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Show Music for everybody efrom previous page @ The Temple Square Chorale and Orchestra at Temple Square which is symphonic in its proportions and con- ception, grew out of Vaughan Williams’ feelings about war. “(Vaughan Williams] had been through World War IL, and had seen the horrors ofthe first modern war,” said Wilberg. “In the ’30s he could see that there were problems looming yet again. In 1936 he wrote this piece as a plea for reconciliation.” Vaughan Williams’ unusual juxtaposition of Latin liturgical text with poetry of Walt Whitman in “Dona Nebis Pacem” became the modelfor another 20th-century masterwork, Benjamin Britten’s “War Requiem.” VaughanWilliams’ influence reached in other directions, too. He was deeply interested in English folk music, which becamethe basis for manyofhis compositions. He selected the hymns, including several of his compositions, for the 1906 hymnal of the Church of England. The hymnbook contains many arrangements of foik melodies Vaughan Williams col- perform “An Evening of Music by Vaughan Williams” Friday at 7-30 p.m.in the Salt Lake Tabernacle on Temple Squarein Sait Lake City. The performanceis free but tickets are required. Call 801-240-0080orvisit http://www.ids.org/events. @ The concert will be repeated Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at Libby Gardner Hall on Presidents Circle of the University of Utah campusin Salt Lake City. No tickets are required; general-admission seating, Wilberg if he minds being considered a musical descendent of Vaughan Williams and the reply is quick: “Tl be his disciple any day.” Otherselections on this week’s concerts include two settings of “The Hundredth Psalm “—one from 1929, which opens the concerts, and another, arranged for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth [1 in 1953, as the closer. Vaughan Williams gavethe second arrangementa feature that surprised the proper British aulected and set to religious texts. dience who assembled for the These hymns and carols have coronation a sing-along secsince been incorporated into the tion. That surprise is out for this hymmnals of many other faiths. week's concerts: Audience Wilberg, himself a nationally members will be singing the acclaimed composer and arDoxology to the hymn tune “Old ranger, is among those influHundredth,” which they may enced by Vaughan Williams. know as “Praise God From MACK WILBERG “Vaughan Williams is among Whom All Blessings Flow.” my five favorite composers. | Between the bookendsof “Old love almost every note he ever Hundredth,” the choir and orwrote. He was one of those comchestra will perform “Dona Nobis Pacem” and a posers who felt that music was for the people. I Utah favorite, “The Lark Ascending,” subtitled by think that idea permeates all of his output.” its composer as a Romancefor Violin and OrchesLike Vaughan Williams, Wilberg often uses folk tra. Meredith Campbell, concertmaster of the Or- “Vaughan Wilhamsis among myfivefavorite composers. I love almost every note he ever wrote.” tunes with religious texts for his arrangements. chestra at Temple Square, will be thesoloist. His arrangement of “Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing,” set to a Southern folk melody, has become a stapie of Tabernacle Choir tour concerts and is sung by choirs aroundthe country. Another beautiful American folk hymn arranged by Wil- Vaughan Williams’ general popularity befits a man whobelieved that good music should not be the sole property of a culturab elite class. He said music was “the only means of artistic expression which is natural to everybody. Music is above all things the art of the common man.” berg is “My Shepherd Will Supply My Need.” Ask igi ame October 9 - 30 gemOm rer a Mr) ee ee eee Red. Butte Garden's Annual! Fall Festival Dr. Seuss.From The Page To The Stage! il arts, crafts & dancers, puppet shows, & interactive drum circle featuring Nino iC eee Native American mast CUMm Ls LEyAte oe © oy O10 Ee va, | Ittegarden.org More infoa atan58/-9939 or . www.redbt “Horton Hears a Hit!” USReisee Morning News AesA) T CCA | 1 oe tran Q4 re] TaN 1Gal a “Dr. Seuss comes through again!” Beeaeurigeee| “Not since ‘The Lion King’ has Pe ee ena4cr Bg Eraidee id hel4aes nethdastcdMandaednaatenf ~~ The male intellect: olale.9(anh16Jake Getting dumped has never been funnier ata 3 OCTOBER 28—-NOVEMBER 9 WHO LOVE BROADWAY MUSICALS neo NTNU) CU LL ore Coming @ a RAINBOW HOTEL ¢ CASING CONVENTION CENTER Wendover, Nevada 800-217-0049 ext. 529 te aa: RRChehere Te aly Groups of 20+ call 355-5502 z ZIONS BANK Qreg Krueger Lincetn Mercery |
