Written for Melinda Maxwell and the Orchestra of St. John's Smith Square to commemorate the orchestra's twenty first anniversary. the happy surprise of his Little Concert. . . beneath the graceful long lines and jig-like spurts of a solo part expressly written for Melinda Maxwell Maw finds time and space enough to draw quite long-range implications from his basic motif of a semitone plus a major third and to insert some of his special densely poetic harmonies.Bayan Northcott The Independent 6 June 1988.Scored for Oboe solo two Horns two Violins Viola Cello and Double Bass.