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For the next two weekends, every aspect of the composer Frédéric Chopin will be examined at the annual Bard Music Festival, up the Hudson. It has WNYC's Sara Fishko considering the sources of that composer's inspiration, in this edition of Fishko Files.
"Chopin and His World" opens tomorrow at Bard. For more details, visit their website.
Jan Lisiecki's Chopin: Works for Piano & Orchestra is available on Amazon.
Featured Music:
Frédéric Chopin Étude Op. 10, No. 5 in G flat minor Jan Lisiecki, piano Johann Sebastian Bach Capriccio in B flat major, BWV 992 – III: Adagissimo Wilhelm Kempff, piano (1976) Gaetano Donizetti Al Dolce Guidami (from “Anna Bolena”) Maria Callas Conducted by Nicola Rescigno Frédéric Chopin Nocturne Op. 15, No. 1 in F major Maria João Pires, piano Vincenzo Bellini Casta Diva (from “Norma”) Renée Fleming Conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras Frédéric Chopin Mazurka Op. 33, No. 2 in D major Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano Frédéric Chopin Variations on “Là ci darem la mano” from Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Op. 2 – Var. I Jan Lisiecki, piano Frédéric Chopin Étude Op. 10, No. 11 in E flat major Jan Lisiecki, piano |