Simon Rackham

‘Donadoni, Running at Defenders’, is dedicated to the Italian midfielder Roberto Donadoni who was part of the Italian squad in the 1990 world cup.
Tracks 4, 5, and 6 were first performed by Helen Ottaway under the collective title 'Three Pages from a Diary' and are dedicated to Rosanna D'Urso.
'A Little French' was composed in the late '80s or early 1990s and is dedicated to a friend from Paris, Cécile Alizon.
'Romatic Lullaby' was composed in 2011 and is dedicated to my wife, Paola Paoletti.
'Piove Gatti e Cani' was composed in the mid-1990s and is dedicated to Francesca Bregoli.
The three 'Cauliflower Cheese' pieces were written in 1986 and are some of the earliest works I still acknowledge. They were performed (with amplification) in a Royal Academy of Music concert by the Canadian pianist Birgit Rohowsky.
'The Mermaid of Punta Ala' was composed in the summer of 2016 and is dedicated to Michela Buracchi.