Symphony season set for Aug. 3-18

Free outdoor symphony celebrates its 25th season

By :EXPRESS STAFF

The Sun Valley Summer Symphony will celebrate its 25th anniversary season this summer.

The only concert requiring a ticket this summer is the annual Benefit Evening on Sunday, Aug. 2, which will feature Tony Award-winning stars Victoria Clark and Paulo Szot in the premiere of "Some Enchanted Evening," a show created and conducted by Broadway producer Ted Sperling.

The regular concert season opens on Aug. 3 with a tribute to Sun Valley Summer Symphony founder and Conductor Laureate Carl Eberl with a performance of his "Concerto for Viola and Orchestra." On Aug. 5, pianist Horacio Gutiérrez will perform Brahms' "Concerto for Piano No. 1 in D minor." Soprano Deborah Voigt will sing works of Wagner and Verdi on Aug. 14. Rising star Vadim Gluzman will perform Tchaikovsky's "Concerto for Violin" on Aug. 16.

Erich Kunzel will return to Sun Valley for his eighth season conducting the Pops Concert on Aug. 8. The symphony's Family Concert is set for Aug. 15 at 11:45 a.m.

The season finale on Tuesday, Aug. 18, will present Beethoven's revered "Symphony No. 9."

All Sun Valley Summer Symphony concerts are free to the public. Concerts are held in the Sun Valley Pavilion and begin at 6:30 p.m. Picnics are allowed on the grounds outside the pavilion. The pavilion opens for seating one hour prior to the concert.

For more information and concert specifics, visit www.svsummersymphony.org or call the Sun Valley Summer Symphony office at (208) 622-5607.