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Show SYMPHONY TO FEATURE SAMSON THIS WEEK-END The next subscription concert! Friday and Saturday, December 7-8, will bring to Salt Lake City the moit ipectacular catt of soloists ever assembled for an oratorio. Two of the moat celebrated atari of the Metropolitan Opera, Jan Peerce at Samson and Phyllis Curtin as DaliU will head the impressive rotter. Joining them will be two prominent prom-inent newcomers: Louise Parker, contralto, whose recent European concert tour and performance in Handel's "Messiah" at Ann Arbor, Mich., netted her rave reviews; and Malcolm Smith, basso, who is scoring scor-ing great triumphs in his appearances appear-ances as soloist with the Robert Shaw Chorale in Russia and elsewhere. else-where. Rounding out the cast will be three prominent Utah singers, well known through previous appearances; appear-ances; Roy Samuelscn, baritone, Jean Preston, soprano, and Kenly Whitelock, tenor. The University of Utah Chorus, which rated headlines earlier this month, will be trained by Dr. Newell New-ell Weight, new choral director of the University of Utah whose work at BYU also won nationwide attention. atten-tion. Following the two presentations of "Samson" Dec. 7-8, in the Highland High-land Auditorium the same forces will be marshalled by Vanguard for the first recording ever made of this towering masterpiece. |