Description

‘for Maria Lidka’ (14 mins)

Theme – Lento liberamente
Allegro vivace (var.1-5)
Berceuse, Adagio (var. 6-8)
Vivace (var. 9-15)
Coda

A theme and fifteen variations are divided into three sections. The theme is based on the 4 – note motif announced by the violin at the opening. The variations are of mood, movement and texture, and are made up of their virtuosic interplay.

First performance 3 December 1967 London (South Bank)
by Maria Lidka, Francis Routh

LISTEN TO A SOUND SAMPLE (13′ 15″)
I Theme, Lento – Allegro vivace (var. 1-5 ) 5’ 25”
II Adagio (var. 6-8) 3’ 31”
III Vivace (var. 9-15) , Coda ) 4’ 19”
Maria Lidka (violin) Peter Wallfisch (piano)