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Show Arts Entertainment & Annual Messiah Sing-- In With The Utah Symphony And Chorus Ed Thompson will conduct the Utah Symphony and Utah Symphony Chorus. Messiah is not only the most frequently performed oratorio, but is also the most enduringly popular extended musical composition ever set to English words. It stands alone, a work in a class apart, telling of the birth, passion, and triumph of Christs life not in direct narrative but by allusion. Messiah S s have become popular from Europe to Japan now and give audiences a chance to join their voices with hundreds of others and sing Messiah, ing-In- George Frederick Handels magnum opus. In the past in Utah, tickets to these sing-in- s have been difficult to come by. To meet the demand, this year, for the first time, shows will be held for two nights. Another celebrated Utah native, soprano Karen Anderson, makes a welcome return to Salt Lake City to sing some of the brilliant recitative and arias of Messiah (including I Know that my Redeemer Liveth and Rejoice Greatly Oh Daughter She was also an international in the Rosa Ponsclle Competition and the McAllister Opera Awards. She recently performed lead roles with the Sacramento Opera (Faust by Gounod), the Eugene semi-finali- st Opera of Oregon (Pagliacci by Leoncavallo), and Utah Opera (Falstaff by Verdi). Other vocal soloists will be contralto Doris Brunatti, tenor Michael Ballam and baritone Peter Van De Graaf. Tickets are $10 for reserved seating and $5 for seating. For of Zion). Anderson was a national finalist in the Metropolitan Opera Competition, receiving a financially supported study grant. non-reserv- ed more-informatio- call n 533-NOT- E. World Famous Pianist Returns To Perform With Symphony Conductor of the Utah Symphony Chorus, File photo Ed Thompson by Calvin L. Harrington ' Forum staff writer by Calvin L. Harrington ns Forum staff writer The annual Messiah Sing-I- n, sponsored by the Deseret News, will be held Dec. 1 and 2 at 7 p.m. in Symphony Hall. Christmas Musical: 1940's Radio Hour Pioneer Theatre Company has the marvelous Christmas musical, Walton Jones' The 1940s Radio Hour, scheduled for the holiday season. This madcap recreation of a broadcast from the Hotel Astor on December 21, 1 942 captures the songs, the dances and the hilarious commericals of radios heyday. Catch The Chattanooga Choo Choo, Blue Moon, Boogie Woogie Bugle D UJ 1o VAiW Maurice Abravanel). The Organ Symphony on the program will feature the gifted orby Saint-Saeganist, Richard Elliott. Interestingly, Elliott will be performing on a Rodgers Oxford 945, an organ which will be installed in Symphony Hall specifically for the con- AtKoi AM ftimrStAO VMV from the big band era during Pioneer Theatre Companys run of The 1940s Radio Hour. Showtimes are Mondays through Saturdays at 8:00 pm and Saturday matinees at 2:00 pm, at Pioneer Memorial Theatre, located at the comer of Broadway (300 South) and University St. (1340 East) in Salt Lake City. Running concurrently with the production, the Loge Gallery (located on the mezzanine level of Pioneer Theatre), is featuring a show of watercolor paintings by Beverly Mastrium and Herald Miller. The show is free and open to the public from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm weekdays, and to theatergoers during intermission. For more information, call 581-696- 1. Pianist Grant Johannesen is a Utah native whose concert performances have been highlypraised throughout the world. Johannesen will perform with the Utah Symphony at 8 p.m. oh November 29 and 30. An American treasure, Johannesen was chosen to be the only soloist on the tours of both the New York Philharmonic and the Cleveland Orchestra. The program will include Rumanian Rhapsody No. 1 by Georges Enesco, Symphony No. 1 (the Organ Symphony) and Piano Conby Camille Saint-Saen- s, certo in A Minor by Edvard Grieg. Griegs lively piano concerto recalls the composers Norwegian homeland and excites the highest degree of esthetic appreciation. Music experts point out that the last movement could come from Norway. It has the rhythm and the spirit of an infectious dance into which audiences are drawn. Johannesen recorded this composition with the Utah Symphony (under the baton of cert . . Elliott said, The unusual thing about the Rodgers Oxford 945 is that it uses digitally sampled organ sounds. Of all of the electric organs that have been built to date, this one represents a quantum leap in recreating a real pipe organ sound. OrElliott also describes Saint-Saegan Symphony as one of the most effective pieces for orchestra and organ in that it uses the organ melodically rather than just as ns Pianist Grant Johannesen accompaniment. A preconcert lecture at 7:15 will give patrons an opportunity to learn more about the works that will be performed. Tickets range from $10 to $30 ($5 tickets arc available for students). On Nov. 29 there will be an 1 1 a.m. dress rehearsal of this program. As part of the Finishing Touches series, a commentary F,k Ph0, by Maestro Joseph Silverstein and refreshments provided by the Utah Symphony Guild. Tickets arc $6 for this dress rehearsal . For more information concerning the two performances or the dress rehearsal, call 533-NOT- E. Holy Cross Displays AIDS Panels And Photos of World AIDS Day, Holy Cross Hospital will display panels from the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt and Cheri Piefkes photo exibit Test of Love: AIDS in Utah. The quilt and photo exhibit can be viewed at the Moreau Auditorium, 1002EastSouth Temple, from Saturday through Monday, November 30 through December 2. Hours are 7:00-9:0- 0 pm on November 30; noon to 8:00 pm on December 1 and 8:00-10:pm on December 2. In recognition 00 There will also be a prayer service at 4:00 pm on December 1 the official date for World AIDS Day. The quilt, comprising 14,000 panels, is the centerpiece of World AIDS Day observances and will be exhibited worldwide. Each panel is in memory of someone who has died of AIDS. Thirty-tw- o panels will be displayed at Holy Cross Hospital. In the photography exhibit, Piefke fo- cuses on Utahns with AIDS. She says, In this exhibit I wanted to show the resilience of the human spirit and the fantastic hope of these people living with AIDS . . . Pam Bruce, nursing manager for the Infectious Disease Unit at Holy Cross Hospital, said We want to foster community compassion and action through increased awareness of HIV and AIDS in Utah." "It is also a way to provide a time of reflection on this particular ministry for all those who are involved in provding care for AIDS victims, Bruce said. -- Mannheim Steamroller To Come To SLC House Floral Sugar For all your Holiday Needs Mannheim Steamrollers unique music often echoes through homes, offices and shopping malls as people prepare for this festive time of year. And Utahns will set an taste of the Mannheim music when the group travels to the state as part of its Chirtmas tour. Mannheim Steamroller will perform six shows at the Capitol Theatre on November 29 and 30, and December 1. Concerts are at 6:00 and 9:30 pm Friday and Saturday and Sunday at 3:00 and 6:30 pm. A few tickets are still available at the Capitol Theatre box office or by calling up-clo- NEW Junkfood Basket starting at $12.50 includes cookies, candy, chips, seltzer, etc. WEEKLY SPECIALS 1779 South 100 East 486-741- 9 charge-by-phon- e, 355-ART- S, se Salt Lake has been very receptive. We have a good following there and enjoy . returning, said Amy Doerr, public relations coordinator for American Grama-- , phone Records, the recording company ' formed by composer-producChip Davis in 1974. er Davis, the mastermind behind n Mannheim Steamroller, is for his Fresh Aire series of seven albums. Mannheim Steamroller uses classical well-know- compositional tcchiques in creating its music, with authentic period instruments such as harpsichords fused with modern instrumentation. The music is known for , its technical quality. Forum-Pag- e r 7 |