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Duo Variations (1990)
Duo Variations was written in 1990 for Patricia Pollett. Her astonishly
energetic and musically intelligent style of playing was a strong influence
on the thinking behind the piece. So it is hardly surprising that the
work is cast in the style of a virtuosic duo in which brilliance of technique
needs to be matched by an empathy for the continual, often rapid, transformations
of material that occur.
The piece, consisting of a theme and twelve variations, has three major
parts – fast and emphatic outer sections and a central slow section
that is more lyrical and mysterious in expression. The densely concentrated
theme contains thematic fragments that are thinned out and ‘examined’
as the variations progress. As the title, Duo Variations suggests, the
work has contrapuntal textures with an independent and demanding piano
part. The idea was to create an equal duo ensemble rather than an impression
of soloist and accompaniment.
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