Double Bass Concerto (Farewell to St. Petersburg)
by Schott Music
Original price
$1,000TWD
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Original price
$1,000TWD
Original price
$1,000TWD
$1,000TWD
-
$1,000TWD
Current price
$1,000TWD
Composer: Bryars, Gavin
Instrument: solo double bass, optional 3 part bass chorus and chamber orchestra
Publisher: Schott Music
Description:
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).’
Instrument: solo double bass, optional 3 part bass chorus and chamber orchestra
Publisher: Schott Music
Description:
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).’