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Lullaby for Matthew
for piano
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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)
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