Night owl chat: Solo piano version

Eventually one of you is going to slap me upside the head with these night owl musical posts. Until then, we soldier on. Tonight we explore the art of the piano.

First up: Mozart, “Rondo alla Turca”, from Piano Sonata no. 11 in A major

Beethoven, “Bagatelle no. 25 in A minor”, otherwise known as “Für Elise”

Chopin’s most famous Nocturne—Op. 9, No. 2

Thelonius Monk, solo from “Round Midnight”

Philip Glass, “Opening” from “Glassworks”

And to end, a poem by Thom Gunn, “The Hug”

It was your birthday, we had drunk and dined

   Half of the night with our old friend

      Who’d showed us in the end

   To a bed I reached in one drunk stride.

      Already I lay snug,

And drowsy with the wine dozed on one side.

I dozed, I slept. My sleep broke on a hug,

      Suddenly, from behind, In which the full lengths of our bodies pressed:

Your instep to my heel,

      My shoulder-blades against your chest.

   It was not sex, but I could feel

   The whole strength of your body set,

        Or braced, to mine,

      And locking me to you

   As if we were still twenty-two

   When our grand passion had not yet

      Become familial.

   My quick sleep had deleted all

   Of intervening time and place.

      I only knew

The stay of your secure firm dry embrace.

This is your late night / early morning open thread.