Chopin Polonaises & Fantaisies
For the penultimate concert of his 2025 Oxford Summer Piano Series, now in its 37th year, award-winning pianist Jack Gibbons presents a collection of Chopin’s greatest and most beloved masterpieces, including the Fantaisie, ‘Heroic’ Polonaise, and the incomparable Polonaise-Fantaisie—performed for the first time in the series.
The selection of compositions for the evening is as follows:
- Fantaisie, Op.49
- Nocturne in C minor, Op.48 no.1
- Mazurka in A flat, Op.59 no.2
- Grande Valse brillante, Op.18
- Prelude in E minor, Op.28 no.4
- Polonaise in A flat, Op.53
- Fantaisie-Impromptu, Op. posth.66
- Prelude in D flat, Op.28 no.15
- Etude in B minor, Op.25 no.10
- Berceuse, Op.57
- Waltz in D flat, Op.64 no.1
- Polonaise-Fantaisie, Op.61