November 5

Thursday · 8:00 PM

The Kosciuszko Foundation

15 East 65th Street · Upper East Side

7:30 PM

Moët Champagne reception

8:00 PM

Performance

96

Seats

Frédéric Chopin

Chopin & Champagne

A recital, a reception, a salon

Perfect date in the Upper East Side

Fifty minutes of the music Chopin is loved for, told with the stories behind it — and a glass of Moët & Chandon in hand before a note is played.

The Programme

Waltz in A-flat major

Nocturne in F minor

Selected Études

Selected Préludes

Ballade No. 4 in F minor

Polonaise in A-flat major, “Heroic”

The Kosciuszko Foundation · Upper East Side

Tickets from $150 · 50 minutes · Cocktail attire

Moët & Chandon reception included with every ticket

Vibe: sentimental, nocturnal

At the piano

Vladimir Rumyantsev

He debuted at the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory at seven years old. Since then: Carnegie Hall, Covent Garden, the Mariinsky under Gergiev, the Bolshoi. The New York Times called his Diabelli Variations excellent; The Wall Street Journal called them potent. Most recently he toured the world with Twyla Tharp Dance for her Diamond Jubilee.

Steinway Artist

The reception · 7:30 PM

Since 1743

Chopin spent his life in Paris among the same elite who made champagne fashionable. Two legacies of European artistry, poured and played in one room.

Your host

Daniel Zinn interrupts the recital with the amusing and revealing bits — who Chopin wrote these pieces for, and why. Questions welcome at the end.

Fort Greene Orchestra

Daniel Zinn, Artistic Director