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Aurora

for double bass solo and string orchestra with accordion
double bass and string orchestra
Edition: Performance material
Product Type
Hire/performance material

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Description

In 1971, I was flying over Anchorage in Alaska when I saw an incredible light effect through the aeroplane window: it was the aurora borealis. I have never ever seen anything so powerful or such a blaze of colour in motion. It was not only beautiful, but also extremely powerful, almost threatening and simply monumental. In my composition Aurora, I have attempted to reproduce my own impressions of this moment when I felt myself as an element of this cosmos.

Aurora is my first piece for solo double bass. Up until now, I have always used the lower registers of this instrument and was astounded that the double bass could also soar up into the highest ranges, sounding as powerful and colourful as the aurora borealis itself. Accompanying the solo double bass is a small string orchestra and an accordion, as well as two additional orchestral double basses, which are are placed in the concert hall to form a triangle with the soloist. Peter Eötvös

More Information

Title:
Aurora
for double bass solo and string orchestra with accordion
Edition:
Performance material
Publisher/Label:
Schott Music
Year of composition:
2019
Duration:
19 ′
World Premiere:
December 8, 2019 · Berlin (D)
Kammermusiksaal
Matthew McDonald, Kontrabass · Conductor: Peter Eötvös · Stipendiaten der Karajan-Akademie der Berliner Philharmoniker

Commissioned work :
Jointly co-commissioned by Karajan-Akademie der Berliner Philharmoniker, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, Tongyeong International Music Festival
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Technical Details

Media Type:
Hire/performance material
Product number:
LS 6013-01
Format:
29.7cm x 42cm

Performances

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  • Aurora
    Conductor: Mark Wigglesworth
    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra
    March 21, 2025 | Glasgow (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) , Glasgow City Halls
  • Aurora
    Conductor: Mark Wigglesworth
    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra
    March 20, 2025 | Edinburgh (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) , Edinburgh Queens Hall — National Premiere
  • Aurora
    Conductor: Mahler Chamber Orchestra
    Orchestra: Elim Chan
    November 8, 2024 | Paris (France) , Philharmonie — National Premiere
  • Aurora
    Conductor: Mahler Chamber Orchestra
    Orchestra: Elim Chan
    November 6, 2024 | Ferrara (Italy) , Teatro Communale — National Premiere
  • Aurora
    Conductor: Zsolt Nagy
    Orchestra: Sinfonietta de la Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía
    May 6, 2024 | Madrid (Spain) , Museo Reina Sofía — National Premiere
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