Michael & Lourdes Montgomery: Miniatures for Hertl for double bass & piano

About the Compositions Miniatures for Hertl includes six colourful and engaging pieces for the intermediate bassist, five by Michael Montgomery and one by Lourdes Montgomery. The pieces can be performed individually or as a complete suite and the range of accessible styles and idioms creates a fitting tribute to the Czech bassist-composer František Hertl. 2023 marked the fiftieth anniversary of the death of the Czech bassist-composer-conductor František Hertl (1906-1973). Hertl composed a number of impressive works for double bass, including a Sonata for double bass and piano, which is arguably the finest sonata in our repertoire, and a Concerto which is not as well-known as it deserves. In the late 1960s or early 1970s, he also composed a series of 30 Miniatures for double bass and piano aimed at conservatoire-level bassists, which are little known today. Each is colorful and inventive, combining musical and technical skills in tandem with supportive accompaniments which add character