Concert performances, recordings, and program notes from Dr. Archie Chen’s stages around the world. Experience the artistry through sound and story.
Somewhere between Chopin and the cosmos, there’s a shared truth: light and sound are just vibrations dancing at different speeds. The Nocturne in E-flat major, Op. 55 No. 2, has always felt to me like the Northern Lights in musical…
Chopin once called this his “waltz supreme.” Personally, I think of it as the moment when a polite ballroom suddenly discovers Red Bull. Parisian Sparkle Meets Mathematical Chaos On the surface, it’s all Parisian sparkle — chandeliers, swirling gowns, aristocratic…