Nocturne
(Ноктюрн)
Arrangement for cello with small orchestra (?1888).
| Catalogue References |
TH 64 ; ČW 349 |
| Date |
(?) February 1888 (arranged from No. 4 of the Six Pieces for piano, Op.
19) |
| Key |
D minor |
| Instrumentation |
Cello solo + 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets (B♭), 2 Bassoons + 2 Horns (F) + Violins I,
Violins II, Violas, Cellos, Double Basses |
| Notable Performances |
- Paris,
Colonne Orchestra,
16/28 February 1888, Anatoly Brandukov
(cello), conducted by Tchaikovsky (private concert)
- Paris, 16th Châtelet
concert, 21 February/4 March 1888, Anatoly Brandukov
(cello), conducted by Tchaikovsky (first public performance)
- Paris, 17th Châtelet
concert, 28 February/11 March 1888, Anatoly Brandukov
(cello), conducted by Tchaikovsky
- Moscow,
Aleksandr Ziloti’s concert, 6/18 November 1891, Anatoly Brandukov
(cello), conducted by Tchaikovsky
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| Autograph Location |
Klin (Russia): Tchaikovsky House-Museum
Archive (a1, No. 70) |
| First Publication |
Moscow: Muzgiz, 1956 |
| Average Duration |
6 minutes |
| External Links |
IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library
(downloadable score) |
History
Tchaikovsky orchestrated the Nocturne—No. 4 from the Six Pieces (Op. 19) for piano—for
a performance by Anatoly
Brandukov in February 1888. It appears that the orchestration was
itself based on an arrangement of the piece for solo cello with piano made by Wilhelm Fitzenhagen (Moscow: P. Jurgenson, 1879).
The orchestral version was transposed to the key of D minor;
the piano piece is set in C♯
minor.
From:
The Tchaikovsky Handbook, vol. 1 (2002), p. 213
Copyright © 2002 Alexander Poznansky and Brett Langston
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