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Beaucoup Beethoven — and beyond

Utah Symphony | Utah Opera's 2011-12 season. Orchestra concerts are in Abravanel Hall, 123 W. South Temple, Salt Lake City; operas at the Capitol Theatre, 50 W. 200 South, Salt Lake City.

Sept. 9-10 • Masterworks: Adams, "On the Transmigration of Souls"; Beethoven, Symphony No. 9. Thierry Fischer, conductor; Utah Symphony Chorus, Madeleine Choir School and soloists Erin Morley, Jill Grove, Garrett Sorenson and David Pittsinger.

Sept. 16-17 • Tanner Gift of Music with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, in the Salt Lake Tabernacle. Berlioz Requiem. Thierry Fischer, conductor.

Sept. 23-24 • Masterworks: Stravinsky, Suites Nos. 1 and 2; Beethoven, Symphony No. 8 and Piano Concerto No. 5 ("Emperor"). Thierry Fischer, conductor; Garrick Ohlsson, piano.

Sept. 27 • Family: Salute to Youth. Vladimir Kulenovic, conductor; Sara Noel Bauman, Elizajane Schetselaar and Rebekah Willey, violin; Michael Marsden, marimba; Catherine Winters, flute; and Trenton Chang, Anastasia Magamedova, Mariah Sam and Kana Yoshigi, piano.

Oct. 8-16 • Opera: Beethoven, "Fidelio." Richard Buckley, conductor; Eric Einhorn, director.

Oct. 21-22 • Masterworks: Stravinsky, Symphony No. 1; Prokofiev, Piano Concerto No. 1; Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 2 ("Little Russian"). Garry Walker, conductor; Denis Kozhukhin, piano.

Oct. 25 • Family: Spooky Symphonies. Vladimir Kulenovic, conductor.

Oct. 28-29 • Entertainment: King's Singers. Jerry Steichen, conductor.

Nov. 3 • Special event: Vienna Boys' Choir. (The Utah Symphony will not appear on this program.)

Nov. 4-5 • Masterworks: Liszt, "Mephisto" Waltz No. 1; Walton, Violin Concerto; Beethoven, Symphony No. 7. Thierry Fischer, conductor; James Ehnes, violin.

Nov. 11-12 • Masterworks: Beethoven, Symphony No. 6 ("Pastoral"); Wagner, Prelude to Act I of "Lohengrin" and "Ride of the Valkyries"; Rouse, "Alberich Saved." Thierry Fischer, conductor; Colin Currie, percussion.

Nov. 18-19 • Masterworks: Berlioz, "The Childhood of Christ." Thierry Fischer, conductor; Utah Symphony Chorus and soloists Tamara Mumford, Chad Millar, Benedict Nelson, Keith Miller, Christopher Clayton and John Tessier.

Nov. 26-27 • Special event: "Messiah" Sing-In. Susanne Sheston, conductor; Utah Symphony Chorus and soloists TBA.

Dec. 2-3 • Masterworks: Ravel, "Mother Goose" Suite and "Daphnis and Chloë" Suite No. 2; Liszt, Piano Concerto No. 2 and "Totentanz." Gilbert Varga, conductor; Kirill Gerstein, piano.

Dec. 16-17 • Entertainment: Cirque de la Symphonie. Vladimir Kulenovic, conductor.

Dec. 17 • Lollipops: Here Comes Santa Claus. Vladimir Kulenovic, conductor.

Jan. 6-7 • Masterworks: Liadov, "The Enchanted Lake"; Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto No. 1; Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5. Andrey Boreyko, conductor; Conrad Tao, piano.

Jan. 13-14 • Entertainment: Bravo Broadway, "Dancing and Romancing." Jerry Steichen, conductor.

Jan. 21-29 • Opera: Verdi, "Rigoletto." Robert Tweten, conductor; Tara Faircloth, director.

Feb. 3-4 • Masterworks: Fauré, "Masques et bergamasques" and "Pavane"; Michael Jarrell, cello concerto (world premiere); Beethoven, Symphony No. 5. Thierry Fischer, conductor; Jean-Guihen Queyras, cello; members of the Utah Symphony Chorus.

Feb. 10-11 • Masterworks: Bach/Webern, Music Offering: Ricercare No. 2; Mendelssohn, Violin Concerto; Bruckner, Symphony No. 4 ("Romantic"). Thierry Fischer, conductor; Simone Lamsma, violin.

Feb. 17-18 • Masterworks: Stravinsky, "Scherzo à la Russe"; Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No. 2; Beethoven, Symphony No. 4. Thierry Fischer, conductor; André Watts, piano.

Feb. 24-25 • Entertainment: Simply Sinatra. Jerry Steichen, conductor; Steve Lippia, piano and vocals.

March 2-3 • Masterworks: R. Strauss, "Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks"; Toru Takemitsu, "A String Around Autumn"; Brahms, Symphony No. 1. Jun Märkl, conductor; Brant Bayless, viola.

March 10 • Lollipops: "Carnival of the Animals." Vladimir Kulenovic, conductor; Children's Dance Theatre.

March 10-18 • Opera: Donizetti, "The Elixir of Love." Susanne Sheston, conductor; Crystal Manich, director.

March 23-24 • Masterworks: Wagner, Prelude to "Die Meistersinger"; Elgar, Enigma Variations; Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No. 3. Mark Wigglesworth, conductor; Stephen Hough, piano.

April 6-7 • Masterworks: Haydn, Symphony No. 2; R. Strauss, Four Songs, Op. 27; Mahler, Symphony No. 4. Thierry Fischer, conductor; Lisa Milne, soprano.

April 13-14 • Masterworks: Mozart, Overture to "La clemenza di Tito" and Piano Concerto No. 26 ("Coronation"); Beethoven, Symphony No. 3 ("Eroica"). Thierry Fischer, conductor; Ronald Brautigam, piano.

April 17 • Family: Magical Music of John Williams. Vladimir Kulenovic, conductor.

April 20-21 • Entertainment: Classical Mystery Tour Beatles tribute. Jerry Steichen, conductor.

April 27-28 • Masterworks: Mozart, Chaconne from "Idomeneo" and Requiem; Haydn, Symphony No. 101 ("The Clock"). Bernard Labadie, conductor; Utah Symphony Chorus and soloists Shannon Mercer, Anita Krause, Colin Balzer and Tyler Duncan.

May 5-13 • Opera: Floyd, "Of Mice and Men." James Lowe, conductor; Kevin Newbury, director.

May 15 • Family: All-Star Evening. Vladimir Kulenovic, conductor; Aubree Oliverson, violin.

May 18-19 • Masterworks: Webern, Passacaglia; Beethoven, Symphony No. 2; Brahms, Piano Concerto No. 1. Thierry Fischer, conductor; Nelson Goerner, piano.

May 25-26 • Masterworks: Beethoven, Symphony No. 1; Ives/Schuman, Variations on "America "; R. Strauss, "An Alpine Symphony." Thierry Fischer, conductor.