THE NOCTURES occupy a significant share in the composer’s piano work. Chopin’s nocturnes, which are rightly considered one of the most exquisite and good pieces ever created for piano, have long been firmly entrenched in the modern concert repertoire. Although he did not invent the nocturne genre, Chopin popularized and expanded it, building on the form invented by the Irish composer John Field. Chopin began writing nocturnes in Warsaw. Between 1827 and 1846 he created 21 nocturnes. In them his spiritual lyricism finds its specific means of expression. With pure Mozart-like generosity, the composer spreads his wonderful melodies in the nocturnes. Extremely expressive, intimate, they sound like a naturally flowing song, like a living human voice. The vocal sources of Chopin’s melody are most clearly felt in the nocturnes. They manifested his special tendency to ornamental melodic drawing. Thinly painted filigree melismatics varies constantly and renew the sound of the melodies.

Three of  21 Chopin’s nocturnes  are written in B major: opus 9 №3 (1832), opus 32 №1 (1837) and opus 62 №1 (1846).