instrumentation: 2.2.2.2.-2 hn; 2 tpt.-1 or 2 perc.-str. Solo piano

I decided to call my new piano concerto Night after I decided to incorporate part of an earlier piece of mine called Three Nocturnes into the fabric of the tranquil second movement. This expression of unchallenged serenity comes after the first movement—entitled Dies Irae (Day of Wrath)—rises to a turbulent climax and gradually subsides. I imagined ‘day’ as an evocation of today’s volatile world climate and perhaps a release...