BEETHOVEN FESTIVAL’S SPRING SERIES OPENS TODAY

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The Beethoven Festival Park City’s spring edition starts today with a free concert in the Salt Lake City Main Library.  The program includes works by Bruch, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Rimsky-Korsakov and Busoni. Performing will be festival co-directors Leslie Harlow, viola, and Russell Harlow, clarinet. Joining them will be clarinetist Matthew Nelson and pianist Bryan Stanley.

There will be five concerts in all. Below is a schedule of events. Unless otherwise noted, tickets are $20 for general admission and $15 for seniors and students and available at the door. For more information log on to the festival website at www.beethovenfestivalparkcity.org.

  • April 13, 12 p.m., Salt Lake City Main Library: Music by Bruch, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Rimsky-Korsakov and Busoni. Performed by: Russell Harlow and Matthew Nelson, clarinet; Leslie Harlow, viola; and Bryan Stanley, piano. (Free)
  • April 14, 3 p.m., Temple Har Shalom, U-224 at Brookside Ct.: Music by Stamitz, Baerman, Schumann, Tchaikovsky and Boccherini. Performed by: Donna Fairbanks and Yeagi Broadwell, violin; Leslie Harlow, viola; Cheung Chau, cello; Jon Yerby, guitar; and Russell Harlow, clarinet.
  • April 16, 7:30 p.m., Utah Valley University, Gunther Trades Building
    Room 507:     Music by: Handel, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Boccherini and Kodaly. Performed by Donna Fairbanks, Blanka Bednarz and Yeagi Broadwell, violin; Leslie Harlow, viola; Cheung Chau, cello; Russell Harlow and Matthew Nelson, clarinet; Jeb Wallace, horn; Jon Yerby, guitar; and Bryan Stanley, piano. (Free)
  • April 19, 8 p.m., Park City Community Church, U-224 at Bear Hollow Dr.: Music by Bach, Handel, Villa Lobos, Reinecke, Rimsky-Korsakov and Mendelssohn. Performed by: Russell Harlow and Matthew Nelson, clarinet; Jon Yerby, guitar; and Bryan Stanley, piano.
  • April 21, 3 p.m., Temple Har Shalom: Music by Mozart, Piazzolla, Kodaly, Rimsky-Korsakov and Taneyev. Performed by: Donna Fairbanks, Blanka Bednarz and Yeagi Broadwell, violin; Leslie Harlow and Elizabeth Kuefler Wallace, viola; Cheung Chau, cello; Denson Argula, bass; Russell Harlow, clarinet;  and Jeb Wallace, horn.
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Edward Reichel, author, writer and composer, has been covering the classical music scene in Utah since 1997. For many years he served as the primary music critic for the Deseret News. He has also written for a number of publications, including Chamber Music Magazine, OPERA Magazine, 15 Bytes, Park City Magazine and Salt Lake Magazine. He holds a Ph.D. in composition from the University of California at Santa Barbara. He can be reached at ed.reichel@gmail.com. Reichel Recommends is also on Twitter @ReichelArts.

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