Performance Note = left hand legato or slur harmonics are shown by diamond noteheads at true pitch Programme Note This work is a somewhat freely-organised set of variations ~ though ‘meditations’ would beamore apt description of some of them ~ on the Intermezzo from Mendelssohn's String. Quartet in A minor, opus 13. Mendelssohn’s theme is a simple song in A-B-A form. I have not presented this theme i zo¢o anywhere in my work, but separated its parts and embedded them throughout, so that the listener is reminded of its haunting presence even, though the immediate musical events might seem considerably far-removed. “The overall shape of the work also takes its cue from the tripartite nature of the theme. ‘After a rather dramatic introduction the first phrase of the theme is stated and followed by three variations: Tranquillo ma con movimento; Poco vivace and Andante placido. Then comes the middle phrase of the theme, followed by two further variations: Deliberato ed ‘appassionato and Impetuoso. The reprise of the theme’s opening phrase is then followed by a final five variations which culminate in a fierce rasguardo (the flamenco-derived technique of a fast strumming action across all the strings): Senza rigore, non troppo lentos Poco presto; Moderato erisoluto; Allegro energico; Tempo giusto. This leads straight into the coda, where the theme is interspersed with short fragments recalled from the preceding variations. The music plays without a break. The work's title, Music of Memory, refers to the long-term memory of a golden age (and the corresponding hope that it can continue to nourish our own art) represented by the Mendelssohn; the shorter-term ‘memory’ of an original that lies behind the variation form; and the use of different kinds of memory-related techniques and material during the work ~ ‘guitar sounds’ typical of che instrument and its repertoire, and the ‘memory recalls’ of the coda. ‘The work was written as a tribute to the extraordinary artistry of Eliot Fisk. 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