Pas de Deux: Concerto for Violin, Violoncello & Orchestra (2019)
photo: Sharon Robinson (L) and Jaime Laredo (R).
Details
Pas de Deux: Concerto for Violin, Violoncello & Orchestra (2019)
Music by Chris Brubeck
Instrumentation
2 Flutes (2nd fl. doubles on Piccolo)
2 Oboes (2nd ob. doubles on English Horn)
2 Clarinets in Bb
2 Bassoons
2 French Horns
2 Trumpets
Timpani
1 Percussion - Tablas (wonderful option), Glockenspiel, Guiro, Susp. cymbal, Triangle
Drum Set (separate player)
Violin 1
Violin 2
Viola
Cello
Double Bass
Overview
Written for violinist and Vermont Symphony Orchestra Music Director Jaime Laredo and his wife, cellist Sharon Robinson. Commissioned by the Vermont Symphony Orchestra, Pacific Symphony, Greensboro Symphony Orchestra and Robinson’s alma mater, the North Carolina School of the Arts.