Cavatina

Cavatina (2001)

for solo piano

Duration: c. 4 minutes

Cavatina for solo piano was composed in 2001 and commissioned by TAN Dance, a community dance project based in South Wales.

The title Cavatina – Italian for “little song” – refers to a musical term that originally described a short, simple song of lyrical character. In opera, the cavatina evolved during the mid-18th century into a type of aria distinguished by its graceful melody and expressive simplicity.

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