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Strathclyde Concerto #8-BSN/PN
Composer: Davies, Peter Maxwell
Publisher: Chester
Edition: 59323
$33.95
Strathclyde Concerto #8
for bassoon and piano
by Pater Maxwell Davies (1934-2016)- British composer and conductor
Duration: 28:00
for bassoon and piano
by Pater Maxwell Davies (1934-2016)- British composer and conductor
I. Presto
II. Andante
III. Recit. Adagio, rubato
Unusually for him, Davies starts his Bassoon Concerto not with slow music but with speed and brilliance: the opening is a Presto, initiated by the strings, and only at the entry of the soloist does the tempo relax to that of a real introduction. Out of this grow a big dancing Allegro. The slow movement begins and ends with a simple song, around fantastical ornamentation from the soloist. The finale is again a recitative and dance, with a slow coda. The whole work is an immense show of stamina, poetry and athleticism for the bassoon, set against an orchestra colored by low wind (alto flute, clarinet in A, bass clarinet, contrabassoon, horns). This is the piano reduction of the original for bassoon and orchestra. Duration: 28:00
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