The Piano Music of Fryderyk Chopin - from the Studio of Arthur Greene
Posted in Arthur Greene, Nocturnes, Uncategorized on Jul 15th, 2008
Chopin Biographer Arthur Hedley once wrote: “From the great Italian singers of the age [Chopin] learned the art of ’singing’ on the piano, and his nocturnes reveal the perfection of his cantabile style and delicate charm of ornamentation.”
Recent scholarship by some musicologists hear the…
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…
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