Nocturne (Secret Garden)

Nocturne (Secret Garden)


Composer: Rolf Løvland
Arranger & Performer: Ming Huang


Rolf Undsæt Løvland (1955 - ) is a Norwegian composer, lyricist, arranger, and pianist. Together with Fionnuala Sherry, he formed the Celtic-Nordic group Secret Garden, in which he was the composer, producer, and keyboardist.

Songs from a Secret Garden is the first international album by Secret Garden. Released in 1995, it includes the Norwegian winning song of the Eurovision Song Contest 1995, "Nocturne". The Allmusic reviewer Carol Wright awarded the album 4 stars, and it achieved platinum awards in Norway and South Korea. It stayed on the Billboard New Age chart for 101 weeks.

"Nocturne" was the winning song in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995, performed in Norwegian by Secret Garden representing Norway. It was the second time Norway won the contest, after it had won in 1985 with Bobbysocks! song "La det swinge". For their performance at the contest, the Secret Garden duo of Fionnuala Sherry and Rolf Løvland featured three guest musicians: Norwegian vocalist Gunnhild Tvinnereim, Hans Fredrik Jacobsen on penny whistle, and Swedish nyckelharpist Åsa Jinder.

Lyrics:

Now let the day just slip away
So the dark night may watch over you
Velvet Blue, silent true
It embraces your heart and your soul, Nocturne

Never cry, never sigh
You don't have to wonder why
Always be, always see
Come and dream the night with me, Nocturne

Have no fear when the night draws near
And fills you with dreams and desire
Like a child asleep so warm, so deep
You will find me their waiting for you, Nocturne

We will fly, see the sky
We don't have to wonder why
Always be, always see
Com and dream the night with me, Nocturne

The darkness they
It will give way
When the dark night delivers the day, Nocturne



Here are my two other arrangement for Secret Garden:
Adagio (Secret Garden)


Song From A Secret Garden