Passacaglia (2000)


for solo guitar.

Duration: 5 mins.

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

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. I latterly dedicated the piece to the late Julian Bream, whose playing of the Rodrigo, Weiss and Britten Passacaglias influenced this piece.