Alec Rowley: Nocturne in B minor (No. 1)

Alec Rowley (1892-1958) - who died while playing tennis - is best known today for his educational pieces and songs. His piano music is stylistically similar to that of York Bowen and John Ireland, but also sows similar expressionist tendencies to the later works of Frank Bridge and John Heath. Rowley wrote five nocturnes, the first two of which were published in 1932 and the last three in 1947. The first Nocturne seems to me dominated by evocations of bells of different types, some explicitly marked as such by the composer.
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Played by Phillip Sear
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Music

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• piano
• classical
• British

[PSearPianist]

The composer instructs the player to make the chords in the two or three bars starting at 1:19 'bell like', but I tbink other passages are reminiscent of bells.

[PSearPianist]

Thanks, and I am glad you enjoyed it.

[MoonTribe]

Very interesting music indeed! I really enjoyed this piece and your playing.

[wolkowy1]

Interesting music. Thanks for the info. about the bells. They always facinated me. Could you please note which kind of them the composer referred specifically?