The composer was inspired to write this piece by the famous film director Alfred Hitchcock. It is not all easy in this instance to create the tension required. The melody has to adopt a wait and see attitude, it has to be more defensive than offensive. Try to bring out the cool superiority of a secret agent such as James Bond. The eighth notes have to be played relatively slow, and in view of dynamics the great differences innate in the music have to be brought to bear. A pp following a ff comes much more as a surprise than after a mf. The rests too must be used to create tension: zzzzzzz…