The Piano Music of Fryderyk Chopin – from the Studio of Arthur Greene
Posted in Chopin, Musicology, Nocturnes, classical, piano on Jun 2nd, 2009
“Today’s entry takes us into far more familiar Chopin territory. The Nocturne in E-flat, Op. 9 No. 2 comes from around 1830, -after Chopin had left Warsaw forever. But the version I’m playing here has a bit of a twist. There…
Posted in Arthur Greene, Etudes, Nocturnes, Performances on Aug 27th, 2008
Chopin Project Artistic Director Arthur Greene calls Chopin’s last nocturne a curious, but moving, work:
“It is rarely played. Its absolute simplicity of texture may lead performers to experiment with ornamentation, but I believe that it is an expression of Chopin’s new…
Posted in Chopin Currency, Dance, Dianne Chilgren, Jerome Robbins, Musopen, Nocturnes, Pacific Northwest Ballet, ballet on May 31st, 2008
Chopin News, Views, Reviews, and Previews:
“All Robbins” is all pleasure at PNB
Seattle Times – United States
The Jerome Robbins Chopin-dance fever juggurnaut rumbles on in Seattle, with acclaimed productions by Pacific Northwest Ballet of “The Concert” and “In The Night.”
Making its PNB premiere,…
Posted in A Country in the Moon, Chopin Currency, Jacek Kortus, Mazurkas, Michael Moran, Nocturnes, Poland, Polish History, Waltzes on May 20th, 2008
Chopin News, Reviews, and Previews:
A Country in the Moon, by Michael Moran
Independent – London,England,UK
Review declares Michael Moran’s new book about Poland to be an “absorbing, exasperating and ultimately rewarding travelogue.”
Moran emerges from these pages as a romantic, a bon viveur,…
Posted in Chopin, Nocturnes, Polina Khatsko on May 18th, 2008
Cross-posted from our companion daily blog site The Chopin Currency: By “Currency” we mean just how contemporary – and how powerfully it resonates in our own time, nearly 200 years since the composer’s birth.
This month we’re getting a compelling reminder…
Posted in Burma, Chopin Currency, Disaster Relief, Fantaisie-Impromptu, Nocturnes, PSAs on May 16th, 2008
Chopin Videos:
The Film – “None of Us Are Free”
How “current” is Chopin? Look no further for powerful testimony than from this current PSA produced on commission from MTV networks to raise awareness for disaster relief in Myanmar (a/k/a Burma). First,…
Posted in Alex Kobrin, Ballades, Chopin Currency, Dang Thai Son, Fantaisie-Impromptu, Gilmore Festival, Impromptu (movie), Impromptus, Ingrid Fliter, Nocturnes, Richard Goode on Apr 22nd, 2008
Chopin News, Reviews, and Previews:
Pianist Born to the Colors of Chopin
New York Times – United States
Veteran New York Times critic Bernard Holland isn’t thrilled about Ingrid Fliter’s Beethoven and Schubert, but is charmed by her Chopin:
The Ingrid Fliter who appeared…
Posted in André Laplante, Chopin Currency, Evgeny Kissin, Grand Valse Brilliante, Nocturnes, Piano Sonata No. 2, Piano Sonata No. 3, Radiohead on Apr 17th, 2008
Chopin/Radiohead update:
The “Matchup” of a Chopin prelude with Radiohead’s Exit Music for a Film is getting noticed all over the blogosphere (see the Chopin Currency for April 15), prompting this comment from ThisIsNotALabel Computer Music Blog :
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This video is a terrific example…
Posted in Catholicism, Chopin Currency, Mischa Elman, Nocturnes, Palomar College, Peter Gach, Vatican on Apr 10th, 2008
Chopin News, Reviews, and Previews:
Gach plans all-Chopin recital at Escondido arts center
North County Times – Escondido,CA,USA
Palomar College pianist Peter Gach prepares for his annual appearance….
Gach has had a lifelong love affair with the music of Chopin, and he loves any opportunity to…
Posted in Nocturnes, Polina Khatsko, Recordings on Apr 4th, 2008
“Magnificent in its breadth, it profound expression, and its tremendous sonority.” Dr. Frank Cooper’s summation of this Chopin Nocturne, composed in 1841, just about says it all. But if you want to know more, click here. Or else check out…
Posted in Ballades, Chopin Currency, Hotel Chopin (Paris), Nocturnes, Ralph Votapek, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Tarantelle, Van Cliburn Competition, Vladimir Ashkenazy on Mar 30th, 2008
Chopin News, Reviews, and Previews:
Rachmaninoff fails to fill the hall
Arizona Daily Star – Tucson,AZ,USA
Not “news,” but an interesting time capsule from February 1925:
Maybe folks went to the literature club’s discussion of “Modern English Novels” or possibly the talk at the…
Posted in Dmitri Vorobiev, Nocturnes, Recordings on Mar 22nd, 2008
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…
Posted in Andante spianato et Grande Polonaise Brillante, Artur Rubinstein, Ben Agosto, Chopin Currency, Ice Dancing, Lang Lang, Mazurkas, Nocturnes, Tanith Belbin, Yundi Li, fiction, figure skating on Mar 18th, 2008
Chopin News, Reviews, and Previews:
Belbin, Agosto taking a classical approach
Boston Globe – United States
Chopin turns out to be the missing ingredient in the ice-dancing tandem’s Quest for Gold….
[Tanith] Belbin and [Ben] Agosto are the most successful dance team the US…
Posted in Artur Rubinstein, Chopin Currency, Chopinzee, Dance, Her Name is Sabine, Jerome Robbins, Nocturnes, San Francisco Ballet, Sandrine Bonnaire, Shura Cherkassy, Vladimir Horowitz, Vladimir de Pachmann on Mar 12th, 2008
Chopin News, Reviews, and Previews:
Method & madness: The oddities of the virtuosi
Independent – London,England,UK
This just in: A lot of great pianists of the ages have been more than a little crackers. A dissection on the eccentricities and downright madness of…
Posted in Alfred Brendel, Alfred Cortot, Andante spianato et Grande Polonaise Brillante, Chopin Currency, Mazurkas, Nocturnes, Peggy Lee on Mar 9th, 2008
Chopin News, Reviews, and Previews:
Pianist Alfred Brendel to give his final Chicago performance
Chicago Tribune – United States
On his farewell tour of the USA, pianist Alfred Brendel is not in the mood to second-guess his repertory choices over the years:
At the same…
Posted in Byron Janis, Chopin Currency, Eternal Sonata, Etudes, Nocturnes, Videos, Waltzes, Yundi Li on Mar 8th, 2008
Posted in Arthur Greene, Chopin Currency, Chopin Project, Elton John, George Sand, Mazurkas, Nocturnes, Novi Sad (vocal group), Tadeus Majewski, Videos, Vladimir Ashkenazy, asteriods, fiction on Mar 1st, 2008
Chopin Performance of the Day: A Chopin Rarity from Chopin Project Artistic Director Arthur Greene:
“The Nocturne in E-flat, Op. 9 No. 2 comes from around 1830, -after Chopin had left Warsaw forever. But the version I’m playing here has a bit of…
Posted in Beatrice Feo, Chopin Currency, Dance, Diavolo, Mazurkas, Nocturnes, Richard Goode, Tomoko Mukaiyama on Feb 29th, 2008
Chopin News, Reviews, and Previews:
Diavolo to defy the laws of physics Saturday
Preview of Telluride appearance by innovative LA Dance Troupe incorporating Chopin into their latest show: “Diavolo is comprised of dancers, gymnasts, actors and rock climbers who perform together like…
Posted in Alfred Brendel, Chopin Currency, George Sand, Marie Wodzinski, Nocturnes on Feb 28th, 2008
New, Reviews, and Previews:
Celebrated pianist Brendel to take final bows with Cleveland Orchestra
What will undoubtedly be the first of many “career-retrospective” items about Austrian pianist Alfred Brendel as he begins his farewell tour of the USA. In the article…
Posted in Allie Hughes, Chopin Currency, Click for Lessons, Diana Fanning, Nocturnes, Ryan Stewart, Scherzos, Yundi Li on Feb 22nd, 2008
Chopin News, Reviews, & Previews:
Well-traveled Middlebury-based pianist offers a recital in the Vermont state capital with an emphasis on Chopin: “I have chosen pieces that I have loved for years, and I think they illustrate different aspects of…
Posted in Alexander Kanchaveli, Artur Rubinstein, Ballades, Chopin Currency, Cédric Tiberghien, Markus Groh, Nocturnes, Piano Concertos, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, pattison piano on Feb 20th, 2008
Chopin Reviews & Previews:
Ivan Hewett reviews Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Cédric Tiberghien at …
Telegraph.co.uk – United Kingdom
French pianist Cedric Tiberghein receives rave reviews for his Chopin Ballades at his recital at London’s Wigmore Hall; critic is less enamored of his Beethoven…
He glided…
Posted in Ballades, Catherine McKay, Charles Foreman, Chopin Currency, Garrick Ohlsson, Hugh Grant, Impromptus, Nocturnes, Omar Soffan on Feb 11th, 2008
Chopin News, Reviews, and Previews:
Restoring Luster to Two 20th-Century Dance Legends
New York Times – United States
These mazurkas are danced to Chopin; Limón choreographed them after his company had enjoyed huge success in Poland, where he had visited the home of…
Posted in Artur Rubinstein, Ballades, Chopin Currency, Impromptus, Jeanne Stark-Iochmans, Nocturnes, Waltzes, Yundi Li on Jan 28th, 2008
Chopin News, Reviews, and Previews
Stark-Iochmans: No flash, but a workmanlike effort
Providence Journal – Providence,RI,USA
Stark-Iochmans turned to Chopin to close out the afternoon, the composer’s Fourth Ballade in F Minor. Again this contained some beautiful playing, …
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