We open the season with the Salt Lake Symphony by continuing our tradition of presenting some of the finest talent in the State of Utah. Rachel Aina Call, 1st Prize Winner, Utah Division of the 2016 Stradivarius International Violin Competition will join us for Sibelius’ Violin Concert in D minor. The work captures all of the vibrant energy and muted color of Sibelius’ native Finland in a work full of melody and virtuosic violin playing. Libby Gardner’s magnificent organ will be featured on the second half of the program as organist Linda Margetts joins us for Saint-Saëns’ powerful Organ Symphony (Symphony No. 3). Long considered one of Saint-Saëns’ finest works, the symphony has been an audience favorite since its premiere in 1887. The concert will open with a delightful overture by William Walton, the Portsmouth Point Overture. The jazzy, rhythmic score depicts rambunctious life of British sailors as depicted in a painting by Thomas Rowlandson. In total it’s a concert that is sometimes reverent, sometimes rowdy and always exciting!

Conductors
Robert Baldwin

• Walton Portsmouth Point Overture
• Sibelius Violin Concerto, op. 47 in D minor (1st Prize Winner, Utah Division of the 2016 Stradivarius International Violin Competition) Solo: Rachel Call, violin
• Saint-Saëns Symphony #3 “Organ Symphony” Solo: Linda Margetts, organ