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Show Utah VAlley Symphony to open season tonight Concert No. 1 in B-flat minor," while teaching at the Moscow Conservatory. Originally written for his friend Anton Rubenstein it was published dedicated to Hans von Bulow who premiered it in Boston. The concerto con-certo was very modern in composition com-position at the time it was written. Rubenstein at first declared it unplayable but later relented and performed it many times after apologizing to Tchaikovsky. Dr. Shumway, the evening's piano soloist, is a prize winning Gina Bachauer competitor, and recent addition to the BYU mr- 1 where he has been 'C' assume the position T retired Reid Nibley rH Shumway did his t,n work at BYU, rj Julliard, where he 3.' S Irwin Freundlich and N Ph.D. at Indian teSiV 2 he studied with AlfoXffi He has a long record ot SUcJ. performances. His modes, demeanor hides a fire of t, ' fi ability which should i I audience. He and his wife, to parents of five children. fl Utah Valley Symphony opens its 1986-87 season tonight, October 15, with a gala concert in the Provo Tabernacle at 8 p.m. under the direction of Conductor Ralph G. Laycock. Pianist Jeffrey Shumway is soloist. Three composers, Rossini, Schumann and Tchaikovsky, were chosen by Dr. Laycock for a program entirely 19th century from three different nations and musical traditions. Beverley Dunford, symphony business manager, says, "This is the symphony's 29th season. Both the conductor and the nearly 100 musicians feel with Dr. Laycock's guidance a promise of an extraordinary ex-traordinary year. Several new players this year enhance the experience ex-perience and abilities of the regulars. And Doug Furr, symphony sym-phony president, and Sue Ann Cochran, president of the symphony guild are enthusiastically supporting sup-porting us." Rossini's Overture "L'italiane in Algeri" (The Italian Girl in Algiers) will open the program. Lively and melodic, it was written when Italian-born Rossini was only 21. Second on the program is Robert Schumann's "Symphony No. 4 in D-minor." D-minor." It is considered by many to be high highest achievement. Schuman was born in Saxony 20 years after Rossini. Composer of the final number, Russian Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky, was born 50 years after Rossini and 30 after Schumann. He lived almost into the 20th century. He composed this concluding piece on the Utah Valley Symphony's concert, "Piano |