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Show TMJNDEMMD THE THUNDERBIRDDSOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITYDTUESDAY OCTOBER 22, 1991DPAGE 9 Utah Symphony to play Oct. 30 The Utah Symphony, conducted by Joseph Silverstein, will perform in concert Oct. 30 at 7:30 p.m. in the Centrum. The performance will feature the violin work of Utah Symphony concertmaster Ralph Matson. Now in his sixth year with the symphony, Matsons career includes experience in virtually every area of violin performance. He has performed with many major American orchestras as concertmaster, soloist with orchestra, solo recitalist and chamber musician. Matson earned a masters degree from the Yale School of Music, where he studied under Silverstein and Steven Staryk. He regularly appears as a guest artist in a chamber music series in Minneapolis, Minn., and will participate in the Mainly Mozart Festival in San Diego, Calif., in June. The performance in the Centrum will start with Hector Berliozs Overture to Benvenuto Cellini, Op. 23, the composers tribute to the famecj 16th century who was either one of the Renaissances most dashing figures or one of historys greatest braggarts. Matson will be featured in Max Bruchs Concerto No. 1 in G minor for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 26. The piece was first performed in 1866, in Coblenz, with Otto von Konigslow as soloist and Bruch conducting. The second half of the concert will be devoted to Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98. Written at a time when one of Brahms great interests was Greek drama, especially the tragedies of Sophocles, his fourth symphony reflected these interests. Accused of being overly serious, the symphony did not find easy acceptance with audiences, but has since come to be regarded as one of the great classical works. An accomplished violinist in his own right, Silverstein became the music director of the Utah Symphony in 1983. In 1988, the symphony released its 125th recording, featuring Silverstein performing the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto. SUU students with activity cards are admitted free of charge to the concert. As a courtesy to the performers and audience, Music Arts officials request that children under 5 not be brought to the performance. Also, the use of cameras or recording equipment is prohibited. SAWYER BROWN TICKETS: Sawyer Brown will make its fourth appearance at SUU Friday, Nov. 8 at 7:30 p.m. Diamond Rio and the Dirt Band will open for the concert. Tickets are $17.50 and are available at the Centrum Ticket Office, 586-787- ARTISTS INVITATIONAL: The annual Southern Utah Southern Utah Artists Invitational and an exhibit of African Tribal art will be on display in the Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery Nov. through Dec. 20. 7 R Matthew Benton, Gayle Staffanson and Brian Vaughn star in 'Little Shop of Horrors, which opens the theatre season Shop of Horrors opens next week A spoof with a moral a 20th century morality Director Fred C. Adams description of Little which will open Oct. Shop of Horrors, a musical-comed- y 31, Halloween, in the Randall L. Jones Theatre. Little Shop of Horrors is a Faustian story featuring Seymour, plain, shy and single, who might well have ended up a derelict if it were not for Mr. Mushnik, the owner of a Skid Row floral shop who befreinds and hiies him. Seymour falls in love with Audrey, pretty and dumb and probably out of his reach until he discovers an unusual plant that helps him gain the wealth and fame he thinks he needs to woo Audrey. He names the plant Audrey II, and his deal is to feed it in exchange for his success. The deal becomes very trying when Audreys plaintive little feed me becomes a menacing bellow as the plant, which proves to be a carnivorous alien, grows to enormous size. Its about selling ones soul to the devil in this case a plant from outer space, Adams said. Were not camping it, were trying to give it a sense of in its own way. believability Little Shop of Horrors first appeared in 1960 as one of film director Roger cormans quickies, and it had a cast no one had ever heard of, including a then unknown Jack Nicholson. But the movies dark, far-ohumor earned it positive film reviews. It returned to the screen in its musical format, but with changes, in 1986 starring Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene and Steve Martin, receiving mixed reviews. Actually, the stage version is a totally different show from the movie version, Adams explained. And it has a completely different ending. The SUU production will star Brian Vaughn, who play, is received critical acclaim in last years production of The Elephant Man, as Seymour, and SUU theatre veterans Gayle Staffanson as Audrey and R. Matthew Benton as Mr. Mushnik. Shannon Otte portrays Orin, John W. Griffith is the voice of Audrey II, Kurtiss W. Morrison is the voice not unlike Gods, and Marilyn Alldredge, Laquetta Carpenter and Barbara J. Clark play the rock trio of Crystal, Chiffon and Ronnette, respectively. Other cast members include Buddy Waters, John W. Griffith, Brett Bassett, Robert Bogue, Stacy Nix, Adrianne Tawa, Toa Tawa and Morgan J. Anderson. Ii s about selling ones soul to the devil this case a plant from outer space, said in Were not camping it a sense of it, were trying give believability in its own way. Director Fred Adams. to Brian Baker is the director for the 16 musical numbers in the play and sound will be handled by Todd Ross. The sets for the production are designed by Utah Shakespearean Festival graphics artist Michelle Livermore, with construction supervision by Rebecca White and technical direction by Roger Sherman. Little Shop of Horrors runs Oct. 31 Nov. 2 and Nov. Curtain times are 8 p.m. and there will be a 2 p.m. matinee Nov. 9. Admission, for those who dont have season tickets, is $8 for adults, $6 for senior citizens and children, and $2 for SUU students with 7-- 9. activity cards. |