Platt, Russell % Concerto (score & set) - BSN/STGS (2008)

Concerto for bassoon and strings by Russell Platt, b. 1965 - American composer This edition comes with a score, solo bassoon part, and a full set of strings, 3-3-2-2-2. Additional string sets are available separately. ABOUT THE COMPOSER Deeply rooted in the legacy of Romanticism, the music of Russell Platt (b. 1965) is narrative- driven, formally dynamic, intellectually active, and frequently engages with works from other mediums. His “Symphony in Three Movements (For Clyfford Still)” (2019-20), for the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and JoAnn Falletta, is a response to four paintings by the legendary Abstract Expressionist artist held by Buffalo’s beloved Albright-Knox Art Gallery. “Mountain Interval (String Quartet)” (2014-16, premiered by the Borromeo String Quartet) is a seven- movement double tribute to Beethoven’s String Quartet in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131, and several beloved poems by Robert Frost. “Trio by Night” (2018, commissioned by Premiere Commission and premiered by Bla