Common Ground
(in three movements)

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of "Blues Upside Down")

RealAudio Format
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Composed in: 2005
Instrumentation: bassoon, violoncello
Duration: 12 minutes
Publisher:

Doblinger Music Publishers, Vienna, Austria Score & parts (catalog # 06 713)

Premiere Performance:

08/04/2006 in Beverly Hills, CA

Judith Farmer, bsn; Armen Ksajikian, vc

CD Recording:

Gernot Wolfgang, "Common Ground", Albany Records CD TROY 854


Score and parts are available through Theodore Front Musical Literature, Inc. or your local music store.

Glyn Pursglove, Musicweb-International.com

" In Common Ground Wolfgang demonstrates just how attractive the combination of bassoon and cello can be."


Daniel Lipori, The Double Reed

" I thoroughly enjoyed reading through this work ... there is a limited amount of repertoire specifically for bassoon and cello, and this is a welcome new addition."


Josef Woodard, Santa Barbara News-Press

" Cellist Paula Fehrenbach joined the bassoonist [Judith Farmer] on the intriguing Common Ground , creating a low register agenda. Here again, Mr. Wolfgang's jazz/soul leanings (he's a former jazz guitarist) show in the neat network of "riffs", sometimes layered and sometimes in driving unsion."