The music of Frdric Franois Chopin, the 'poet of the piano'. The Romantic music revolution of 1820-1910. I remember an old book I read where the writers friend during a meeting with fellow lovers of Chopin's music spontaneously called out 'All Beethoven's Sonatas for another Chopin Ballade'. Our acclaimed collection of history's finest Classical music. Chopin's Ballades represents the highest art of music and are undoubtedly among his most important works. Music by Chopin: Polonaise in A Major: No. Click on any of our Chopin channels to start listening. Music by Chopin: Polonaise in A Major: No. His heart was put in an urn and taken to the Church of the Holy Cross in Warsaw.
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This month we're discussing Lang Lang's The Chopin Album.Welcome to 'First Listen', the first in a new series of podcasts in which the BBC Music Magazine team gives its verdict on a recent CD release. But Chopin's heart is in Poland - literally. Welcome to 'First Listen', the first in a new series of podcasts in which the BBC Music Magazine team gives its verdict on a recent CD release. When he was buried - in France - a special box of earth was brought from Poland to sprinkle on his grave. That's probably not true, but Chopin did continue to be passionatly patriotic about Poland, even though he never went back there.Ĭhopin was never healthy, and he was only thirty-nine when he died of tuberculosis. There's a story that when Chopin left his native country, his friends gave him some Polish soil, which he carried around with him for the rest of his life. When Chopin got to Paris, he decided to stay. When Chopin was 20, he left Poland to seek fame and fortune in other European cities. I want you to pay attention to that as we listen through some clips of the song. You could pour out your heart, but it sounds better and is more interesting to hold back a little. He gave his first concert at the age of eight. The tendency with Chopin’s tender music is to really just get into it and pour out your heart, but his music is best performed with an air of quiet reservation. His mother introduced him to the piano by the time he was six, Chopin played extremely well and was starting to compose. Chopin was born in a town just outside of Warsaw, Poland. Frédéric Chopin was one of the greatest pianists of his day.
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