Concerto after Haydn
Double bass and string orchestra – min.”
Versions for bass/piano and “Trout” quintet
A historically-informed original composition reviving Haydn’s lost concerto for double bass. Based on the theme from Haydn’s lost Concerto per il violone (Contrabbasso), Hob. VIIc/1
Written around the same time as his Morning, Midday, and Evening Symphonies (nos. 6-8) which featured solo bass in the Minuets, Joseph Haydn’s lost Concerto per il violone (Contrabbasso) survives today via a two measure fragment preserved in his index of themes. Through an imitation of the popular mid-18th century Galant style, Concerto after Haydn unfolds this bit of material into an entire 20 minute work for solo bass.