Availability

Score on special sale from the Hire Library, and in a digital version from the Faber Music online store

Programme Notes

The tradition of left-hand repertoire firmly began in the nineteenth century and developed through the twentieth century, mainly as a result of the First World War.  Nigel Hess's Nocturne gives me the opportunity, in the twenty-first century, to premiere a new left-hand commission by one of the UK's most eminent composers.  I was thrilled when Nigel agreed to the commission, and I'll never forget the excitement of first seeing the completed score.  The piece has a simple but beautiful theme with an unexpected use of harmony that I love.  It certainly tells a story.
 
© Nicholas McCarthy