Rick Steves: A Symphonic Journey

OVERVIEW

America’s leading authority on European travel teams up with the Utah Symphony for a sonic and visual journey celebrating music’s power to transport you! Rick Steves plays tour guide from the U.S. to Europe, drawing on video montages and his extensive knowledge of history and culture to help set the context for each piece. Our orchestra performs a selection of stirring 19th-century anthems by Romantic-era composers, including Grieg, Smetana, Strauss, Berlioz, Elgar, Wagner, and Verdi, each honoring a particular nationality. The final work on the evening’s travel itinerary is none other than Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy,” Europe’s official anthem and a reflection of its motto—”United in Diversity.”

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PROGRAM

WARD: America the Beautiful
STRAUSS: Emperor Waltz (Kaiser-Walzer), Op. 437
WAGNER: Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg)
SMETANA: “The Moldau (Vltava)” from Má vlast (My Country)
ELGAR: Military March No. 1 in D major from Pomp and Circumstance, Op. 39
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Capriccio espagnol (Spanish Capriccio), Op. 34
   IV. Scena e canto gitano (Scene and Gypsy Song)
   V. Fandango asturiano (Asturian Fandango)
VERDI: “Triumphal March” from Aida
GRIEG: “Morning Mood” from Peer Gynt, Suite No. 1, Op. 46
SAINT-SAËNS: “French Military March” from Suite algérienne (Algerian Suite), Op. 60
BEETHOVEN: “Ode to Joy” from Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, “Choral”
   IVb. Allegro assai

ARTISTS

Kyle Dickson
conductor

Rick Steves
special guest

Utah Symphony