Score and Parts Bassoon
Quartet; Woodwind Quartet
(Score & Parts)
SKU:
HL.50610173
10
Pieces for Bassoon
Quartet (partly with
other instruments)
Sco. Composed by
Tibor Csuhaj-Barna. EMB.
Classical. Softcover. 88
pages. Editio Musica
Budapest #Z20091.
Published by Editio
Musica Budapest
(HL.50610173).
The composer
was inspired to write
these pieces by the
Corridor Quartet (Gyorgy
Lakatos, Mihaly Duffek,
Zsofia Stefan, and Sara
Rebeka Toth), with their
open attitude to music
and their enchanting
sound world. The timbres
of the bassoon harmony
are emphasised still more
by being joined by the
double bass, and by a
voice or flute soaring
above them. One reviewer
writes of the CD
Corridoors:'Easy to
listen to, but modern:
modern, and yet easy to
listen to. And because of
the sound of the
bassoons, it's spiced
with a kindof fantasy
mood, a kind of ''Lord of
the Rings''
feel.'(jazzma.hu, Karoly
Gaspar) The name of the
Corridor Quartet refers
to a corridor that leads
the listeners between
different centuries,
styles, and genres. It
joins things together,
and acts as a bridge,
many doors opening off
from it: classical,
modern and folk, jazz and
rock. Tibor Csuhaj-Barna
is a jazz double bass
player and composer, and
an associate professor
(DLA) at the Liszt Ferenc
Academy of Music.Over the
last 30 years he has been
an active performer on
the Hungarian jazz scene,
compiling and playing on
many CDs. He has written
music for theatres,
choirs, and jazz lineups
ranging from duos to big
band.