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JOHNSTONE – Toccata-Sonatina, Duo – VIOLA AND CELLO or VIOLA AND BASS CLARINET

Other Identification:
The Toccata – Sonatina was composed in June 2018, based on the main theme to ‘Wir setzen uns mit Tranen nieder’ which is the last choral movement of the great work by J.S.Bach “The St. Matthew Passion” BWV 244 (1727). The theme has previously been used by David Johnstone but is here expanded. This powerful work for a chamber music duo gives opportunities to two unusual duo combinations.
Originally, he conceived the work for Viola and Bass Clarinet (in Bb) – this due to an intelligent suggestion from the fine Spanish viola player Sandra López Bernad. However, seeing as the viola and cello are instruments which blend fine, but are no so used in duos, Johnstone felt that a concert duo for these instruments too might also be very useful for the ‘chamber music’ world. It is always a satisfaction for a composer to hear his or her music performed, and so here are two performance options.

Movements or sections:
The general score offered is the version for viola and bass clarinet; this will serve the viola-cello version two for the differences are very small…
Although the music is of a gentle speed, the feeling is certain akin to that of a “toccata” – an open and bold sound is generally called for. At the end of the exposition there is a little ‘codetta’; its accompanying arpeggio motive assumes more importance as the work unfolds, thus helping as a second figure in the development section. The final recapitulation is obvious for its grandiose sentiments, bringing the work to a triumphant conclusion.

Instrumentation:
DUO VIOLA AND BASS CLARINET
or
DUO VIOLA AND CELLO
….
4 PDFs:
1] Viola part
2] Bass Clarinet part
3] Cello part
4] Duo score

Approximate difficulty:
medium to difficult

Dedicatee of this presentation (if applicable):
Sandra López Bernad

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