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Podcast: Classical Music Discoveries
Episode: 18224 Night Music
Description: Night: it can be dreamy or comforting, but sometimes itās frightening, full of dark secrets. So itās no great surprise that the long hours of darkness, often spent awake, have inspired so many composers to write some of their most touching works: Chopinās dreamy Nocturnes, for example, Schumannās dainty āNachtstĆ¼ckeā or Ravelās spineĀchilling cycle āGaspard de la nuitā, populated by sinister figures and dark premonitions. In his piano recital at the Imperial Hall at the WĆ¼rzburg Residence, the young Canadian pianist Jan Lisiecki, brings the spirits of the night, both good and evil, to life; in his...