Utah Symphony with Thierry Fischer, Andrew Norman, and Colin Currie |
The Utah Symphony has been rebuilding under Mr. Fischer, who was appointed music director in 2009. He has hired more than 30 musicians, a change that has not been without tensions, and recently named a new concertmaster, Madeline Adkins. The ensemble is wrapping up a Mahler cycle and released a recording of that composer’s First Symphony last year, following it a few weeks ago with an album of works it commissioned by Augusta Read Thomas, Andrew Norman and Nico Muhly. Friday’s concert at Carnegie includes the New York premiere of Mr. Norman’s percussion concerto “Switch.”
“…the [Utah Symphony] can take pride in how it has blossomed under its new music director, Thierry Fischer — just in time for the current 75th anniversary season. An ambitious overhaul of personnel and programming is bearing fruit, as evidenced by an excellent new recording of commissioned works by Nico Muhly, Augusta Read Thomas and Andrew Norman.”
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