Nocturnes, Op. 55 (Chopin)

The main theme then comes back in with some variations to the first two times it was played: a triplet phrase is added to the third bar of the section.

This piece was performed by Vladimir Horowitz in his television debut concert at Carnegie Hall in 1968, which was broadcast nationwide by CBS.

[2][3] The second nocturne in E♭ major features a 128 time signature, triplet quavers in the bass, and a lento sostenuto tempo marking.

The left-hand features sweeping legato arpeggios from the bass to the tenor, while the right-hand often plays a contrapuntal duet and a soaring single melody.

The characteristic chromatic ornaments, in measures 7, 25, 36, and 50, often subdivide the beats in a syncopated fashion in contrast with the steady triplets in the left hand.

One is seized by an ever-increasing longing to get out of this oppressive atmosphere, to feel the fresh breezes and warm sunshine, to see smiling faces and the many-coloured dress of Nature, to hear the rustling of leaves, the murmuring of streams, and voices which have not yet lost the clear, sonorous ring that joy in the present and hope in the future impart.The second and third duets of the ballet In the Night by Jerome Robbins (1970) were choreographed to this music.