Siegmund Andraschek

Good Night Valerie

This version for piano solo combines three main themes from the setting of the children's book "Valerie und die Gute-Nacht- Schaukel"(Mira Lobe). The stage work of the same name was commissioned by OPER GRAZ and premiered to a sold-out audience on the main stage in May 2019.

Plot of the book:
Valerie doesn't want to go to sleep yet. She still wants to play and swings from one adventure to the next. She discovers "Turbanland", crosses the ocean on a ship, lands in a beautiful winter landscape and experiences many other things until she gets tired.

The music:
Theme 1 describes little Valerie, who explains to her father that she is not tired yet and wants to stay up longer because there is still so much to experience (Theme II). In the end, however, she gets more and more tired and slowly falls asleep (theme III).