related works
Ballade : for two pianos / Thomas Beijer
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano
Scoring:
2pf
Four Little Pieces : for piano / Man-Ching Yu Donald
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano
Scoring:
pf
Mercy for John Vincent Moon : piano, 1976 / Rob du Bois
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano
Scoring:
pf
Apparition : (no. 6), (concertbewerking-) voor piano twee handen, (aug. 1960) / Cor de Groot
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano
Scoring:
pf
composition
Petenera's Night Music / Beijer, Thomas
Other authors:
Beijer, Thomas
(Composer)
Description:
Petenera's Night Music is inspired by an old Spanish gypsy-legend about a cantadora (female singer) called Petenera, who is abandoned by her lover. In her grief, she curses all men in the world. As in many gypsy-stories, there are strong connotations with mystery and black magic.
'Petenera' is also the name for a musical form (palo in Spanish) in the flamenco. However, the Spanish do not dance on it - according to tradition, this will bring misfortune...
As a motto for this nocturne for piano, I chose the following strophes from a poem by the great Spanish poet Federico García Lorca, to whose memory the piece is dedicated.