EVENT DETAILS
Sat 06 Jun
|St John's Church, Leytonstone
Chopin: The Inner Dance
Music of Brilliance, Beauty and Longing for Home. This is a free concert! Please register your interest. We look forward to welcoming you! Doors open 6.15PM
Time & Location
06 Jun 2026, 19:00
St John's Church, Leytonstone, 825 High Rd Leytonstone E11
About The Event
Join us for an evening of musical intimacy and emotional depth as acclaimed pianist Tim Horton presents an all-Chopin recital exploring the composer’s transformation of beloved Polish dance forms.
Forced to leave Poland in 1830 and never able to return, Chopin reimagined the social dances of his youth - mazurkas, waltzes, and polonaises - from exile in Paris. What began as communal gestures became channels for private reflection, national longing, and deep artistic expression.
This carefully curated programme traces that journey from the intimate salon to the grand concert stage, revealing how dance rhythms dissolve into nocturnal reverie before re-emerging as monumental statements of identity and yearning.
We look forward to welcoming you!
PROGRAMME:
Frédéric François Chopin: Polonaise in F sharp minor, op. 44
Frédéric François Chopin: Waltz in A flat major, op. 42
Frédéric François Chopin: Nocturne in B Major, op. 62, no. 1
Frédéric François Chopin: Three Mazurkas, op. 56
Frédéric François Chopin: Barcarolle in F sharp major, op. 60
Interval
Frédéric François Chopin: Polonaise in C minor, op. 40, no. 2
Frédéric François Chopin: Three Waltzes, op. 64
Frédéric François Chopin: Impromptu no. 2 in F sharp major, op. 36
Frédéric François Chopin: Nocturne in E major, op. 62, no. 2
Frédéric François Chopin: Andante Spianato and Grand Polonaise, op. 22