The story of the tender, but volatile relationship between Frédéric Chopin and the novelist George Sand is told through a seamless narrative, comprising extracts from their letters and diaries and interspersed with some of the composer's best-loved solo piano works.

Nocturne in C minor Op.48 No.1

Polonaise in A Op. 40 No.1

Waltz in C sharp minor Op.64 No.2

Etude in A flat Op.25 No.1

Mazurka in D Op.33 No.2

Ballade No.3 in A flat Op.47

Interval

Mazurka in A minor Op.67 No.4

Prelude in D flat Op.28 (raindrop)

Prelude in G minor Op.28

Waltz in D flat Op.64 No.1 (petit chien)

Nocturne in D flat Op.27 No.2

Ballade No.4 in F minor Op.52

Lucy Parham, piano

Patricia Hodge, narrator

Alex Jennings, narrator

Scripted by Lucy Parham

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