Respighi - Nocturne in G-flat major

On December 16, 2007 Ben Bader performed a piano recital in honor of his grandparents Lou (94) and Blanche (87) in his home in Frontenac, Missouri.

In attendance were friends and family from as far away as New Jersey.

The program included:

Satie - Gnossienne No. 1
Chopin - Mazurka A minor; op. 17 No. 4
Chopin - Prelude E minor; op. 28 No. 4
Chopin - Nocturne, op. 27 No. 2
Respighi - Nocturne in G-flat major
Ravel - Menuet from 'Tombeau de Couperin'
Shubert - Fantasie in F minor (4 hands) op. 103
Debussy - Petit Suite - En Bateau, Air de Ballet (4 hands)

For the 4 Hands pieces Ben was accompanied by his good friend Michael McElvain. Page turning by Lou Goldford.

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• classical
• grandparents
• ben
• bader
• respighi
• nocturne
• recital
• piano

[flegmy]

I got it ;) thanks to you ! And Internet !

[antsa30]

great...

[dmaxwell42]

Very nice, indeed...!

[flegmy]

Thanx a lot, I'll try to order it

[ohmensa]

Mine comes from a book titled "Piano Pieces from the RECITAL REPERTOIRE" G. Schirmer New York/London. I wish you luck. I love this piece...it is my summer assignment.

[amudchashmal]

wonderful!!!

[flegmy]

I would appreciate if someone could tell me where to buy the score ... I'm desperatly looking for these sheets :( (I'm in Paris, France). Thanks a lot

[subwaysleuth]

I thought I knew a lot of so-called "minor" works for piano, but I don't remember ever seeing this score. I enjoyed it. Of course, as in a few of Chopin's Nocturnes, I can not understand why Respighi gets so excited - and in the last quarter. It must have been quite a night!

-Sylvester, Times Square

[gmientka7]

I'm only acquainted with Respighi's orchestral works, but this is quite beautiful, colorful, and yet characteristically Respighi in some ways, like the hint of a pentatonic scale at times... and there in the middle it has a definitely orchestral quality... of which he was a master.