| Show mum vsntt'irnut it I 1 & Entertainment Silverstein set to conduct By Catherine Reese Sunday Morning— September 2 1990 Section E Page 1 season y golden-anniversar- Joseph Silverstein will solo in Bruch "Scottish Fanand in Motasy" at WSC Oct 4 and in SL Oct zart violin concertos May 18 symphony's Shelley Showers plays R Strauss horn concerto Feb 22-2- 3 - Tribune Staff Writer 5-- 6 Friday's gala concert with flute virtuoso Rampal is the first taste of what Utah Symphony music director Joseph Silverstein promises will be a season patrons can sink their teeth into "One of the luxuries of being a music director is the fact that you get a chance to pick 'be things that you really want to do" Silverstein said from the Tanglewood Music Center in Lenox Mass "Every season I manage to salt the programs with things that are particularly challenging and enjoyable for me and hopefully for the audience as well" Jean-Pierr- e i ' composers like Eeethoven Richard Strauss and Tchaikovsky as well as commemorations of the Prokofiev ' centennial and Mozart bicentennial — will be spiced with fare by the likes of Bartok and Baras well as appearances by entertainers like Steve ber ' Allen the Kingston Trio the Vienna Choir Boys and Peter Schickele a k a PDQ Bach Popular performers like Rampal violinist Elmar Oliveira and pianist Malcolm Frager will join first-tim- e guests like pianist '' Andrea Lucchesini conductor Jahja Ling and cellist Jules Eskin four Utah Symphony principals will be ' featured as soloists as will Silverstein himself The orchestra will also try to satisfy Utahns' appeand three tite for chamber music with an h programs Rounding out the menu are the four-payouth series the annual "Messiah" Sing-I- n "Salute to Youth" and "Irish Night" a screening of Sergei Eisenstein's 1938 film "Alexander Nevsky" with the complete Prokofiev score and a "Tricks and Treats" Halloween program for adults in conjunction with Taste of the Town The conductor stressed that Friday's concert is not the official season opener but rather a gala event an appetizer of sorts "We felt it would be nice to have a gala concert to season" he just sort of kick off the said "Mr Rampal has not been to Utah for quite some time his last appearance here was in March 1985 and he happened to be available at this time and we thought it would be very nice to bring him back and have a nice sendoff for the anniversary season" The program in Symphony Hall will feature Rampal in the Mozart Flute Concerto No 1 in G and with Utah Symphony principal flutist (and former Rampal student) Erich Graf in the Cimarosa Concertante in G for The or- Flute and Orchestra (See related story E-chestra will also perform Berlioz's "Roman Carnival" Overture and the Suite from Richard Strauss' opera "Der Rosenkavalier" Good seats are still available On Sept 14 the subscription season begins with performances of Verdi's Overture to "The Sicilian Vespers" four pieces from Mendelssohn's incidental music for "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and Beethoven's Symphony No 3 "Eroica" The program will also be presented Sept 12 in Provo and Sept 13 in ' Ogden "We have not had the 'Eroica' for several years now" the maestro said "and I think when we start the symphony season we really want to go with our strong suits We've used Brahms symphonies as the opening big piece or a Tchaikovsky symphony as an opening big piece for several' years now and I really wanted to bring-bacthe 'Eroica: at this time" as season As far go Silverhighlights of his eighth stein said "It's hard to say before we get started with it" but added he's "looking forward to the complete 'Alexander Nevsky' with the movie The Eisenstein film has been completely restored and the complete film score rather than the cantata which is what's usually performed has been put together with the film I think it's going to be a very very interesting 20th-centur- ' t ' fI y - r v s : This season symphony staples — ' ' - ck 4 i V- - ' v ' : 1 r v i i all-Bac- rt - i— s -- a— J u: "" tit f' i " "" "1 - thing for our audience" "Alexander Nevsky" is one of four Prokofiev works programmed this season Also in the repertoire are Suite No 2 from "Romeo and Juliet" the Piano Concerto No 1 with Yefim Bronfman as soloist and E-- 3 Column IK i 1 ave lo ForThisAnvLonefeii All 3 LOCATIONS! 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