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PLENTY OF CONCERTS ON TAP THIS WEEKEND (NOV. 13-16, 2014)

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November is usually a busy month for concerts, and this weekend bears that out. It’s a weekend where you can pick and choose what you want to attend.

Ryan van Liere

Among the concerts are the Utah Symphony’s performances of Mahler’s Second Symphony with Thierry Fischer; the John Williams’ bassoon concerto, The Five Sacred Trees, with soloist Ryan van Liere and the Salt Lake Symphony under Robert Baldwin; the next installment of NOVA’s Gallery Series with music by Beethoven and Wolfgang Rihm, featuring Utah Symphony colleagues Jason Hardink, piano, and Kathryn Eberle, violin; and pianist Vedrana Subotic’s ongoing series of Beethoven’s works for piano.

And since this is only a partial listing, be sure to log on to http://www.reichelrecommends.com/performances-music-november-2014/ to get a complete rundown of events for November.

  • SALTY CRICKET COMPOSERS COLLECTIVE, “Belt Canto,” is a collage of opera and musical theatre scenes of shows by Utah composers, pieces include I Saw You, by Rick Mortensen, The Mob Song, words by Annelise Parkes Murphy and music by Jeff Parkes, Whimsicon: A Song Cycle on the Poems of Ogden Nash, by Marden Pond, The Sand and Sea, words and music by M. Ryan Taylor, Exiles by James Joyce, music by Nathaniel Eshler, The Scarlet Letter, words and music by Melissa Cecala, November 13, 7:30 p.m., Ladies Literary Guild, 850 E. South Temple, $10 general, $5 students, if purchased in advance ($5 more on day of performance), www.saltycricket.org.
  • UTAH CLASSICAL GUITAR SOCIETY, Anton Baranov, November 14, 8 p.m., Vieve Gore Concert Hall, Westminster College, $20 general, $10 students, for more information and advance tickets please visit www.ucgs.org.
  • UTAH SYMPHONY, Masterworks Series, “Mahler’s Symphony No. 2,” Thierry Fischer, conductor, Celena Shafer, soprano, Jennifer Johnson Cano, mezzo-soprano, and Utah Symphony Chorus, program also includes music by Haydn, November 14-15, 8 p.m., Abravanel Hall, $10-$69 (tickets are $5 more on the day of the performance), see website or contact box office for information regarding student tickets, 801-355-2787, 888-451-2787, www.arttix.org, for further ticket information please call 801-533-6683, www.utahsymphony.org.

    Vedrana Subotic

  • GIFTED MUSIC SCHOOL, Fall Concert, Jenny Oaks Baker, violin, Vladimir Kulenovich, conductor, Gifted Music School Orchestra, program features Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, November 15, 5 p.m., All Saints Episcopal Church, 1710 Foothill Dr., free.
  • SALT LAKE SYMPHONY, “Cultural Roots,” Robert Baldwin, music director and conductor, Ryan van Liere, bassoon, includes music by Beethoven, John Williams and Dvorak’s Symphony No. 8 in G major November 15, 7:30 p.m., Libby Gardner Concert Hall, University of Utah, $10 general, $5 students and seniors, 801-531-7501 or at the door with cash, check or credit card, www.saltlakesymphony.org.
  • METROPOLITAN OPERA NATIONAL COUNCIL, Utah District Auditions, November 15, 11 a.m.- 1 p.m., and 2 p.m.-to 5:00 p.m., 5 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. (while judges deliberate), a reception with competitors and an opportunity to vote for your favorite singer, the winner to receive an audience choice award, 5:30 p.m., announcement of the winners, Libby Gardner Concert Hall, University of Utah, free and open to the public, www.utahmoncauditions.org.
  • TEMPLE SQUARE EVENTS, Utah Premiere Brass, Kirt Saville, director, British style brass band will perform jazz, sacred and upbeat selections, November 15, 7:30 p.m., Assembly Hall, tickets are not required for this event, seating will be general admission.
  • NOVA CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES, Gallery Series, Beethoven’s Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major op. 30, No. 1,  Rihm’s Klavierstück, No. 2, op. 8b, Beethoven’s Sonata for Violin and Piano in G major, op. 30, No. 3, Beethoven’s Sonata for Violin and Piano in C minor, op. 30, No. 2, performed by Utah Symphony associate concertmaster Kathryn Eberle, and NOVA artistic director Jason Hardink, November 16, 3 p.m., The Art Barn at Finch Lane, 54 Finch Lane, $25, tickets online or cash or checks at the door, www.novachambermusicseries.org.
  • UNIVERSITY OF UTAH, Sundays@7 Faculty Spotlight, “Beethoven Sonata Perspectives,” Vedrana Subotic, piano, November 16, 7 p.m., Libby Gardner Concert Hall in David Gardner Hall, free.