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An Evening of Beethoven

Presented by Utah Symphony at Abravanel Hall

September 11-September 12, 2009

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The Utah Symphony returns to the stage of Abravanel Hall for its 70th season (sponsored by UBS) with an all Beethoven program led by guest conductor Matthias Bamert. The performances feature virtuosic violinist Jennifer Frautschi. In celebration of the opening of the 2009-2010 season, an elegant gala will be held on September 11 at 6:00pm at the Marriott Downtown. 'The opening of a new season is always an exciting time. There is an electric energy that fills the hall at the first concert and we are looking forward to sustaining that energy all year long,' said President and CEO Melia Tourangeau. The opening weekend program begins with Beethoven's Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus, which comes from the ballet depicting the story of the shrewd and rebellious Greek god Prometheus. Next, Jennifer Frautschi (Avery Fisher career grant recipient) will join the orchestra for Beethoven's lyrical Concerto for Violin in D Major, which has become one of the most glorious concerti for any instrument. The evening concludes with Beethoven's enduring masterpiece and one of his most popular works, Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, featuring the famous and unforgettable four-note motif (ta-ta-ta-tum). Matthias Bamert's distinguished career started at the Cleveland Orchestra where he was Resident Conductor along side the then Music Director Lorin Maazel. Since then he has held Music Director positions with the Swiss Radio Orchestra, London Mozart Players, Principal Guest Conductor of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Associate Guest Conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London. He has recently finished a highly successful period as Music Director of the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra. Music Director of the London Mozart Players for seven years, he has masterminded a hugely successful series of recordings of works by 'Contemporaries of Mozart' which has already exceeded 50 symphonies. In 1999, the orchestra's 50th anniversary year, he conducted them at the BBC Proms, in Vienna and at the Lucerne Festival and returned with them to Japan in January 2000. He has worked frequently in the concert hall and studio with such orchestras as the Philharmonia, the London Philharmonic and the BBC Symphony Orchestra, has appeared regularly at the London Proms, and often appears with orchestras outside London such as the BBC Philharmonic and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Jennifer Frautschi has created a sensation in recent seasons with appearances as soloist with Pierre Boulez and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Christoph Eschenbach and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at the Ravinia Festival, and at Wigmore Hall and Lincoln Center's Mostly Mozart Festival. She has also soloed in recent seasons with the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, Cincinnati Symphony, Kansas City Symphony, Louisville Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, and others. Selected by Carnegie Hall for its Distinctive Debuts series, Ms. Frautschi made her New York recital debut in April 2004. As part of the European Concert Hall Organization's Rising Stars series, Ms. Frautschi also made debuts that year at ten of Europe's most celebrated concert venues. Ms. Frautschi's 2009-2010 season highlights include opening night with the Utah Symphony, as well as appearances with the Honolulu, Pasadena, and Toledo Symphonies, the Buffalo and Boulder Philharmonics, and the Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie in Germany. In celebration of the opening of the Utah Symphony's 2009-2010 season, a gala, Celebrate Music in the Community, will be held at the Marriott Downtown (75 South West Temple) on Friday, September 11th at 6:00pm. All proceeds from this event will be directed toward the Education and Community Outreach programs of Utah Symphony | Utah Opera. Tickets for the gala are $125 per person or $100 for a symphony season subscriber (performance tickets are sold separately) and can be purchased at (801) 533-NOTE (6683). Table sponsorships are also available.