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Two Nocturnes

for piano quartet
piano, violin, viola and cello
Product number: ED 13420
Edition: Score and parts
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The two nocturnes were composed immediately after major surgery, against a deadline, and, despite the music sounding unlike anything I have written before, I decided to keep them exactly as they turned out. 2010 is a Chopin year, and I made this pair of nocturnes into a little tribute, after playing through and listening to most of his output. Never before had I composed under these drugged conditions – the musical dimensions were enormously exaggerated, with each interval and each phrase being elongated out of all proportion, and the whole few minutes filling the whole of time and space. The orchestration, for piano quartet, was influenced by the very neo-classical feel of the chamber version of the concertos, and the harmonic language very much the result of pondering Chopin’s very individual take on J.S Bach. They are dedicated to James MacMillan and Amelia Freedman respectively. Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (2010)

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Title:
Two Nocturnes
for piano quartet
Edition:
Score and parts
Publisher/Label:
Schott Music Ltd., London
Year of composition:
2010
Opus:
op. 307
Duration:
5 ′
World Premiere:
October 6, 2010 · London (UK)
Wigmore Hall
Britten Sinfonia
(World Premiere of Nocturne No. 1)

November 21, 2010 · London (UK)
Wigmore Hall
Amelia Freedman 70th birthday concert
Nash Ensemble
(World Premiere of Nocturne No. 2)
Commissioned work :
Nocturne No. 1 was commissioned for the "At Lunch" series by Britten Sinfonia and Wigmore Hall with funding from Arts Council England/Nocturne No. 2 was written for Amelia Freedman's 70th birthday
Series:
Title:
Two Nocturnes
for piano quartet
Edition:
Score and parts
Publisher/Label:
Schott Music Ltd., London
Year of composition:
2010
Opus:
op. 307
Duration:
5 ′
World Premiere:
October 6, 2010 · London (UK)
Wigmore Hall
Britten Sinfonia
(World Premiere of Nocturne No. 1)

November 21, 2010 · London (UK)
Wigmore Hall
Amelia Freedman 70th birthday concert
Nash Ensemble
(World Premiere of Nocturne No. 2)
Commissioned work :
Nocturne No. 1 was commissioned for the "At Lunch" series by Britten Sinfonia and Wigmore Hall with funding from Arts Council England/Nocturne No. 2 was written for Amelia Freedman's 70th birthday
Series:
Title:
Two Nocturnes
for piano quartet
Edition:
Score and parts
Publisher/Label:
Schott Music
Year of composition:
2010
Opus:
op. 307
Duration:
5 ′
World Premiere:
October 6, 2010 · London (UK)
Wigmore Hall
Britten Sinfonia
(World Premiere of Nocturne No. 1)

November 21, 2010 · London (UK)
Wigmore Hall
Amelia Freedman 70th birthday concert
Nash Ensemble
(World Premiere of Nocturne No. 2)
Commissioned work :
Nocturne No. 1 was commissioned for the "At Lunch" series by Britten Sinfonia and Wigmore Hall with funding from Arts Council England/Nocturne No. 2 was written for Amelia Freedman's 70th birthday
Series:

Technical Details

Product number:
ED 13420
ISMN13:
979-0-2201-3267-4
Product number:
ED 13420
ISMN13:
979-0-2201-3267-4
Weight:
0,12 kg
Pages:
20
Format:
23.1cm x 30.3cm
Binding:
Saddle-wire stitching
Product number:
ED 13420 Q19143
ISMN13:
979-0-2201-3267-4
Pages:
20
File format:
(PDF / 381,10 KB)

Performances

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  • Two Nocturnes
    Livorno Music Festival 2013
    August 30, 2013 | Livorno (Italy) , Grand Hotel Palazzo — National Premiere
  • Two Nocturnes
    ‘Bach to the Future’ Fundraising Concert
    April 11, 2013 | London (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) , 22 Mansfield Street
  • Two Nocturnes
    Amelia Freedman 70th birthday concert
    November 21, 2010 | London (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) , Wigmore Hall — World Premiere (World Premiere of Nocturne No. 2)
  • Two Nocturnes
    October 15, 2010 | Birmingham (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) , Town Hall
    13.00 h
  • Two Nocturnes
    October 12, 2010 | Cambridge (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) , West Road Concert Hall
    13.00 h
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