MS Mus. 1893/2/65

Commissioned by the BBC. First performed on 20 May 1997 at Suntory Hall, Tokyo, by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Andrew Davis.

Draft music in pencil, each folio dated. Arranged by date as follows:

(1). 'Page three of 1st start 27-28 September 1995', scored across the inner pages of a bifolium (295 x 420 mm).

(2). 'Theme':

• 'Early idea for theme', dated 27 March 1996. Scored across 2 two folios taped together (each 250 x 360 mm).
• 5 folios (420 x 295 mm) headed 'Theme' and incorporating 'Variation I'. Dated: 3 July. 17/18 July, 26 July, and 12 August 1996.

(3). 'Variation II'. 2 folios (420 x 295 mm), dated 12 July 1996.

(4). Variations I-IV. 9 folios (420 x 295 mm) numbered 6-14, dated 13 July-20 August 1996.

(5). 'Variation VII'. 2 folios (420 x 295 mm), dated 26-27 August 1996.

(6). Untitled folio (420 x 295 mm), beginning with contra-bassoon, dated 28 and 31 August 1996.

(7). 'Variation?'. 1 folio (420 x 295 mm), dated 31 August 1996.

(8). 'Variation VI (X?)'. 1 folio (420 x 295 mm), dated 31 August 1996.

(9). 'Variation VII (XI?)'. 4 numbered folios (420 x 295 mm), dated 1-2 September 1996.

(10). 'Variation VIII'. 2 folios (420 x 295 mm), dated 7, 14, 15 September 1996.

(11). 'Variation VIII'. 5 numbered folios (420 x 295 mm), dated 16-17 September 1996.

(12). Untitled draft. 1 folio (420 x 295 mm), dated 4 January 1997.

(13). 'Variation VI'. 3 numbered folios (420 x 295 mm), dated 9 January 1997.

(14). 'Variation VII'. 2 folios (420 x 295 mm), dated 11 and 15 January 1997.

(15). Six nonsequential draft folios (420 x 295 mm), as follows:

• Bars 24-50, dated 19 September 1995;
• 16 April 1996;
• 27-28 June and 4 July 1996;
• 'Introduction new draft', dated 23 August 1996;
• 'New Variation III', dated 26 October 1996;
• Bars 32-46, dated 31 March 1997.