The latest Academy award nominated movies are starting to come out here; so over the next month or so I will be frequenting the cinema as I did this week seeing Companion and today’s featured movie – A Real Pain.…
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A Real Pain (2024) – Jesse Eisenberg (Friday’s Finest)
Tagged with: a real pain, Frédéric Chopin, Jesse Eisenberg, Jewish heritage, Kieran Culkin, Poland, The second world war
Posted in Movies and TV
Posted in Movies and TV
Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor, Op.11 – 2. Romance-Larghetto (1830) – Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric Chopin’s Movement 2 – Romance-Larghetto from his Piano Concerto No. 1 is the perfect piece for a drizzly Sunday morning here in Bogota, Colombia. I find it stunning and my eyes well with tears as I listen to it…
Tagged with: Frédéric Chopin, Piano Concerto No 1 in E minor op 11 - 2 Romance Larghetto
Posted in Music
Posted in Music
Piano Concerto No. 2 II. Larghetto (1829) – Frederic Chopin (Ft. Arthur Rubinstein)
Piano Concerto No. 2 is the fourth composition from Chopin to be presented here after the last entry – Nocturne Op.9 No.2. I first heard this exquisite piece in a documentary about Polish – American pianist Arthur Rubinstein (see image…
Nocturne Op.9 No.2 (1832) – Frédéric Chopin
Nocturne op.9 No.2 is the third composition from Chopin to be presented here after the last entry – Prelude, Op. 28, No. 15. A friend sent me this piece a few years ago and I was captivated. For that reason,…
Prelude, Op. 28, No. 15 Raindrop (1838) – Frédéric Chopin
Prelude, Op. 28, No. 15 Raindrop is the second entry from Chopin here after Etud Op 10 No. 3. When hearing this you realize how small you are in the world and wonder in confoundment at the pure beauty of…
Etud Op 10 No. 3 (1832) – Frédéric Chopin
Étude Op. 10, No. 3, in E major, is the first piece to appear here from Polish composer Frédéric Chopin. He was a virtuoso pianist from the Romantic period who wrote primarily for piano. Today’s piece was first published in…
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