Symphony has recipe for a sparkling season

Take a bit of Mozart, Vivaldi, Schubert, Beethoven and add some King's Singers, Cowboy poetry and Judy Garland.

Then stir it all up with guest conductors such as Hannu Lintu, Pietari Inkinen, Thomas Wilkins and, of course, Keith Lockhart.

Add a pinch of the Utah Symphony Chorus with a tad of pianists Garrick Ohlsson, Olga Kern and John Kimura Parker and sprinkle in some violinists such as Baiba Skride, Viviane Hagner, Ralph Matson and Henning Kraggerud.

What comes out is the Utah Symphony's 2008-09 season, which was announced earlier this week.

Make note that this will be Utah Symphony music director Keith Lockhart's final season with the Utah Symphony.

Here is the full 2008-09 Utah Symphony season schedule. All performances in Abravanel Hall unless otherwise noted:

September

12-13 — "Ode to Joy," conductor Keith Lockhart and pianist Garrick Ohlsson perform Beethoven

24-25 — "A Waterbird Talk," conductor Keith Lockhart and baritone Timothy Jones perform Dominick Argento, Jewett Center for the Performing Arts, Westminster College

26-27 — "Judy Garland With the Utah Symphony," conductor Keith Lockhart and a digital Judy Garland

30 — "Salute to Youth," conductor Keith Lockhart

October

10-11 — "Land of the Midnight Music," conductor Hannu Lintu and violinist Henning Kraggerud perform Richard Strauss, Jean Sibelius and Robert Schumann

17-18 — Pops with conductor Marvin Hamlish

25 — "Halloween High-Jinks," conductor David Cho

31-Nov. 1 — "Bruckner's 4th: A Big Brass Show," conductor David Angus and the Utah Symphony perform Britten and Bruckner

November

7-8 — "Elgar's Cello Concerto," conductor Arild Remmereit and cellist Natalie Clein perform Brahms, Edmard Elgar and Alberto Ginastera

14-15 — "An Evening of Film Music," conductor Richard Kaufman

21-22 — "Shostakovich's Response," conductor Keith Lockhart and violinist Ralph Matson perform Benjamin Britten and Shostakovich

December