chopin

Tag details

Welcome to the 'chopin' tag page at Technorati. This page features content from the farthest reaches of the Blogosphere that authors have "tagged" with 'chopin'.

Are you an expert about 'chopin'? Do you want to be the Technorati authority on 'chopin'? You can write a description that will appear right here: Join Blogcritics!

Look up Offsite Link "chopin" at The Free Dictionary

Original Technorati articles tagged “chopin”

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “chopin”
 

  • Review: Ploughed Under – An American Songbook (The House Theatre)


    Chicago Theater BlogAuthority Authority: 141
    The cast – a multi-faceted group that provides accompaniment on piano, guitar, ukulele, horns, violin and spoons in addition to singing – is an engaging, charismatic lot that brings vibrancy and vigor to numbers both obscure. But for all its considerable strengths, Ploughed Under often plays more like a ...
    1 week ago
  • Review: Ivywild (The Hypocrites)


    Chicago Theater BlogAuthority Authority: 141
    Some will find Ivywild to be a unique and engaging experience. Others will leave the theatre with a pickle button and wonder what in the heck they just witnessed. In either case, kudos goes to The Hypocrites for trying something brave and different. (read more...)
    1 week ago
  • Opus 32 No 1 Nocturne by Frederic Chopin


    ClassClefAuthority Authority: 143
    Opus 32 No 1 Nocturne by Frederic Chopin (1810-1849) Frédéric François Chopin was a Polish composer, virtuoso pianist, and music teacher of French–Polish parentage. A great masters of Romantic music and has been called “the poet of the piano”. He supported himself as a composer and piano teacher, ...
    2 weeks ago
  • Marking the Score


    Authority Authority:
    The other day I opened up a working score of the Frank Bridge Sonata I inherited from one of my teachers, Peter Wallfisch, and was struck by all the markings he had added. Some of these make obvious sense, performance directions such as "rall", "late" and "canto". Another word - "spell" - presumably means either that ...
    2 weeks ago
  • Andrew Tyson, YCA


    Authority Authority:
    Charles T. Downey, At Kennedy Center, pianist Andrew Tyson makes debut solo recitalWashington Post, May 2, 2013Scriabin, Sonata No. 3 (inter alia), E. KissinWhat does it take for a young performer to distinguish himself in the world of classical music? One way is to win a competition, which Andrew Tyson did by taking ...
    2 weeks ago
  • My Favorite Album Ever (This Week): This Mortal Coil – “It’ll End in Tears”


    Authority Authority:
    As a younger gent in the late ’80s through the mid ’90s, I fancied myself one of the dark crowd. I lived in my painted leather biker jacket, eye-liner, white button-down shirt, black jeans & Doc Martens. Lurking by the record bins at Wax Trax, deciding which t-shirt at FashioNation most fit my look while [...] ...
    3 weeks ago
  • Rafał Blechacz in Holding Pattern


    Authority Authority:
    Debussy / Szymanowski, Sonata, R. Blechacz (DG, 2012)Rafał Blechaczs first visit to Washington, in 2010, confirmed the Polish pianists gift for the music of Chopin. The jury and audience at the 2005 Chopin Competition in Warsaw were so impressed with his ability to play Chopin that he swept every prize, an ...
    3 weeks ago
  • Heard it all before?


    Authority Authority:
    April 26 is World Intellectual Property Day, a good moment to reflect on the issue of people pinching musical ideas from other composers. Whilst imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery, plagiarism isn’t. On the whole, however, classical musicians seem to have been rather well behaved on the subject. ...
    3 weeks ago
  • Opus 28 No 22 Prelude by Frederic Chopin


    ClassClefAuthority Authority: 143
    Opus 28 No 22 Prelude by Frederic Chopin (1810-1849) Frédéric François Chopin was a Polish composer, virtuoso pianist, and music teacher of French–Polish parentage. A great masters of Romantic music and has been called “the poet of the piano”. He supported himself as a composer and piano teacher, ...
    3 weeks ago
  • Opus 28 No 21 Prelude by Frederic Chopin


    ClassClefAuthority Authority: 143
    Opus 28 No 21 Prelude by Frederic Chopin (1810-1849) Frédéric François Chopin was a Polish composer, virtuoso pianist, and music teacher of French–Polish parentage. A great masters of Romantic music and has been called “the poet of the piano”. He supported himself as a composer and piano teacher, ...
    4 weeks ago
  • Opus 28 No 17 Prelude by Frederic Chopin


    ClassClefAuthority Authority: 143
    Opus 28 No 17 Prelude by Frederic Chopin (1810-1849) Frédéric François Chopin was a Polish composer, virtuoso pianist, and music teacher of French–Polish parentage. A great masters of Romantic music and has been called “the poet of the piano”. He supported himself as a composer and piano teacher, ...
    4 weeks ago
  • Eric Himys Homage to Liszt


    Authority Authority:
    “Art is Heaven on earth, to which one never appeals in vain when faced with the oppressions of this world.” ~ Franz Liszt I like surprises. Two weeks ago I discovered the Oldenburg House Bed & Breakfast. Located on the outskirts of Carlton it was the birthplace of Jay Cooke State Park. The Oldenburg ...
    4 weeks ago

Comments about chopin

Personal attacks are NOT allowed
Please read our comment policy