Work
Introduction, Theme and Variations
for piccolo or flute and string quartet
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About
Chamber music work for an unusual high piccolo flute and string quartet.
Winner of a Cecilia Buck Grant-in-Aid award, Los Angeles, 1965.
Commissioned note
Commissioned by Richard Giese, who owned an A-flat piccolo and required music for it
Dedication note
Richard Giese
Contents note
Three movements:
I. Introduction
II. Theme
III. Contrasting variations
Performance history
05 Oct 1966: Performed by Richard Giese, Vincent Aspey, Margaret Sicely, Glynn Adams and Farquhar Wilkinson, broadcast by Radio New Zealand Concert