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A movingly intimate portrait in words and music of Frédéric Chopin, one of the greatest Romantic composer-pianists.

Chopin
Nocturne in C minor Op 48 No 1
Polonaise in A Op 40 No 1 'Militaire'
Waltz in C sharp minor Op 64 No 2
Etude in A flat Op 25 No 1
Mazurka in D Op 33 No 2
Ballade No 3 in A flat Op 47
Mazurka in A minor Op 67 No 4
Prelude in D flat Op 28 'Raindrop'
Prelude in G minor Op 28
Waltz in D flat Op 64 No 1 'Petit chien'
Nocturne in D flat Op 27 No 2
Ballade No 4 in F minor Op 52

'The Best Chopin of the Year.' THE TIMES

A beautifully fashioned evening chronicling, in words and music, the romantic life of one of the greatest and most treasured composers for solo piano, Frédéric Chopin: his turbulent relationship with the controversial literary figure George Sand, their time together in Majorca, his fragile health and ultimate demise in Paris at the age of just 39.

With compelling readings from his exuberantly engaging letters and diaries by the outstanding Laurence Olivier Award-winning actors Juliet Stevenson (Death and the Maiden, Truly, Madly, Deeply) and Alex Jennings (The Queen, The Habit of Art), interspersed with some of his most loved and poignant piano music, played with touching sensitivity by Lucy Parham , 'Nocturne: The Romantic Life of Frédéric Chopin' is a sublimely intimate portrait of this brilliant Romantic, executed with talent and flair.

'The well-chosen music examples are played with tenderness [and] respect for the composer by Parham ... [the] readings from the diaries and letters are delivered with great flair and authority.' THE PIANIST MAGAZINE