Well August has turned out to be a month full of wonderful concerts. Concerts that I have been looking forward to for a long LONG time. Concerts I spent so much money on, that I'm on a tight budget for quite a while..... all so worth it. First off:

Italian Elegance

St. Mary's Church | Wednesday, August 10, 2011 8 PM

David Lockington, Conductor
Corbin Johnston, Bass
David Yavornitzky, Bass

Boccherini - Symphony No. 4 in A Major
Albinoni - Adagio in G Minor
Bottesini - Gran Duo Passione Amorosa
Vivaldi - Concerto Grosso in D Minor
Boccherini - La Musica Nottuma di Madrid
Respighi - The Birds Suite
Rossini - Overture to Il Signor Bruschino

This is the concert that Patrick and I went to as part of the Deer Valley Music Festival.... wow was it simply amazing. Absolutely love the Utah Symphony :) It was great to get some culture back into my life. So great, in fact, that I bought tickets for the next night....

Anonymous 4

St. Mary's Church | Thursday, August 11, 2011 8 PM

Anonymous 4, Guest Artists

Renowned for their unearthly vocal blend and virtuosic a cappella vocal ensemble singing, the four women of Anonymous 4 combine historical scholarship with contemporary performance intuition to create their magical sound.

I took my beautiful mother for her birthday-- yeah I'm a good daughter :) These women were astounding. Their blend, their knowledge, the skill... I had goosebumps the entire time. They sang codex's written by nuns for the first part, and then American Folk songs the second. I was in complete heaven :)

This ends the first part of my August concerts... will blog about JG and Adele soon! :)