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Topic: Britten - Night Piece 'Notturno'  (Read 1363 times)

Offline illusionary

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Britten - Night Piece 'Notturno'
on: February 18, 2014, 02:15:11 PM
No, I am NOT entering the leeds competition! I just really like this piece and am wondering how difficult it is? I'd quite like to learn something a bit more 'delicate' but modern and the Britten came to mind. Anyone played it before?

Thanks!

Offline j_menz

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Re: Britten - Night Piece 'Notturno'
Reply #1 on: February 18, 2014, 09:41:26 PM
Given the works in your signature, it should be eminently doable.  You may find Britten's idiom rather strange at first, especially since you appear to lean heavily/exclusively to earlier centuries.

I's a lovely piece.  It's a shame, really, that Britten wrote so relatively few pieces for piano solo.
"What the world needs is more geniuses with humility. There are so few of us left" -- Oscar Levant
 

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