This Concerto Grosso is dated December 1969–January 1970 on the title page of the original manuscript. It contains material from an earlier Suite for 4 Bassoons which is dated August 1940. A subtitle reads "(more or less in the style of Handel) ", while one on the Suite reads "(adapted from Concerto Grosso in style of Handel for orchestra in F)".

We are grateful to the composer's daughter, Sally Kirby, for permission to publish this edition.