Featured alumni: Jeffrey Siegel (BM '64, MS '67, DMA '70, piano)
This performance, "Warm, Romantic Music From the Cold, Far North," will feature a smorgasbord of musical delights. The show kicks off with "Festive Prelude," "The Dream of Merry Christmas" and "The Spinning Top" by Carl Nielsen. After "Fantasy, Op. 11, No. 1" from Wilhelm Stenhammar, two Jean Sibelius works will be featured: "The Snapdragon, Op. 85, No. 4" and "Spruce, Op. 75, No. 5." Those will be followed by three works by Edvard Grieg: "Norwegian Dance, Op. 47, No. 4," "Shepherd's Boy, Op. 54, No. 1" and "The March of the Dwarfs, Op. 54, No. 3." The first portion of the show will conclude with Christian Sinding's "Rustles of Spring, Op. 32, No. 3."
After intermission, three works by the great Sergei Rachmaninoff will be performed: "Etude Tableau in E-flat Minor, Op. 33, No. 6," "Spring Waters, Op. 14, No. 11" and "Daisies, Op. 38, No. 3." The evening will conclude with Pyotr Tchaikovsky's "Concert Polonaise, Op. 72, No. 7."