Chamber Music Bassoon,
Piano
SKU:
PR.114423350
Composed
by Amanda Harberg. Set of
Score and Parts. 32+12
pages. Duration 16
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #114-42335.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.114423350).
ISBN
9781491135112. UPC:
680160686339.
This
stunning addition to the
bassoon repertory
features dramatic outer
movements framing a slow
and plaintive aria.
Harberg’s program
notes put the drama and
its crying-out high notes
in the context of writing
in 2021: “The
composition was deeply
influenced by disruptive
forces unfolding around
us. While this unrest
made writing difficult at
times and brought me to
uncomfortable places
within myself, the
process was also full of
unexpected discoveries
and musical solutions I
never would have found in
less troubled
times.â€.
Connect
ions are all around us. I
first met bassoonist
Adrian Morejon while
writing my Suite for Wind
Quintet for the Dorian
Wind Quintet in 2017. He
and I quickly became fast
friends and decided to
collaborate on a new
piece. Over the next two
years, Adrian assembled a
phenomenal group of 28
bassoonists from around
the world to be
co-commissioners. Adrian
and I premiered the
resulting sonata at the
International Double Reed
Society’s 2021
Virtual Symposium.The
SONATA was composed
between January and June
2021. In composing it, my
goal was to offer
bassoonists a substantial
work that would show off
the instrument’s
remarkable strengths
including its athletic
agility, gorgeous singing
qualities, and enormous
range. While I generally
avoid being programmatic,
this composition was
deeply influenced by the
disruptive forces
unfolding around us.
While this unrest made
writing difficult at
times and often brought
me to uncomfortable
places within myself, the
process was also full of
unexpected discoveries
and musical solutions I
never would have found in
less troubled times.I am
deeply grateful to Adrian
for our collaboration,
and to everyone in the
consortium for making the
SONATA possible.