Whispers in the Night

BREMF Emerging Artists alumni Nocturnalia return with a programme inspired by the story of Tartini’s extraordinary ‘Devil’s Trill’ Sonata.

When the devil visited Tartini in a dream, he played a sonata so sublime and devilishly difficult that Tartini awoke and attempted to transcribe it.

The resulting composition is one of his finest, though Tartini still considered it a pale shadow of the music he heard in his sleep.