This performance by pianist Spencer Myer took place on Saturday, April 22, 2023 at 3:00 pm.
Program
| Composer | Work | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Ludwig van Beethoven | Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor, Op. 90 | 1814 |
| Frédéric Chopin | Impromptu No. 1 in A-flat major, Op. 29 | 1837 |
| Impromptu No. 2 in F-sharp major, Op. 36 | 1839 | |
| Impromptu No. 3 in G-flat major, Op. 51 | 1842 | |
| Fantasie-Impromptu in C-sharp minor, Op. 66 | 1834 | |
| Intermission | ||
| Claude Debussy | Préludes, Book 2: “Les fées sont d’exquises danseuses”, L. 123:4 | 1913 |
| Préludes, Book 2: Ondine, L. 123:8 | 1913 | |
| Préludes, Book 2: Les tierces alternées, L. 123:11 | 1913 | |
| Préludes, Book 2: Feux d’artifice, L. 123:12 | 1913 | |
| Enrique Granados | El Amor y la muerte (Balada) from Goyescas, Op. 11:5 | 1911 |
| Los requiebros from Goyescas, Op. 11:1 | 1911 |
About the Artist
Spencer Myer
American pianist Spencer Myer is one of the most respected and sought-after artists on today’s concert stage. He was lauded for “superb playing” and “poised, alert musicianship” by the Boston Globe, and labeled “definitely a man to watch” by London’s The Independent.
Spencer Myer’s career was launched with three important prizes: First Prize in the 2004 UNISA International Piano Competition in South Africa, the 2006 Christel DeHaan Classical Fellowship from the American Pianists Association and the Gold Medal from the 2008 New Orleans International Piano Competition. He is also a laureate of the 2007 William Kapell, 2005 Cleveland and 2005 Busoni international piano competitions. He enjoys an esteemed reputation as a vocal collaborator since winning the 2000 Marilyn Horne Foundation Competition.
Mr. Myer’s recital appearances have been presented in New York City’s Weill Recital Hall, 92nd Street Y and Steinway Hall, Philadelphia’s Kimmel Center and London’s Wigmore Hall, while many of his performances have been broadcast on WQXR (New York City), WHYY (Philadelphia), WCLV (Cleveland) and WFMT (Chicago). An in-demand chamber musician, he has appeared the past five summers at the Lev Aronson Legacy Festival in Dallas with cellists Lynn Harrell, Ralph Kirshbaum, Amit Peled, Tom Landschoot and Brian Thornton, and has enjoyed a recurring partnership with the Miami String Quartet at the Kent/Blossom Music Festival. Other artistic partners include clarinetist David Shifrin, sopranos Nicole Cabell, Martha Guth and Erin Wall, the Jupiter and Pacifica string quartets and the Dorian Wind Quintet.
Mr. Myer was a member of Astral Artists’ performance roster from 2003-2010. In the fall of 2015, he was appointed Artist-Teacher of Piano and Collaborative Piano at Boston’s Longy School of Music of Bard College. Since 2017, Mr. Myer has released four recordings on the Steinway & Sons label: Piano Rags of William Bolcom, and three discs with cellist Brian Thornton encompassing repertoire of Brahms, Debussy and Schumann.
Spencer Myer is a Steinway Artist.