Teppo Hauta-aho (1941-2001) was the most prolific composer in the history of the double bass and composed for every ability level, from the beginner to the virtuoso. His music is evocative and atmospheric, shaped by jazz and contemporary styles, and the influence of the dramatic and bleak landscapes and vistas of his native Finland are captured throughout his engaging and accessible music.
Homage à Koussevitsky was composed in 2008 and inspired by the Paris Double Bass Convention that year, it is an impressive, inventive, and colourful one-movement…
Homage à Koussevitsky was composed in 2008 and inspired by the Paris Double Bass Convention that year, it is an impressive, inventive, and colourful one-movement work for the advanced bassist.
The piece is episodic, emphasizing the lyrical, tonal, and timbral qualities available to the 21st-century double bassist, and employs the entire range of the solo double bass.
There are musical and technical challenges aplenty and it is composed in a modern but lyrical and accessible idiom. Atmospheric and evocative, dramatic and powerful, the piece evokes a range of moods and emotions within its short time span.