(Tribune file photo) Utah Symphony music director Thierry Fischer.

Fischer will conduct chamber music concert for Nova Series

Classical concert » Selections from late romantic to minimalist pieces round out April 1 concert at Libby Gardner Hall.

By ben Fulton

| The Salt Lake Tribune

First Published Mar 26 2012 04:43 pm • Last Updated Mar 26 2012 04:43 pm

From his first conducting forays with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe to his chief conducting post with Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra before landing as music director of Utah Symphony, Thierry Fischer has always been at home before large-scale orchestras.

His upcoming program of chamber works for the Nova Chamber Music Series sees him in unfamiliar waters, in front of a chamber symphony of 15 players. In fact, it marks the first time Fischer will conduct chamber works in Utah, but with scores he’s no doubt more than capable of navigating.

The program is an omnibus of compositions ranging from the late romantic, with selected songs for mezzo soprano and piano by Richard Strauss, to the expansive minimalist ethos of John Adams’ "Chamber Symphony." In between you’ll also get a hearty taste of the Second Viennese School of "atonal" Arnold Schoenberg—"Chamber Symphony No. 1 in E Major, Opus 9"—and the modernist flavors of Charles Ives’ "Selected Songs for Baritone and Piano."

Kirsten Gunlogson is Sunday afternoon’s features mezzo soprano, with baritone Michael Chipman rounding out the pair featured on the Ives’ songs and Strauss lieder segments of the program.

"This is a thrilling, first-ever collaboration that should not be missed," said Jason Hardnik, Nova Chamber Music Series artistic director, in press materials for the event.

As a concert program sure to fine-tune your sense of what’s possible in contemporary music, and for a Sunday afternoon, no less, it’s hard to disagree.

bfulton@sltrib.com

Twitter:@Artsalt

Facebook/nowsaltlake

Copyright 2013 The Salt Lake Tribune. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

About Reader Comments

---

Reader comments on sltrib.com are the opinions of the writer, not The Salt Lake Tribune. We will delete comments containing obscenities, personal attacks and inappropriate or offensive remarks. Flagrant or repeat violators will be banned. If you see an objectionable comment, please alert us by clicking the arrow on the upper right side of the comment and selecting "Flag comment as inappropriate". If you've recently registered with Disqus or aren't seeing your comments immediately, you may need to verify your email address. To do so, visit disqus.com/account.
See more about comments here.