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  • Hugh Wood

  • Variations for orchestra (1998)

  • Chester Music Ltd (World)

Commissioned by the BBC

  • 3(pic)3(ca)3Acl(bcl)3(cbn)/43Ctpt.31/timp.3perc/hp.pf/str
  • 12 min

Programme Note

This work was written to a BBC commission between July 1994 and April 1997. An Introduction precedes the Theme, which is presented on woodwind. There are ten variations, mainly fast and short, mostly attacca. Variations V and VII feature fugatos: Variation V for brass, and VII for strings, interspersed with fanfares then lyrical four-part writing for solo woodwinds, before a fuller return of the string fugato. Variations IX and X bring strings into greater prominence than hitherto – the upper stings in IX and the cellos in X. The finale is a prelude and a fugue, the prelude being a repeat of the music of the introduction, the fugue mainly on strings.

The piece is dedicated to Alan Boustead, trusted musical friend and counsellor over many years.

Hugh Wood

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