WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEK IN MUSIC (MARCH 11-17, 2015)

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BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY, Folk Music Ensemble, Mark Geslison, director, March 11, 7:30 p.m., Madsen Recital Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center, $6 general, 801-422-4322, www.byuarts.com.

UNIVERSITY OF UTAH, Group Organ Recital, March 11, 7:30 p.m., Libby Gardner Concert Hall in David Gardner Hall, free.

BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY, Synthesis, “Velvet Fog: A Tribute to Mel Torme,” featuring guest artist Mark Stevens, March 11, 7:30 p.m., de Jong Concert Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center, $10 general ($4 off with BYU or student ID, $1 off seniors and BYU alumni), 801-422-4322, www.byuarts.com.

UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY, Poulenc’s “Gloria,” Men’s and Women’s Choirs, Westlake High School Choirs and Westlake Chamber Orchestra, March 12, 7 p.m., Westlake High School Auditorium, 99 N. 200 West, Saratoga Springs, free.

GINA BACHAUER, Andrey Gugnin, piano, 2014 Bachauer Gold Medalist, the concert will feature the 12 technically revolutionary Transcendental Etudes of Franz Liszt, a transcription of the lively Scherzo from Tchaikovsky’s Pathétique Symphony, he will also be performing Six Pictures by Armenian composer Arno Babajanian, and the poetic Petit Suite by French composer Jacques Ibert, March 13, 7:30 p.m., Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, $20 general, 801-355-2787, www.arttix.org.

BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY, BYU Singers and Concert Choir, “30th Anniversary Concert,” Rosalind Hall and Ronald Staheli, conductors, March 13, 7:30 p.m., de Jong Concert Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center, $10 general ($4 off with BYU or student ID, $1 off seniors and BYU alumni), 801-422-4322, www.byuarts.com.

UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY, Piano Recital, Dr. Brian Hsu, Professor of Piano, Loyola University, New Orleans, March 13, 7:30 p.m., Science Building Auditorium, free.

UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY, Faculty Piano Recital, Dr. Hsiang John Tu, March 13, 7:30 p.m., Science Building Auditorium, free.

BEETHOVEN FESTIVAL PARK CTY, “Chamber Music Showcase,” program consists of Mozart’s Flute Quartet and Clarinet Quintet, Arvo Pärt’s, Fratres, for violin and guitar, and romantic works for clarinet and strings by Schumann, Tchaikovsky and Heinrich Josef Bermann, performing will be Russell Harlow, clarinet, Mary Richards, flute, Jon Yerby, guitar, Donna Fairbanks, Blanka Bednarz and Cynthia Richards, violin, Paula Cho, viola, Cheung Chau, cello, March 13, 7:30 p.m., All Saints Episcopal Church, 1710 Foothill Dr., free, www.pcmusicfestival.com.

MURRAY SYMPHONY, “Destination Italy,” Julie Christofferson, music director, the concert will feature Italian composers and Italian themed music, with guest artists Valerie Hart Nelson, mezzo-soprano, and Tyler Nelson, tenor, March 14, 7:30 p.m., Murray High School Auditorium, 5440 S. State Street, $6, tickets at the door, children under 1o free, www.murraysymphony.org.

JUBILATE, “A Cabaret,” March 14, 7:30 p.m., Mount Tabor Lutheran Church, 175 S. 700 East, Salt Lake City, www.jubilatesings.weebly.com.

WEST VALLEY SYMPHONY, Donny Gilbert, music director, March 14, 7:30 p.m., Eisenhower Junior High Auditorium, 4351 South Redwood Road, Taylorsville, $10, www.westvalleysymphonyutah.org.

AMERICAN WEST SYMPHONY, “A European Journey,” Joel Rosenberg, conductor, Lindsay Tarbet, piano, the concert will feature Bizet’s Carmen, Suite No. 1, Debussy’s Fetes (Festival), Schumann’s Symphony No. 2 in C major, op. 61, Chopin’s Andante Spianato and Grande polonaise brillante, March 14, 7:30 p.m., Libby Gardner Concert Hall in David Gardner Hall, University of Utah, $10 general, $8 students, free for U. students, www.americanwestsymphony.org.

BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY, An Evening with the Opera Chorus, March 14, 7 p.m., Madsen Recital Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center, free.

UTAH OPERA, “Così fan tutte,” music by Mozart, libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte, Will Crutchfield, conductor, Crystal Manich, director, Karen Wolverton and Leah Wool, sopranos, Aaron Blake, tenor, Abigail Levis, mezzo-soprano, David Adam Moore, baritone, Matthew Burns, bass, two sisters are surprised when their fiancés are suddenly called to war, but are the men really gone or did they simply hatch an elaborate plot to challenge the women’s faithfulness, the men’s return tests the limits of friendship, fidelity and fortitude, Mozart’s tale of flirtatious seduction combines silly disguises, mistaken identities and sublime music to see if love can indeed conquer all, March 14, 16, 18, 20, 7:30 p.m., March 22, 2 p.m., Capitol Theatre, $10-$95 general ($5 more if purchased on the day of the performance), 801-355-2787, 888-451-2787, www.utahopera.org.

CATHEDRAL OF THE MADELEINE, “Founder’s Day Concert,” Felix Mendelssohn’s St. Paul, op. 36, March 15, 8p.m., free, to obtain complimentary seating pass please leave a voicemail on the concert information line at 801-328-8941, or visit their website at www.utcotm.org.

UNIVERSITY OF UTAH, Sundays@7 Faculty Spotlight, Caitlyn Valovick-Moore, flute, Pamela Palmer, piano, and Denson Angulo, bass, March 15, 7 p.m., Libby Gardner Concert Hall in David Gardner Hall, free.

BONNEVILLE CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL, “Reaching Out – New Spaces – New Sounds,” “Family Evening: Magic and Music,” Carmelo de Santos, violin, and Paolo André Gualdi, piano, March 16, 6 p.m., Weber County Library, Pleasant Valley Branch, 5568 S. Adams Ave., Washington Terrace, free, no age limit, www.weberstatetickets.com.

BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY, BRAVO! Series, Lynn Harrell, guest cellist, BYU Philharmonic, Kory Katseanes, conductor, music includes Dvorák’s Cello Concerto in B minor, March 17, 7:30 p.m., de Jong Concert Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center, $15 general ($5 off with BYU or student ID, $3 off seniors and BYU alumni), 801-422-4322, www.byuarts.com.

UTAH SYMPHONY, Family Series, Prokofiev’s “Peter and the Wolf, Emmanuel Fratianni, conductor, presented by the Ogden Symphony Ballet Association, March 17, 7 p.m., Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts, Weber State University, $12 general, $8 children, $36 (for 6 tickets) not  available online, to purchase these tickets, please call 801-399-9214 0r visit our office at 638 26th Street, Ogden, www.symphonyballet.org.

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About Edward Reichel

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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