Nocturnes – Music for Two Pianos: Vinyl LP Sheila Chandra I felt compelled to stare

I felt compelled to stare into the abyss

Frank Zappa's Zoot Allures LP pressed on heavyweight vinyl

The Stereotypes

that calm is soon disturbed as villains

It’s the commitment to be continually moving’

Nocturnes – Music for Two Pianos: Vinyl LP Sheila Chandra I felt compelled to stareNocturnes: Music For 2 Pianos was written during 2020 and 2021. There are 14 compositions, written mostly at night in lockdown. The decision to compose for two pianos gave me the ability to write more abstract compositions, blurring the melodies and harmonies to make a diffused sound. Other Nocturnes are more pure and focus on delicate melodic fragments, revealing their compositional process as they develop. Each short piece should stand on its own