8 Feb 2022

FAURÉ: Nocturne No 4 in E flat Op 36

From Music Alive, 8:08 pm on 8 February 2022

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Performed by Melanie Lançon, Bede Hanley and Stephen De Pledge at the CMNZ concert, 'Fantasy & Romance', Auckland Concert Chamber, 3 August 2021.

Pianist Stephen de Pledge

Pianist Stephen de Pledge Photo: Kelley Eady-Loveridge

The Nocturnes by Gabriel Fauré - there are 13 of them - are obviously indebted to Chopin, but they also hint at times towards the impressionistic world of the French music to come: Debussy and Ravel.

Recorded by RNZ Concert, Auckland Concert Chamber, 3 August 2021
Producer: Tim Dodd; Engineer: Adrian Hollay