Utah Symphony's Patriotic Favorites @ Deer Valley Resort & Sundance (July 2 - 3

THE UTAH SYMPHONY PRESENTS TWO PATRIOTIC PERFORMANCES AT DEER VALLEY RESORT AND SUNDANCE RESORT

The Patriotic Celebration will be performed at Sundance Resort on July 2nd and at Deer Valley Resort on July 3rd

SALT LAKE CITY – Associate conductor David Cho leads the Utah Symphony in its annual “Patriotic Celebration” on Eccles Stage, the outdoor amphitheatre at Sundance Resort on Friday, July 2, 2010 at 8:00 p.m. and at Deer Valley Resort’s Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheater on Saturday, July 3, 2010 at 7:30 p.m. The all-American concert will feature patriotic selections and include a special tribute to America’s favorite past-time, baseball.
KUTV 2News’ senior meteorologist Sterling Poulson will narrate Frank Proto’s composition of the baseball poem “Casey at the Bat” followed by a rendition of Take Me Out to the Ball Game.
Tickets for the concert at Deer Valley Resort are $25 for lawn seating and $50 - $65 for reserved (prices increase $5 the day of the performance). Tickets for the Sundance performance are $15. Tickets can be purchased by calling (801) 355-ARTS, in person at the Abravanel Hall box office, or by visiting deervalleymusicfestival.org. Tickets for the performance at Deer Valley Resort may also be purchased at Deer Valley® Signature’s stores, please call 435-649-1000 for store hours.
A perfect primer to Utah Symphony | Utah Opera’s Deer ValleyÒ Music Festival, this patriotic concert will give patrons a chance to experience the Festival before it even begins. The seventh annual Festival will return this summer with four weeks of performances in Park City, Utah, July 17 through August 14, 2010. With four different performances each week, festival goers will have a wide variety of events to choose from.
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Patriotic Celebration
David Cho, Conductor
Sterling Poulson, narrator

Morton Gould American Salute
Antonin Dvorak Largo from Symphony No. 9 in E minor, op. 95 “From the New World”
George Gershwin arr. Bennett Porgy and Bess: Selections for Orchestra
II. Largo
Frank Proto Casey at the Bat
Sterling Poulson, narrator
Traditional Take Me Out to the Ball Game

INTERMISSION

Aaron Copland Fanfare for the Common Man
Ludwig van Beethoven Leonore Overture No. 3, op. 72b
William Steffe Battle Hymn of the Republic
Bagley National Emblem March
Varioius arr. Lowden/ Eilers Armed Forces Salute
I. The Caissons Song (Army)
II. Sempre Paratus (Coast Guard)
III. Marine's Hymn
IV. The U.S. Air Force Song (Wild Blue Yonder)
V. Anchors Aweigh (Navy)
John Phillips Sousa

Stars and Stripes Forever



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