Show 5 Johannesen Readies Readies' Night With Symphony For the Utah Symphony's next subscription concert on I Saturday Nov 30 at pm p.m. in the Salt Lake Tabernacle Tabernacle Tabernacle Tab Tab- and Monday Dec 2 at pm p.m. in Ogden Maestro Maurice Abravanel has programmed two familiar and perennially popular favorites favorites orites alongside two delightful delight delight- ful pieces from the classical repertoire A FA FAVORITE all over the world is the melodic and beautiful Grieg Piano Concerto in which one of Utah's favorite favorite favorite pianists Grant Johannesen Johan Johan- will appear as soloist Another favorite of young and old will be The Sorcerers Sorcerer's Apprentice by Dukas These popular works are a welcome addition to any program I In addition to the Grieg Piano Concerto Mr Johan Johan- will also perform with the orchestra Mozart's Piano Concerto No 21 in C major Opening work of the concert will be the Haydn Symphony No in E Flat Major Drum Roll A NATIVE-born NATIVE Utahn Mr Johannesen is well known for his appearances with the Utah Symphony both at home and abroad and with virtually every major orchestra During the past summer he has had a series of stunning stunning stunning stun stun- ning successes the first of which was the concert 5 5 city West Coast tour with Mr Abravanel and the Utah Sym Sym- phony Said the San Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- Francisco cisco Chronicle of Mr Johannesen's Johannesen's Jo- Jo performance JO-I JO in inthe inthe inthe the War Memorial Opera House Grant Johannesen created a major sensation DURING TilE THE summer Mr 1 Johannesen also appeared at Tanglewood's Berkshire Music Music Mu Mu- sic Festival with the Boston Symphony Erich Leinsdorf conducting at the Blossom Music Festival with the Cleveland Cleveland Cleveland Cleve Cleve- land Orchestra Robert Shaw conducting and with the Pittsburgh Symphony William William William Wil Wil- liam Steinberg conducting He as well in innumerous innumerous innumerous numerous recitals in the United States and Canada Everywhere critics praised his performance which praise is par for Mr Johannesen's superb artistry MR i AnRA ABRAVANEL V ANEL and the orchestra will open the concert concert concert con con- cert with Haydn's Symphony No in E Flat Major title sub of which is Drum Roll This is one of twelve of a series of what are considered considered con con- considered Haydn's finest symphonic symphonic symphonic sym sym- phonic works I Most experts agree that Mozart's piano concertos I represent his ultimate creative work in the orchestral realm I His Piano Concerto in C Major Major Major Ma- Ma jor composed just six years j before the composers composer's death is described as symbolizing j ja ia j i ja a proud triumphant affirmation affirmation affirmation tion of himself EDVARD GRIEG'S best known works works are his Peer music and his Concerto Concerto Concerto Con Con- certo in A Minor the latter of which is in the repertoire re of every great concert pianist It is melodically and harmonically harmonically harmonically har har- beautiful a simple straightforward work written written written writ writ- ten when Grieg was only 25 years of age It is one of of Mr 1 1 L J Johannesen's J favorites I ITilE TilE THE FINAL WORK of the evening is the dazzling The Sorcerers Sorcerer's Apprentice by Paul Dukas one of Frances France's most distinguished composers of the last generation Apprentice is the story of a magicians magician's apprentice who learned the magic words to turn a broom into i I |