Opus number: 18
Title: “Sleep Song” a children’s piece for violin and piano
Instrumentation: violin and piano
Date written: 1984, Boston
Length: two minutes
Commissioner: Verio Piroddi
Premiere performance: March 1986, Bell-Bartlett Concerts, Peter Ciaschini, violin, Michael Dewart, piano. First and Second Church, Boston
Recording: Ayano Ninomiya CD in progress
Program notes:Sleep Song is a lullaby for violin and piano, written for the children of friends of the Italian, Verio Piroddi. Both parts are designed to be played by children. In a popular song form it is meant to be repeated until the performers are lulled to sleep. Arranged for viola for Bob Williams, May 2002.
