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 | | The dividing of responsibilities is appropriately most obvious in the "Lullaby", whose gentle syncopations and graceful lines generate an overwhelming sense of tenderness. |
 | | The Sonatina was originally planned as a wedding present for its two dedicatees, Rosemary Furniss (violin) and Gregory Knowles (cimbalom), both members of the composer's own performing group, The Fires of London, but the third-movement 'Lullaby' refers to the birth of Christopher Edward Knowles, their son, shortly before the work's completion. |
 | | Besides Sonatina, Peter Maxwell Davies has written for the instrument in Image, Reflection, Shadow. |
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