Intermezzo was written in 2012 in response to a commission to celebrate a 90th birthday. It was extensively revised in 2020.
As the dedicatee was an amateur organist and pianist with Welsh roots, I based the work on a theme from a popular Welsh hymn, imbuing my variations with characteristics from the dedicatee’s other favourite music, the late piano works of Schubert and Brahms – simple canons, modal cadences, and a reflective, simple and whimsical tone.
A recording of this work by the composer can be found on ‘100 Years of British Song’, Volume 3, SOMM Recordings, 2022. Click on the link above to disover more via the SOMM website and click here to find the album on Spotify.
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