W.A. Mozart: Adagio K.411 for double bass quintet (arr. David Heyes)

About the Arrangement Mozart’s Adagio K.411 is originally for 2 clarinets and 3 basset horns and transcribes beautifully for the advanced double bass quintet. Composed in 1785 and believed to have been written for a Masonic event that year, it has been arranged for many instrumental combinations, offering musical and technical challenges in equal measure. The beautiful and evocative melodies, alongside intricate counterpoint, flows from player to player, with an independent and supportive bass line provided by bass 5. There are opportunities to demonstrate the versatility and great potential of the double bass quintet in music, which is both player and audience-friendly. Lasting around six minutes, the Adagio would be easy to program and ideal for any audience or occasion. About the Arranger David Heyes studied double bass with Laurence Gray and Bronwen Naish, later at the Royal College of Music in London, and completed his post-graduate studies in Prague with František Pošta (Princi