Prelude Op. 28 no. 15 "Raindrop"

It is delicate in some ways but strong and bold in others. It seems to be about finding beauty and overcoming, in spite of all the pain and ugliness in the world.

They played this on Polish radio after the plane crash that killed some of their leaders recently.

They also use this in the movie Kurosawa's Dreams.

It's just beautiful and seems to assuage the pain--yet the feeling of beauty is intense.

Michael Chabler