Composed at the request of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and first performed by Pinchas Zucherman and Marc Neikrug in January 1985 in Minnesota USA Duration c.15 mins.

After Chain II for Violin and Orchestra in (1985) and the orchestrated version of Partita in (1988) Lullaby For Anne-Sophie for Violin and Piano was the third piece composed by WitoldLutoslawski. Witold Lutolawski was a Polish composer and orchestral conductor. Lutolawski is said to be one of the major European composers of the 20th century.