The Essential Chopin: A Genius Displaced

In advance of her Oct. 30 program, the Essential Chopin, pianist Mary Robbins talks about Chopin and Mozart, and what makes for essential Chopin

"...the Barcarolle, and the Fourth Ballade, titled the Essential Chopin. We asked Robbins about Chopin and Mozart, and what..."

Oct. 28, 2005 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Impromptu

"...George Sand, Franz Liszt and his mistress Marie d'Agoult, Chopin, and a chorus of innocent bystanders. For the first..."

May 24, 1991 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

and a girl singing with a flower in her hair maybe

Shooting more breeze with jazz storm Sonny Rollins in advance of his Bass Concert Hall stand on Sunday.

"...a print interview appearing in today’s Chronicle: Mozart and Chopin. Centuries will not tarnish the gale winds of Sonny..."

April 30, 2009 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

What Becomes a Legacy Most

Forever is in large part about what an artist's legacy means to the living

"...– from the high-tourist-destination final resting places of Frédéric Chopin, Marcel Proust, and Oscar Wilde to those of lesser-knowns,..."

Dec. 7, 2007 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Austin Symphony and Emanuel Ax

For the Austin Symphony's season opener, conductor Peter Bay and company made a pleasure cruise of Smetana's "The Moldau" and turned Sibelius' Second Symphony into a ride through the perfect storm, while guest Emanuel Ax led a refined reading of da Falla's Nights in the Gardens of Spain.

"...Ax's smaller steps in expanding his repertoire from the Beethoven/Brahms/Chopin core on which he formed his career. You heard..."

Sept. 12, 2003 Arts Review by Jerry Young

Five Things to Enjoy Beyond Austin

Get out of town for some entertainment that's a bit less intense than SXSW

"...Marcos, 512/245-2313. Free. thewittliffcollections.txstate.edu. Tim Woolsey: Piano Music of Chopin..."

March 18, 2022 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, October 8-14

"...PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The brilliant Piscean composer Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849) wrote, "I wish I could throw off the..."

Oct. 8, 2021 Column by Rob Brezsny

Anton Nel, Piano, With Martin Burke, Actor

A tremendously memorable day of music that showed the breadth of Nel's skills

"...For his last piece, Nel chose Frederic Chopin's sprawling Andante Spianato et Grande Polonaise Brillante. The title..."

Feb. 4, 2011 Arts Review by Michael Kellerman

The Pianist

"...Szpilman, a Polish pianist who spends his days performing Chopin on Polish National Radio and tinkling the ivories in..."

Jan. 10, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Place, a Time, a Memory

The Meaning of Thanksgiving

"...to mention the whistling and the taped tunes of Chopin at mega volume that accompany the process. Earl loves..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Golden Arm Symphony

Unraveling the budding symphonic genius of Graham Reynolds

"...The Golden Arm Trio CD snuck two classical pieces (Chopin and Prokofiev) among the 26 other kamikaze compositions, there..."

Feb. 11, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Still Breathing

"...palm of a hand; Ida playing an easy, affectionate Chopin on her tuba. Adding to the charm is a..."

May 1, 1998 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Austin's Classical Music Preview 'Tis the Season

I've written about the

"...year the ASO will be performing pieces by Beethoven, Chopin, Haydn, Tschaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Albinoni, Paganini, Brahms, Ravel, Shostakovich, Bruckner,..."

Nov. 17, 1995 Arts Feature

Claire of the Moon

"...causes her to drink and smoke heavily, play moody Chopin nocturnes on the piano and engage in a constant..."

July 24, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Faster Than Sound: Nine Records That Inspired Austin Author Fernando A. Flores' Valleyesque

From Pauline Oliveros to Big Boys, sounds behind the surreal South Texas-rooted story collection

"...familiarity of Valleyesque. One story imagines Romantic-era composer Frédéric Chopin's kidnapping in a dream sequence set in Ciudad Juárez...."

June 3, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Checking In: Caleb De Casper Persists Glamorously

Flamboyant expressionist needs to hook up, yo

"...because I’m unsure of how to feel just yet: Chopin and Beethoven to feel serene and at peace, Blondie..."

April 10, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...Composer Frederic Chopin, scientist/inventor/philanthropist Alfred Nobel, and children's story writer Hans Christian..."

Nov. 1, 2019 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...What did Frédéric Chopin and Hans Christian Andersen have in common? They were..."

Nov. 2, 2018 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Buoyed Up by A Life in Waves

A life in electronic music captured this weekend at AFS

"...background, Thomason said, "She was classically trained. She loved Chopin. To bring that to the modular was very unique."..."

July 22, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Ballet Austin II and Butler Fellowship Program's Spring Performance

The program's mix of classical and contemporary work challenged its young dancers and left you wanting to see what's next for them

"...chests in synchronous rhythms before exhaling and lilting into Chopin. Groups moving as organisms, among softly fractured lighting (designed..."

March 10, 2017 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

Saturday SXSW Picks

"...home the Polish Grammy – the Fryderyk (as in Chopin) – for the duo's effervescent electro debut, 2014 Warner..."

March 18, 2016 Music Feature

Headlines

"...jury declined to issue indictments against APD Officers Adrien Chopin and Leonardo Cardenas for their actions in the 2013..."

June 19, 2015 News Feature

Festival 2013 Schedule

Your guide to the 2013 Austin Chamber Music Festival

"...July 19: Awadagin Pratt, piano Program: Chopin, Schubert, Kodaly, Scarlatti, Hersch, Liszt, Tchaikovsky, Couperin. 7:30pm, Bates..."

July 12, 2013 Arts Feature

Glutard Girl: Life After Beer

What's next?

"...with rum, tequila, and potato- or grape-based vodkas like Chopin and Cîroc, or potato-based gin like Cold River. Grappa..."

May 6, 2013 Food Post by Margaret Shugart

Fall Arts Issue Critics Picks

From the arts harvest, our critics pluck choice treats

"...revs up the instrument to its fullest. Ever heard Chopin's "Revolutionary Étude," with its famous left-hand fireworks (or Sousa's..."

Sept. 14, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Wolf At My Door, Sharpening His Teeth

Crime fiction bleeding into the literary fiction now

"...paperbacks of minimalist design, of such classics as Kate Chopin's The Awakening, Christopher Morley's Parnassus on Wheels, Mary Shelley's..."

June 4, 2012 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

SXSW Scares & Shorts Revealed

Late-night fare and short film lineup announced

"...Jakub Cuman Observational documentary made during the International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition Preliminaries in 2010...."

Feb. 8, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

All Over Creation: Hit Where You Live

A recital at a holiday soiree confirms there's no place like home for art

"...at all, nothing with lyrics even. Is that a Chopin polonaise? A Beethoven bagatelle? I confess, I'm not on..."

Dec. 23, 2011 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Uwaga!

Polish metal got me to Poland

"...church, and in Warsaw she and I tracked down Chopin's heart, but Behemoth's Phoenix Rising Tour eluded us...."

Nov. 25, 2011 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

'Play Me, I'm Yours'

Giving 'keys to the city' a whole new meaning

"...So sit down and play some Chopin. Or "Chopsticks" – whatever strikes your fancy. After all,..."

April 1, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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