Description

Jayson Mackie’s Hidden Treasures was written in 1992 and revised in 2002. This edition edited by the Cardiff based classical guitarist Timothy Tate. Much of the …material for this work is taken from a three movement guitar sonata from the summer of 1992. I decided to withdraw the work from my catalogue, but develop and revise some of the thematic ideas to produce a new single movement work as this piece stands. Inspiration for the piece’s title comes from a thought I once had pondering how wonderful it is to find something that has been hidden away for a very long time or presumed lost, and since forgotten; and the subsequent joy resulting from such a random discovery. The work was first performed in December 2003 by Tim Tate at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff. Duration: c. 5 minutes