Get Out Tonight: John Nauman @ BAM

A suggestion for a cultural outing tonight, assuming that the Eastside is convenient or alluring: John Nauman's piano recital, the second installment of the Bellevue Philharmonic Steinway Series.

This Juilliard graduate will present a program that reads like a music history timeline: the Baroque is represented by Scarlatti, the Classical Era by Haydn; Liszt embodies the Romantic period, Scriabin is the bridge to the 20th century, and an original composition by Nauman completes the chronology to the present.

All of the composers, from Scarlatti to Nauman, fall into the great pianist-composer tradition—virtuosity that is still idiomatic, extended musical compositions that are still tangible, and a level of personal intimacy that is noticeable to all listeners, as the creators of this music did not just provide form for the notes, but also had the pianistic capacity to give them life.

7:30 p.m. // Bellevue Arts Museum // Tickets $20 // Free parking available at Bellevue Square