The annual Bonneville Chamber Music Festival starts Tuesday and runs through April 19. There will four concerts, all of which take place at 7:30 p.m. in the Allred Theatre in the Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts on the Weber State University campus.
Tickets are $8 for general; $6 for seniors and member of the military with ID; and $4 for students with valid ID. They can be purchased by calling 800-978-8457 or by going online to www.weberstatetickets.com.
The brainchild of WSU cellist Viktor Uzur, the Bonneville Chamber Music Festival presents a wide ranging repertoire, from standard favorites to unconventional crossover pieces.
Joining Uzur this year will be a number of renowned chamber musicians from around the world, many of whom have played at the festival in the past.
Below is a schedule of concerts along with each program and a list of performers.
- April 14 — Opening Night. Performers: Begic/Martinovic Duo; Miran Begic, violin; Bojan Martinovic, piano. Program: Prokofiev’s Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor; Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir d’un lieu cher op. 42; Pugnani-Kreisler’s Praeludium und Allegro.
- April 16 — Family Night, “Harry Potter Meets Paganini.” Performers: Carmelo de los Santos, violin; Brad Richter, guitar; Marcos Machado, bass; Guigla Katsarava, piano; Viktor Uzur, cello.
- April 18 — “Eclectic Evening.” Performers: Carmelo de los Santos, violin; Brad Richter, guitar; Marcos Machado, bass; Guigla Katsarava, piano; Viktor Uzur, cello; Mikhail Bereznitsky, viola. Program: Beethoven’s Seven Variations on Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen; I am the Walrus; Kolo Fugato; Rhapsody in Blue Mashup; Bottesini’s Grand Quintet for Strings in C minor,
- April 19 — Festival Finale. Performers: WSU Chamber Choir, Mark Henderson, director; Carmelo de los Santos, violin; Guigla Katsarava, piano; Viktor Uzur, cello; Mikhail Bereznitsky, viola. Program: Brahms’ Three German Part-Songs; Ravel’s Three Chansons; de Falla’s Popular Spanish Songs; Fauré’s Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor.