Variations on a too‐well‐known theme

In the summer of 1971, when I was a young adult living with my parents, we spent a fortnight in our house with close family friends. Their children seemed to know just one piano tune among them. They played it a lot. I composed these variations to get it out of my system.

You will hear:

• Theme
• Theme with descant
• Variation in the style of George Gershwin
• Variation in the style of Robert Schumann
• Variation in the style of Frédéric Chopin
• Finale in the style of Charles‑Valentin Alkan