partita
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A suite; a set of variations.
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If I had to vote for what is the greatest piece of music ever conceived by the human mind, I'd have a hard time choosing between the Chaconne that ends Bach's second partita for unaccompanied violin or the his Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue for the piano.
The Malta Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Michael Laus, will perform Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Serenade No. 10 for winds in B-flat Major, K. 361/370a, known as the Gran Partita, at Robert Samut Hall, Sarria Street, Floriana, tomorrow at 7.30pm.
Pendulum (2010, a one-movement piece for violin and piano), a second Suite of cello pieces for Wendy Sutter (2011), and Partita for solo violin for violinist Tim Fain (2010, first performance of the complete work 2011), are recent entries in the series.