00947719-EF88-4FFD-A8E9-F8B034FFC75E
| ID | 00947719-EF88-4FFD-A8E9-F8B034FFC75E |
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| Titlecode | R01165 |
| Title Name | Primavera Doubles |
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| Instrumentation | Violin, Cello, Piano Reduction from: Violin, Cello Soli: 2+Picc.2.2+Bcl.2. Asax: 4.3.3.1: Perc(4).Pno: Str |
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| Program Notes | Don Freund's Primavera Doubles was commissioned by the Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory of Music for violinist Julian Ross, cellist Regina Mushabac, and the Conservatory Orchestra, conducted by Dwight Oltman. This Double Concerto features a pair of soloists, but there are other "doubles" as well. Each of the three movements is a double-movement, reflections of material using variation and imitation populate the work; and two-voice writing is abundant. The most obvious example being "Echo la Primavera," a two-voice madrigal by 14th century composer Francesco Landini, which haunts the piece, appearing in various guises and finally providing the work's conclusion. First Doubles: Suggestions and Sauntersongs begins with a double cadenza that is introduced and interrupted by a unision tutti motto rhythm which will re-appear obsessively in the last movement. The cadenza fades to a glimmer of disembodied Landini and then to the Sauntersongs, presented over a trundling passacaglia bass. Second Doubles: Scherzos and Sombersongs breads in with a rough, turbulent tutti acting as a foil to another lighter scherzo, which pits the pair of string soloists against a pair of drummers. The ensuing Sombersongs similarly alternate dark, brooding phrases (tuba solo answered by cello) with a high, bright version of the Landini (violin and glickenspiel, echoed by flutes). Other soulful and eventually radiant dialogues follow, closed by a ghostly return of the "pairs" scherzo. Third Doubles: Swaggersong and Saltarello reverses the shape of the other movements, beginning with a heavily charactered folk-song which accelerates into a swirling dance. At the end, the opening cadenza returns, but this time it leads to a culminating invocation of Landini's "Primavera" madrigal. Don Freund |
| Title Brand | 2 |
| Year Composed | 2000 |
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| Duration | 23 |
| Ensemble Size | 3 |
| Date Created | 2008-10-31 20:32:08.000000 |
| Date Updated | 2025-09-30 20:32:08 |
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| Title Category | 10 |
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| Title Instrument Category Text | String Duo & Ensemble |
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| Title Sub Category | 74 |
| Title Instrument Header | 63 |
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