Marjan’s Musical Soirées

Chopin Waltz in A-Flat Major, Op. 69, No. 1 - L'Adieu, a Podcast by Marjan Kiepura and Jane Knox

Marjan Kiepura, pianist and Jane Knox, host and narrator Season 1 Episode 3

Pianist Marjan Kiepura and host Jane Knox present the backstory of the famous waltz by Frederic Chopin in A-Flat, Op. 69, No. 1 known as the L’Adieu waltz.

Composed  in 1835, several versions of this waltz survived after Chopin’s death in 1849. The two primary versions are the Urtext and the version issued by Julian Fontana. Mr. Kiepura performs the Fontana version published posthumously in 1855.