Work
Lullaby for Matthew
for piano
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About
This work for solo piano has been described as "a haunting gem for a modern baby." (Blanks, Sydney Morning Herald)
"In a simple arch structure of eight bar phrases, it progresses in variations from naive simplicity to what could almost amount to a nightmare in the centre, then back to slumbering innocence once again." (Bibby, Music in New Zealand)
Difficulty note
About Grade 5
Dedication note
To Matthew and Joyce
Contents note
One movement
Performance history
17 Apr 2008: Performed by Sabrina Jung at a concert workshop in the Aurora Centre Green Room at Burnside High School
06 May 2010: NZ Piano Music of the 1980s
27 Jun 2010: A good time not a long time - SMP Ensemble
12 Oct 2019: Performed by Geoffrey Hinds at St Barnabas Church, Mt Eden, Auckland
07 Apr 2021: Chamber Music NZ | Nocturnes (Palmerston North)
08 Apr 2021: Chamber Music NZ | Nocturnes (New Plymouth)
10 Apr 2021: Chamber Music NZ | Nocturnes (Hamilton)
12 Apr 2021: Chamber Music NZ | Nocturnes (Napier)
14 Apr 2021: Chamber Music NZ | Nocturnes (Wellington)
15 Apr 2021: Chamber Music NZ | Nocturnes (Nelson)
16 Apr 2021: Chamber Music NZ | Nocturnes (Christchurch)
18 Apr 2021: Chamber Music NZ | Nocturnes (Invercargill)
19 Apr 2021: Chamber Music NZ | Nocturnes (Dunedin)
21 Apr 2021: Chamber Music NZ | Nocturnes (Auckland)
29 Sep 2024: The Piano Presents: Jian Liu - Sundays at Four
Performed by David Guerin in Berlin, 1983, this is almost certainly the world premiere of this work
Performed by Dan Poynton (piano)
Performed by David Guerin in 1996