A meticulous, focused search for sound informs the selection of pieces on this recital, a voyage through 19th-century European music, in the vehicle of the nocturne, along the route of harp transcriptions. In these works, the composers capture night as a sliver of time, evoking the intimate and introspective side of the Romantic spirit. Night is also a metaphor for transformation, from darkness to light, for transcription from one musical instrument to another. For this 'reduction of a big thought to a practical instrument', as Ferruccio Busoni put it in 1913, the harp was a popular choice, particularly in the late 19th century, when the instrument's repertoire was augmented by a number of excellent transcriptions and reductions by renowned harp teachers and performers. Beethoven's 'Moonlight' Sonata provides the ideal starting point for a sonic journey through the light and dark of the Romantic spirit. Czerny's short arabesques, Der Abend und die Nacht, continue the theme of twilight and night-time fantasy. Irishman John Field did not invent the nocturne, but he was responsible for the 'crystallization of an idiom' that, a generation later, Chopin would take to new heights. The second movement of Brahms's Piano Sonata No.3 evokes a nocturne, but on a larger scale. Debussy's Clair de lune envelops the listener in a night freed from traditional formal structures, providing a brief escape from the 18th-century style of the preceding movements. His Nocturne in D flat, on the oth ATTENTION: please remember that all Blu-Rays are Region A USA and all DVDs Region 1 USA and you will need a multi region Blu-Ray/DVD player to play them.