Summary: <p>For the next two weekends, every aspect of the composer Frédéric Chopin will be examined at the annual Bard Music Festival, up the Hudson. It has WNYC's Sara Fishko considering the sources of that composer's inspiration, in this edition of <em>Fishko Files</em>.</p> <p>"Chopin and His World" opens tomorrow at Bard. For more details, visit their <a href="http://fishercenter.bard.edu/bmf/" target="_blank" title="Bard Music Festival">website</a>.</p> <p>Jan Lisiecki's <em>Chopin: Works for Piano & Orchestra</em> is available on <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MS7EUH6/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=janlismus-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B01MS7EUH6&linkId=ddb33ace55d5bdfe51967d2370934757" target="_blank" title="Amazon">Amazon</a>.</p> <p><strong>Featured Music:</strong></p> <p>Frédéric Chopin<br>Étude Op. 10, No. 5 in G flat minor<br>Jan Lisiecki, piano<br> <br>Johann Sebastian Bach<br>Capriccio in B flat major, BWV 992 – III: Adagissimo<br>Wilhelm Kempff, piano (1976)<br> <br>Gaetano Donizetti<br>Al Dolce Guidami (from “Anna Bolena”)<br>Maria Callas<br>Conducted by Nicola Rescigno<br> <br>Frédéric Chopin<br>Nocturne Op. 15, No. 1 in F major<br>Maria <span>João</span> Pires, piano<br> <br>Vincenzo Bellini<br>Casta Diva (from “Norma”)<br>Renée Fleming<br>Conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras<br> <br>Frédéric Chopin<br>Mazurka Op. 33, No. 2 in D major<br>Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano<br> <br>Frédéric Chopin<br>Variations on “Là ci darem la mano” from Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Op. 2 – Var. I<br>Jan Lisiecki, piano<br> <br>Frédéric Chopin<br>Étude Op. 10, No. 11 in E flat major<br>Jan Lisiecki, piano</p>
