Frédéric Chopin
Nocturne
Duration: 6'
Bearbeitet von: SATORU IKEDA
Instrumentation details:
1st piano
2nd piano
3rd piano
piano for 4 hands
Nocturne
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—This new contemporary piece incorporates virtuosity through an incredible arrangement of the "Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2" of Chopin. / Review: EuroMusic Publishing (2011)
6 Hands Score (Nocturne: UES109160-000) and Part Scores Available: for 3 pianos version (Klavier 1, 2, 3 each) also one of 2 pianos version (Klavier 4-händig: Klavier 1 & 3)
In the fall of 2010, Ikeda's colleague pianist Akiko Komatsubara gave him the task to arrange one of the famous nocturnes by Chopin (Op.9-2 E-flat major) for piano 6 hands. In the past, He has composed a piece for piano right hand, it has been one of his main works, but this time, 6 hands! As if that was gymnastics in a crowded train, transforming musical figure by using from solo to six hands of three pianists…like an arabesque.
Premiered on 18th December 2010 at the Piano Joint Recital for the 200th anniversary of the Birth of Chopin and Schumann – Kanack Hall, Yokohama.
piano: Akiko Komatsubara, Yuki Nishiyama, Yuka Nishiyama