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The Aberration of the Sleeping Dragon is a three-movement work for pianoforte, four hands. It is absolute music with a programmatic title. The name, along with all of the subsequent movement titles, was an after-thought to the composition. Contrary to the descriptive titles, the music is not descriptive nor is it meant to suggest a story. Instead, the composition's name acts as a reference to the music's mood. Movement one, The Farce, was named for its scherzo-like quality. The lethargic, clumsy, yet somewhat steady rhythms which color the movement, consistently contrast the various registers of the keyboard--as if the two ends of the piano are constantly pulling pranks on one another. The second movement, The Slumber, is reflective, almost hypnotic, with an occasional flare of restlessness. The music begins to hallucinate, and like the dysfunctional and sporadic movements of a dream, its forward motion is unstable and disjunct. After building to a climax, the "dreamer" is suddenly awakened, and while remaining totally relaxed and calm, falls back into slumber. In contrast to the two previous movements, the third--The Inferno--immediately ignites itself into an "out-of-control" rhythmic frenzy. The movement remains in a constant state of fury, until the flames have exhausted their fuel. Just when the intensity seems to be diminishing, the music explodes one last time. After a brief quote from the pranksters of the first movement, the flames are finally stomped out.