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![Dance in the Desert]()
Libby Gardner Series,
Viktor Valkov,
Alex Martin,
Lisa Byrnes,
Mercedes Smith,
Katie Porter,
Sam Elliot,
Walter Haman,
Keith Carrick,
Eric Hopkins,
Gabriel Gordon,
Kendall Fischer,
Sarah Lorraine,
Fiona Gitlin,
Tawna Waters
NOVA presents the world premiere of Desert Portal, a new multimedia work for dancers and musicians by Laura Kaminsky.
Also featuring Brahms' Seven Fantasies and music by Boulanger, Okpebholo, and Rudman.
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![Connect With The Earth]()
Libby Gardner Series,
Thierry Fischer,
Barry Banks,
Anna Larsson,
Jens Tenbroek,
Walter Haman,
Brant Bayless,
Claude Halter,
Madeline Adkins,
Mitchell Giambalvo,
Eric Hopkins,
Keith Carrick,
Jessica Danz,
Erin Svoboda,
Zachary Hammond,
Mercedes Smith,
Leon Chodos
Our season comes to a transcendent close with Gustav Mahler’s song-symphony The Song of the Earth, conducted in a farewell performance by Utah Symphony Music Director Thierry Fischer.
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This concert is made possible through the generous support of O.C. Tanner.
![Songs of Life]()
Libby Gardner Series,
Mercedes Smith,
Caitlin Valovick Moore,
Erin Svoboda,
Keith Carrick,
Eric Hopkins,
Viktor Valkov,
Alex Martin,
Rebecca McFaul,
Bradley Ottesen,
Anne Lee,
Ted Merrit,
Anne Francis Bayless,
Fry Street String Quartet,
Joel Gibbs,
Evgenia Zharzhavskaya,
Robert Waters,
Haruhito Miyagi,
Matthew Tutsky,
Katie Porter
Musicians cut loose in this program packed with rowdy energy and just a hint of mystery.
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![Nordic Spirit]()
The freedom of the north wind sweeps through the hall, bringing with it music celebrating the beauty and wonder of life.
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![Contrasts]()
Opposites attract in music drawing on the drama of contradiction, whether in the combination of folk, jazz, and classical styles in Bartók’s Contrasts or in the surprising mood shifts of Schumann’s Kreisleriana.
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![The Head and the Heart]()
The heart and mind meet in music by J.S. Bach, Mendelssohn, Unsuk Chin, and György Ligeti. Utah Symphony Music Director Thierry Fischer conducts!
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![Odyssey]()
Join us on four journeys— from love through the pain of loss… from a single note to a florid melody… from the music of our age back in time to the music of Bach.
We conclude with a piece that asks a simple yet provocative question: if you weren’t born where you were, where would your journey have led?
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