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Rebecca Penneys
Eastman School of Music Professor Emeritus Rebecca Penneys guides you through Chopin's intimate and mysterious C-sharp minor Nocturne, Op. 27 No. 1.<br><br>A portrait of darkness transforming to light, this work is effective when paired with the second Nocturne from the same opus, set in the parallel major of D-flat. Penneys shares her personal insights into the C-sharp minor Nocturne, developed over many decades of experience teaching and performing the work. Topics include Chopin's extended left-hand positions, romantic rubato, voicing, and pedaling. She offers technical guidance and interpretive guidance on the turbulent and modulating B section, and challenges you to recompose the coda: not to improve Chopin, but to realize what made his compositional decisions so breathtaking.
Nocturne Op. 27 No. 1 in C-sharp Minor
Eastman School of Music Professor Emeritus Rebecca Penneys guides you through Chopin's intimate and mysterious C-sharp minor Nocturne, Op. 27 No. 1.
A portrait of darkness transforming to light, this work is effective when paired with the second Nocturne from the same opus, set in the parallel major of D-flat. Penneys shares her personal insights into the C-sharp minor Nocturne, developed over many decades of experience teaching and performing the work. Topics include Chopin's extended left-hand positions, romantic rubato, voicing, and pedaling. She offers technical guidance and interpretive guidance on the turbulent and modulating B section, and challenges you to recompose the coda: not to improve Chopin, but to realize what made his compositional decisions so breathtaking.
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