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Frederic Chopin is the composer of piai\o music par excellence ar\d or\e Polonaises. Op. 26 of the best-known musical figures of Impromptu No. 3 in CI flat. Op. 51 Mazurka: Notre temps the early romantic period. He has Mazurka: a E. Gaillard become one of the most popular of Nocturnes. Op.15 compc)sers through works at once Mazurkas. Op. 63 poetic ar`d heroic, such as the Mli.farg Scherzo No. I in 8 minor, Op. 20 and Eroi.ca Polonaises, the Furiera/ 24 Preludes. Op. 28 March Sor\a`a, the Black Keus ar\d Reuo/uli.onarg Eludes, and the Fantaisie-Impromptu. My series of Mazurkas. Op. 67 seven substantial recitals Polonaises. Op. 7] Impromptu No. 1 in A flat, Op. 29 commemorates the 150th anniversary 12 Eludes. Op.10 of Chopin`s death and will embrace all of Chopin's output for solo piano Fantaisie in F minor. Op. 49 Berceuse in D flat. Op. 57 (excepting some minor and early Mazurkas. Op. 30 works) - the Preludes, Etudes, Nocturnes. Op. 27 Ballades, Impromptus, Scherzos, Scherzo No. 3 in C sharp minor, Op. 39 Nocturnes, Polonaises, Mazurkas, Waltzes, the two great Sonatas, and many other works besides. Variations Brillantes in a flat. Op. ]2 Mazurkas, Op. 24 Nocturnes. Op. 9 The recitals will take place in the Nouvelles Eludes appropriately intimate and Polonaise in F. sharp minor, Op. 44 atmc)spheric Hutchesons' Hall, a few Ballade No 2 in F . Op. 38 yards from where Chopin played his Mazurkas. Op. 59 Glasgow recital in 1848, the year Sonata in 8 minor, Op. 58 before his death, receiving the highest accolades. The series follows on from several others I have played in Bolero in A. Op. 19 Nocturnes. Op. 37 Glasgow, including the Beethoven Mazurkas, Op.17 sonatas. This time it is the turn of the Fantaisie-Impromptu in C sharp minor. Op. 66 composer who is known the world Sonata in 8 flat minor, Op. 35 over for music that is beaut]ful, potent, Polonaise-FantaLsie in A flat. Op 61 colourful and innc)vative. Prelude in A flat (posthumous) Prelude in C sharp minor, Op. 45 Mazurkas` Op. 6 Ballade No. 3 in A flat, Op. 47 -----------:- `-- .

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