Tags: Classical Music Composition.
Variations Chaconne and Finale is a set of variations for orchestra composed by Norman Dello Joio in 1947; the piece was premiered in Pittsburgh under the direction of Fritz Reiner on January 30 1948. It won the New York Critics Circle Award for the year. It is an orchestral version of his Piano Sonata No. 1.The theme for the piece presented by the oboe is derived from the Kyrie movement of the Missa de Angelis and much of the work is subdued and religious in tone.