Kérésre for piccolo and chamber orchestra is a composition that was requested by George Fazakas who eagerly wanted a new South African composition for piccolo. The title translates from the Hungarian to “upon request”. In this composition I used the Hungarian minor scale – a tonally ambiguous scale. This is the second composition in which I use the Hungarian minor scale – the other composition is A Wind-Up Doll’s Dream. I explored the tonal ambiguities of the scale, starting on C, in the two compositions. In Kérésre, I established C as a stable tone (although the neighbouring semitones of the G creates strong tendencies towards the G as a stable tone). In A Wind-Up Doll’s Dream I established G as a stable tone. Kérésre starts with a short theme that is used harmonically and thematically throughout the composition, with free chromatic lines for the piccolo.