Monthly Archives: May 2017

Setting the Scene – a Prelude to Disaster

Posted on May 23, 2017 by Christine Stevenson

So here we are at the Real Cartuja in the hillside town of Valdemossa. The video below gives some idea of the atmosphere. What brought Chopin, Sand, her two children and a French maid to this extraordinary place? In part, it was the nineteenth … Continue reading →

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A Winter in Majorca. Chopin – Preludes Op 28

Posted on May 7, 2017 by Christine Stevenson

Planning a winter holiday on the island of Majorca? Accommodation – a deserted monastery, the Real Cartuja, in the village of Valdemossa (above). Perhaps Bach’s Preludes and Fugues wouldn’t be on your list of must-haves, but they were on Chopin’s, when … Continue reading →

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