"Partita for Solo Guitar is a 23-minute work in four movements (Preludio – Scherzo Spiritoso – Canto del Bardo – Finale Fuocoso). It was written in 1968 and revised in 1989, after the composer was persuaded to release it following his use of an idea from the Partita in his Serenade for Viola (or Clarinet) and Guitar.

The original manuscript of this work was begun in the spring of 1967, around the time of my youngest son Julian’s birth, and was completed on 20 March 1968. It thereafter lay...