1. Lento
2. Allegro vivace
3. Allegretto comodo
4. Lento
5. Molto moderato ma deciso
This work was composed in 1925 during the composer's third year of study with John Ireland to whom it was dedicated. The tempi of the five movements are slow, quick, moderately flowing, slow and moderate but energetic. The tonalities are C, D, B flat, A and E. In this work every note is organised thematically as well as harmonically and rhythmically except some passages in the 3rd and 5th movements where the melodic voice-part is given chordal accompaniment. The harmonic vocabulary is sometimes chromatic, sometimes modal; occasionally modal melody is given chromatic counterpoint as its accompaniment. The final piece is a fugato with a contrasting non-contrapuntal middle section.