This quartet was written in 1979 for my final composition recital at Huddersfield School of Music, where I studied under the distinguished composer and author Richard Steinitz – founder of the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival.

It was soon taken up by the English Saxophone Quartet and became a regular part of their performances in the early 80s before being consigned to the archives for three decades!

The music has a neo-classical quality and certainly requires a classical approach to tone and phrasing, even if some of the harmonic language lends itself to jazz.

Chorale Theme: Sustained, simply
Variation 1: Animated
Variation 2: Well Marked
Variation 3: Slow and Expressive
Variation 4: Sustained
Variation 5: As Fast as Possible

MEDIUM-DIFFICULT
Duration 8m