nocturne

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And hitting all his elements perfectly to Chopin's haunting, melancholic "Nocturne No. 20" earned the young skater his season's best score of 85.65 points and a place in Friday's free skating final.

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

Appeared in the February 7, 2026, print edition as 'A Bleak New York Nocturne'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

Lucy wowed passers by at Leeds train station with her rendition of Chopin's Nocturne in B-flat minor.

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2023

“Not having the audience there — the interaction and the energy of it — there’s definitely something to be lost,” said Nyx Nocturne, a 32-year-old nonbinary performer based in Crown Heights, Brooklyn.

From New York Times • Mar. 25, 2021

This solo she plays on "Harlem Nocturne"? It's so good, it makes me want to take sax lessons.

From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements