Candlelight Abu Dhabi: Best of Chopin

Fever brings its candlelight classical music recitals to Abu Dhabi for the first time – “a series of classical music concerts aimed at democratising access to classical music by allowing people all over the world to enjoy live candlelit music performances … by creating intimate experiences where fans can connect directly with their favourite artists”. In this case it’s Chopin that gets the treatment, with Aldo Dotto on piano and a programme that does indeed look inviting (though ‘best of’ does set the bar rather high):

• Nocturnes op.9 n.2
• Nocturne in C sharp minor
• Polonaise op.44
• Prelude op.28 n.4
• Prelude op.28 n.15 ‘Raindrop’
• Fantaisie-Impromptu op.66
• Valse op.64 n.2
• Valse op.69 n.1
• Scherzo n.2 op.31

There are performances at 5pm and 7pm too, but they were sold out when we checked (there may of course be returns).