Internationally-acclaimed pianist Jeffrey Siegel returns for his sixth season at Scandinavia House. Each evening is comprised of informal commentary on the music and its composers, a full performance of each work, and concludes with a short Q & A session
The accessible format enriches audience understanding of classical music for the newcomer and seasoned listener alike.
Bach and the Romantics
The high-powered virtuoso works of J.S. Bach, as well as Bach-inspired works of later romantic composers, including pieces by Felix Mendelssohn, Dmitri Shostakovich, and Sergei Rachmaninoff, as well as Frédéric Chopin’s Preludes and
Franz Liszt’s Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen – an intensely moving short set of variations based on Bach’s famous descending melody from the Mass in B minor, Crucifixus.
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Image Courtesy of Jeffrey Seigel.
THU – 5-16-13 – 8:00 PM
free