Richard Lane

Summer Song

In April 2004, Richard Lane wrote this Summer Song for violin and piano in anticipation of his traditional summer stay in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, where he met his many musician friends with whom he gave informal serenades.
His great qualities of piano writing are reflected in this short dialogue with the solo violin. The result is a charming and entertaining work.
This will be the last summer and one of Richard Lane's last works. He died six months later on the way back to his home in Paterson, NJ, USA.

Lane composed eleven pieces for solo violin, covering the pedagogical, community and professional levels. Four pieces were composed for the pedagogical level: Waltz (1972, DD148); A Song for Sally (1975, DD166); Serenade (1985, DD277) and Summer Song (2004, DD440), followed by his only community level piece, A Klezmer Tune (Unk, DD461). Lane composed six pieces for violin at the professional level, beginning with one of his earlier pieces, This Particular Spring (1956, DD16), which was followed by Suite (1960, DD76), Sonata Nos. 1-3 (1964, DD104; 1979, DD203; 2003, DD356), and Elegy (1989, DD319).'