Hear pianist Dmitri Vorobiev play this poignant Nocturne in B major, Op. 62, No. 1 in a Chopin Project concert performance.

Here’s how it’s described in the 1905 book A Handbook to Chopin’s Works, by George C. Ashton Johnson:

You can read the entire book on Google Docs here.

• Listen to Nocturne in B, Op. 62 No. 1 by Fryderyk Chopin
• Download sheetmusic for Nocturne in B, Op. 62 No. 1 by Fryderyk Chopin

This rare bit of Chopiniana was supposedly written after violin virtuoso Niccolo Paganini came through Warsaw in the summer of 1829, a concert we know that Chopin attended. A month later he graduated from the Higher School of Music in Warsaw, where a teacher wrote, “Chopin, Fryderyk: third-year student, amazing capabilities, musical genius.”

Hear pianist Dmitri Vorobiev play these unusual Variations in a Chopin Project concert performance.

• Listen to Variations in A Major, “Souvenir de Paganini” by Fryderyk Chopin
• Download sheetmusic for Variations in A Major, “Souvenir de Paganini” by Fryderyk Chopin