Grazioso  [guitar solo - 2008]

Grazioso is my one and [so far] only piece for solo guitar. My friend Chris Stell, for whom the guitar duo [Dorset Suite] was written, was round a few times to help me edit the two-guitar work, and once we had finished that task we talked about composing for solo guitar. I was hungry for tips from this wonderful performer and he was probing me for composing advice [though quite why I do not know, since Chris has written some excellent guitar music himself....] and I started doodling with the barest germ of an idea. Chris eventually left [it was well into the early hours] and I stayed up and composed Grazioso before it was light. It still needs his expert eye cast over the too-many-notes score to help me present a playable piece.... which I would love him to record for me! Maybe sometime.... 

This  piece is also rearranged as the middle movement of my 2nd String Quartet [link here].