 The work ends with a series of variations on a theme derived from the ground marked "Adagissimo barocco" and organized on the principle of Baroque 'doubles', with the basic unit of metre halving with each variation.The composer gave the world premiere at the University of Cape Town on 10 December 1963.In 1964 he recorded the work on a Petrof grand piano on two LPs issued under the auspices of the Editorial Board of the University of Cape Town, in a signed edition of 100 copies.