Purple Passages
AYMOND WINDSOR, in a Chopin recital from 4YA, played three Preludes, the Nocturne in F Minor, and the F Major Ballade, in a manner which, on the radio at least, completely hides the
fact that he is not in years the mature personality which his playing would suggest. Many young pianists learn to execute brilliant passages and perf technical miracles worthy of much older performers; few also possess, as Raymond Windsor does, the mental and emotional qualities necessary for . the satisfying performance of so intimate a composer as Chopin. But surely the Preludes do not require such elaborate literary introduction! Wherever did the announcer find those purple passages describing these exquisite little musical thoughts? Dead monks, _ children’s voices, roses in the snow, all the appurtenances of. the Romantic period were added, until it seemed as though Chopin himself were stirring-in an uneasy grave -or was it the ghost of George Sand I fancied I saw? Surely, after the lapse of so many years since they were written, these Preludes of Chopin may be allowed to speak for themselves,
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 12, Issue 287, 22 December 1944, Page 9
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180Purple Passages New Zealand Listener, Volume 12, Issue 287, 22 December 1944, Page 9
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