A Narrative Concert Honouring Chopin’s Scottish Muse On 24 October, the Low Parks Museum in Hamilton hosted a unique narrative concert devoted to Jane Stirling — the Scottish pupil, patron, and posthumous guardian of Frédéric Chopin’s legacy. Pianist Anna Dębowska and narrator Marcin Jaroszek guided the audience through the intertwined lives of Stirling and Chopin, […]
On 23 October 2025 at Wishaw Golf Club, the delicate strains of Chopin’s music once again echoed across the grounds that were once part of the Wishaw House estate — the very place where the composer stayed during his visit to Scotland in 1848 under the care of Jane Stirling. The occasion was the launch […]
free eventThere is a future in the past and hope in the young. It was in this spirit that four young Polish artists paid tribute to Jane Stirling through the artistic output of two Great Romantics – the music of Frederic Chopin and the poetry of Sir Walter Scott. And they did so to demonstrate […]
In 1848 Chopin gave a number of concerts in Scotland, but it was during his performances held en famille, in stately houses rather than in large concert halls, that his music showed the melancholy and plaintive sentiment which typically pervaded his ailing soul. Organized in such a mansion – the sixteenth century Bamff House – […]
An Evening with Jane Stirling was an opportunity to listen to a variety of Chopin’s compositions as performed by the inimitable Anna Dębowska. Her performance during An Evening with Jane Stirling fused the past and the present, as it provide the audience with a unique opportunity to commune with sounds that so clearly carry a message. […]
free ticketed event, invitations requiredIt was to the apartment of his compatriot – Dr. Lyszczynski – located at 10 Warriston Crescent in Edinburgh that Frédéric Chopin repeatedly and eagerly returned. Chopin was granted the nursery in a small bedroom on the first floor, where he would seek both physical and spiritual recovery through his host’s […]
The exhibition shows places related to Chopin’s stay in Scotland in 1848. Some of them are the stately homes which the Great Romantic visitted thanks to the hospitability of Jane Strling, her family, and her friends. Photographs by Jakub Orłowski illustrate unique venues, often unavailable to the public, such as the legendary Calder House, New […]
AN EVENING WITH JANE STIRLING An Evening with Jane Stirling was an opportunity to listen to a variety of Chopin’s compositions, including the two Nocturnes which he dedicated to Jane Stirling, performed by the inimitable Anna Dębowska. Normally fragile and fearful, Anna becomes a musical sovereign when she tames the grand piano through Chopin’s music. […]
THE YOUNG FOR JANE STIRLINGwstęp wolny/free event There is a future in the past and hope in the young. It was in this spirit that, following the concert held in Stirling on 22 April 2017, four young Polish artists paid tribute to Jane Stirling through the artistic output of Great Romantics – the music of […]
The main protaganist of the evening was an absolute jewel among pianos, a unique Playel Piano Forte with the serial number of 13823, once belonging to Jane Stirling, in the 20th century aquired by Éduard Ganche’ – a grand piano which has eventually found its way to Chopin’s homeland and is now exhibitted in The […]
The exhibition shows places related to Chopin’s stay in Scotland in 1848. Some of them are the stately homes which the Great Romantic visitted thanks to the hospitability of Jane Strling, her family, and her friends. Photographs by Jakub Orłowski illustrate unique venues, often unavailable to the public, such as the legendary Calder House, New […]
AN EVENING WITH JANE STIRLINGA free eventDate: 26 October 2018, 6 p.m.Venue: Sala koncertowa Akademii Muzycznej w Krakowie An Evening with Jane Stirling was an opportunity to listen to a variety of Chopin’s compositions, including the two Nocturnes which he dedicated to Jane Stirling, performed by the inimitable Anna Dębowska. Normally fragile and fearful, Anna […]