Departure from Poland

I think that instead of going abroad this year I shall wait till I get a fever, and that will be the end.– Chopin complained to Tytus Woyciechowski in May 1830, not anticipating that he would be leaving soon and that it would be a journey with no possibility of return.

Full hall. [...] Furious applause. - these are the words used to describe the farewell concert that Chopin gave at the National Theater. He played the Concerto in E minor and the Fantasy on Polish Airs. It was October 11, 1830.
 

Some days later, Chopin's juvenile love Konstancja Gładkowska wrote a poem for him: 
To turn the wreath of fame into an ever-fresh one, 
You are leaving your dear friends and family; 
Foreigners can reward and appreciate you better, 
But they certainly cannot love you more than us.

Chopin would add the words "they can" from himself.
 

On November 2, on the outskirts of Warsaw, parents, friends and admirers of the twenty-year-old genius say goodbye to him with a cantata specially composed by Elsner for this occasion. Interestingly, the same date appears on the manuscript of the first two etudes, Op. 10.

Meanwhile, Poland is shocked by dramatic events. On November 29, Poles start an uprising against the Russian annexationists. At that news, Chopin wants to return to the country, but Tytus Woyciechowski dissuades him from it.

Fryderyk therefore remains in Vienna. Mama is glad I have gone away –he wrote home in December – but I am not. – the young composer admits with sorrow – The act is done. 

After the fall of the uprising, the tsarist authorities forbid Chopin to return to the Polish territory. He is therefore forced to look for a new home. He goes to Paris, where the next chapter of his life opens.