Welcome to Game Fifty-Two of A Common Theme Among Twenty Works. The common theme for this game is Solo or chamber works (up to 8 players) named Nocturne or with a reference to the night or the moon in the name. The name may be given by the composer or a very common used name.. There are 20 pieces for our listening and voting enjoyment, and I will announce the top five at the conclusion of voting.
Rules of Engagement:
1. You may vote once daily.
2. When you vote, you will have 10 points to use as you please except that no work may receive more than 6 points.
3. The Half-Time Adjustment is in effect. With the first work to garner 50 points, the 8 having the lowest scores will be eliminated from the game; this number could rise if there are ties toward the bottom of the board.
4. Game Fifty-Two ends with the first work to reach 100 points.
Enjoy:
Boulanger, L. - Nocturne for violin and piano - 0
Britten - Nocturnal after John Dowland - 0
Carter - Night Fantasies - 0
Chopin - Nocturnes, op. 9 (nos. 1 - 3) - 5 (+5)
Chopin - Nocturnes, op. 27 (nos. 7 - 8)
Debussy - Clair de Lune (from Suite Bergamasque) - 5 (+5)
Enescu - Nocturne in D-flat major - 0
Fauré - Nocturne no. 13 in B minor, op. 119
Jolivet - Nocturne - 0
Kancheli - Night Prayers - 0
Ligeti - String Quartet no. 1 "Métamorphoses nocturnes" - 0
Martinů - Musique de Chambre no. 1 "Les fêtes nocturnes"
Paganini - Notturno No. 3 - 0
Rachmaninov - Nocturne no. 1 in F-sharp minor - 0
Sarasate - Nocturne-serenade, op. 45 - 0
Schoeck - Notturno - 0
Schoenberg - Verklärte Nacht für Streichsextett, op. 4 - 0
Schubert - "Nachtmusik" for male chorus, D 848
Schumann - Nachtstücke, op. 23 - 0
Strauss - An die Nacht, op. 68/1 - 0