Nielsen Symphony Cycle, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Pixar in Concert and More Highlight Utah Symphony's 2013-14 Season

Music Director Thierry Fischer, Principal Pops Conductor Jerry Steichen and Associate Conductor Vladimir Kulenovic today announced the Utah Symphony's complete 2013-2014 season, in which Fischer will again conduct 12 of the 18 Masterworks performances.

Maestro Fischer will lead the orchestra through many of the season's highlights including an entire Carl Nielsen symphony cycle, a world premiere commission by American composer Andrew Norman featuring Colin Currie on percussion, an anticipated performance of Berlioz' "The Damnation of Faust" with internationally acclaimed vocalists Michael Spyres, Kate Lindsey and Roderick Williams, as well as a program commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the JFK Assassination and the 100th Anniversary of Benjamin Britten's birth.

Another season highlight will be Kulenovic conducting the Utah Symphony Special Event, Disney's "Pixar in Concert" featuring music and images from Pixar's most beloved film moments. Steichen will lead four of the five Entertainment Series performances led by Steichen and featuring artists such as Tony award-winner Brian Stokes Mitchell, Juno and Grammy-award winning fiddler Natalie MacMaster, as well as jazz trumpeter and vocalist Byron Stripling.

MORE ABOUT THE 2013-2014 ENTERTAINMENT SERIES
Principal Pops Conductor Jerry Steichen will lead the orchestra in four of the five concerts of the 2013-2014 Entertainment Series. The dynamic and popular series will feature performances with Broadway's Brian Stokes Mitchell, trumpeter and vocalist Byron Stripling swinging to holiday favorites, Juno & Grammy-award winning fiddler Natalie MacMaster, A Rodgers and Hammerstein Celebration and "The Beat Goes On!" a concert featuring hits from the baby boomer era led by guest conductor Jack Everly.

MORE ABOUT THE 2013-2014 FAMILY AND LOLLIPOPS SERIES
The highlights of the Utah Symphony's Family series, for ages 12-18 conducted by Associate Conductor Vladimir Kulenovic, will include a performance exploring the magic of Harry Potter, the always popular Halloween-themed concert in October (this year themed "A Superhero Halloween") and the Utah Symphony's annual Salute to Youth and All-Star Evening performances with young Utah musicians. The Lollipops Series (for ages 6-12) will be highlighted by a performance "Tyrannosaurus Sue: A Cretaceous Concerto" written for the opening of a Tyrannosaurus Rex specimen exhibit of the same name now on display at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. The series will also include the yearly treat, "Here Comes Santa Claus" in December.

2013-2014 SPECIAL EVENTS
In addition to the annual "Messiah Sing-In," the Utah Symphony will present two special performances of Disney's "Pixar in Concert," a magical program of music and imagery from Pixar's thirteen feature films.

VIVACE AND CADENZA
Utah Symphony | Utah Opera offers two social and networking organizations for classical music enthusiasts, Vivace and Cadenza.

Vivace, which will celebrate its ninth season in 2013-2014, is for young professionals looking for an enriched classical music experience. Subscribers receive discounted tickets to select Utah Symphony | Utah Opera performances, special program notes, and after-parties with guest artists and musicians catered by some of Salt Lake's best restaurants. The 2013-2014 Vivace series includes Utah Symphony performances on September 21, 2013 (Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture), November 23, 2013 (Remembering JFK), February 8, 2014 (Mozart and Shostakovich), March 8, 2014 (Dvorak's "New World" Symphony), April 19, 2014 (Mahler's Symphony No. 5) and Richard Strauss's chilling opera, "Salome," on October 8, 2013.

Cadenza, which will be in its fourth season in 2013-2014, is for those ages 55+ looking for an enriched classical music experience. Members receive similar benefits and dine together at local restaurants before select Utah Symphony | Utah Opera performances. The 2013-2014 Cadenza series includes Utah Symphony performances on September 13, 2013 (Beethoven's Triple Concerto), November 15, 2013 (Beethoven, Mozart & Nielsen), January 10, 2014 (Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4), February 14, 2014 (Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto), April 18, 2014 (Mahler's Symphony No. 5), May 23, 2014 (Rachmaninoff's Symphonic Dances), and Utah Opera's performance of" Turandot" March 21, 2014.

FINISHING TOUCHES REHEARSALS
The Utah Symphony's Finishing Touches Series will return in the 2013-2014 season with four open rehearsals. These events, which take place Fridays at 10:00 am, are a behind-the-scenes look at the orchestra during the final rehearsals. They will impress upon you the diligence and dedication that goes into each performance. They will take place on Friday, October 25, 2013 (Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 25), Friday, December 6, 2013(Schubert & Tchaikovsky), Friday, February 7, 2014 (Mozart and Shostakovich) and Friday, May 23, 2014 (Rachmaninoff's Symphonic Dances).

Season ticket packages are now on sale. Information on becoming a Utah Symphony season ticket holder is available by calling 801-533-NOTE (6683) or visiting www.usuo.org. Tickets to individual concerts will go on sale to the general public in August 2013.

GUEST ARTISTS

CONDUCTORS
Yan Pascal Tortelier (Oct.25-26)
Hans Graf (Dec. 6-7)
Nicholas McGegan (Jan. 4-5)
Mark Wigglesworth (Feb. 28-Mar. 1)
Mark Wigglesworth (Mar. 7-8)
Andrey Borekyko (Apr. 18-19)

VIOLINISTS
Philip Setzer (Sep.13-14)
Nicola Benedetti (Nov. 8-9)
Itamar Zorman (Feb. 14-15)
Kathryn Eberle (Apr. 11-12)

CELLISTS
David Finckel (Sep. 13-14)
Matthew Zalkind (May 23-24)

PIANISTS
Wu Han (Sep. 13-14
Orion Weiss (Oct. 25-26)
Ronald Brautigam (Nov.15-16)
Inon Barnatan (Jan. 10-11)
Alexander Melrikov (Feb. 28-Mar. 1)

FLAUTIST
Emmanuel Pahud (Sep. 20-21)

VOCALISTS
Michael Spryes, Tenor (Sep. 27-28)
Kate Lindsey, Mezzo-Soprano (Sep. 27-28)
Roderick Williams, Bass (Sep. 27-28)

PERCUSSION
Colin Currie (Apr. 18-19)

UTAH SYMPHONY CHORUS
Sep. 27-28
Nov. 30 & Dec. 1
Feb. 7-8
Mar. 28-29

FULL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Masterworks 1

Beethoven's Triple Concerto

September 13-14, 2013 | 8 PM | Abravanel Hall

Thierry Fischer, Conductor

Philip Setzer, Violin
David Finckel, Cello
Wu Han, Piano
BEETHOVEN: Egmont Overture

WAGNER: "Forest Murmurs" from Siegfried

NIELSON: Symphony No. 1

BEETHOVEN: Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Piano

Masterworks 2

Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture

September 20-21, 2013 | 8 PM | Abravanel Hall

Thierry Fischer, Conductor

Emmanuel Pahud, Flute

TCHAIKOVSKY: 1812 Overture

ELLIOTT CARTER: Flute Concerto

TCHAIKOVSKY: "Lenski's Aria" from Eugene Onegin

MOZART: Flute Concerto No. 2

R. STRAUSS: Suite from Der Rosenkavalier

Masterworks 3

The Damnation of Faust

September 27-28| 8 PM | Abravanel Hall

Thierry Fischer, Conductor

Michael Spyres, Faust

Kate Lindsey, Marguerite

Roderick Williams, Méphistophélès

Utah Symphony Chorus

BERLIOZ: The Damnation of Faust

Family 1

54th Annual Salute to Youth

October 1, 2013 | 7 PM | Abravanel Hall

Vladimir Kulenovic, Conductor

Masterworks 4

Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 25

October 25-26, 2013 | 8 PM | Abravanel Hall

Yan Pascal Tortelier, Guest Conductor

Orion Weiss, Piano

DUKAS: "Fanfare" from La Peri

DUKAS: The Sorcerer's Apprentice

MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 25

SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 5

Family 2

A Superhero Halloween

October 29, 2013 | 7 PM | Abravanel Hall

Vladimir Kulenovic, Conductor

Entertainment 1

Brian Stokes Mitchell with the Utah Symphony

November 1-2, 2013 | 8 PM | Abravanel Hall

Jerry Steichen, Conductor

Brian Stokes Mitchell, Vocalist

Masterworks 5

Vivalidi's Four Seasons

November 8-9, 2014 | 8 PM | Abravanel Hall

Thierry Fischer, Conductor

Nicola Benedetti, Violin

VIVALDI: The Four Seasons

NIELSEN: Symphony No. 2 "The Four Temperaments"

Special 1

Katheen Cahill's Fatal Song

November 14-16, 2013 | 7:30 PM | Jeanne Wagner Theatre

November 17, 2013 | 4:00 PM | Jeanne Wagner Theatre

Masterworks 6

Beethoven, Mozart & Nielsen

November 15-16, 2013 | 8 PM | Abravanel Hall

Thierry Fischer, Conductor

Ronald Brautigam, Piano

HAYDN: Symphony No. 4

BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 3

MOZART: The Magic Flute Overture

NIELSEN: Symphony No. 3 "Sinfonia Espansiva"

Masterworks 7

Remembering JFK

November 22-23, 2013 | 8 PM | Abravanel Hall

Thierry Fischer, Conductor

BRITTEN: An American Overture

NIELSEN: Symphony No. 4 "The Inextinguishable"

STRAVINSKY: Elegy to JFK

LIBERSON: Remembering JFK

BRITTEN: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

Special 2

35th Annual Messiah Sing-in

November 30 & December 1, 2013 | 7 PM | Abravanel Hall

Susanne Sheston, Conductor

Utah Symphony Chorus

Masterworks 8

Schubert & Tchaikovsky

December 6-7, 2013 | 8 PM | Abravanel Hall

Hans Graf, Guest Conductor

HENRI DUTILLEUX: The Starry Night

SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished"

TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 3 "Polish"

Entertainment 2

Holiday Swing

December 13-14, 2013 | 8 PM | Abravanel Hall

Jerry Steichen, Conductor

Byron Stripling, Trumpet/Vocals

Lollipops 1

Here Comes Santa Claus!

December 14, 2013 | 11:00 A.M. & 12:30 P.M. | Abravanel Hall

Vladimir Kulenovic, Conductor

Special 3

Disney's Pixar in Concert

January 3-4, 2014 | 7 P.M.| Abravanel Hall

Vladimir Kulenovic, Conductor

Masterworks 9

Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4

January 10-11, 2014 | 8 PM | Abravanel Hall

Matthias Pintscher, Guest Conductor

Inon Barnatan, Piano

MATTHIAS PINTSCHER: Towards Osiris

BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 4

DVORAK: Symphony No. 8

Masterworks 10

Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4

January 31-Feb. 1 | 8 PM | Abravanel Hall

Thierry Fischer, Conductor

Conrad Tao, Piano

QIGANG CHEN: Wu Xing (The Five Elements)

PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No. 3

TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4

Masterworks 11

Mozart & Shostakovich

February 7-8, 2014 | 8 PM | Abravanel Hall

Thierry Fischer, Conductor
Utah Symphony Chorus
MOZART: Mass in C "Trinity:

SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 7 "Leningrad"

Masterworks 12

Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto

February 14-15, 2014 | 8 PM | Abravanel Hall

Thierry Fischer, Conductor

Itamar Zorman, Violin

TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto

MOZART: The Marriage of Figaro Overture

John Cage: Amores

MAHLER: "Bouquet of Flowers"

BIZET: Carmen Suite

TCHAIKOVSKY: "Waltz of the Flowers" from The Nutcracker

PIAZZOLLA: Libertango

MENDELSSOHN: "Wedding March" from A Midsummer Night's Dream

Family 3

The Magic of Harry Potter

February 18 | 7 PM | Abravanel Hall

Vladimir Kulenovic, Conductor

Entertainment 3

Natalie MacMaster with the Utah Symphony

February 21-22, 2014 | 8 PM | Abravanel Hall

Jerry Steichen, Conductor

Natalie MacMaster, Fiddle

Masterworks 13

Grieg's Piano Concerto

February 28-March 1 | 8 PM | Abravanel Hall

Mark Wigglesworth, Guest Conductor

Alexander Melrikov, Piano

ALBERT SCHNELZER: A Freak in Burbank (U.S. Premiere)

GRIEG: Piano Concerto

SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 2

Masterworks 14

Dvorak's "New World" Symphony

March7-8, 2014 | 8 PM | Abravanel Hall

Mark Wigglesworth, Conductor

MOZART: Symphony No. 35 "Haffner"

LUTOSLAWSKI: Symphony No. 4

DVORAK: Symphony No. 9 "From the New World"

Lollipops 2

Tyrannosaurus Sue: A Cretaceous Concerto

March 15, 2014 | 11 AM & 12:30 PM | Abravanel Hall

Vladimir Kulenovic, Conductor

Entertainment 4

A Rodgers & Hammerstein Celebration

March 28-29, 2014 | 8 PM | Abravanel Hall

Jerry Steichen, Conductor

Utah Symphony Chorus

Masterworks 15

Mozart, Bernstein & Nielsen

April 11-12, 2014 | 8 PM | Abravanel Hall

Thierry Fischer, Conductor
Kathryn Eberle, Violin
MOZART: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik

BERNSTEIN: Serenade after Piato's Symposium

BERNSTEIN: Candide Overture

NIELSEN: Symphony No. 5

Masterworks 16

Mahler's Symphony No. 5

April 18-19, 2014 | 8 PM | Abravanel Hall

Thierry Fischer, Conductor

Colin Currie, Percussion

PACHELBEL: Canon

Andrew Norman: Percussion Concerto (World Premiere)

MAHLER: Symphony No. 5

Masterworks 17

Tchaikovsky's Suite No. 3

April 25-26, 2014 | 8 PM | Abravanel Hall

Andrey Boreyko, Guest Conductor

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: RussIan Easter Overture

MESESIAEN: L'Ascension

TCHAIKOVSKY: Suite No. 3

Entertainment 5

The Beat Goes On! The Music of the Baby Boomers

May 2-3, 2014 | 8 PM | Abravanel Hall

Jack Everly, Guest Conductor

Family 4

All-Star Evening

May 20, 2014 | 7 PM | Abravanel Hall

Vladimir Kulenovic, Conductor

Masterworks 18

Rachmaninoff's Symphonic Dances

May23-24, 2014 | 8 PM | Abravanel Hall

Thierry Fischer, Conductor

Matthew Zalkind, Cello

TCHAIKOVSKY: Variations on a Rococo Theme
NIELSEN: Symphony No. 6 "Sinfonia Semplice"
RACHMANINOFF: Symphonic Dances