page 23 note 1 Commissioned by the City of Dortmund, and first performed there on June 2, by the Dortmund Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Sir Michael Tippett.

page 23 note 2 Commissioned by the BBC and first performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by the composer in a Promenade Concert at the Albert Hall on August 28.

page 28 note 1 Commissioned by the London Sinfonietta and first performed by them at the Queen Elizabeth Hall on June 20, conducted by David Atherton.

page 28 note 2 Commissioned by the City Music Society and first performed by the composer and Tim Souster at Goldsmith's Hall on March 27.

page 31 note 1 Commissioned by the London Sinfonietta and first performed by them at the Festival Hall on July 16, conducted by David Atherton.

page 31 note 2 I am no anthropologist but would like to add a small footnote from my own limited knowledge of the subject. It would appear that opinion is divided as regards the origins of children's games, and although a considerable preoccupation with death seems to feature in them, this is thought by some authorities to indicate the residue of a much more ancient and primitive ritual-that of the fertility rite. Death signifies the year's ending and rebirth, the hopes for the new spring and encouragement for the rain. Perhaps Tavener had something of this in mind when he wrote what is after all by no means a gloomy work.

page 32 note 1 Commissioned for the English Opera Group by the Friends of Covent Garden, and first performed at the Aldeburgh Festival, in the Jubilee Hall, on June 7, conducted by David Atherton.

page 34 note 1 First given on June 19 in the Jack Hylton Music Room at the University of Lancaster, by a chamber ensemble under the direction of Stephen Arnold, the concert was repeated on June 21 in the Nuffield Theatre at the University of Southampton, on June 24 in the Lecture Theatre D at the University of Surrey (Guildford), and on June 27 in the Connaught Hall, University of London, as part of the SPNM Composers' Weekend.