Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto & Saint-Saëns’ “Organ” Symphony

OVERVIEW

Hearing both Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto and Saint-Saëns’ “Organ” Symphony in a single evening will leave you awestruck and enthralled. Two special guests join the Utah Symphony for this exceptional program: violinist Blake Pouliot and Richard Elliot, organist for the Tabernacle Choir.

Be swept away by each tender, deeply human movement of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto—and, in Saint-Saëns’ best-loved and most distinct symphony, by the blissful, thunderous, thrilling moment when the organ first enters. Used to heartwarming effect in the movie Babe, the triumphant melody in the “Organ” Symphony’s finale has entered our collective consciousness as a representation of whimsy and innocence.

Ľubica Čekovská’s Toy Procession opens this program with childlike wonder. As the composer puts it, “This ability to be amazed—full of joy, with wide-open eyes in the here and now—is something which children have and which we must learn again.”

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ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES

Join us for a pre-concert chat about the evening’s program with guest artists and symphony musicians, held 45 minutes prior to the performance start time in the First Tier Room.

PROGRAM

ĽUBICA ČEKOVSKÁ: Toy Procession
TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto
SAINT-SAËNS: Symphony No. 3, “Organ”

ARTISTS

Ludovic Morlot
conductor

Blake Pouliot
violin 

Richard Elliott
organ

Utah Symphony