23 December 2009 - 05 June 2010

Chopin Unwrapped - Kings Place

10 February - 5 June 2010
Kings Place
90 York Way
Islington, London, N1 9AG

Chopin’s entire oeuvre in all its elegance, poetry and brilliance is beheard in a series of recitals at Kings Place.

Chopin possessed an unrivalled knowledge of the piano and itspossibilities. He was a great innovator, and exercised a decisive influence on composers of the French, German and Russian schools well into the 20th century. These recitals will give the listener the opportunity to look afresh at and re-evaluate the work of a composer who has enjoyed enormous and unflagging popularity for nearly 200 years. Many will be surprised by the quality of the unfamiliar works.

10, 12 & 13 February, 10, 12 & 13 March and 2–5 June 7.30pm

Martino Tirimo performs the complete solo piano works in a series of ten
recitals, the last two of which include chamber arrangements of the two
concertos with the Silesian String Quartet.

25 January 7.30pm
Raphael Wallfisch and Linn Hendry play the Cello Sonata and works by
Beethoven, Debussy and Szymanowski.

11 February 7.30pm
Andrzej Bauer (cello), Kuba Jakowicz (violin) Krzysztof Broja (piano) and
the Nettle & Markham Piano Duo give an all-Chopin programme.

11 March 7.30pm
Iwona Sobotka (soprano) sings the complete songs with David Kadouch
(piano), Wissam Boustany (flute) and Aleksander Szram (piano)

13 March
Chopin ’s Musical Legacy : From Creation to Recreation
A study day run by Profs. John Rink and Jim Samson. There will be four
sessions: ‘The Chopin Sources’, ‘Chopin in Print’, ‘Criticism and Analysis’
and ‘Chopin in Performance’.

For more info please visit: www.kingsplace.co.uk

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