G.F. Handel: Concerto for double bass & piano (arr. David Heyes)

About the Composition G.F. Handel's Concerto in G minor, originally for oboe, was first transcribed for double bass by František Simandl (1840-1912) in the late 19th-century and transposed into A minor for solo tuning.  This arrangement by David Heyes, incorporating some of the Simandl edition, restores some of the missing bars from the earlier publication and returns to the Handel’s orchestral version to create a work of rhythmic energy and character for the 21st-century.  The four contrasting movements offer effective musical and technical challenges for the good intermediate bassist and this would make a suitable recital or study work for any bassist working in thumb position.  Handel's Concerto would fit easily into any concert, is suitable for any audience or occasion, and demonstrates the many sonorous and technical solo possibilities of the double bass.  Composed in about 1703 when Handel was in Hamburg, it is generally known as Oboe Concerto No.3 today, although in reality it