Abravanel Hall is all dressed up this weekend in vibrant color and brilliant sparkle for the Utah Symphony's Holiday Pops Extravaganza. Guest conductor Lucas Waldin leads an up-tempo program of holiday favorites, Capathia Jenkins and Ryan Shaw deliver expressive vocals, and Vedrana Subotic adds beautiful piano melodies to the symphony's orchestration. This is a fun,... Continue Reading →
The Utah Symphony delivered a magnificent concert at Abravanel Hall last night! Guest conductor Pietari Inkinen led the orchestra in performing Unsuk Chin' subito con forza; Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37; and AntonÃn Dvořák's Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70. Piano soloist Shai Wosner mesmerized the... Continue Reading →
November 7, 2025 November 7, 2025 Some concerts are absolute perfection! Such was the case with the Utah Symphony concert last Friday night at Abravanel Hall. The program featured Gabriel Fauré's Requiem and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 -"Pathétique" conducted by Utah Symphony Music Director Designate Markus Poschner. Fauré... Continue Reading →
The Utah Symphony finished its regular season this Thursday and Friday with violin soloist Clara-Jumi Kang playing Erich Wolfgang Korngold's Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 under the direction of conductor emeritus Thierry Fischer. That was enough to motivate me to purchase a ticket for Thursday evening's performance because this violin concerto is incredibly stirring,... Continue Reading →
The Utah Symphony concluded its regular season this past weekend with a program featuring three contemporary works: Fanfare Ritmico by Jennifer Higdon, Fandango by Arturo Márquez, and Symphony No. 3 by Aaron Copland. Guest conductor Giancarlo Guerrero and violinist Anne Akiko Meyers joined the symphony for these concerts. I attended Friday evening's performance, and I... Continue Reading →
Photographs convey thousands of thoughts and emotions. I compiled my best images showcasing Abravanel Hall's beauty. https://thegoodlifeslc.wordpress.com/2024/05/23/utah-symphony-scheherazade/?theme_preview=true&iframe=true&frame-nonce=3489f4c4bb&calypso_token=8ef3251c-8b64-45b4-9903-f284655aeac7?page_id=1123
Life became busy and took me in several different directions, keeping me from writing about the performing arts events I was attending. I am happy to be back writing about The Good Life, so let's jump in! I decided on a whim to attend Saturday evening's Utah Symphony concert, featuring two composers' interpretations of Scheherazade.... Continue Reading →
Last weekend, the Utah Symphony featured a program of primarily American compositions, a Bach keyboard concerto being the notable exception. Composer and conductor Teddy Abrams (Music Director of the Louisville Orchestra) and pianist Awadagin Pratt joined the Utah Symphony for this performance. I attended Friday night's concert, and I had looked forward to it primarily... Continue Reading →
Audra McDonald, versatile star of stage and screen, joined the Utah Symphony for two performances this weekend at Abravanel Hall. Having attended her concert with the Utah Symphony in the spring of 2018, I knew that she would deliver a fantastic performance, so I was excited to hear her again on Friday night. Her singing... Continue Reading →
I attended Saturday night's Utah Symphony concert which included Mozart's Overture to Don Giovanni, K. 527, Beethoven's "Emperor" Piano Concerto (Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major, Op. 73) , and Prokofiev's Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major, Op. 100. Even though I have a passing familiarity with all three composers, the music on the... Continue Reading →
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