Teppo Hauta-aho: Koraaliaana - Miniature for double bass quartet

  About the Composition 'Koraaliaana - Miniature' is a magical work for the advanced quartet, composed in 1985, and was a favorite work at Bass-Fest (UK) for many years. Lasting around 9-10 minutes, this is Teppo Hauta-aho at his very best, writing music that is engaging and interesting to play and demonstrating the wealth of tonal and timbral possibilities of the double bass quartet. In four clearly defined sections, the piece offers much to the enterprising and adventurous quartet who are looking for an original work that has much to say. The introduction is rhythmically free. Basses 3 and 4 work together in time as a ground bass with bass 1 and 2 playing without meters and in the higher registers. The second section is the introduction of the chorale theme, now in time, but with added 'Teppo touches' to create something a little different. A slower middle section, played primarily in the lower register, contrasts music of a more chordal nature, with varied rhythms and chromatic note