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Bridgewater: Romantic Idyll for Bassoon and Piano

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Composer's Notes

I lived no more than a few miles away from the Bridgewater Canal for most of my life until my late-thirties and I ahve gone for countless walks along its narrow banks. This piece was written at the request of Graham Salvage, the principal bassoonist of the Hallé orchestra, and as that orchestra's Bridgewater Hall is named after the canal on whose banks it was built, it seemed an appropriate way to combine the music's pastoral spirit with the professional home of its dedicate.

Two ideas appear in the opening bassoon melody, one distorted and fragments. The piece gradually resolves the first and completes the second of these as it builds up to and winds down from a climactic cadenza to its final rapt conclusion.

Item Details

Instrumentation

  • Part 1: Bassoon
  • Part 2: Piano
Category: Bassoon Repertoire
Publisher: Josef Weinberger
Publisher's reference: M570056859
Our Stock Code: 1312812
Media Type: Paperback - Score and parts (2 pages [score])