ShaoYing LOW
A Jolly Good Time
Duration: 2'
Instrumentation details:
1st bassoon
2nd bassoon
piano
A Jolly Good Time
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ShaoYing LOW
A Jolly Good Time
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Orchestration: for two bassoons and piano
Type: Dirigierpartitur
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This piece was composed in August 2011. After playing Beethoven's 5th Symphony (1st movement) a few times in a conducting class, the idea of using its opening motif came to my mind immediately. Thus, I played around with it, changed it to a major key, sort of jazzed it up and made the two bassoons play it a 2nd apart to create a clash in tonality in the introduction. After that, another melody takes over and it is played in a fun and jovial interaction between the three instruments right up till the end.