Gustav Holst
Double Concerto
Gustav Holst
Double Concerto
- Instrumentation 2 Violins and Piano
- Composer Gustav Holst
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Difficulty Level
- Edition Sheet Music
- Publisher Curwen and Sons Ltd.
- Order no. JC93039
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Description:
In the brilliant, demanding Double Concerto, two sides of Holst's character find expression, the mystical and reticent balancing the physical and audacious. Audiences gave the piece a mixed reception on its premiere in 1930, butlisteners of today would find in the bitonality and contrapuntal textures a musical language with which they are conversant. The three-movement piece I Scherzo, II Lament, II Variations on a Ground is arranged here for two Violins with rehearsal Piano with comments by the composer's daughter.