Concertino for Bassoon, Celesta, and String Quartet | 2014
ca. 8'15"
This Concertino is intended as a small-scale double concerto for Bassoon and Celesta. It was orchestrated as the first movement of my Double Concerto for Bassoon and Celesta with Chamber Orchestra, my Master's thesis. I derived the pitch content for the piece by superimposing two triads a tritone apart; therefore, there exist only six pitches at any point in the piece. And despite the moving pitch centers, the piece is bookended by centricity on C and F#. For much of the piece the focus lies on the two soloists, with quick interactions between the two. However, the latter half of the piece features the ensemble as a whole, with much more conversation coming from the strings as well. The piece contains many different sections delineated by texture, but the overall form is ternary, each large section unified by its own motif.
Erik López, bassoon; Ian Guthrie, celesta; Jiazhi Zhang, Catherine Beck, violin; Elitsa Atansova, viola; Foster Baird, cello
This Concertino is intended as a small-scale double concerto for Bassoon and Celesta. It was orchestrated as the first movement of my Double Concerto for Bassoon and Celesta with Chamber Orchestra, my Master's thesis. I derived the pitch content for the piece by superimposing two triads a tritone apart; therefore, there exist only six pitches at any point in the piece. And despite the moving pitch centers, the piece is bookended by centricity on C and F#. For much of the piece the focus lies on the two soloists, with quick interactions between the two. However, the latter half of the piece features the ensemble as a whole, with much more conversation coming from the strings as well. The piece contains many different sections delineated by texture, but the overall form is ternary, each large section unified by its own motif.
Erik López, bassoon; Ian Guthrie, celesta; Jiazhi Zhang, Catherine Beck, violin; Elitsa Atansova, viola; Foster Baird, cello