- Recording Date: September 2023
- Tuning: A=432 Hz
- Guitar: Kwakkel Merula
Slaep, soete Slaep is a lullaby indeed! However, it appears to originate from a comedy play in which the white hero suddenly awakes as Black Peter!
Black Peter is the same traditional figure that is subject to a discrimination discussion in Holland, he is the servant of Sinterklaas and nowadays considered a representative of a discriminating role model for coloureds. In the days of Nicolas Vallet, apparently this was no problem, many Dutch entrepreneurs became rich in the slave trade.
The recording was an exercise for an online recital evening. On that occasion it turned out to be a great quiet piece to get over my performance nerves.