Chopin's 'Raindrop' Prelude

Fishko Files | Dec 6, 2017

As we approach winter and 2018, WNYC's Sara Fishko looks back to the winter of 1838, when Frédéric Chopin and George Sand lived through a damp and dismal moment abroad - and lived to write about it. The richly repetitive "Raindrop Prelude," in this Fishko Files. (Produced in 2010)

Fishko Files with Sara Fishko

Assistant Producer: Olivia Briley
Mix Engineer: Wayne Shulmister
Editor: Karen Frillmann

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