Samuel Barber: Nocturne Op. 33 - Lilia Boyadjieva, piano

Samuel Barber: NOCTURNE, OP. 33 (1959) Excerpt from piano recital ’Samuel Barber: The Piano Works’ by Paris-based pianist Lilia Boyadjieva. “Although subtitled Homage to John Field, this small but powerful work more likely pays tribute to Chopin, who often spoke of his admiration for Field’s nocturnes. Premiered by the American pianist John Browning, a frequent visitor at Capricorn, on the surface the work shares features with the Romantic prototypes of the genre.“ From concert programme notes by Barbara B. Heyman © 2010