Bull in a China Shop (2020) for alto saxophone and piano
Follow the Leader (2015) for tuba and piano
Super Groove (2011) for oboe and piano
Pistol Pete’s Passacaglia (2008) for violin and contrabass (with solo strings)Duration: 9:15
Complete performance on YouTube by Domenic Salerni (violin) and Samuel Suggs (bass)
Pistol Pete's Passacaglia starts off as a straightforward passacaglia, a repeated bass line with continuous variations over top in the violin. But variation is infectious and, like most contemporary interpretations of older musical forms, my passacaglia stretches the definition to its limits. When the bass takes its first break, the violin part outlines the missing bassline, then varies it...and then varies it some more. Throughout the piece, the music from the beginning is never far away but is usually in disguise or fragmented in some way. It begins to resurface with clarity near the end, before the quick section that concludes the piece.
Pistol Pete’s Passacaglia was written for former colleagues at Oklahoma State, George Speed and Laura Talbott. The piece can only be performed on a bass with solo tuning (in D) due to the numerous double-stops composed with that tuning in mind.
Contact the composer directly to inquire about score/parts: mikedambrosio@gmail.com
Fantasy in Six Continuous Movements (2006) for alto sax [or Bb clarinet] and piano
The Red Thread (2002)for trumpet and organ
Sonata for Alto Sax and Piano (2001)
Re-Emergence (1998) for cello and piano
Two Pieces for Horn and Piano (1997)
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