Access to Music in St. George

OVERVIEW

Utah Symphony | Utah Opera’s Access to Music concert is presented for people with disabilities and their families. This free, hour-long performance is a sensory-friendly opportunity for all to experience live music without any expectation to remain seated or refrain from audible or physical reactions.

From fairy-tale wonder to full-blown comedic chaos, this program never sits still. Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte overture opens with mischief and momentum, before Humperdinck’s Hansel und Gretel turns tender. Sondheim’s “Agony” spins heartbreak into comedy, and Mascagni’s Intermezzo—lush, aching, unforgettable—brings a moment of stillness before Offenbach barrels back in, building toward a Can-Can that audiences feel coming a mile away and still can’t resist.

Then the night takes a heroic turn: Beethoven’s Egmont Overture, a lively movement of Mozart, and Rossini’s William Tell—bold, thrilling, and electric.

PROGRAM

MOZART: Overture to The Magic Flute
HUMPERDINCK: “Brother, Come Dance With Me” from Hansel and Gretel
SONDHEIM: “Agony” from Into the Woods
MASCAGNI: Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana
OFFENBACH: “Bolero” from An Evening with Mr. Cauliflower
OFFENBACH: “A jolly jailer, I” from La Périchole
STRAUSS JR.: “O, goodness me!” (Trio) from Die Fledermaus
OFFENBACH: “Can-Can” from the Overture to Orpheus in the Underworld
BEETHOVEN: Egmont Overture
MOZART: Symphony No. 39, IV. Allegro
ROSSINI: Allegro Vivace from Overture to William Tell

ARTISTS

Kyle Dickson
conductor

Hyein Hong
soprano

Isabelle Kosempa
mezzo-soprano

Colin Miller
tenor

J. Andrew Garratt Jr.
baritone

Utah Symphony