Lullaby (after Rameau) (2009) for piano was composed in honor of the birth of Goldie Celeste
Hunka and is also dedicated to her parents: pianist Marilyn Nonken and playwright George Hunka.
The substrate of the music is an E&ndash,D tolling figure, whose continuous changes in placement and
temperament drive the discourse. The overall tone is tender and gentle, even as the music
continually tries to burst its confines. (Jean-Philippe Rameau's harpsichord piece L' Entretien des
Muses served as a template for a number of structural and textural aspects.)