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Keyboard Conversations: Music of Joy and Peace

Friday, May 8, 2026 | 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM CT
Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, Bienen School of Music, 50 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, IL 60208 map it

Part of Keyboard Conversations with Jeffrey Siegel

Jeffrey Siegel, piano 

Siegel closes the 2025-26 season of Keyboard Conversations with uplifting, buoyant works of Bach, Debussy, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Rossini, Rachmaninoff, Liszt, and Gershwin. 

J. S. Bach (arr. Ferruccio Busoni), “Rejoice!” 
Gioachino Rossini, Petit Caprice in the Style of Offenbach 
Robert Schumann, “Des Abends” (In the Evening) from Fantasiestücke, Op. 12, No. 1 
Felix Mendelssohn, “Spinnerlied” (Spinning Song) from Songs Without Words, Book 6, Op. 67, No. 4 
Claude Debussy, La fille aux cheveux de lin (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair) 
Frédéric Chopin, Grande valse brillante in E-flat Major, Op. 18 
George Gershwin, Promenade (“Walking the Dog”) 
George Gershwin, “I Got Rhythm” 
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Prelude in G Major, Op. 32, No. 5 
Franz Liszt, Hungarian Rhapsody No. 13 in A Minor 

Questions and Answers 

Cost: Single tickets are $40 for the general public and $15 for students with valid ID.

Audience

  • Faculty/Staff
  • Student
  • Public
  • Post Docs/Docs
  • Graduate Students

Contact

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(847) 467-4000
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Interest

  • Arts/Humanities

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