Jeffrey Siegel: Keyboard Conversations® Mozart and Haydn - Humor and Heartache Media Sponsor Saturday, August 24, 2019; 7:30 pm

PROGRAM

HAYDN 1732-1809 "Gypsy Rondo", Hob. XV: 25 Variations in F Minor, Hob. XVII: 6 Minuet from Sonata in E Flat, Hob. XVI: 49 Presto from Trio in C, Hob. XV: 27

INTERMISSION

MOZART 1756-1791 Sonata in A Minor, K. 310 Allegro maestoso Andante cantabile com espressione Presto

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ADDITIONAL KEYBOARD CONVERSATIONS® AT THE HARRIS CENTER THIS SEASON

WARM ROMANTIC MUSIC FROM THE COLD FAR NORTH Wednesday, November 20, 2019; 7:30 pm A smorgasbord of musical delights! Grieg, Tchaikovsky, Brahms and Sibelius.

THE GLORY OF BACH Saturday, January 11, 2020; 7:30 pm Spellbinding, transformative works of one of the world's most beloved composers. The joyous G Major Partita, the romantic Chromatic Fantasy, and the exhilarating Italian Concerto.

BEETHOVEN AND SCHUBERT – A MUSICAL FRIENDSHIP Thursday, April 9, 2020; 7:30 pm The "Moonlight Sonata" of Beethoven, the enchanting A Major Sonata of Schubert, and their respective short Bagatelles and Musical Moments. (Program subject to change without notice)

(Programs Subject To Change)

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BIOGRAPHY Piano (Random House Audio Publishing Group); Music for the Young – and Young at Heart (WFMT Radio, Chicago); American American pianist JEFFREY SIEGEL has been soloist with Pianistic Treasures (WEDU, Tampa), and Spellbinding Bach. the world's great orchestras. Abroad, these include the , London Symphony, Philharmonic Born into a musical family, Jeffrey Siegel studied with Rudolf and Philharmonia, Moscow State Symphony, Munich’s Ganz in his native Chicago, with the legendary Rosina Lhévinne Bayerischer Rundfunk, the Philharmonic Orchestras of at The Juilliard School and, as a Fulbright Scholar, with Ilona Amsterdam and Oslo, as well as Stockholm, the Orchestra Kabos in London. Mr. Siegel and his wife live in New York and of La Scala and NHK Symphony of Japan. In the United States, have two grown children and three grandchildren. engagements have included the , , The , “An achievement of a sort seldom heard.” The , Boston Symphony Orchestra and The New York Times Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Siegel has collaborated with many of the pre-eminent conductors of our time: Sir "…a pianist with a bravura technique and a big, gorgeous Andrew Davis, Charles Dutoit, Neeme Järvi, James Levine, sound…and when the artist himself offers the inside scoop, Zubin Mehta, Sir Simon Rattle, Leonard Slatkin, Michael Tilson the musical experience becomes vastly more personal." Thomas, and David Zinman, as well as legendary maestros The Denver Post of the past, including Claudio Abbado, Pierre Boulez, Lorin Maazel, Eugene Ormandy, Sir George Solti, , “Jeffrey Siegel has everything: massive technique, musical Klaus Tennstedt and Yevgeny Svetlanov. sensitivity and character, wide tonal resources, immense reserves of power, and the ability to communicate.” In addition to his solo appearances, Jeffrey Siegel presents Los Angeles Times Keyboard Conversations®, a brilliantly polished concert- with-commentary that combines captivating comments with Please Follow at: virtuoso performances of piano masterpieces. The concert concludes with a lively Q & A. New listeners discover an facebook.com/JeffreySiegelsKeyboardConversations informal, entertaining and instantly accessible introduction Website: www.keyboardconversations.com to the magnificent piano repertoire. Long-running series flourish in London, as well as in numerous American cities, among them New York, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Minneapolis, Palm Desert, Dallas, Denver and Washington, D. C. The enthusiasm and loyalty of Jeffrey Siegel’s audiences are Jeffrey Siegel is a Steinway artist. heartwarming. In 2018-19, the Scottsdale series celebrated its fortieth consecutive season and the Chicago series marked its fiftieth!

Mr. Siegel has appeared on Oprah Radio’s “Dr. Oz Show,” as guest of host and heart surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz and author and co-host Dr. Michael Roizen. In addition, he has been a frequent guest on the popular BBC program In Tune in London. Keyboard Conversations® ~ Piano Treasures, a Time Life production, has been broadcast by PBS to more than 150 cities nationwide, and is now available on DVD. CD releases include The Romantic Music of Chopin; The Miracle of Mozart, recorded live in London; The Power and Passion of Beethoven; The Romanticism of the Russian Soul and The Romance of the

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