George Mason University's Center for the Arts

Chopin for Lovers!

Renowned pianist Jeffrey Siegel returns in his popular “concerts with commentary” series in a season that honors the 200th anniversary of the birth of Chopin. Mr. Siegel explores—in both performance and words—the works of one of the greatest and most celebrated composers of all time. In this first of his four concerts, Mr. Siegel delves into the romantic side of Chopin, performing works inspired by the women in this prolific composer’s life. The program includes the vivacious E Flat Waltz, the touching Farewell Waltz, the dreamy Larghetto, Op. 21, some demonic Preludes from Op. 28, and the famous Fantasy Impromptu. Bring someone special to enjoy some of the most romantic, popular music ever composed.

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Chopin the Patriot

Jeffrey Siegel continues his yearlong celebration of Chopin with an exploration of Chopin’s love for his homeland of Poland. In the wake of the November Uprising, as the Polish people revolted against the Russian forces, Chopin emerged as a national bard, writing music honoring his country and the heroism of its people. In this “concert with commentary,” Mr. Siegel performs three Polonaises: the tender G Minor, the brooding C Minor, and the ever popular, heroic A-Flat, as well as several buoyant and poignant Mazurkas.

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Chopin the Storyteller

“Insightful and poetically interpreted, both in words and music,” The Washington Post says of this extraordinary performer. In this Keyboard Conversations® concert, Jeffrey Siegel presents three of Chopin’s Ballades: the fiery G Minor, the rhapsodic A-Flat, and the quirky F Major, as well as three Novelettes of Robert Schumann, a great romantic composer and contemporary of Chopin, whose 200th birthday we also celebrate this season. 

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Chopin and the Future

“The Leonard Bernstein of the piano—Siegel’s programs strengthen the bonds between the music and the listener and are as welcome as they are rare,” writes the Chicago Tribune. In his fourth Keyboard Conversations® presentation of the season, Jeffrey Siegel concludes our celebration of Chopin by examining the composer’s legacy, performing several of his notable works as well as those who were inspired by him. The program includes works of Chopin that both delight the ear and point to the future – Etudes and Nocturnes – was well as Chopinesque compositions of Tchaikovsky, Debussy, and Szymanowski. 

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