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Bei Nacht
Piano trio by Graham Waterhouse
The composer in 2011
EnglishAt Night
Opus50
Year1999 (1999)
Periodcontemporary
Published2001 (2001): Leipzig Hofmeister
Movements1
Scoringpiano, violin, cello
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Bei Nacht (At Night), op. 50, is a piano trio, composed in 1999 by Graham Waterhouse, published by Hofmeister, Leipzig.

Composition

Bei Nacht was written in 1999 for the

Cézanne or of the French impressionists
and quite unlike those works of Kandinsky's later style. In this painting concentric circles spread outwards from a darkly morbid moon, like ever widening circular ripples on a pond. Against this seemed to be apparitions of dancing figures. Visual stimuli play only a minor role in my works, yet the mysterious salubriousness of the painting captured the imagination. The vividly depicted circles found expression in a recurring "ground bass", underpinning a gradual crescendo in texture and intensity; the spectral dancers were alluded to in an irregular, agitato passage in 5/8. At the climax of the piece these two elements combine; the welter of sound is abruptly broken off, however, and it is in the subdued atmosphere of the opening that the work concludes."[1]

The trio was first performed in the United Kingdom at the New Recital Room of the

Piano Trio No. 5 ("Ghost") and Shostakovich's Piano Trio No. 2.[5] Wood's work appeared together with Schubert's Piano Trio No. 1.[6]

On 5 May 2011 Bei Nacht was performed by the ALEA Ensemble at the Musik-Forum München, Studio für neue Musik (studio for new music), together with chamber music of Gerhard Präsent (Trio intricato), Herbert Blendinger (Fantasie in G) and Iván Erőd (Trio). It was played by Sigrid Präsent (violin), Tobias Stosiek (cello) and Rita Melem (piano), Gerhard Präsent, the founder of the ensemble, moderated the concert.[7][8] The Bayerischer Rundfunk broadcast the concert on 19 August 2011[9] in its series after midnight "Concerto bavarese" (Bavarian concert).[10]

Publication and recording

Bei Nacht was published in 2001 by Hofmeister, Leipzig, which also published the composer's Cello Concerto, Celtic Voices and Hale Bopp and Gestural Variations, among others.[11] Bei Nacht op. 50 für Violine, Violoncello und Klavier is dedicated to the Kandinsky Trio.[12]

Bei Nacht is part of a CD Skylla und Charybdis of the composer's works for piano and strings. It was released in 2020 by Farao Classics.[13] A reviewer in Das Orchester noted that the composer created a "notturno" atmosphere by beginning with fragile threads of sound ("Klangfäden") that gradually grow to melodies.[14]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Bei Nacht op. 50 für Klaviertrio" (in German). Graham Waterhouse. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Vocal settings of "Bei Nacht"". The LiederNet Archive. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
  3. ^ "Concerts » Waterhouse Piano Trio". Music in Cambridge University, England. 19 February 2008. Archived from the original on 11 September 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  4. ^ "Concerts". The Orchestra on the Hill. Archived from the original on 6 August 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  5. ^ "Kammerkonzert Matinee" (PDF). Gasteig. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
  6. München
    . Retrieved 5 September 2011.
  7. ^ "Programm" (PDF) (in German). Musik-Forum München Studio für neue Musik, Tonkünstlerverband München. 2 May 2011. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  8. ^ "Aufführungstermine (Dates of performance)" (in German). Hofmeister, Leipzig. 2 May 2011. Archived from the original on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2011.
  9. ^ "Concerto bavarese". Graham Waterhouse. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
  10. ^ "Concerto bavarese". Bayerischer Rundfunk. Archived from the original on 7 January 2011. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
  11. ^ "Waterhouse, Graham (1962–)". Hofmeister, Leipzig. Archived from the original on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  12. ^ "Bei Nacht, op. 50". Hofmeister, Leipzig. Archived from the original on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
  13. ^ "Skylla und Charybdis". Farao Classics. 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  14. ^ Drees, Stefan (May 2021). "Graham Waterhouse / Skylla und Charybdis – Kammermusik". Das Orchester (in German): 91. Retrieved 5 May 2021.

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