User:Kevin Wage

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I had the privilege of attending the Friends of Classical Music concert Monday night at the Courtyard Theatre, featuring Jeffrey Siegel’s Austria-Hungary: Captivating Continentals. It featured some of the greatest piano works of composers from those areas, in an attempt to capture the sound of the Austria-Hungarian style, as a part in a series of Siegel’s Keyboard Conversations, as he explores his theme of A Musical Travelogue. Siegel began with Schubert’s Shcerzo in B-flat, followed by his Sonata in A Minor. His control of the keys was absolutely incredible, and perhaps his greatest strength. He produced a remarkable stress of lyricism, and was able to really bring out the tragic elements of the piece. With the opening theme of the Scherzo, his clarity in playing the first big climax, particularly in his left hand, testified to his mastery of piano technique. With both the Sonata and the Scherzo he managed to maintain a powerful yet heavenly sounding tone, while treading along at an almost overly slow pace.