2014.

Abrams and the LO begin their 2023-24 season with the next leg of their multiseason “In Harmony” state tour. After a summer debut at the Hollywood Bowl

AWADAGIN PRATT Piano

Born in Pittsburgh, Awadagin Pratt began studying piano and violin at an early age. At the age of 16 he entered the University of Illinois where he studied piano, violin, and conducting. He subsequently enrolled at the Peabody Conservatory of Music where he became the first student in the school’s history to receive diplomas in three performance areas—piano, violin, and conducting.

with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and a return to Ravinia with the Chicago Symphony, Abrams’ guest conducting highlights include Helsinki and Buffalo Philharmonic debuts and a return to the Utah Symphony.

In April 2023 Abrams premiered his own composition Mammoth with the LO in Kentucky’s Mammoth Cave. Other recent compositional highlights include a piano concerto for Yuja Wang, and Abrams is now at work on ALI, a musical about Muhammad Ali premiering in fall 2024 in Louisville, the boxer’s birthplace, before opening on Broadway in spring 2025.

In 1992, Pratt won the Naumburg International Piano Competition and two years later was awarded an Avery Fisher Career Grant. Since then, he has played numerous recitals throughout the US including performances at Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, Chicago’s Orchestra Hall, and the New Jersey Performing Arts Center. His many orchestral performances include appearances with the New York Philharmonic; Minnesota Orchestra; and the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Baltimore, Indianapolis, Atlanta, St. Louis, National, and Detroit symphonies among many others.

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Keyboard Concerto in A Major, BWV 1055 Duration: 15 minutes in 3 movements.

THE COMPOSER – JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685–1750) – During Bach’s many years in Leipzig, he took part in one of the city’s longstanding cultural traditions, that of the Collegium Musicum. These were secular concertproducing organizations that were typically run by university students but still serious enough that they attracted

Overture to The Greatest Duration: 6 minutes.

THE COMPOSER – TEDDY ABRAMS (b. 1987) – Named Musical America’s Conductor of the Year in 2022, Teddy Abrams’ name is on the tip of everyone’s tongue right now. In nearly ten seasons with the Louisville Orchestra, Abrams has endeavored to put the ensemble back on the national map as an industry innovator, a reputation it enjoyed during

Appalachian Spring Duration: 33 minutes.

THE COMPOSER – AARON COPLAND (1900–1990) – Copland’s most productive period, both in terms of compositional output and reputational enhancement, was during the late-1930s and early-1940s. El salón México (1938), Fanfare for the Common Man (1942) and Lincoln Portrait (also 1942) would have been enough to assure the fame of any

the finest professional musicians of the day. Telemann had started one while he was in Leipzig back in 1702 and, in 1729 after the departure of Telemann’s successor, Bach took it over and remained at the helm until 1741. The Collegium position required a lot from him in terms of administrative time and compositional productivity, but he seemed to enjoy having a steady, nonreligious outlet for his work.

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HISTORY OF THE MUSIC

By Jeff Counts

the last half of the 20th century. Abrams is also a composer of music for a wide range of ensembles and purposes, including Mammoth (an “immersive theater work” intended for performance in Kentucky’s Mammoth Cave National Park) and Space Variations for piano and electronica (written for World Sleep Day 2022). He is currently working on a Broadway show based on the life of Muhammad Ali. Continued online…(See QR code.)

living American composer but for Copland (like Stravinsky and Tchaikovsky in Russia), the ballet scores he produced at this time did a lot to establish him as the preeminent contributor to the national musical identity.

Copland completed Billy the Kid in 1938 and, with Rodeo in 1942 and Appalachian Spring in 1944, his place as the foremost “serious” music interpreter of American folk memory was secure.

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SCHUMANN’S “RHENISH” SYMPHONY DECEMBER 8 & 9, 2023 / 7:30 PM Maurice Abravanel Hall

DAVID ROBERTSON, conductor

SIBELIUS IVES

MASTERWORKS SERIES

DAVID ROBERTSON CONDUCTS

En Saga Three Places in New England

I. The “St. Gaudens” on Boston Common II. Putnam’s Camp III. The Housatonic at Stockbridge

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Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 97, “Rhenish”

I. Lebhaft II. Scherzo: Sehr mässig III. Nicht schnell IV. Feierlich V. Lebhaft

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ARTIST’S PROFILE

DAVID ROBERTSON Conductor

David Robertson – conductor, artist, composer, thinker, American musical visionary—occupies the most prominent podiums in opera, orchestral, and new music. He is a champion of contemporary composers, and an ingenious and adventurous programmer.

Robertson has served in numerous artistic leadership positions, such as Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, a transformative 13-year tenure as Music Director of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, with the Orchestre National de Lyon, BBC Symphony Orchestra, and, as protégé of Pierre Boulez, the Ensemble InterContemporain. He appears with the world’s great orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic, Czech Philharmonic, São Paulo State Symphony Orchestra, Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, and many major ensembles and festivals on five continents. In 2023, he made his first return to Sydney, and will begin

a three-year tenure as the inaugural Creative Partner of the Utah Symphony and Opera.

Since his 1996 Metropolitan Opera debut, Robertson has conducted a breathtaking range of Met projects, including the 201920 season opening premiere production of Porgy and Bess, for which he shared a Grammy Award, Best Opera Recording, in March 2021. In 2022, he conducted the Met Opera revival of the production, in addition to making his Rome Opera debut conducting Janáček’s Káťa Kabanová.

Robertson is a Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres of France, and is the recipient of numerous artistic awards.

He serves on the Tianjin Juilliard Advisory Council, complementing his role as Director of Conducting Studies, Distinguished Visiting Faculty of The Juilliard School, New York. In the 2023–24 season, he will conduct the Seattle Symphony, Royal Danish Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Deutsches Symphonie OrchesterBerlin, the Minnesota Orchestra, The Philadelphia Orchestra, and the New York Philharmonic, among others.

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En Saga, Op. 9 Duration: 20 minutes.

THE COMPOSER – JEAN SIBELIUS (1865–1957) – With the success of the massive symphonic poem-cycle Kullervo in 1892, Sibelius finally had proof he could make it as a musician. And it wasn’t only his mother who needed convincing.

The parents of Aino Järnefelt had been skeptical too. Aino was Jean’s sweetheart from his university days, but her family

Three Places in New England Duration: 19 minutes in three movements.

THE COMPOSER – CHARLES IVES (1874–1954) – Ives & Co. was formed in 1907. It would go on to become the largest insurance agency in the country but, to get there, it would require a great deal of time and effort from its founder, Charles Ives. That he was able to compose at all during those years is hard

Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 97 “Rhenish” Duration: 32 minutes in four movements.

THE COMPOSER – ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810–1856) – Though it was not his first choice (it was fourth at best behind Berlin, Leipzig and Dresden), Schumann accepted a music director position in Dusseldorf in 1850. It wasn’t such a big compromise, really, since he had been attracted to Germany’s

didn’t believe he could support on the unpredictable (when it existed at all) income of an unknown violinist and composer.

Kullervo, and the position of Finnish cultural prominence it created for Sibelius, changed that. The young couple married right away and Sibelius, quite a bit full of himself now, reiterated to Aino that, as an artist, he expected to be “free to continue his imaginative life undisturbed” by childrearing and other mortal responsibilities.

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to fathom, but between 1908 and 1917 he kept up an inhuman pace and produced many of the works that now define his legacy. These included the Holidays Symphony, the 4th Symphony, the Concord Sonata, the 2nd String Quartet and Three Places in New England. 1908, the beginning of this great creative sprint, was also marked by a heart attack and a marriage for Ives.

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Rhineland region since he took a boat trip on the storied river as a young man.

Dusseldorf had its own charms, a decent annual salary notable among them, but Schumann was pleased to also be so close to Cologne and its magnificent gothic cathedral. Schumann’s dear friend Ferdinand Hiller was music director there, which meant he could visit often.

Hiller also provided Clara a nearby ally if Robert’s mental health issues returned.

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TO PERFORM TO INSPIRE For over 40 years, the Utah Symphony has been welcoming nearly 20,000 fifth graders to Maurice Abravanel Hall for a specially curated program— it’s an experience designed just for them!

Have you heard of our ‘Opera-tunities’ night? Students are invited to attend the final dress rehearsal of each Utah Opera production at the Janet Quinney Lawson Capitol Theatre and experience this art form up close and personal.

Every year, USUO travels across the state for in-school performances reaching 600+ schools and nearly 100,000 students.