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Donald Macleod explores the time Chopin and Sand spent together at her family home at Nohant, where Chopin found the mental space to compose.

Early in 1837, Franz Liszt introduced Chopin to a woman who would have a profound influence on his life. Her name was George Sand and Chopin’s relationship with the novelist would go on to stretch for almost a decade and prove to be the longest romantic bond of the composer’s life, and a defining creative relationship for both of them. Over the course of this week, Donald Macleod explores the intertwined lives of these two key figures in French romantic-era life.

In Wednesday’s episode, Donald Macleod explores the time Chopin and Sand spent together at her family home at Nohant, where over the next few years he would find the mental space to compose unhindered by Paris’s distractions, and be visited by many illustrious guests.

Minute Waltz, op.64 no 1
Stephen Hough, piano

Nocturne in C minor, op.48 no 1
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

Sonata no 3 in B minor, Op.58 – I. Allegro Maestoso
Mitsuko Uchida, piano

Ballade no 3 in A flat major, Op.47
Krystian Zimerman, piano

Wiosna (Spring), op.74 no 2
Aleksandra Kurzak, soprano
Nelson Goerner, piano

Nocturne in E Major, op.62 no2
Maria Joao Pires, piano

Berceuse in D flat major, op.57
Kathryn Stott, piano

Producer: Sam Phillips