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Show Utah Symphony Season Ticket Sales Progressing The tremendously successful performance of the New York Philharmonic under the direction of Leonard Bernstein is proving an appetite-whetting event leading lead-ing up to the 1960-61 Utah Sym-phone Sym-phone season, according to Harold L. Gregory, Utah Symphony manager. man-ager. Advance season ticket sales are well on their way to establishing estab-lishing a new record, and interest inter-est is at an all-time 'high, according accord-ing to Mr. Gregory. Music followers fol-lowers who have not already ordered or-dered season tickets are urged to make reservations now to be assured as-sured the seats of their choice. Interest is heightened by the brilliant array of guest stars who will participate with Maestro Maurice Abravanel and the Utah Symphony. Six world-renwned artists are scheduled to perform with the symphony, five of them in regular regul-ar subscription concerts. The much celebrated and heralded Van Clibum will perform in a special concert because arrangements arrange-ments could not be made for his appearance on the regular series. Already the demand for tickets tic-kets to the Van Cliburn concert on Dec. 7 is extremely heavy. Season ticket holders will have first chance to the Van Cliburn 'tickets and will be able to obtain ob-tain them at half price, according to Mr. Gregory. Artists on the regular symphony sym-phony concert series include Paul Baduraskoda, Austria's foremost pianist and newcomer to Utah audiences; Claudio Arrairppianist, who will return for the third straight year by popular demand; Nathan Milstein, who is hailed as "the crown prince among the world's violinists;" Zara Nelsova, internationally prominent cellist; and the amazing little Pierre Monteux, who captured the hearts of Utah music followers last season sea-son and who has promised to return. The season will start on Saturday, Satur-day, Oot. 22 and conclude on Saturday, March 18. Two great orchestra - choral performances are scheduled, with Maestro Ab-ravanel Ab-ravanel planning the Brahms "Requiem" for Dec. 3 and the Beethoven Ninth Symphony for March 4 as part of the series. "It promises to be a wonderful wonder-ful season," reports Mr. Gregory. Ticket reservations can be made now at the symphony office, 55 West First South. The orchestra will also appear at many cities and towns thru-out thru-out the state and is interested and eager to perform in any community that Is interested, according ac-cording to Maestro Abravanel because be-cause this "is a state orchestra." Any community interested in a symphony performance are urged to contact the symphony office. |