Lunchtime concert by double bassist Will Duerden with pianist Svitlana Kosenko, with works by Schumann, Ravel, Fauré and Bottesini.
Will Duerden takes the stage at Perth Concert Hall on Monday 7 December for a lunchtime concert that puts the double bass front and centre. It's an instrument that rarely gets top billing, so the whole hour is built around showing what it can actually do. Duerden is joined by pianist Svitlana Kosenko, and the two play together throughout.
The programme runs from Romantic expression to Impressionist colours, with a few stops along the way. Schumann's Adagio and Allegro in A flat, Op. 70 opens things out, followed by Ravel's Deux mélodies hébraïques and Fauré's Berceuse. There's a contemporary sonata in the mix too: Vilmos Montag's Sonata in E minor for Double Bass and Piano. The set is rounded off with Giovanni Bottesini's Fantasia 'Lucia di Lammermoor', an operatic fantasia from the 19th-century doyen of the double bass, and Ponce's Estrellita.
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It's a lunchtime slot, so it fits into a working day rather than taking up an evening. The concert runs from 13:00 to 14:00. Tickets are £14.50 in advance, which includes a £2.50 booking fee, and £13.50 for over 60s, the unwaged, disabled people and students. After 12 noon on the day, the price goes up to £16, with the concession rate at £15. Under 26s go free, though under 16s need to be accompanied by an adult.
