Chopin Nocturne B major Op. 62 no. 1 - Analysis: SENSIBLE and SURPRISING

Pianist Henrik Kilhamn takes on Chopin's Nocturne in B major from Opus 62. This late Chopin work has many layers - the initial warm nostalgia turns into tragic lamenting and further on to a surprising syncopated middle section, before the main melody returns embellished with trills.
0:00 Introduction
0:29 Analysis
9:23 Middle section
14:02 Recapitulation
23:54 Performance
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Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne in B major, Op. 62 no. 1 (1846)
Score: Schirmer, 1894, reissue 1934, editor Carl Mikuli
Excerpt: Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano sonata no. 31 in Ab major, Op. 110, Fugue: Allegro, ma non troppo. Score: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1862, editor Johannes Brahms
📄 Scores available at imslp.org
Emoji artwork provided by JoyPixels, joypixels.com

[@kiirakorpi3965]

23:15 the part that makes you cry - I always have a strong feeling that this is Chopin's goodbye to the world. He explored the heaven in the somewhat exotic coda (21:39) and got back to life for the last time and waved to the world.

[@IvyTeaRN]

When i am emotional and i listen to this the tears start flowing exactly on the third note

[@MikeInBeantown]

There is so much wonderful music commentary on KZbin. To me yours is the best. You offer so much insightful analogy and so much HUMANITY. You are simultaneously mature and childlike. Simultaneously informative and joyful. I find myself smiling when I listen to you. Thank you

[@SonataSecrets]

Thank you so much, I'm glad you enjoy it :)

[@mbchc]

I just found your channel yesterday, it was like a nice treasure discovered. I really love your approach on Chopin's music, and your playing are fantastic. Keep this up and can you please do an analysis on Op.55 No.2 too? This is my favourite piece, so beautiful, graceful and delicate. I would really appreciate your view on this wonderful piece.

[@SonataSecrets]

Thanks, I'm glad you like the channel! :) I haven't played Op 55 no 2 yet, I have the spring of 2020 planned already but maybe after the summer. You're actually the second one who requests that piece!

[@SonataSecrets]

Some time later I got around to do it :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/qpSZaqWKmtKSp9E

[@geoaspide]

I am glad I found your channel. Simply you've analysed 5 or 6 pieces I've studied or I am studying write now. My teachers never talked to me about these masterpieces the way you do. And it is really necessary to understand and to play well after, though. Thank you, sir. Your channel is gold.

[@ChopinIsMyBestFriend]

edward snowden?!?!?

[@pjbradley555]

I love Chopin and all who love Chopin. Especially you, Henrik, brought Chopin alive to us, the Chopin lovers.

[@LondonarabS]

Hello Edward snowden your videos are marvellous, I share all your sentiments but I can also see if somebody is not musical it seems you have missed a few days of medications.... thank you

[@heidichi3412]

Home chord and backyard chord!!! I love it!! 🤣🥰 Great analysis of this wonderful piece!

[@LoveRonnelid]

Tack Henrik! Snygg analys, härligt att höra dig spela. Nu vill jag höra dig spela live!

[@jfpary7336]

It's such a wonderful piece. Chopin is telling so much things in such a short space of time and in a way never reached before him. I appreciate very much this video. Chopin is speaking directly to our heart...and as we can see you are also impressed just playing the chords. THIS is the mysterious and inexpressible power of music. Bravo!

[@blacheteau]

Thank you Henrik. Reworking some of the nocturnes I worked 50 years back, I discovered this one by chance, amazed by the jazzy introduction. Nice to get your explanations highlighting which sounds like chaotic … but ultimately always ending or restarting in a positive way. So happy, I am now working this piece, definitely excited by the moment I’ll master it. Thank you. Bruno from France

[@PianoScenesMoviesandSeries]

It's inspiring watching you talk about Chopin's work,

[@oscarsokkklevang3428]

Beautiful!

[@pawesiechowicz7049]

Remarkable insight into the secrets of the work! Thank you!

[@SonataSecrets]

Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@abishekb2920]

The only Nocturne I don't understand.. I find this odd but it's Chopin he is the best

[@purpleAiPEy]

You are the best. Thanks for providing an analysis that no one has provided. The emojis were funny.. sad chopin :(

[@SonataSecrets]

Thank you so much, I'm glad you like my version of an anlaysis!

[@Rh4pt0r]

Amazing analysis and playing thank you!

[@SonataSecrets]

Rh4pt0r Thanks! I will publish a video on the E major Nocturne, the other one in Opus 62 after the summer as well.

[@kaikd8066]

wonderful analysis and I love how much your love of the music comes through. This is one of my very favourite pieces of music (as you can tell by my username!) and I am actually writing a detailed narrative-based analysis of it at the moment! Keep it up :)

[@SonataSecrets]

Coming from you, that is a great compliment, thanks! :) It's one of my favourite Chopin pieces for sure. It has such a big scope, a mini Ballade really. So a narrative analysis is not far away I think, good luck with it!

[@MadameXyz]

Beautiful

[@tifosodt]

Grazie Maestro!

[@mileschapman1406]

I would really appreciate if you could take a look at either the Nocturne No. 7, or the No. 1, your playing of the trills was incredible!

[@w3sp]

Only just discovered your channel and subbed immediately, great stuff :-) If I may point out one minor reading error @ 8:02 When you descend the scale it's actually still D sharp minor scale all the way down. After first octave I heard something like a Cx B# instead of C# B, but I couldn't quite exactly make out what was played wrong :-)

[@SonataSecrets]

Thanks, welcome to the channel! I'm sorry for the mistake on the scale down :p (but it's only a mistake, I know it should be D# minor)

[@izabellamardo1074]

Belíssima música.

[@francianeulaf3938]

This nocturne has one of the most beautiful beginnings and the most boring middle section! Thanks for doing this analysis, I'm addicted to your channel! Keep them coming!

[@caterscarrots3407]

Would you someday do an analysis of Chopin's Op. 32 no. 1, the B major nocturne that comes before this one(or at least I think it does)? One thing I find particularly peculiar about that nocturne is it ending on B minor instead of B major, at least in the edition I have.

[@SonataSecrets]

Maybe in the future. It's famous for that ending, going into a dramatic cadenza after all the nice melody! I find it just a little bit repetitive... Anyway I plan on doing some more Chopin next year. This autumn I will do some other composers I haven't done on the channel yet.

[@rogerg4916]

I've often wondered if Chopin actually invented jazz.

[@purpleAiPEy]

The trill modulation sounds like the Beethoven emperor concerto

[@jonathan130]

If Chopin had lived longer, he might have explored more complex chords like like debussy, evident in his later works where he began experimenting with broader and more complex chord structures. His music would probably sound very close to jazz improvisation.

[@bartpotters4496]

That's a very nice piano. Is it Ronisch 132 KM? For some strange reason I prefer uprights.

[@Kurtlane]

The bit at 21, the mysterious G note, paving the way for E minor chord, sounds to me like something from Rimsky-Korsakov, particularly in his fairy tale "fantastic" mood, either whole tone or octatonic scale. Is it, or am I totally off? Thanks.

[@SonataSecrets]

It's definitely mysterious, I'm not that familiar with Rimsky-Korsakov but he probably has similar musical characters. It's not whole-tone because it's a half-tone between G and F#, but probably some form of octatonic scale, although I couldn't define it further.

[@Stopitpls]

His ballades, pls, u must

[@SonataSecrets]

I think so too, sooner or later.

[@elias7748]

This nocturne is like a ballade

[@CatkhosruShapurrjiFurabji]

​​@@elias7748 Well, in David Dubal's words, Chopin's Nocturnes are "ballads in miniature". He was right!

[@baduk5707]

I want to hear this piece in entirety when is playing by Edward Snowden

[@jeffreylebowski4927]

I didnt know Edward Snowden picked up piano... nice

[@baduk5707]

I want to hear this piece in entirety when is playing by Edward Snowden