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A Song for Kate (berceuse)
| Composed |
1988 |
| Duration |
3' 30 |
| Instrumentation |
Violin & 'Cello soli & strings |
| Comments |
This piece was written in celebration of the birth of Kate, John's first grandchild.
The infant in Berceuse is not "mewling and puking", but falling peacefully asleep. Berceuse later became the first movement of The Ages of Man a later work for strings which embraces the seven ages of man. |
| Performances |
St. Andrew's Church, Fortrose, 1989.
Queen's Hall Edinburgh, 1995. |
| Reviews |
"...conjured up the warmth of a summer's day." The Scotsman. |
| Recordings |
CD. |
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