Peter Askim: Music
Edge for Solo Double Bass (Click Here for Program Notes)
(Peter Askim, Double Bass)
Edge is the sharp but delicate lines of a cut diamond; the sheen of sound as it slices the silence; the precision of a surgical knife. Edge is the gritty underside of the pulsing city: dangerous, vital. It is a slalom ski as it speeds downhill - barely balancing and almost, but not quite, losing control. Precarious, but exhilarating…
Edge was commissioned by the International Society of Bassists as the required work for the 2003 Solo Competition.