Bassoon and Piano SKU: HL.14020992 Composed by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. ...(+)
Bassoon and Piano
SKU:
HL.14020992
Composed
by Sir Peter Maxwell
Davies. Music Sales
America. 20th Century.
Book [Softcover].
Composed 1999. 60 pages.
Chester Music #CH60945.
Published by Chester
Music (HL.14020992).
ISBN 9780711936805.
9.0x12.0x0.185
inches.
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
coloured by low wind
(alto flute, clarinet in
A, bass clarinet,
contrabassoon, horns).
Bassoon part with piano
reduction of the
orchestral score.
Bassoon, piano SKU: FG.55011-586-6 Composed by Heikki Sarmanto. Fennica G...(+)
Bassoon, piano
SKU:
FG.55011-586-6
Composed by Heikki
Sarmanto. Fennica Gehrman
#55011-586-6. Published
by Fennica Gehrman
(FG.55011-586-6).
ISBN
9790550115866.
A
pioneer of Finnish modern
jazz, Heikki Sarmanto
(1939-) is renowned for
his renderings of jazz
numbers. No wonder,
therefore, that broken
chords and familiar keys
resonate and sit well
under the hand in the
piano part of this
Northern Dreams suite.
The solo passages for the
piano are like stylised
improvisations. In
addition to jazz idioms,
the suite features
Chopin-style arpeggios.
His music is melodic and
communicative, painting
feelings, situations and
events. Northern Dreams
was originally composed
with the tenor sax of
Juhani Aaltonen in mind,
and the solo part is a
transcription of his
improvisation. The solo
part is also available in
arrangements for alto
sax, flute, clarinet,
bassoon and trumpet.