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