Like Salut d’Amour ⁠, Chanson de Nuit  ⁠and Chanson de Matin  ⁠are among Elgar’s most popular works, and are often performed together. It is, therefore, almost surprising that Elgar completed Chanson de Nuit  ⁠in 1897 as a single piece and shortly afterwards offered it to his publisher Novello. It was not until eighteen months later the he submitted Chanson de Matin ⁠, writing to Novello on that occasion: “I see from my sketch (which I found last week & have since completed) that this piece was intended to be a companion to the one you have already”.

These two evergreens of the violin repertoire are presented in Henle Urtext and have been rigorously prepared using the first editions.