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Night song : for violin, cello and piano

by Peter Sculthorpe (1993, this version: 1995)

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20th century piano trios / Trio Melbourne.

Library shelf no. CD 403 [Available for loan] 
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Night song : for violin, cello and piano / Peter Sculthorpe

Library shelf no. 785.2813/SCU 1 [Available for loan]

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This work is an arrangement of the central part of Love 200 (1970), for rock band and orchestra. It acts as a nocturne-like slow movement, the only part of the work in which the rock band is silent. In this arrangement, the solo violin follows the original vocal line, which is concerned with solitary thoughts at night, while becalmed on a distant sea. Set in a straightforward, strophic manner, the four verses of the original are followed by an extended coda. Peter Sculthorpe

Work Details

Year: 1993, this version: 1995

Instrumentation: Violin, cello, piano.

Duration: 8 min.

Difficulty: Advanced

Dedication note: To my family

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Alternative versions: Trios: Clarinet, piano, violin, String orchestra, Trios: Recorder, harpsichord, cello

Night song uses source material from Love 200 by Tony Morphett and Peter Sculthorpe

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Performances of this work

4 Nov 2018: at Recomposed: music for strings (St Stephen's Church, Newtown). Featuring Bourbaki Ensemble, David Angell.

25 May 2018: at TSO Live Sessions in the Red Shed (Red Shed, Hobart Brewing Company). Featuring Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.

27 Apr 2018: at Lyrebird Trio: Songs from Home (Ian Hanger Recital Hall). Featuring Lyrebird Trio.

19 Jan 2018: at Seidler Salon Series – Genevieve Lacey, Daniel Yeadon and Neal Peres da Costa (Elizabeth Street Offices). Featuring Genevieve Lacey, Neal Peres Da Costa, Daniel Yeadon.

14 Aug 14: Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Featuring Jeanell Carrigan, Minah Choe, Goetz Richter.

15 Oct 2013: at Monash Sinfonia: Night Music (Melbourne Recital Centre, Primrose Potter Salon). Featuring Elizabeth Sellars, Monash Sinfonia.

12 Oct 13: Melbourne Recital Centre : Port Fairy Festival. Featuring Monash Sinfonia, Elizabeth Sellars.

17 May 2009: at TRIOZ (Elder Hall). Featuring Kathryn Selby, Niki Vasilakis, Emma-Jane Murphy.

13 May 2009: at TRIOZ (Melba Hall). Featuring Niki Vasilakis, Kathryn Selby, Emma-Jane Murphy.

12 May 2009: at TRIOZ (City Recital Hall Angel Place). Featuring Emma-Jane Murphy, Niki Vasilakis, Kathryn Selby.

11 May 2009: at TRIOZ (James O Fairfax Theatre). Featuring Emma-Jane Murphy, Kathryn Selby, Niki Vasilakis.

9 May 2009: at TRIOZ (Recital Room - Oxley College). Featuring Emma-Jane Murphy, Kathryn Selby, Niki Vasilakis.

17 Oct 95: Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall Building, New York City, USA. Featuring Verdehr Trio.

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