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  Review of Eric Lu's Fryderyk Chopin  216th Anniversary Birthday Concert  1st March 2026 Chopin's  Polonaise - A Ball at the H ôtel  Lambert in Paris  by Teofil Kwiatkowski now in the National Museum,  Poznań For some unknown technological reason you will need to view this review on a Desktop. Too wide for the screen of a smartphone. February 26th 2026, 7:30 p.m. Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall Jan Lisiecki – piano I was unfortunately unable to attend this concert Program: Bohuslav Martinů: Three Czech Dances, H. 154 Manuel de Falla: Spanish Dance, No. 2, No. 1 Karol Szymanowski: Four Polish Dances for Piano, M60 Franz Schubert: 16 German Dances, D. 783 Béla Bartók: Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56 Alberto Ginastera: Argentine Dances, Op. 2 *** Fryderyk Chopin: Grand Valse Brillante in E-flat major, Op. 18 Johannes Brahms: Waltz, Op. 39 No. 3 Fryderyk Chopin:  Waltz Op. 34 No. 1, No. 2 Johannes Brahms: Waltz, Op. 39 No. 15 Astor Piazzolla: Libe...

Review of Eric Lu's Fryderyk Chopin  216th Anniversary Birthday Concert  1st March 2026 Chopin's  Polonaise - A Ball at the H ôtel  Lambert in Paris  by Teofil Kwiatkowski now in the National Museum,  Poznań February 26th 2026, 7:30 p.m. Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall Jan Lisiecki – piano I was unfortunately unable to attend this concert Program: Bohuslav Martinů: Three Czech Dances, H. 154 Manuel de Falla: Spanish Dance, No. 2, No. 1 Karol Szymanowski: Four Polish Dances for Piano, M60 Franz Schubert: 16 German Dances, D. 783 Béla Bartók: Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56 Alberto Ginastera: Argentine Dances, Op. 2 *** Fryderyk Chopin: Grand Valse Brillante in E-flat major, Op. 18 Johannes Brahms: Waltz, Op. 39 No. 3 Fryderyk Chopin:  Waltz Op. 34 No. 1, No. 2 Johannes Brahms: Waltz, Op. 39 No. 15 Astor Piazzolla: Libertango Isaac Albéniz: España, Op. 165 No. 2 (Tango) Manuel de Falla: Fire Dance Fryderyk Chopin: Polonaise in A-flat major, Op. 53 Mar...

Tomorrow is the fourth anniversary of the eruption of the inhuman conflagration in Ukraine at the heart of Europe. A reminder, as if we needed it after World War II, of how little does humanity learn from history apart from the fact it repeats itself and that humanity does not learn from the past. I watched once again on the BBC the deeply moving funeral of the poisoned Alexei Navalny and the courage of those who decided to join the endless queue and attend his burial. The cycles of historical inhumanity endlessly repeat themselves. The music of Chopin and the historical context in which it was composed is hauntingly topical on his birthday, the composer of the profound melancholy of lost freedom. The situation is worse now with the mindless conflagration in the Middle East and Sudan. Our leaders in every country have lost moral direction and sense of truth. How I yearn for a man of Paderewski's charisma and his projection of the image of a moral beacon in the world. Rather than ad...