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Show Utah Symphony: Pops and barbershops atf ctart it off in sort of a out Kv r trumpets start it off in sort of a bugle call-sounding thing. The drums roll in. The cymbals crash. Thunder and lightning. Prelude to "dead music," a funeral march. A harp was utilized in the fourth movement which is scored for strings and harp only. Mr. Abravanel and the Utah Symphony have received widespread wide-spread acclaim for their expert Mahler performances. The Maestro is recognized as a leading Mahler authority. He was singled Ut.b the BruckMlf. Society a few year. 1 singular honor 0f Mahler Award. 0 1-edup tohisrepulalic 0n Jan. 23, tw0 Utah's honorary J; oth Greece1. ,5?' return to Salt Lake ,7, works of Mozan J Greece's Mme. hold the leading Princess Irene joining zart's Concerto f0, j,' coming great event. The violinists wielded their bows in a frenzy. Then came the tuning note. Afterwards, After-wards, silence. ..except tor sporadic throbs of the tympam Because of the lousy weather, Mr. Abravanel had promised to those who turned out for the concert, "We will try even harder than usual." ' Then, the master baton went to work. The mastered instruments responded. The piece was Schubert's Symphony No. 8, the "Unfinished." The work has only two movements. move-ments. Each has its moments of tension and calm. Dr. Lowell Durham, University professor of music, has said, "...when you have heard the "Unfinished" several times, you will not wonder that even a genius could add nothing to it." Yes, Schubert's 8th sounded very complete on Wednesday. And Mahler's Fifth, wow! The : I BY FRANK RUNNER Entertainment Writer The Utah Symphony is going to present its annual January Family Pops Concert Saturday at 8 p.m. in the Salt Lake Tabernacle. Ardean Watts, who is the executive ex-ecutive director of the University's Uni-versity's Opera Company, who is associate conductor of the Utah Symphony, and who is also a very nice person (I can see it now) will be directing the full Orchestra in a program which includes songs from the Broadway hit "Oliver" in a sort of medley, Strauss's "Blue Danube Waltz" and "Western Salute" by a fellow named Siegmeister. Three barbershop quartets will be there. One, the Bountiful Chordbusters, under the direction of Turk Evans, will be returning this year after receiving a warm welcome for their performance last year. Two other SPEBSQSA (Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet Singing in America) groups will be making their first appearance with the Symphony. They are the Salt Lake Beehive Statesmen and the Utah Valley Skyline Chorus. The quartets will give renditions rendi-tions of "By the Time I Get to Phoenix," "Get Me to the Church on Time," "If You Can't Get a Girl in the Summertime," (very seasonal) and "Auntie Skinner's Chicken Dinner" (sounds like a winner; excuse the rhyme). All three choruses will join together to give moving "Do You Remember Remem-ber When?" with Carl Hancuff doing the narration. Tickets are $2, $3, and $4 stag and you can get a family ticket for reserved seats in the best section for $10 (the normal price of a single ticket in that section). As the orchestra warmed up there was a feeling in the air of a |