With his all-American good looks and musical talent to burn, Keith Lockhart has given Utah music lovers more than their fair share of enjoyment. After inspiring us as conductor and musical director of the Utah Symphony since 1998, he now is bowing out from the Utah stage, leaving us all a little poorer.
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Before we get carried away with holiday cheer, the Utah Symphony is reminding us that some of the most soul-stirring music is not always about babes in mangers, reindeer or winter wonderlands. Mozart's Requiem is a funeral mass that became his own swan song, with the current performance marking the 217th anniversary of Mozart’s death.
"Why should those two guys over there go to the opera?” asks Guido LeBron, pointing through the windows of the Utah Opera rehearsal hall across the street to two workers taking a break outside of the SpringAir Mattress company. Those “two guys” might be amused to know this conversation is taking place among a talented group of musical artists for their sake.
