double bass – Agustín Fernández

December 2, 2022

Más Kantu for bassoon and piano – Kantu Kantukantu for solo double bass

bassoon and piano, Belfast, double bass, James Rapport, Kantu Kantukantu, Más Kantu, Newcastle, Quechua, Vienna 0

At the request of a friend in Bolivia, I recently composed a piece for bassoon and piano. Its title is Más Kantu. Its predecessor, Kantu Kantukantu (Vienna, 2021) is for solo double bass and was written at the behest of double-bassist James Rapport. This project posed the challenge, for me […]

November 14, 2012

December 2012

double bass, James Rapport, Souvenir de Teoponte, Vienna 0

Souvenir de Teoponte James Rapport, double bassEduard Lanner, piano7 December at 1900Diplomatische AkademieFavoritenstrasse 15a1040 WienAustriaTelephone: 01 5057272

September 14, 2011

Koussevitzky commission

double bass, James Rapport, Koussevitzky, Momenta Quartet, String Quartet No. 2 0

For the last few months I have been battling with a piece for double bass and piano. Along with the trombone, this is the instrument in the orchestra I feel I understand the least. Its workings may be based on the same basic principles as those of the violin and […]