new release information AUGUST 2018 artists: David Quigley, piano title: Piano Nocturnes price: Full price release date: 17 August 2018 selection number: AV 2388 bar code: 822252238822 about the release Award-winning Irish pianist David Quigley, heralded by The Birmingham Post as a musician of “amazing maturity and concentration”, makes his AVIE label debut with a stunning and beautiful recital that takes the listener on a moonlit journey of the solo piano nocturne, beginning and ending with Quigley’s compatriot and the genre’s originator, John Field, and traversing the highways and byways of interpretations by composers through the centuries, from Chopin to Schumann, Liszt to Lowell Liebermann and many more in between. critical acclaim for David Quigley “considerable virtuosity … expertly played” – MusicWeb International “Crisp, elegant, sophisticated … full of technical élan” – Culture Northern Ireland summary David Quigley debuts on AVIE with a stunning and beautiful recital that takes the listener on a moonlit journey of the solo piano nocturne, with works by Field, Chopin, Schumann, Liszt and many more. tour dates 12 October University of Birmingham, Barber Institute of Fine Arts 20 October Belfast International Festival, Harty Room, Queen’s Univeristy track list John Field (1782 – 1837) 1. Nocturne No. 5 in B-flat, H37 (3.15) Frédéric Chopin (1810 – 1849) 2. Nocturne in E-flat, Op. 55, No. 2 (5.14) Pyotr Illych Tchaikovsky (1840 – 1893) 3. Nocturne, Op. 19, No. 4 (3.51) Clara Schumann (1819 – 1896) 4. Notturno, Op. 6, No. 2 (4.51) Franz Liszt (1811 – 1886) 5. Les Cloches des Genève (7.28) Edvard Grieg (1843 – 1907) 6. Nocturne, Op. 54, No. 4 (4.04) Claude Debussy (1862 – 1918) 7. Nocturne, L89 (6.16) Ottorino Respighi (1879 – 1936) 8. Notturno (4.42) Philip Martin (b. 1947) 9. Oiche Ceoil (Night Music for the Left Hand) (5.48) Lowell Liebermann (b. 1961) 10. Nocturne No. 2, Op. 31 (7.41) Philip Hammond (b. 1951) 11. Is Im Bo agus Eiriu (Nocturne) (6.39) Frédéric Chopin (1810 – 1849) 12. Nocturne in D-flat, Op. 27, No. 2 (6.37) John Field (1782 – 1837) 13. Nocturne No. 10 in E minor, H54 (3.38) Total time: 70.04 Recorded 20 – 21 October 2017, Elgar Concert Hall, The Bramall, University of Birmingham, UK Producer: Les Pratt Sound engineer: Tony Wass Post production: David Marshalsea

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artists: David Quigley, piano title: Piano Nocturnes price: Full price release date: 17 August 2018 selection number: AV 2388 bar code: 822252238822

about the release Award-winning Irish pianist David Quigley, heralded by The Birmingham Post as a musician of “amazing maturity and concentration”, makes his AVIE label debut with a stunning and beautiful recital that takes the listener on a moonlit journey of the solo piano nocturne, beginning and ending with Quigley’s compatriot and the genre’s originator, John Field, and traversing the highways and byways of interpretations by composers through the centuries, from Chopin to Schumann, Liszt to Lowell Liebermann and many more in between.

critical acclaim for David Quigley “considerable virtuosity … expertly played” – MusicWeb International

“Crisp, elegant, sophisticated … full of technical élan” – Culture Northern Ireland

summary David Quigley debuts on AVIE with a stunning and beautiful recital that takes the listener on a moonlit journey of the solo piano nocturne, with works by Field, Chopin, Schumann, Liszt and many more.

tour dates 12 October University of Birmingham, Barber Institute of Fine Arts 20 October Belfast International Festival, Harty Room, Queen’s Univeristy

track list John Field (1782 – 1837) 1. Nocturne No. 5 in B-flat, H37 (3.15) Frédéric Chopin (1810 – 1849) 2. Nocturne in E-flat, Op. 55, No. 2 (5.14) Pyotr Illych Tchaikovsky (1840 – 1893) 3. Nocturne, Op. 19, No. 4 (3.51) Clara Schumann (1819 – 1896) 4. Notturno, Op. 6, No. 2 (4.51) Franz Liszt (1811 – 1886) 5. Les Cloches des Genève (7.28) Edvard Grieg (1843 – 1907) 6. Nocturne, Op. 54, No. 4 (4.04) Claude Debussy (1862 – 1918) 7. Nocturne, L89 (6.16) Ottorino Respighi (1879 – 1936) 8. Notturno (4.42) Philip Martin (b. 1947) 9. Oiche Ceoil (Night Music for the Left Hand) (5.48) Lowell Liebermann (b. 1961) 10. Nocturne No. 2, Op. 31 (7.41) Philip Hammond (b. 1951) 11. Is Im Bo agus Eiriu (Nocturne) (6.39) Frédéric Chopin (1810 – 1849) 12. Nocturne in D-flat, Op. 27, No. 2 (6.37) John Field (1782 – 1837) 13. Nocturne No. 10 in E minor, H54 (3.38) Total time: 70.04 Recorded 20 – 21 October 2017, Elgar Concert Hall, The Bramall, University of Birmingham, UK Producer: Les Pratt Sound engineer: Tony Wass Post production: David Marshalsea

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MARKETING AND PROMOTION

media targets Classical, Piano, Nighttime Radio

advertising Print: Gramophone, BBC Music Magazine, International Piano, Pianist Online: Facebook, Twitter

reviews Magazines: Gramophone, BBC Music Magazine, Fanfare, American Record Guide, International Piano, Pianist, Whole Note

Newspapers: Sunday Times, Financial Times, Daily Telegraph, Guardian, Observer Internet / Blogs: Classical Candor, Classical Source, Classics Today, MusicWeb International, Planet Hugill, The Rest is Noise

airplay Classic FM; BBC Radio 3 – Record Review, In Tune; Lyric FM (Ireland); CBC (Canada)

key territories Canada, UK

listening link https://soundcloud.com/usicompanynternationaltd/sets/piano-nocturnes

lead / instant grat tracks Track 1 – Field Nocturne No. 5 in B-flat, H37 Track 3 – Tchaikovsky Nocturne, Op. 19, No. 4 Track 12 – Chopin Nocturne in D-flat, Op. 27, No. 2 social media David Quigley: Facebook – 220; Twitter – 205; YouTube – 100 AVIE Records: Facebook – 1,000; Twitter – 1,500

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