Utah Symphony in Huntsville
- August 07, 2023Monday - 8:15 PM VIEW TICKETS
OVERVIEW
Utah Symphony | Utah Opera is going on tour! Join us as we hit the road and travel more than 600 miles with FREE concerts and music education opportunities in six locations across Utah, from August 7-12, 2023.
Utah Symphony | Utah Opera stops in Huntsville on August 7, where Associate Conductor Benjamin Manis leads the orchestra in a program featuring two internationally acclaimed (and Utah-based!) singers. Soprano Madison Leonard and baritone Shea Owens will perform a wide collection of Broadway, opera, and American folk music—plus, hear favorites ranging from Aaron Copland’s Hoedown and Simple Gifts to John Williams’ Theme from Jurassic Park.
PROGRAM
COPLAND: Suite from Billy the Kid
COPLAND: Old American Songs: “Ching-a-ring Chaw”
COPLAND: Eight Poems of Emily Dickinson: “Dear March, come in!”
COPLAND: Old American Songs: “Simple Gifts”
COPLAND: Variations on a Shaker Melody from Appalachian Spring
COPLAND: Old American Songs: “At the River”
COPLAND: Eight Poems of Emily Dickinson: “Going to heaven!”
COPLAND: “Threshing Machines” from Music For Movies
COPLAND: “Once I Thought I’d Never Grow Up” from The Tender Land
COPLAND: “Promise of Living” from The Tender Land
COPLAND: Old American Songs: “AI bought me a Cat“
COPLAND: “Hoe Down” from Rodeo
ROSSINI: Overture to Il Barbiere di Siviglia
ROSSINI: “Largo al factotum” from Il Barbiere di Siviglia
GOUNOD: “Ah! Je veux vivre” from Romeo and Juliet
LERNER/LOEWE: “I Could Have Danced All Night” from My Fair Lady
WILLIAMS: Theme from Jurassic Park
LEHAR: “Lippen schweigen” from The Merry Widow
BERLIN: “Anything You Can Do” from Annie Get Your Gun