Now that pianist Garrick Ohlsson has concluded his historic two-year cycle of the complete works for solo piano by Chopin, the 49-year-old musician can play what he wants. What's interesting is that Ohlsson wants to play Chopin.

For his solo recital at Cornell's Bailey Hall on Saturday, Feb. 8, at 8:15 p.m., Ohlsson has chosen a program of personal favorites that includes three waltzes, three nocturnes, three mazurkas, the Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23, and the Twenty-Four Preludes, Op. 28.

Tickets for the concert are on sale at the Lincoln Hall Ticket Office, 105 Lincoln Hall, Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tickets are $17.50 to $28; students $14 to $22.50. VISA, MasterCard, Discover and CornellCard are accepted.

Powered into orbit by winning the International Chopin Competition in 1970, Ohlsson recently completed the monumental task of performing and recording all of the solo piano works of Chopin, something legendary "Chopinists" Artur Rubinstein and Claudio Arrau never attempted. His performances under the auspices of Lincoln Center's distinguished "Great Performers" series and his recording of Chopin's Polonaises and Impromptus on the Arabesque label have received glowing reviews.

Of Ohlsson's final Chopin recital at Lincoln Center, Peter G. Davis of New York Magazine wrote: "If any casual listeners still harbored the misconception of Chopin as a confectioner of languid salon trifles, both Ohlsson's generous program and inspiring performances must have corrected that. Chopin-playing in the here and now does not get much better than this."

The concert is sponsored by the Cornell Concert Series.

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