Double Bass Concerto (Farewell to St. Petersburg) 布萊亞斯 協奏曲 總譜 朔特版

這首協奏曲不同尋常地加入了男聲合唱。布賴爾斯在創作這首曲子時受到了許多俄羅斯元素的影響，尤其是低音聲部的曲文，取自格林卡的歌曲組曲《再別康橋》。布賴爾斯寫道："整首樂曲的配器相當輕盈，這樣低音提琴的歌唱性就能顯現出來。雖然在結尾部分有一個自然和聲的段落，但音調的重點是在中音區。雖然這首曲子並不是為演奏家而設計，但在一段簡短的快板中，獨奏者有時會得到其他獨奏樂器（低音單簧管、中提琴、大提琴、低音提琴）的支持'"

作曲家: Bryars, Gavin
樂器: solo double bass, optional 3 part bass chorus and chamber orchestra
出版社: Schott Music
原文簡介:
This concerto has the unusual addition of an optional male voice choir. Many Russian elements influenced Bryars when he was writing the piece, not least the text for the bass voices which is taken from Glinka’s song cycle Farewell to St Petersburg. Bryars writes ‘The orchestration is quite light throughout, so that the singing quality of the double bass can emerge. The emphasis in terms of tessitura is on the middle register, though in the closing section there is a passage in natural harmonics. Although the piece is not designed to be a virtuoso showpiece, there is a brief cadenza in which the soloist is supported at times by other solo instruments (bass clarinet, viola, cello, bass).’