| 作曲者 | Gavin Bryars (b. 1943) |
| タイトル | Double Bass Concerto |
| サブタイトル | Farewell to St. Petersburg |
| 出版社 | Schott（ショット） |
| 楽器編成 | double bass and orchestra |
| 楽器編成（詳細） | 2.0.1.bcl.1.cbsn-2.0.0.0-timp.2perc(glsp,crot,vib,tub bells,tam-t,b.d)-hp-str(0.0.6.4.2 preferred) |
| 品番 | 9790220125744 |
| 形状 | 36 ページ・200 g・中綴じ |
| 演奏時間 | 28分 |
| 作曲年 | 2002年 |
| 出版年 | 2006年 |
| 出版番号 | ED 12932 |
| ISMN | 9790220125744 |
Written for Duncan McTier, this concerto has the unusual addition of an optional male voice choir. Many Russian elements influenced Bryars when he was writing the piece, not least the text for the bass voices which is taken from Glinka’s song cycle Farewell to St Petersburg. Bryars writes ‘The orchestration is quite light throughout, so that the singing quality of the double bass can emerge. The emphasis in terms of tessitura is on the middle register, though in the closing section there is a passage in natural harmonics. Although the piece is not designed to be a virtuoso showpiece, there is a brief cadenza in which the soloist is supported at times by other solo instruments (bass clarinet, viola, cello, bass).’ (Gavin Bryars)