This was inspired by Chopin's relationship with the writer George Sand, the novel Orlando by Virginia Woolf and her friendship with Vita Sackville-West. The soloists in the three movements are clad alike in white jackets and trousers, their sex is secondary to the emotions and conflicts - love, jealousy, separation and lonely anguish - which they portray.

COMPOSER: Frédéric Chopin (Piano Concerto No 2 in F Minor)
DESIGNERS: Peter Darrell and Caro Harkness
CASTING: Linda Packer, Vincent Hantam, Elaine McDonald, Davide Bombana, Noriko Ohara, Paulo Lopes with Miranda Atkin, Fiona Busby, Veronica Butcher, Joachim Chandler, Wendy Dawson, Catherine Evers, Christopher Gillard, Robert Hampton, Paulene Laverty, Christopher Long, Ewan McLeod, Sheila Manson, Kilian O'Callaghan, June Skinner, Geoffrey West, Jonathan Williams