Aaron Jay Kernis: Lullaby [Solungga Liu, piano]

Lullaby
Composed by Aaron Jay Kernis
Performed by Solungga Liu
Published by G. Schirmer (used with permission)

Program Notes:
Lullaby is the central movement of my piano suite entitled Before Sleep and Dreams written in 1987-1990. The suite is reminiscent of the spirit of works such as Schumann’s Kinderszenen or Debussy’s Children’s Corner, and contains references to the Romantic and Impressionistic keyboard styles of Debussy and Chopin. The structure of Before Sleep and Dreams is based on my idea (not actual experience at the time) of what putting a small child to bed might be like. Lullaby has a gentle melancholy and a lyric, searching tone that suggests, through the rocking motion of the minor thirds that open and pervade the movement, the orchestral world of Mahler, who was a formative influence on my earlier work. - Aaron Jay Kernis

Recorded December 15, 2020 in Bryan Recital Hall, Bowling Green State University College of Musical Arts

Video and Sound by Michael Laurello
℗ 2020 Bowling Green State University

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