Bachauer concert series

Nov 15, 2024 : 7:30 pm

Session 125

The Four B's

The 2024 Bachauer Silver Medalist returns to Utah in a concert full of driving virtuosity and lyricism, with music by the four B’s: Brahms, Bartók, Beethoven, and Bacewicz! The program includes Brahms’ intensely romantic op. 76 and Beethoven’s Sonata Quasi Fantasia.

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Carter Johnson

Praised for his interpretive sensitivity, imaginative programming, and ability to make classical music speak to all kinds of audiences, Canadian pianist Carter Johnson is quickly establishing a reputation as one of his generation’s most gifted and multi-faceted pianists. Silver Medalist in the 2024 Gina Bachauer Competition, his most recent competition victories include first prizes in international competitions such as the 2023 Concours Hauts-de-France, the 2021 International Competition of Polish Music, the 2020 Valsesia International Competition and the 2023 Weatherford College International Competition.

Johannes Brahms

8 Klavierstücke, op. 76

Béla Bartók

Sonata, Sz. 80

Allegro moderato

Sostenuto e pesante

Allegro molto

Intermission

Ludwig van Beethoven

Sonata No. 13 in E-flat Major, op. 27, no. 1

Andante

Allegro molto e vivace