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Show Utah Symphony To Feature Top Soloists Utah's Symphony Orchestra, which is expected to be the finest fin-est in history, will include just sewn out-of-state musicians this year, according to David S. Romney, managing director. All seven have been signed now and are awaiting the first rehearsals. The list includes Tibor Zelig, handsome young Romanian violinist who will become be-come concertmaster; Harold Schneier, first cellist; Wesley Lindskoog, first trumpeter; Martin Mar-tin Zwick, first clarinetist; Rose Watkins, leader of the second violin section; Joseph Wetzels, cellist and Alice Lunden, bass player. Mr. Zelig and Mr. Schneier were with the Portland, Oregon Symphony last year; Mr. Lindskoog, Linds-koog, Mr. Zwick and Miss Wat-I Wat-I kins are from Los Angeles; Miss Lunden is from San Francisco and Mr. Wetzels from Denver. Mr. Wetzels plans to make his home permanently in Salt Lake City now. Interest in the 1949-50 Symphony Sym-phony series is reaching an all-time all-time high and big turnouts are anticipated by the early demand for tickets. The aDDearances here of Artur Rubinstein, Cor-inne Cor-inne Lacomble, Nathan Milstein and Frances Magnes presents an attractive and enticing program for the inter season. The presentation pre-sentation of Verdi's Requiem which will be held at Kingsbury Hall at the University of Utah with the combined university 'choruses and the symphony n another high spot on the concert con-cert program. With this one exception, all concerts will be Iheld at the Salt Lake Taber- About half the concerts this year will be beld in mid-week at the request of many symphony sym-phony patrons. The others will be on Saturday evening as last year. With ticket sales brisk, Mr. Romney suggests that all musu-fans musu-fans of the state send in ticket requests early. The new symphony sym-phony office is located at 5r west First South in Salt Lake City. |