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.
