Monthly Archives: May 2015

SALT LAKE SYMPHONY AND UTAH VOICES JOIN TO PERFORM HAYDN’S ‘THE CREATION’

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The Salt Lake Symphony and Utah Voices will join forces once again this weekend in Joseph Haydn’s magnificent oratorio The Creation.

Written between 1797-98 the work is considered Haydn’s masterpiece. And, indeed, it is a wonderful addition to the English oratorio genre and a worthy successor to George Frideric Handel’s many choral/orchestral works.

The libretto, by a writer yet to be identified, is in English and depicts the creation of the world as described in the Book of Genesis and John Milton’s Paradise Lost.

Salt Lake Symphony music director Robert Baldwin and Utah Voices director Michael Huff will co-conduct the performance. Joining them will be soprano Melissa Heath, tenor   Robert Breault and bass-baritone Christopher Clayton.

The concert takes place on May 30 at 7:30 p.m. in Libby Gardner Concert Hall. Tickets are $12 and available online at www.utahvoices.org or at the door.

WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEK IN MUSIC (MAY 27-JUNE 2, 2015)

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(Be sure to visit our monthly music calendar by clicking on “Events Calendar.”)

TEMPLE SQUARE PERFORMANCES, Alexander and Aubrey Woods, husband-and-wife duo performing works by Mozart, Ysaÿe, and Leclair, May 29, 7:30 p.m., Assembly Hall, Temple Square, free.

SALT LAKE SYMPHONY, “Let There Be Light!,” Robert Baldwin, conductor, Utah Voices, the program will feature Haydn’s Creation, May 30, 7:30 p.m., Libby Gardner Concert Hall, University of Utah, $10 general, $5 students, seniors, and children, 801-531-7501 or at the door with cash, check or credit card, www.saltlakesymphony.org.

TEMPLE SQUARE PERFORMANCES, “Sketches of Utah History,” featuring works by Marden Pond, based on historical events and places in Utah, performed by Utah Wind Symphony, a string chamber orchestra and viola and flute soloists, May 30, 7:30 p.m., Assembly Hall, Temple Square, free.