Work
For Timothy
prelude, two pieces and postlude for guitar
About
Written in 1979 to celebrate the bar mitzvah of Timothy Fox, For Timothy is in four short movements. The middle two movements are based on two folksongs: Binnorie, O Binnorie, a Scottish songs dating from the 1650's telling the story of fatal jealousy between two sisters and Buy Broom Buzems a ballad from Northumbria supposedly written by Willian "Blind Willie" Purvis, but also with connections to Robert Burns. The two folksongs are preceded by a Prelude, which is repeated as a Postlude.
Performance history
For Timothy by Gillian Whitehead
Performed by Matthew Marshall (guitar) at the Theatrette, Massey University, Wellington (17th November 2011)