Courtesy of Problems playing this file? The Nocturne No. 20 in C-sharp minor, Op. Posth., Lento con gran espressione, P 1, No. 16, KKIVa/16, is a solo piece composed by in 1830 and published in 1870. Garrys mod v140713.

Chopin dedicated this work to his older sister,, with the statement: 'To my sister Ludwika as an exercise before beginning the study of my '. First published 26 years after the composer's death, the piece is usually referred to as Lento con gran espressione, from its tempo marking.

It is sometimes also called. The piece was played by Holocaust survivor for the Nazi concentration camp commandant, with Goeth being so impressed with the rendition that he spared Karp's life. This was also the piece played by Holocaust survivor and famed Polish pianist (the central figure of the 2002 film ) during the last live broadcast of on September 23, 1939 when was. Years later Szpilman also played this piece for German army officer upon their first meeting, though in the corresponding film scene Szpilman plays an abridged version of.

Jan 14, 2016  F. Chopin: Nocturne in c sharp minor for violin and piano (Arr by Nathan Milstein). Chopin: Nocturne in c sharp minor for violin and piano (Arr by Nathan Milstein). Nocturne in C-sharp.

Hosenfeld later helped Szpilman hide and provided food to him in the last months of the war. A contrasting theme from the first section The piece is marked Lento con gran espressione and is written in. After a soft, sad introduction, the main starts at bar 5, with the left hand playing in slurs throughout the section, imparting a haunting and continuous quality to the music. The theme then shifts to a dreamy in bar 21, before returning to the original theme in bar 47, and finally ending in. The first two bars of the theme from the middle section (bars 21 and 22), resemble the main theme from the third movement of Chopin's, which was composed around the same time (1830). The next two bars (bars 23 and 24) resemble the second part of the secondary theme of the first movement from his second piano concerto. The passage in the middle section of the nocturne in 3/4 time starting in bar 33 resembles the scherzando section of the third movement of the second piano concerto starting in bar 145 in which the left and right hand are playing an octave apart.

This section does not any. Unsourced material may be challenged. ( December 2017) () • The is featured in the film.

It is played twice (both times incompletely) in the film, at the beginning and at the end, by the protagonist, at the recording studio at Radio. The complete piece is provided in the, played by Polish classical pianist.

• It is also featured in, in episode 7 of season 1. Towards the end of the episode, dances ballet to the piece. • This piece is played briefly in episode 1 of season 1 of by 's character Thomas Kramer near the beginning of the episode. • Classically trained / singer samples the piece in 'As I Am (Intro)' from her 2007 album. • A version played by violin is featured in the 2010 film starring Jackie Chan and Jaden Smith.