nueva obra de Johnstone para orquesta con dos solistas

This is an enigmatic work of David Johnstone, written in 2010. The unusual title of the composition has precise relevance to the manner of performance. The word ‘Sinfonia’ refers to the baroque ideals of a sinfonia as an overture or an extended introduction to an opera, religious work, or a theatrical production. Indeed the harmonic base is very much guided by Bachian language. However, from this formal base grow two ‘romantic trees’ – for the first part the slow moving melody line of the tutti 1st Violin section. Then, and additionally to this, are two beautiful individual soloist lines (well complementing each other) which sing out with real intensity over and on top of all the other proceedings. This great cantabile intensity is what is meant by the reference to ‘of Passion’ in the work’s title. There are a number of different possibilities with the soloist instrumentation - the more usual soloist invitations will probably usually go to violinists, violists and clarinetists, but it would be worth while investigating the other offers displayed!