Salt Lake City Underground (SLUG) Magazine says it’s not just classical fans who will enjoy Utah Symphony’s new Dawn To Dust recording: “Thierry Fischer, music director of the Utah Symphony, has once again taken the symphony to new heights. Their latest album features music that goes in so many different directions that after the first listen, I understood why so many have an emotional reaction to classical music. Dawn to Dust is an epic, filled…
Composer Nico MuhlyPhoto: Ana Cuba Alexander Ortega looks at the commissioned works on Utah Symphony’s upcoming Dawn To Dust recording and interviews Nico Muhly about his process for Control: “Muhly, a renowned artist, took advantage of the USUO-contracted theme of Utah’s southerly landscape by accompanying the orchestra on their Mighty 5 tour of Utah’s national parks last year. Muhly illustrates the parks’ “interactive state” with people—whether it be early settlers’ industriousness in reaction to the…