2 Nocturnes Sir Peter Maxwell Davies

Titel (DE): Two Nocturnes op. 307 - for piano quartet
Titel (EN): Two Nocturnes op. 307 - for piano quartet
Titel (FR): Deux nocturnes op. 307 - pour quatuor avec piano
Komponist / Composer: Maxwell Davies, Sir Peter
Opus: op. 307
Besetzung / Instrumentation: Klavier, Violine, Viola und Violoncello / piano, violin, viola and cello
Kompositionsjahr / Date of Composition: 2010
Aufführungsdauer / Duration: 5'
Verlag / Publisher: Schott Music Ltd., London
Erscheindungsdatum / Date of Publishing: 07.09.2011
Ausgabe / Publication: Partitur und Stimmen - Score and parts -
Verarbeitung: Rückendrahtheftung - Saddle-wire stitching
Reihe / Series: Edition Schott
ISMN: M-2201-3267-4
ISMN-13: 979-0-2201-3267-4
ISMN-EAN: 9790220132674

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)