Each concert-with-commentary combines Mr. Siegel's insightful comments and musical examples with a masterful piano recital. To enrich the "conversation," the pianist encourages an informal question-and-answer time with the audience at the conclusion of each program.
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2010 is the bicentenary of Frederic Chopin's birth. Musicians around the world are celebrating this icon of the piano in a variety of ways. Jeffrey Siegel will take it one step further in his commentaries and performances of Chopin's music, and the music of his contemporaries. We will offer three concerts this coming season:
All concerts begin at 7:30 p.m.
October 6, 2009
CHOPIN AND HIS HEROES: BACH AND MOZART
Preludes of Chopin and Bach start this journey, followed by Chopin's stupendous Variations on the beloved melody La cì darem la mano from Mozart's opera Don Giovanni, and Chopin's cosmic Sonata No. 2, which includes the most famous Funeral March ever written.
November 24, 2009
CHOPIN THE STORYTELLER
Epic poems and short stories in tone. What may have inspired Chopin's musical narratives? How does a composer "tell" stories without words? The program includes Ballades of Chopin, Novelettes of Robert Schumann (whose 200th birthday is also celebrated this season), and music byJohannes Brahms.
March 9, 2010
CHOPIN AND THE FUTURE
Chopin is not only one of the most popular composers of all time, but one of the most influential as well. This program includes some of his works that both delight the ear and point to the future - Etudes and Nocturnes - as well as music by Tchaikovsky, Debussy, Scriabin and Szymanowski.
Further information is available on our ticket order form. Please print it and mail it along with your payment (checks are made out to Hamline University) to:
Silvester Vicic
Sundin Music Hall, Hamline University
1536 Hewitt Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55104
Our box office number is 651-523-2459.
Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel are presented in cooperation with The Schubert Club.
