Elisabeth Mahoney enjoys an account of the unlikely relationship between Frederic Chopin and George Sand. Composer of the Week is Chopin, with the focus on his musical output during the seven summers he spent with George Sand at her country retreat, Nohant. There, we heard from Donald Macleod, Chopin wrote mazurkas (“it was a little piece of Poland he kept with him, a musical security blanket”) and Sand came up with many an affectio ... Jump to full article >>