The Orchestra at Temple Square will perform Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 3, Dvorak's Symphony No. 8 and Vaughan Williams' Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis for its fall concert.
The concert will be held on Saturday, Sept. 20, at 7:30 p.m. in the Tabernacle on Temple Square. Igor Gruppman, principal guest conductor for the 2003-2004 season will conduct and perform solo on the violin.
"I chose the Mozart concerto because it allows me not only to conduct, but also to directly engage the Orchestra by personally playing the violin solo from the conductor's podium," said Brother Gruppman, "and that was how Mozart presented many of his concerts in his time."
Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 3 with its buoyant melodies has become one of the favorite violin pieces in concert halls across the world.
Dvorak's Symphony No. 8 was the realization of the composer's desire to create a symphony like no other at the end of the 19th century. With its exhilarating contrasts, he transports the listener to his native Bohemia as he paints the beautiful landscape with his symphonic brushes containing elements of chamber music and unexpected solos.
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis is one of Williams' richest-textured orchestral works based on an English hymnal by Thomas Tallis dating back to the 16th century. Williams divides the strings into three groups, which, by playing off each other, create both an opulence and subtlety previously unknown to English string music.
Free tickets are available at the Conference Center Ticket Office, Door 4, or at www.lds.org.
Tickets are limited to those 8 years of age and older. Standbys are encouraged; all standbys have been seated at past orchestra concerts.
The doors of the Tabernacle will open at 6:30 p.m.; the length of the performance will be approximately 90 minutes.