Show Symphony Will Feature Two Exciting Premieres The traditional orchestral- orchestral choral concert of the Utah Symphony for the 65 season season season sea sea- son will be given Saturday Dec 5 at pm p.m. in the Tab Tab- IN COOPERATION with the University of or Utah choruses during the past years the Utah Symphony has brought exciting performances such as Mahlers Mahler's Symphony Handels Handel's Samson Samson Samson Sam Sam- I son and Honegger's King David David David Dav Dav- id and Joan of Arc This year again two very exciting exciting exciting ex ex- citing works both new to Salt Lake and one an American premiere will be offered Pacem in Terris Terns the choral symphony by Darius Milhaud is based on the encyclical of Pope John It is an exceedingly exceedingly exceedingly ex ex- impressive and moving moving moving ing work that will probably rank among the masterpieces of this century THE WOR WORLD D premiere of Pacem in Terris took place only last Christmas in Paris for the inaugural concert of the Palace of the French television and radio Additional performances perform perform- ances took place in Notre Dame Cathedral and in several other European cities Soloists for this work will be Florence Kopleff alto who made a sensational debut with the Boston Symphony and has been very much in demand ever since and our own Roy Samuelson now a leading baritone baritone baritone bar bar- with the Indiana Opera Company The University o of Utah choruses have b been bee e e n trained by Dr Newell Weight eight THE OTHER work scheduled for Cor Saturdays Saturday's concert will be bethe bethe bethe the first Salt Lake performance of Honegger's Judith a dramatic dramatic dramatic dra dra- matic cantata Because of the magnitude of the work involved in both compositions the chor chor- al nl assignment for Judith has been een given to 0 the Salt Lake Symphonic Choir This outstanding organization tion ion of which Armont Willard Willard- sen en is the leader was founded 16 6 years ago ngo and has traveled extensively throughout the United States meeting everywhere everywhere every every- where with great applause This will be the choirs choir's first concert with the full Utah Sym Sym- phony THE TITLE part of Judith will be sung by the Israeli soprano soprano soprano so so- well remembered for her part inKing inKing in inKing King David three years ago the recording of which was nominated for the Grammy award Additional parts will be sung by Blanche Christensen Jo-Ann Jo Otley Val Stuart and Marvin Both Pacem in Terris and Judith will be recorded by the same forces for Vanguard next week They will both be first recordings of these works DARIUS Milhaud unanimously unanimously unanimously recognized as the leading leading leading lead lead- ing French composer is coming coming coming com com- ing to Salt Lake City for this important premiere His wife Madeleine Milhaud prominent actress in her own right who has often performed speaking parts with the New York Philharmonic Philharmonic Philharmonic Phil Phil- harmonic the Boston Symphony Symphony Symphony Sym Sym- phony and for Igor Stravinsky will do the narration in m Judith Both compositions will be discussed discussed discussed dis dis- dis- dis cussed at the Utah Symphony i Guild symposium Friday at 1 30 pm p.m. in the Union Building GOOD SEATS in nearly every every every ev ev- ery location are still available Tickets are on sale daily at the Utah Symphony office 55 West First South or at the Temple Square box office one hour beCore before before be be- fore Core the performance |