Because of the close counterpoint between the two solo parts, there are also excellent challenges for intonation and careful phrasing. The work offers the bass clarinetist excellent challenges of building range, technique, and breath control, as well as an opportunity to perform the work of a master composer of the Baroque period. Individual movements or the complete work would make an excellent choice for recital, contest, or audition for students of all ages. Extended-range instruments are required, but only for a few occasions within the work with a few minor edits, the work could be performed with instruments without the low-C extension. We have maintained the original key of G minor, placing the bass clarinetists in the comfortable A minor. This concerto, originally for two cellos and strings, is very effective in transcription for two bass clarinets and piano.

Concertos - whether featuring a single soloist or multiple - are an important element of the prolific catalog of the Italian Baroque composer Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741).

Vivaldi concerto for 2 cellos