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"Christine's Lullaby: An Elegy for Orchestra" (2001) by Carl Schroeder.

World premiere performance by the MYS Symphony Orchestra (Minnesota Youth Symphonies), conducted by Manny Laureano, at Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on May 4, 2003.

Christine's Lullaby is an orchestral elegy composed in memory and honor of Christine Lee Hanson, the youngest victim of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Christine was the daughter of Peter and Sue Hanson of Groton, Massachusetts. All three were killed when the first plane ride of Christine’s life, one that was to take her to California to visit her great-grandmother and tour Disneyland, was hijacked and flown into the south tower of the World Trade Center.

Christine's Lullaby is dedicated to those who keep Christine’s spirit alive: friends, schoolteachers, and others who were a part of her life; and her surviving family.

A memorial fund in Christine’s name is used by the Boston Medical Center’s pediatric unit to support their PainFree Pediatrics program and other treatment of childhood disease. If you would like to contribute, please send your donation to:

Christine Lee Hanson Fund
Boston Medical Center
One Boston Medical Center Place
Boston, MA 02118-2393

Please make checks payable to PainFree Pediatrics in memory of Christine Lee Hanson.

Request a free conductor's score at http://www.carlschroeder.com/request.

Listen to the solo piano arrangement of "Christine's Lullaby" at https://youtu.be/rFGkwVDWc5c.

Follow the composer online at http://www.carlschroeder.com or https://www.facebook.com/carlschroedercomposer and visit Minnesota Youth Symphonies' website at https://mnyouthsymphonies.org.