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Mozart Symphony No. 40, Concert Reviews.

Sara M. K. Neal — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 17:00:15 +0000

Thanks to everyone who made this weekend’s concert such a rousing success! We hope you had a great time! Here are some of this weekend’s reviews:

As befits a symphony about a painter, the Utah Symphony brought rich, almost saturated musical color to its interpretation.
- The Salt Lake Tribune

…guest clarinetist Ted Calcara completely enlivened and invigorated the near-capacity audience inside Abravanel Hall for the first of two performances of a music program leaning heavily on the compositions of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
- Salt Lake Magazine

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Matthias Bamert and the Utah Symphony. What more needs be said? Other than it was a sublime evening of music? It was that, but that hardly begins to describe the magic that was in the air when Bamert stepped onto the podium…
- Reichel Recommends

Let us know what you thought of the concert! Just leave your review in the comments.

David Park and the Strad

Jon Miles — Wed, 13 May 2009 19:18:59 +0000

Check it out. David Park was on KUTV Channel 2 News yesterday showing off the Stradivarius Firebird violin he’ll perform on tomorrow.

According to the blog on the KUTV site, his performance during the news actually brought tears to the eyes of one of the newscasters. Mozart was a genius – even at the young age of 17! It’s amazing how much his music still touches people.

Anyway, later during the news David joined them in the kitchen for an impromptu hoe-down! Watch the video on KUTV’s website.

Visit utahsymphony.org for more details about Thursday’s performance.

Musician’s Note: Utah Symphony premiers Mozart’s First Violin Concerto

David Park — Mon, 04 May 2009 21:48:25 +0000

Out of five violin concertos Mozart wrote, Mozart Violin Concerto No. 1 is the only one that has not been performed by the Utah Symphony. So, next week will be a Utah Symphony premiere! One can get an idea what a prodigy Mozart was from this piece (which he wrote at age 17). Also, I have written my own cadenzas for this concerto.

Cadenzas are not usually written by the composers, but rather by other renowned musicians so there are usually multiple versions of a concerto cadenza. I looked at some for the Mozart Concerto 1, and I thought I could do something comparable. This will be my debut writing my own cadenza. It is exciting playing this piece for the first time (being played by the Utah Symphony for the first time), and playing my cadenza for the first time.

Also on the program will be the ever popular Mozart’s Haffner Symphony and Haydn’s Farewell Symphony, the two monumental figures of the Classical Period. May 14th will be the only performance, and it will be a rare event. I hope to see you there!