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"