Ballades - Chopin Ticket KV 281 (189f)

KV 281 (189f)

Justin completed his Diploma in Creative and Performing Musical Arts – Piano (DCPMA) at the University of the Philippines College of Music in 2020

The printed fingerings provided by the pianist and important musical pedagogue Conrad Hansen are regarded as meaningful suggestions for solving technical and musical problems: “as few fingerings as possible

the intermezzos

Ballades - Chopin Ticket KV 281 (189f)In 1836 Chopin introduced the term "ballad" into piano music with the publication of his Ballad op. 23, although up to then it had only been used in literature and in vocal music. Indeed, all four of Chopins ballads have the character of a dramatic story: the musical thread is spun with increasing tension throughout the work, reaching a powerful climax at the end. Following the "Prludes", we have now thoroughly re evaluated this edition and revised it