Chasing Chopin

Chasing Chopin

Constant Wonder - Season 2022, Episode 1073 , Segment 1

Chasing Chopin (originally aired April 12, 2021)

Episode: Chasing Chopin (originally aired April 12, 2021)

  • Jul 5, 2021 6:00 pm
  • 33:27 mins

After tragedy strikes Annik LaFarge’s life, she becomes obsessed with Chopin’s Funeral March, a song that just keeps popping up in her life. She chases the theme across several countries, discovering what events in Chopin’s life resulted in such a melancholy but hopeful piece. Guest: Annik LaFarge, editor, photographer, lecturer, author of "Chasing Chopin: A Musical Journey Across Three Centuries, Four Countries, and a Half-Dozen Revolutions"