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Snap, Crackle, Pop...Shostakovich

What better way to kick off Vivace’s 2010-11 season than with Music Director Thierry Fischer leading Utah Symphony in a riveting performance of Shostakovich’s paradoxical Symphony No. 6? The work opens introspectively but soon devolves into an explosive and crackling “full-blooded and debauched music-hall gallop.” Young superstar Ingrid Fliter will then rock Abravanel Hall with Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1.

Thierry Fischer, Conductor
Ingrid Fliter, Piano

Haydn                   Symphony No. 1 in D Major
Beethoven            Concerto No. 1 for Piano and Orchestra in C Major. op. 15
Shostakovich        Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, op. 54

10.30.10 (Saturday) | Utah Symphony: Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1 @ Abravanel Hall | Vivace after-party: 10 PM @ The New Yorker (food included, cash bar)

Vivace price: $35
Vivace subscriber price: $30
Vivace single tickets on sale October 16.




The D+ Wonder

Musical iconoclast Charles Ives barely graduated from the music program at Yale with a D+ average because his teachers couldn’t “get” his music. He then went on to make millions in the Insurance industry as well as become America’s most beloved, studied, and idiosyncratic composer. You’ll love his humorous Symphony No. 2. Often called a work-out for orchestra, this massive piece complements the virtuosity of Saint-Saëns’ Cello Concerto No. 1, the greatest of all cello concerti.

Hugh Wolff, Conductor
Pieter Wispelwey, Cello

Beethoven         Leonore Overture No. 3, op. 72b
Saint-Saëns       Concerto No. 1 for Cello and Orchestra in A Minor, op. 33
Ives                    Symphony No. 2  

12.4.10 (Saturday) | Utah Symphony: Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto No. 1: 8 PM @ Abravanel Hall | Vivace after-party: 10 PM @ Bambara (food included, cash bar)

Vivace price: $35
Vivace subscriber price: $30
Vivace single tickets on sale November 20




The Seaweed is Always Greener

Eastern romanticism meets visual impressionism in this duo-themed concert. Debussy’s vastly important work La Mer will sweep you away with its beautiful depiction of the sea; especially when paired with the exotic influence of Mozart’s Overture to The Abduction from the Seraglio and Bartók’s Violin Concerto No.2.

Julian Kuerti, Conductor
Augustin Hadelich, Violin

Mozart         Overture to The Abduction from the Seraglio, K. 384
Bartók         Violin Concerto No. 2
Rachmaninoff      Selections from Cinq Etudes-tableaux, op. 39 (arr. Respighi)
                Fair Scene, No. 7
                Red Riding Hood and the Wolf, No. 6
                The Sea and the Seagulls, No. 2
Debussy         La Mer

2.5.11 (Saturday) | Utah Symphony: Debussy’s La Mer: 8 PM @ Abravanel Hall | Vivace after-party: 10 PM @ Caffe Molise (food included, cash bar)

Vivace price: $35
Vivace subscriber price: $30
Vivace single tickets on sale January 22




"I Won't Have A Sister Who Is A Lazy Ignoramus"

Take one of America’s most beloved novels, add music, and what do you have? A perfect evening with Adamo’s operatic hit Little Women adapted from Alcott’s novel. You’ll laugh and cry at the experiences of the March sisters.
 
3.12.11 (Saturday) | Utah Opera: Little Women: 7:30 PM @ Capitol Theatre | Vivace after-party: 10 PM @ J. Wong’s  (food included, cash bar)

Vivace price: $35
Vivace subscriber price: $30
Vivace single tickets on sale February 26


Give Peace A Chance

Don’t miss Tippett’s deeply moving oratorio, A Child of Our Time. Inspired by the tragedy of WWII, this hymn of peace communicates healing through African-American spirituals. It will be led by Music Director Emeritus Keith Lockhart.

Tippett     A Child of Our Time

4.23.11 (Saturday) | Utah Symphony: A Child of Our Time: 8 PM @ Abravanel Hall | Vivace after-party celebrating Vivace’s 6th anniversary: 10 PM @ Abravanel Hall’s 1st Tier Room (food, drinks included)

Vivace price: $35
Vivace subscriber price: $30
Vivace single tickets on sale April 9

Vivace libation sponsors: SandyLee & David Griswold

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