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Celebrate our nation’s founding with the Utah Symphony and your red, white, and blue favorites at our annual Patriotic Pops concert. This summer’s concert features special guest vocalist Capathia Jenkins who will perform “America the Beautiful,” “Summertime” from Porgy & Bess, and more. Be there as Kool & The Gang showcase their high energy blend of R&B/funk and perform their iconic hits, such as “Celebration,” “Cherish,” and “Jungle Boogie,” live with the Utah Symphony. These two-time Grammy Award-winning musicians have performed together continuously longer than any other group in R&B history, and their bulletproof funk and jazzy arrangements have also made them the most sampled R&B band of all time. Get ready to dance and sing along to some of the most iconic dance hits of all time! Join the Utah Symphony on a musical journey from the European music of Mozart and Haydn to the tango of South America. The two Suites for Small Orchestra, orchestrated in 1921 and 1925, are based on themes from two sets of piano duets Stravinsky wrote as teaching pieces for young musicians. Utah Symphony Principal Flute, Mercedes Smith, performs Mozart’s Flute Concerto No. 2. This piece is a reworked version of the composer’s earlier Oboe concerto, commissioned by a local doctor, who likely had his hands full with this virtuosic work. Argentinian composer Astor Piazzolla took the tango of his youth to new places, infusing it with elements of classical music and jazz and creating his own distinctive style. Classical music plus the Tango equals Piazzola’s Tangazo! Haydn’s Symphony No. 88, written two years before the outbreak of the French Revolution, foreshadows the music to come from Europe in the coming decades. Love the classic sounds of Frankie Valli, The Drifters, The Del Vikings? Ever wonder what Maroon 5 would sound like if they had lived in the Doo Wop era? The Doo Wop Project brings unparalleled authenticity of sound and vocal excellence to recreate—and in some cases entirely reimagine—some of the greatest music in American pop and rock history! Join the Utah Symphony and acclaimed performer Jim Curry for this tribute to the music of John Denver, one of the most beloved singer/songwriters ever to grace the stage. Jim Curry emerged as the top performer of John Denver’s music after singing for the 2000 TV movie “Take Me Home, the John Denver Story.” In this concert, Curry and the Utah Symphony perform John Denver’s music under the baton of Grammy Award-winning composer Lee Holdridge, whose original symphonic arrangements were created in collaboration with John Denver himself when Denver wanted to add a full orchestra to his live shows and recordings. • Hear the sixth suite of Brazilian composer Heitor Villa Lobos’ Bachianas Brasileiras series, which link Baroque with Brazilian music. Experience the magic of the Harry Potter films through the music that brought them to life! Deer Valley Resort’s Snow Park Amphitheatre will fill with the sounds of the wizarding world as the Utah Symphony performs iconic scores, from John Williams’s music for Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone through all eight films in the beloved series. Enjoy a high-octane concert featuring Neil Diamond's power ballads and up-tempo hits live with the Utah Symphony. The show is pure entertainment—classic music combined with fun, energy, and passion—creating nostalgia for the good old days and excitement for today's generation. Join us for a performance featuring two of history’s most performed and well-loved composers. Russian virtuoso violinist and conductor Dmitry Sinkovsky performs Antonio Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, a Baroque work that conveys the feelings and images from the passage of time and weather over the course of a year. Shortly after the premier of The Marriage of Figaro in Vienna, Mozart visited Prague for performances of the new opera and his Symphony 38. Both works showing Mozart’s most sophisticated style. Hear “the keepers of [New Orleans] jazz tradition” (Rolling Stones) in this live performance with the Utah Symphony. At a moment when musical streams are crossing with unprecedented frequency, it’s crucial to remember that throughout its history, New Orleans has been the point at which sounds and cultures from around the world converge, mingle, and resurface, transformed by the Crescent City’s inimitable spirit and joie de vivre. Nowhere is that idea more vividly embodied than in the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, which has held the torch of New Orleans music aloft for more than 50 years, all the while carrying it enthusiastically forward as a reminder that the history they were founded to preserve is a vibrantly living history. PHJB marches that tradition forward once again on So It Is, the septet’s second release featuring all-new original music. The album redefines what New Orleans music means today by tapping into a sonic continuum that stretches back to the city’s Afro-Cuban roots, through its common ancestry with the Afrobeat of Fela Kuti and the Fire Music of Pharoah Sanders and John Coltrane, and forward to cutting-edge artists with whom the PHJB have shared festival stages from Coachella to Newport, including legends like Stevie Wonder, Elvis Costello and the Grateful Dead and modern giants like My Morning Jacket, Arcade Fire and the Black Keys. Dubbed “the best singing band in the world” by Eagles founding member Glenn Frey, the Little River Band enjoyed huge chart success throughout the ‘70s and ‘80s with multi-platinum albums and chart-topping hits including “Reminiscing,” “Lonesome Loser,” “The Night Owls,” “Take It Easy on Me,” “The Other Guy,” and “It’s A Long Way There.” Hear their greatest hits accompanied by the Utah Symphony. The 2020 Deer Valley®? Music Festival’s Chamber Orchestra Series continues with Utah Symphony’s Acting Principal Cellist Matthew Johnson performing Haydn’s Cello Concerto No. 1, composed between 1761 and 1765 and lost during his lifetime, only to be rediscovered in 1961. Schubert’s Symphony No. 6, “Little C Major,” is a tribute to the lyricism of Rossini in the inner movements and the heroic sound of Beethoven in the outer movements. A work from Czeck composer Leoš Janácek's early period, the Suite for Strings stands out as a reflection of Victorian musical taste: genteel, lightweight, and sensibly balanced. Demonstrating the many facets of the solo cello, from growling low chords to soaring scale patterns in the instrument's high register, Haydn redefined orchestral playing with his fantastic concerto for cello. Experience Rachmaninoff’s breathtaking Piano Concerto No. 2 performed by Gina Bachauer Competition Gold Medalist Changyong Shin, followed by Tchaikovsky’s explosive 1812 Overture, an annual tradition and festival favorite. This exhilarating score is accompanied by live cannon blasts. Our 2020 celebration of Beethoven’s 250th birthday continues with this season-opening concert, which launches a cycle of Beethoven’s piano concertos featuring world-renowned pianists. British pianist Stephen Hough returns to perform Beethoven’s monumental Emperor Concerto, a virtuosic showpiece for a solo pianist with orchestra that premiered in 1811. Maestro Fischer rounds out the program with music from tall tale operas by Weber and Strauss, both important German romantic composers, as well as a symphonic poem depicting Elgar’s trip to the Italian Riviera in 1903. The Beatles come to life in REVOLUTION, a new symphonic experience featuring top vocalists and musicians accompanied by Grammy Award-winner Jeff Tyzik’s new arrangements. REVOLUTION includes music transcribed and arranged for orchestra from the original master recordings at Abbey Road. Your favorite Beatles’ hits will be accompanied by hundreds of rare and unseen photos from the historic, London-based archives of The Beatles’ official fan magazine, The Beatles Book Monthly, along with stunning video and animation. REVOLUTION will take you on a magical musical and visual journey of The Beatles. The production features arrangements of over 25 top hits including “Ticket to Ride,” “Penny Lane,” “Get Back,” “Here Comes the Sun,” and “Hey Jude.” All music under license from Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC and Harrisongs LTD. All photos under license from The Beatles Book Photo Library. The show is not endorsed by or connected to Apple Corps or The Beatles. Dwell for one night above the stars with Beethoven’s timeless ode to friendship and happiness. South Korean conductor Shiyeon Sung makes her Utah Symphony debut in a program that prominently features the Utah Symphony Chorus and choirs from the University of Utah. Composer in Association Arlene Sierra’s mysterious and evocative orchestral showpiece Aquilo appears as the first of her three U.S. premieres (including one world premiere) with the Utah Symphony this season. A pair of Mozart’s most important liturgical works complete the program, including his offertory Misericordias domini, which features melodies that foreshadow Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” theme. Written in response to a request from Paganini, Berloiz’ unique symphony Harold in Italy is a story with the most unlikely orchestral hero…the viola! Renowned German violist Tabea Zimmermann comes to Utah to perform the beautiful Romantic melodies in Berlioz’ Harold in Italy as well as Michael Jarrell’s art-inspired concerto Emergences-Résurgences, a work dedicated to her in 2016. Maestro Fischer also leads the Utah Symphony in Mozart’s most tragic and emotionally charged symphony, the “Great” No. 40.
• American Composer Alyssa Morris’ Brush Strokes features four movements which depict the stories and techniques of four painters: Monet, Seurat, Van Gogh, and Pollock. 
Recommended
Utah Symphony’s Patriotic Pops featuring Capathia Jenkins - Postponed
Kool & the Gang with the Utah Symphony - Postponed
Stravinsky, Mozart, Piazzolla & Haydn 88 - Postponed
The Doo Wop Project with the Utah Symphony - Postponed
Take Me Home: The Music of John Denver with the Utah Symphony - Postponed
