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Show Capacity Crowd of Music Patrons Thrill to Concert of Utah Symphony A capacity crowd of music lovers lov-ers Jammed into the public school auditorium last night to hear the famed Utah Symphony Orchestra, which lived up to its reputation of being one of the finest groups in the country. Cedar City is the only city south of Provo to schedule the 80-piece 80-piece orchestra, and following the concert and four enthusiastic curtain calls, Maurice Abravanel, conductor, thanked the audience for its warm reception. He also said that they were to be highly complimented for having the courage to schedule the orchestra for concerts in southern Utah. This marks the second year that the orchestra has travelled this far south. The varied program moved along at a fast pace and kept the attention of the audience continually, ine program included in-cluded "Symphony No. 8 in B Minor" by Schubert, "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini-Opus 43", by Rachmaninoff, "Peter and the Wolf", by Prokofieff, "Zig-eunerweisen" "Zig-eunerweisen" (Gypsy Airs), by Sarasate, and the "Nutcracker Suite", by Tchaikovsky. Three soloists appeared on the program, much to the delight of the audience. Roscoe Grover, who has lived in Cedar City and is well known here, narrated the story of "Peter and the Wolf". This work, which was originally written for children, carries as much appeal for the adults. The Rachmaninoff Rhapsody was delivered with all of its sparkling freshness, with Walter Shaw as soloist at the piano. The dazzling solo part was warmly received by the audience. The third soloist was Tibor Zellg, violinist, who played the Gypsy Airs. The work was short but Zellg made the most of It. The op.'ning number, Symphony Sym-phony No. 8 in B Minor" and the closing work, the "Nutcracker "Nutcrack-er Suite", rounded out a memorable memor-able concert for the people of Cedar City and southern Utah. |