Julian Bream plays Nocturnal by Britten

영국의 Benjamin Britten이 Julian Bream을 위해 작곡한 곡. John Dowland가 작곡한 Come Heavy Sleep이라는 곡에 대한 주제와  변주곡이라 할 수 있다. 특이하게도 주제가 맨 뒤에 배치되었는데, 기타의 온갖 테크닉이 다 동원된 듯한 어려운 곡이다.

 

 

다음은 위키피디아의 Julian Bream 난에서 이 곡을 설명한 부분:

 

Many composers have worked with Bream, and among those who dedicated pieces to him are Malcolm Arnold, Richard Rodney Bennett, Benjamin Britten, Leo Brouwer, Peter Racine Fricker, Hans Werner Henze, Humphrey Searle, Tōru Takemitsu, Michael Tippett and William Walton. Britten's Nocturnal is one of the most famous pieces in the classical guitar repertoire and was written with Bream specifically in mind. It is an unusual set of variations on John Dowland's Come Heavy Sleep (which is played in its original form at the close of the piece).