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0:00 Intro, T-shirts and what is a nocturne?
1:00 Mozart's Nocturnes
3:50 John Field and the Romantic genre.
5:36 Orchestral nocturnes: Mendelssohn and Debussy
6:28 Benjamin Britten
7:13 Liszt's introduction to Field's nocturnes
8:34 John Field, Clementi, Russia, Tolstoy
9:40 Beethoven's barcarolle (G major sonata Op. 79)
11:30 John Field's 1st Nocturne in E flat major
13:53 Field's discovery of richer sonorities and patterns
15:12 Chopin's Nocturne in E flat Op. 9, no. 2.
16:39 Rellstab compares Field and Chopin
17:59 How Chopin's music offended his first hearers.
18:57 Chopin: sonority and polyphony. A chorale of voices.
21:39 Chopin's fascinating fingering and modulations
23:31 Chopin's 1st nocturne in B flat minor
24:36 Goethe's description of Venetian singing
26:53 Impact on the Romantic generation: Mendelssohn
28:07 Echo effects in Chopin's first nocturne
30:40 More nocturnes, Matthew's nocturne
31:44 Possible Nocturne project in the future. Conclusion.
This video is a deep dive into Nocturnes: Mozart's night serenades, hints of barcarolle in Beethoven's Op. 79 sonata; the first nocturne of John Field and the later nocturnes Op. 9 of Chopin (his first set) Matthew King also discusses later examples by composers from Liszt to Benjamin Britten. The Nocturne emerged in the 19th century as a meditative and rather atmospheric form of piano composition, evocative of the romance of the night, in which a melody usually floats over a sonorous arpeggiated accompaniment with plenty of pedal. It gradually developed into a major pianistic genre which is still relevant today
In this video, Matthew plays excerpts from the 2nd movement of Beethoven's G major piano sonata Op. 79; John Field's first nocturne, the 1st and 2nd nocturnes of Chopin's Op. 9; Mendelssohn's 'Venetianisches Gondellied' in F sharp minor Op. 30 and Matthew's own nocturne 'The Waves'. The reading from Goethe's Italian Journey (translated by Auden) is accompanied by paintings of Venice by Turner.
#chopin #nocturne #themusicprofessor
Pianist and Presenter: Matthew King (https://www.matthewkingcomposer.com)
Edited by Ian Coulter (https://www.iancoultermusic.com)
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0:00 Intro, T-shirts and what is a nocturne?
1:00 Mozart's Nocturnes
3:50 John Field and the Romantic genre.
5:36 Orchestral nocturnes: Mendelssohn and Debussy
6:28 Benjamin Britten
7:13 Liszt's introduction to Field's nocturnes
8:34 John Field, Clementi, Russia, Tolstoy
9:40 Beethoven's barcarolle (G major sonata Op. 79)
11:30 John Field's 1st Nocturne in E flat major
13:53 Field's discovery of richer sonorities and patterns
15:12 Chopin's Nocturne in E flat Op. 9, no. 2.
16:39 Rellstab compares Field and Chopin
17:59 How Chopin's music offended his first hearers.
18:57 Chopin: sonority and polyphony. A chorale of voices.
21:39 Chopin's fascinating fingering and modulations
23:31 Chopin's 1st nocturne in B flat minor
24:36 Goethe's description of Venetian singing
26:53 Impact on the Romantic generation: Mendelssohn
28:07 Echo effects in Chopin's first nocturne
30:40 More nocturnes, Matthew's nocturne
31:44 Possible Nocturne project in the future. Conclusion.
This video is a deep dive into Nocturnes: Mozart's night serenades, hints of barcarolle in Beethoven's Op. 79 sonata; the first nocturne of John Field and the later nocturnes Op. 9 of Chopin (his first set) Matthew King also discusses later examples by composers from Liszt to Benjamin Britten. The Nocturne emerged in the 19th century as a meditative and rather atmospheric form of piano composition, evocative of the romance of the night, in which a melody usually floats over a sonorous arpeggiated accompaniment with plenty of pedal. It gradually developed into a major pianistic genre which is still relevant today
In this video, Matthew plays excerpts from the 2nd movement of Beethoven's G major piano sonata Op. 79; John Field's first nocturne, the 1st and 2nd nocturnes of Chopin's Op. 9; Mendelssohn's 'Venetianisches Gondellied' in F sharp minor Op. 30 and Matthew's own nocturne 'The Waves'. The reading from Goethe's Italian Journey (translated by Auden) is accompanied by paintings of Venice by Turner.
#chopin #nocturne #themusicprofessor
Pianist and Presenter: Matthew King (https://www.matthewkingcomposer.com)
Edited by Ian Coulter (https://www.iancoultermusic.com)
