Piers Lane – Nocturnes
Chamber Music New Zealand
Australian, London-based pianist Piers Lane returns to Aotearoa to perform the complete cycle of Frédéric Chopin’s beloved nocturnes. The 21 nocturnes are among Chopin’s most intimate compositions, suggestive of a myriad of night-time atmospheres and emotions. Of twilight, dusk and into the dark night. Of contemplation, serenity, melancholy, drama and joy. They are each elegantly drawn and sensuously beautiful. The first nocturne was composed when Chopin was 17, and with the final nocturne being composed just three years before his death at age 39, additional associative emotions can be imagined.
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“He played them so commandingly that the audience hardly dared to breathe until, after an extended pause, he echoed the tentative reply. From those three notes onward he kept the audience in his thrall with his virtuosic shaping of this favourite work.”
“No praise could be high enough for Piers Lane whose playing throughout is of a superb musical intelligence, sensitivity, and scintillating brilliance.”
“His concerts are entertaining but also edifying as he likes to background his pieces, tell stories and share amusing anecdotes a bit like Victor Borge used to.”
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