Lori Sims, the gold medalist at the 1998 Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition, returns to Salt Lake City this weekend to finish the Cathedral of the Madeleine’s Festival of the Arts and Humanities. The concert takes place in the Cathedral of the Madeleine and starts at 8 p.m. It is free of charge.

The program Sims will play is the same one she performed earlier in the month in Carnegie Hall. The first half consists of music by American composers Aaron Copland, Ben Weber, Charles Tomlinson Griffes and Samuel Barber. The second half features music by Robert and Clara Schumann.

Copland and Barber are the best known of the Americans on the program. Griffes is remembered today mainly for his Poem for flute and orchestra, while Weber’s music is almost never played. Weber, who lived from 1916 to 1979, was a unique voice in American music, a composer who eagerly embraced Arnold Schoenberg’s 12-tone technique but nevertheless never completely rejected tonality. His style is surprisingly and appealingly lyrical and melodic.

While Robert Schumann is a staple of any pianist’s repertoire, his wife’s music is much less so. Clara Schumann was a renowned pianist who traveled and concertized extensively throughout Europe but didn’t write a lot of music. What she did write, though, captured the spirit of Romanticism as much as Robert’s music or that of Johannes Brahms. It’s gorgeously eloquent, expressive and passionate.

Here is a rundown of Sims’ program: Copland, Piano Variations; Weber, Fantasia (Variations); Griffes, three movements from Four Roman Sketches, op. 7; Barber, Sonata, op. 26; Clara Schumann, two movements from Romances, op. 11; Robert Schumann, Fantasy, op. 17.