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Harmonically, the interval of the fourth is decisive and its use is typical of Berkeley’s method at the time. This, combined with strong rhythmic interest, gives the work a neo-classic feel. Of equal importance, however, as always in Berkeley’s music, are the contrasting sections where melody predominates.
from notes by James Rushton © 1983