Show Utah Symphony Ready For Music Festival The fifth annual FestIval of Contemporary Music jointly presented by the University of oC Utah and the Utah Symphony Orchestra will conclude this seasons season's offerings with a con Bert eert Friday and Saturday Jan 17 and 18 at pm in Kingsbury Hall lIall TillS THIS WEEKS WEEK'S concert is s the seventh on the regular subscription sub sub- series of the Utah Symphony which means that thata a substantial number of the tickets for both performances have already been sold According Ac cording to symphony mana get Herold Gregory however excellent ex tickets in every price range are still available for both concerts Tickets Tickets' at and 4 are arc on sale now at the Utah Symphony Office 55 W. W 1st South Mall Mail and telephone orders are accepted TilE TAE PROGRAM I for Friday and Saturdays Saturday's concerts consists con con- of five strongly contrasted contrast contrast- ed cd works exhibiting five en different facets of con tem temporary music The of Anton Webern his Opus No 1 demo dem- the composers composer's very strong personality and origl in spite of a clear post Wagnerian basis BELA Bartok's Dance Suite was composed especially for forthe the the official Jubilee festival of the anniversary of the merger of the cities of Bud Buda and Pest Into t the e present city of Budapest It Is strongly based on Hungarian folklore and is very pungent with all the characteristics in dissonance disso disso- nance and in rhythmic free dom that mark the works of this composer Ned e a s based on a poem by Walt Whit man was dedicated to the Philadelphia Orchestra and Eugene and has been played extensively by that orchestra during the last three years Although the latest lat est composed work on this program pro pro- gram Eagles Is more conservative con con- In tone lone than the oth It Is a symphonic poem of brilliant conception and or- or chest ration an especially es es- large pel sec TilE VIOLS IOLA Concerto b by William Walton met with in slant success at its first performance per which was given by bythe bythe the late Paul Hindemith and has has' rem tined ever since In Inthe inthe the repertoire rr Sally Peck Lentz the outstanding viola principal of the Utah Symphony Sym phony has worked on the silo part in this concerto under the guidance I of Gf William Primrose Prim Prim- rose foremost violist of our time The final work orl on the pro pro- gram the suite from the bal le The Incredible Flutist by Walter Piston Is In an exceedingly ex light vein ein and Is entirely en en- different from hom the otherwise oth oth- very serious works of this prominent American composer com poser whose birthday the music world is celebrating this week IN TillS THIS work Walter Piston Pis Pis- ton includes a tango a polka and even a circus march in which he requests the orchestra orches tra musicians when not busy playing to Imitate the noises of a crowd welcoming the arrival of the circus The score even calls for for- forthe the bark of a dog which will be deftly performed by one yet un un- named prominent member of tI orchestra Since the Festival of Contemporary Con temporary a r y Mus Music t e eV V was a s launched five years ago the Utah Symphony under the baton ba ba- ton of Maestro Maurice Abravanel anel has performed many of the worlds world's a r y y masterpieces seldom if ever heard in our state The University Uni Uni- of Utah presents these concerts jointly with the orchestra or or- chestra for the expressed purpose purpose pur- pur pose of giving its students and the music lovers of this community an opportunity to hear the best In music |