Diversions For Cello And Piano(original version) op.167 (November 1973)

Published by: Highbridge Music Ltd
Instrumentation: cello and piano

[Key to Abbreviations]
Duration: 23 mins
First Performance: Forsyth's Barn, Ansty, Cuckfield, Sussex. Peter Willison (cello), Howard Blake (piano), May 1974

Movements

• 1: PRELUDE 1 minutes 28 seconds
  moderato
  
• 2: SCHERZO 1 minutes 03 seconds
  vivace
  
• 3: MARCH 2 minutes 43 seconds
  tempo di marcia
  
• 4: WALTZ 2 minutes 08 seconds
  vivo
  
• 5: ARIA 4 minutes 26 seconds
  andante espressivo
  
• 6: SERENADE 2 minutes 30 seconds
  allegretto
  
• 7: SARABANDE AND CADENZA 2 minutes 08 seconds
  lento non troppo
  
• 8: FINALE 3 minutes 27 seconds
  vivo
  

Notes

The work was later extensively revised and scored for cello and orchestra with the advice and collaboration of Maurice Gendron (see 337)

Performances

June 1974	Peter Willison, Howard Blake, Purcell Room, London As part of an 'all-Howard Blake' concert with Jack Rothstein, Kenneth Essex and Helen Watts.

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