from Les Roka’s article at The Utah Review:
As music directors… the Fry Street Quartet has assembled an impressive lineup...
Every work selected for the forthcoming season represents some aspect of connection. In some instances, it is a composer’s connection to another composer, whether through a specific musical piece or through their respect and fellowship in the creative community. In some instances, the music emerges from the personal bond a composer has with a place, event, phenomenon or crisis. And, then there are two notable instances where the connection arises from the individual composer or musician’s affiliation with the NOVA series as a collaborator and supporter.
To wit, the season will culminate in a May 21, 2023 concert featuring Thierry Fischer, who will be leaving the Utah Symphony as conductor and music director next year after a tenure that justifiably can be described as triumphant. Fischer will conduct a performance of the Schoenberg arrangement of Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth).