Cradle song

For clarinet and piano, duration 3 minutes. This piece was premiered on 2 December 2009 at Holywell Music Room, Oxford, by Mark Simpson (clarinet) and Vikingur Olafsson (piano). A recording by Mark Simpson and Ian Buckle (piano) is available on NMC Recordings (NMC D139) see https://nmc-recordings.myshopify.com/products/mark-simpson-prism. An audio clip from this recording is available at https://www.boosey.com/audio-clip/Mark-Anthony-Turnage-Cradle-Song-2008/100972. This work forms one part of 'Four pieces for clarinet and piano' which can be performed together as a four-movement work, or separately, or a selection together in any combination. The other three pieces are Falling Apart (2012) (see https://researchonline.rcm.ac.uk/id/eprint/1859/); Leap (2010) (see https://researchonline.rcm.ac.uk/id/eprint/1861/); and Carnac (2004) (see https://researchonline.rcm.ac.uk/id/eprint/1862/)