Description
Tango Molto Basso
Composed by Jonathan Cohen
for Low Flute Ensemble
Published by Tetractys Publishing
Includes score and parts
Instrumentation:
3 Alto Flutes
2 Bass Flutes
Contrabass Flute
Introduction:
This tango was written for the opening concert of the first International Low Flute Festival, held in Reston, Virginia, April 2018, and commissioned by Debbie Gilbert.
The low flutes are well suited to the tango's balance of fire and passion on one side and restraint and subtlety on the other. All three octaves of the flutes' range are used to advantage as they move between sharp staccato, fluttering, and sweeping legato triplets, building to a contra cadenza in the middle, then a quiet playful period, and then to an impassioned finish. Light a fire in your audience with Tango Molto Basso.