Keyboard Conversations®: THREE GREAT ROMANTICS

Jeffrey Siegel playing piano with a curtain behind him
Steve Purcell
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THREE GREAT ROMANTICS: Tchaikovsky, Grieg, and Brahms

Gorgeous melodies, exhilarating virtuosity!

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Humoreske, Op. 10, No. 2
(1840-1893)

The Seasons, Op. 37
October
February
Johannes Brahms Waltzes, Op. 39
(1833-1897) No. 15 in A-flat Major
No. 6 in D-flat Major
Rhapsody in G Minor, Op. 79, No. 2

Edvard Grieg Lyric Pieces
(1843-1907) Butterflies, Op. 43, No. 1
At the Cradle, Op. 68, No. 5
Norwegian Dances

INTERMISSION

Edvard Grieg Wedding Day at Troldhaugen, Op. 65, No. 6
Johannes Brahms Intermezzo in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 117, No. 3
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Concert Polonaise, Op. 72, No. 7

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About Jeffrey Siegel

American pianist JEFFREY SIEGEL has been soloist with the world's great orchestras. Abroad, these include the Berlin Philharmonic, London Symphony, Philharmonic and Philharmonia, Moscow State Symphony, Munich’s Bayerischer Rundfunk, the Philharmonic Orchestras of Amsterdam and Oslo, as well as Stockholm, the Orchestra of La Scala and NHK Symphony of Japan. In the United States, engagements have included the New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, The Philadelphia Orchestra, The Cleveland Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra and Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

Mr. Siegel has collaborated with many of the pre-eminent conductors of our time: Sir Andrew Davis, Charles Dutoit, Neeme Järvi, James Levine, Zubin Mehta, Sir Simon Rattle, Leonard Slatkin, Michael Tilson Thomas, and David Zinman, as well as legendary maestros of the past, including Claudio Abbado, Pierre Boulez, Lorin Maazel, Eugene Ormandy, Sir George Solti, William Steinberg, Klaus Tennstedt and Yevgeny Svetlanov.