Thème et variations

"Marked 'enigmatic', the theme here relies less on a strong melody line and more upon the harmonic progression, the chords of which contain some slight dissonances without being too disturbing; it does indeed conjure up a sense of the 'mysterious'. Following on from this there are five variations - all short-lived and comprising of arpeggios, rapid note clusters, a tremolo, block chords and a little chord sequence up and down the fingerboard before a return to the opening theme. It is all very concise and well written and the piece holds interest throughout. As an introduction to a contemporary guitar piece of this form, this would make an ideal study for the Grade 5 player."

Steve Marsh (Classical Guitar Magazine)