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JOHNSTONE – Concerto-Rhapsody ‘The Romantic’ – SOLO DOUBLE BASS AND ORCHESTRA

Other Identification:
Composed June and July 2021, on the basis of previous material
Set in a long-past romantic idiom, from the times of Rachmaninov, Koussevitsky etc.

Movements or sections:
Structure: in one giant movement in Sonata form, with three different subject groups, and an extended episode appearing after the first development section serving as a slow movement, which then leads to the second development section and posterior recapitulation, rounded off by a small coda. The work is performed without a break…
Duration: approx. 26 to 28 minutes

Instrumentation:
SOLOIST DOUBLE BASS AND CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Scoring: Double bass soloist, violins I, violins II, violas, cellos, double basses, 1 flute, 1 oboe, 1 clarinet (both Bb and A), 1 bassoon, and 1 french horn.
Sensible MINIMUM orchestral size of the string sections: 7 Violin I, 6 Violin II, 4 Viola, 4 cello and 2 double bass. But if more players are available in an orchestra they should be included!
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7 PDFs:
1 – Double Bass Soloist
2 – Score, movement 1
3 – Score, movement 2
4 – Score, movement 3
5 – Orchestral higher strings
6 – Orchestral lower strings
7 – All wind parts

Approximate difficulty:
Well playable by advanced double bass players. The double bass part is written in Soloist tuning (A, E, B, F#)

Dedicatee of this presentation (if applicable):
Dedicated to my friend JUAN CANAL
and inspired by the wonderful double bass playing of PIOTR PIOTROWSKY

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