Concert Reviews

BEETHOVEN FESTIVAL PARK CITY AUTUMN CLASSICS, Temple Har Shalom, Park City, Oct. 6 Ludwig van Beethoven wrote 10 violin sonatas that are staples of the repertoire. One of the most charming in this collection is the Spring Sonata in F major, op. 24. This piece opened the Beethoven Festival Park City’s Autumn Classics series Sunday, …

LAUREL ANN MAURER, Flute, Dumke Recital Hall, David Gardner Hall, Aug. 1 Since Laurel Ann Maurer moved to Vermont several years ago, it’s a rare treat whenever she returns to Utah for a concert. She was in Salt Lake City this week, and Thursday Maurer played an imaginative program in Dumke Recital Hall that paired …

BEETHOVEN FESTIVAL PARK CITY, Park City Community Church, July 18; through Aug. 12, tickets at the door or at www.beethovenfestivalparkcity.org   Jeffrey Solow has been focused on J.S. Bach’s six suites for solo cello for some time now. He recently performed all of them at New York City’s Bargemusic, and he brought two of them …

APRIL CLAYTON, FLUTE, Waterford School, June 29 For four days last week, the Waterford School was the host venue for the first ever Salt Lake Flute Forum that brought local students and teachers together, as well as guest artists. It concluded Saturday with a concert by event organizer and Brigham Young University faculty member April …

UTAH CHAMBER ARTISTS, Libby Gardner Concert Hall, May 6 The Utah Chamber Artists completed their 2012-2013 season on Monday night with an intriguing program of music both old and new, featuring works that were orchestral, choral, and a mixture of the two. Gabriel Fauré’s Messe Basse set the tone for the evening. The work, a …

BEETHOVEN FESTIVAL PARK CITY, Park City Community Church, April 19 One of the things that distinguished the Beethoven Festival Park City is the variety of repertoire performed. Repertoire by well known composers is at the core, but the festival also presents music that is rarely, if ever, heard by composers who are anything but household …

BEETHOVEN FESTIVAL PARK CITY, Temple Har Shalom, Park City, Feb. 17; final concert 7:30 p.m. Feb. 22, Park City Community Church, tickets at www.beethovenfestivalparkcity.org. There is just a small handful of works that capture the clarinet’s infinite expressive possibilities. One of these is Mozart’s quintet, K. 581. Arguably the greatest chamber work for clarinet, the quintet …

GINA BACHAUER PIANO FOUNDATION, ARTHUR GREENE, PIANO, Jeanné Wagner Theatre, Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, Feb. 8 Alexander Scriabin was a mystic and visionary who believed that music had properties that extended beyond the merely aural and should embrace all the senses. And while one can appreciate his music for what it is, adding another …

PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, de Jong Concert Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center, Brigham Young University, Jan. 17; through Feb. 2, tickets at 801-422-4322 or www.byuarts.com Before I get too far into this, let me just say that you should see Brigham Young University’s Phantom of the Opera. It is by far the most ambitious production …

FESTIVAL CONCERTS, First Unitarian Church, Dec. 3 In a break from the holiday themed concerts that are cropping up everywhere, violist Joel Rosenberg assembled a group of colleagues for a wonderful program of chamber music that featured works by Ludwig van Beethoven and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as well as pieces by 19th century virtuoso violinist/composers …