Dedicated to Carol McGonnell

  • cl/pf
  • 6 min

Programme Note

I always find writing for solo melody instrument the most difficult of compositional tasks. I wrote the piece as a duet for one player – ie. on two separate staves, with different dynamic levels, one stave being a response to the other. After I had written about half the piece, I discovered an off-the-beat ostinato which had been 'hiding' under the original material. So I repeated the opening adding the ostinato, which gives a new take on what one has heard already.

Kevin Volans