Bach, Funck, Handel & Pachelbel: Baroque Bass Quartets (arranged by David Heyes)

About the Collection Baroque Bass Quartets brings together a wealth of amazing music by Bach, Handel, Funck and Pachelbel, arranged for the intermediate double bass quartet by David Heyes. Ideal as concert repertoire or simply to play with friends, they offer technical and musical challenges in equal measure, and all are audience and player friendly.  Table of Contents 1. J.S. Bach (1685-1750) - Air on a G string  Bach’s Air from Orchestral Suite No.3 in D major is probably one of the most famous melodies ever composed. Originally arranged by David Heyes in the 1980s for The Col Legno Double Bass Ensemble in London and newly edited in 2007, this Baroque 'classic' offers effective challenges for the good intermediate quartet and would be ideal for any concert or occasion.  The majority of the melodic material is played by Bass 1, with wonderfully contrapuntal writing for Bass 2 and 3, grounded by an evocative and iconic pizzicato bass line. Bass 1 and 2 have passages which could be play