Edge for Solo Double Bass | Peter Askim

Edge for Solo Double Bass

Commissioned by the International Society of Bassists as the required piece for the 2003 Solo Competition

Audio Recording

Video

Published by ISB Editions, The International Society of Bassists

Instrumentation: Solo double bass (solo or orchestral tuning)

Duration: 6′

Program Notes:

Edge is the sharp but delicate lines of a cut diamond; the sheen of sound as it slices the silence; the precision of a surgical knife. Edge is the gritty underside of the pulsing city: dangerous, vital. It is a slalom ski as it speeds downhill – barely balancing and almost, but not quite, losing control. Precarious, but exhilarating…

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