Beethoven & Dvorak at St. Mary's Church

I really enjoyed seeing members of the Utah Symphony perform at St. Mary's Church in Park City as part of the Deer Valley Music Festival last year so I decided that I needed to add it to my list of fun things to do in the summer (the list is getting really long).  St. Mary's Church has amazing views of the mountains through the plate glass windows in the sanctuary and, when you add beautiful chamber music performed by the Utah Symphony, it is a wonderful experience to attend a concert there.  Last night's concert began with Beethoven's "Serioso" String Quartet arranged by Gustav Mahler for the string orchestra.  I thought is was very moody and atmospheric and I loved it!  Next, Associate Concertmaster Kathryn Eberle joined the orchestra as the soloist for Beethoven's Romance No. 2 for Violin and Orchestra and Dvorak's Romance for Violin and Orchestra.  Both of these pieces were very, well, romantic and I really enjoyed Eberle's performance because she makes it look so effortless.  After the intermission, the orchestra played "Pavane for a Dead Princess" by Maurice Ravel and this was definitely my favorite piece of the evening.  It was beautiful and melancholy and I loved the themes played the harp and the woodwinds.  The concert concluded with Mozart's Linz Symphony which was very dramatic.  I especially loved the timpani!  This concert was so lovely and I highly recommend attending one of the remaining performances at St. Mary's Church (go here for information and tickets).