Passacaglia (2000)


for solo guitar.

Duration: 5 mins.

Premiered by Dave Flynn in Rathmines Library, Dublin, Ireland. Circa 2000/2001.

The soundcloud recording is from the live world premiere, the venue is on a main street so there’s a bit of traffic noise and church bells audible in the recording!

Published by Mel Bay in Dave Flynn Complete Works for Solo Guitar.

Programme Note

This piece is faithful to the Baroque Passacaglia form featuring variations over a constant repeated bass-line ostinato, which occasionally moves to higher registers. This is probably the darkest piece in my solo guitar collection.