SCORES
Nocturne
for violin & piano
LISTEN
ABOUT
Inspired by the writings of Rabindranath Tagore, the listener will discern the influence of classical Indian raga in this work. Nocturne mirrors the layout of Tagore’s poem depicting a night journey of the soul addressed as a bird: ‘Bird, O my bird, listen to me, do not close your wings’.
violin & piano
DURATION
7:30
DATE OF COMPOSITION
2007
PERFORMANCES
12 April 2007 (World Premiere) Carolyn Lam/Wendy Hiscocks
Berlin
29 April 2007 (UK Premiere) Carolyn Lam/Wendy Hiscocks
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
St. Nicholas Church, Abingdon, UK. Abbey Chamber Recitals.
1 August 2010 (Australian Premiere) Sophie Rowell/Wendy Hiscocks
Australian Chamber Music Festival, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
2011 Madeleine Mitchell/Wendy Hiscocks
Arts & Humanities Festival, King’s College, London.
2013 Madeleine Mitchell/Wendy Hiscocks
Paris
2017 Madeleine Mitchell/Wendy Hiscocks
St. George’s Hanover Square, London.
RECORDINGS
Chamber Music by Wendy Hiscocks Symposium 1389
Madeleine Mitchell/Wendy Hiscocks
REVIEWS
“Nocturne (2007) is a deceptively rhapsodic translation of verse by Rabrindranath Tagore” Gramophone.
“Nocturne is a very fine piece of many moods with moments of beauty and power” Stringendo: Australian Strings Association
Madeleine Mitchell and the composer performing Nocturne in Paris