For the past ten years Rick Stotijn has been making Stockholm his second home, finding musical inspiration as well as new friends there. The present disc is a reflection of this, with existing and new repertoire involving the double bass by composers who have all at some point lived and worked in the city. The oldest work, as well as the best known, is the Concerto for Double Bass by Eduard Tubin, composed in 1948. Stotijn performs it here with the support of his own orchestra, the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra under James Gaffigan. The other concerto on the disc was composed especially for Stotijn and for the violinist Malin Broman by Britta BystrÃ¶m. Infinite Rooms (2016) is a double concerto - in which the violinist switches between violin and viola - with inspiration from the Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama. It was awarded the most important Swedish composition prize, Stora Christ Johnson-priset, in 2020, and comes with three 'Walks', potential encores which can also serve as bridges to the next work during the concert, be it by Schubert, Bruckner or Strauss. The orchestra heard in Infinite Rooms is the VÃ¤sterÃ¥s Sinfonietta, conducted by Simon Crawford-Phillips, who also appears on the disc in the role of pianist: Jesper Nordin's Piano Trio, is an adaptation by the composer for these performers, of an earlier score for violin, cello and orchestra. Closing the disc is In memoriam by Carin MalmlÃ¶f-Forssling, a brief vocalise for soprano here transcribed for the double bass.

Tracklist:

4 Walks: No. 3, A Walk To Schubert
Double Bass Concerto: I. Allegro Con Moto
Double Bass Concerto: II. Andante Sostenuto
Double Bass Concerto: III. Tempo Primo
Double Bass Concerto: IV. Allegro Non Troppo, Poco Marciale
4 Walks (Excerpts): No. 1, A Walk To Bruckner
Infinite Rooms: Leggiero
Infinite Rooms: Grazioso
Infinite Rooms: Calmo
Infinite Rooms: Quarter Note = 100
Infinite Rooms: Calmo, Cantando
Infinite Rooms: Ritmico
Infinite Rooms: Dolce
4 Walks (Excerpts): No. 4, A Walk To Strauss
Double Concerto For Violin, Cello & Orchestra (Version For Violin, Double Bass & Piano)
In Memoriam (Transcr. R. Stotijn For Double Bass)

UPC: 7318599923796
Label: Bis
Release Date: 7.2.21
Format: CD

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