'My ideal, whom I faithfully serve' - Chopin and his first unrequited love for Konstancja Gładkowska (1810-1889)
Do not forget the remarkable concerts given on this hallowed, romantic spot on Sunday evenings at 18.00 organised by the National Chopin Institute. Seasonal Program is presented at the end of this post Dimitry Ablogin 18.00 on Sunday 27 April 2025 https://muzeumskierniewic.pl/o-dworku/ The embrace of the romantic landscape of Fryderyk Chopin and Poland continues to evolve. A most beautiful and moving festival has just begun at her final home in the historic town of Skierniewice about 90 kms from Warsaw. As we are not taking a romantic carriage ride in the manner of Madame Bovary, the motor car journey takes a little over an hour. This first recital given by Kevin Kenner was personally a deeply moving musical and personal experience for me. The association with Chopin and his illusioned adolescent love, so poignantly expressed in his letters, touched me profoundly in a manner the details of which I cannot reveal. In 1824, Konstancja Gładkowska began studying si...