Nocturne No. 5 for piano solo Op. 55 (1996) c.6'30"

Commissioned by the Geraldine C. and Emory M. Ford Foundation in memory of Adele Marcus

First performed on February 22nd, 1997 at Carnegie Hall in New York City by Norman Krieger

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REVIEWS

“…a beautiful piece…”
Clavier

“The piano works of American Composer Lowell Liebermann (b.1961) are significant and poetic additions to the keyboard repertoire. One of the most successful composers of his generation, Liebermann is also controversial, especially in “progressive” musical circles. His music is mostly tonal, beautiful, and - unforgivable to some critics and academics - popular and accessible…Liebermann is often categorized as a postmodern tonalist or neoromantic, but such pigeonholing can diminish the distinctive qualities and traits of such an individual composer. His works maintain a strong sense of structural and emotional balance and proportion. The ability to write beautiful, soaring, and memorable melodies attests to his great lyric affinity. Throughout his music, Liebermann makes imaginative use of a rich a varied harmonic and textural palette, and he often demands superior technical ability from his performers. Liebermann’s work for piano are written with a masterly command of idiomatic keyboard writing. He is a formidable pianist who understands (and exploits) the coloristic and virtuoso possibilities of the instrument…Nocturne No.5…is a work of simple, poetic beauty”
William T. Spiller, Notes