Random pic 1 September 2024
Remembering Chopin's visit to Manchester.
https://flic.kr/p/2qcjx1oFryderyk Chopin, Born 1810, Żelazowa Wola, Poland - Died 1849, Paris, FranceFryderyk Chopin was one of the world's greatest musical composers. His compositions combined eiements of his beloved Polish culture with universal ones, which gave his music wide internatonal appeal.
He visited Manchester in the year before his death, at the carty age of 39. On Monday, August 28th 1848 a gravely ill Fryderyk Chopin gave a Gala Concert before a rapcurous audience of 1200 at the Gentlemen's Concert Hall, which was situated at the corner of Peter Street and Lower Mosley Street.
Despite serious ill health, he insisted that he would perform, a fact which has forever endeared him to Mancunians and music lovers everywhere.
[Text from statue plaque]
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