Performed by Maya Maalouf, violin and Janet Peachey, piano
Program Notes
Night Songs for violin and piano was composed for violinist Mark Hartman in 2009. It incorporates two evening hymns: Now the Day is Over, written by Joseph Barnby in 1868, and Der Tag mit seinem Lichte, originally attributed to J. S. Bach and included in his collection of sacred songs, but actually written by Jakob Hintze in 1670.
The work consists of three movements. The first two movements present the hymns: Now the Day is Over in the first and Der Tag mit seinem Lichte in the second, accompanied by the BACH motif (B flat-A-C-B). These movements are short and there is no pause between them. The third movement is much longer, introducing and developing new material as well as material from the first two movements.
Night Songs was premiered at the Sound in the Lands Festival in Waterloo, Ontario, in June, 2009 by Mark Hartman, violin, and Janet Peachey, piano.
Duration: 12’
