Abdel Rahman El Bacha

Chopin

keyboard

Wed 11 Oct 2017 -20.00

introduction by Elise Simoens	19.15
start	20.00
expected end time	22.05
with break

All prices include booking fees.

Grand passions of the 'Polish Mozart'

Frédéric Chopin and George Sand were an unlikely couple. She was a feminist writer, who lived life large and centre stage. He was retiring and preferred to stay in the background. And yet their love burned bright, at least for a time. Chopin wrote his best work - such as the Mazurkas, opus 59 and Sonata no. 3, opus 58 - in the latter, increasingly unhappy years of their relationship. Abdel Rahman El Bacha conjures with colours on a copy of Chopin's favourite instrument, a Pleyel concert grand piano.

programme

Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
Impromptu no. 3, opus 51
Polonaise héroique, opus 53
2 Nocturnes, opus 62
3 Mazurkas, opus 59
Ballade no. 4, opus 52
Berceuse, opus 57
Barcarolle, opus 60
Sonata no. 3, opus 58

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Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
Impromptu no. 3, opus 51
Polonaise héroique, opus 53
2 Nocturnes, opus 62
3 Mazurk