| Composer | Denis Betro |
|---|---|
| Difficulty | moderate and advanced |
| Format | sheet music X 2 copies |
| Instruments | violin and cello |
Three Shades of Blue was naively conceived as a work for Cello with Violin accompaniment. However, the Violin, accustomed to star billing wasn't having any of it.
The Cello begins the first theme, but a few bars later the Violin steals it, extends it, and tries to keep it. This results in a skirmish, with neither instrument giving way - a scrappy, unyielding and relentless bombilation of blue murder. The movement ends, not in an agreement, but in a truce.
The second movement is a peace discussion, more subdued, but alive with tension. Each instrument tries to out-filibuster the other with empirical viewpoints 'til they're blue in the face.
Finally, deciding they can get on with each other in a hopeful blue skies type of atmosphere, they embark on a reconciliatory third and final movement and boogie their way to the finish.
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