Sink or Swim (2002), for violin solo
Sink or Swim, for solo violin, was composed for and is dedicated to violinist Livia Sohn.
The four movement work is based upon the traditional Scottish-American folksong ‘The Water is Wide’, whose closing stanza is:
There is a ship and she sails the seas.
She’s loaded down as deep can be,
But not so deep as the love I’m in
I know not if I sink or swim.
The work was recorded for Naxos Recordings for the CD Miracles and Mud.
The work has been performed throughout the world by Ms Sohn (who has performed Sink or Swim in three continents), as well as numerous other violinists.
Performance materials available upon request