Informationen zu "David Heyes Serenity - A Meditation for Sara Double Bass Quartet"
Verlag: Recital Music
Verlagsnummer: RM1001
EAN: 9990093813919
Beschreibung
God, grant me the strength of eagle wings, the faith and courage to fly to
new heights, and the wisdom to rely on His spirit to carry me there.
Native American Prayer for Serenity David Heyes writes: 'This prayer was the
starting point for Serenity and with an unusual scoring for viola and 2
double basses which is both dark and rich. Lucy Scanlon, who I have know for
over 20 years and who was one of my students in Reading from about 8 years
old, asked me to write a piece in memory of her Mum to be played at her
funeral on Saturday 16 July 2016. Sara Scanlon (1958-2016) was an amazing
lady, wonderfully supportive of her two daughters, always positive and
upbeat, helpful and friendly to everyone, and always there if she was needed.
I have known Sara as long as I have known Lucy and we last spoke in March at
the Slough Massed Bass Concert. Sara and her husband Michael were always
enthusiastic and supportive of BYMT (Berkshire Young Musicians Trust) and
both Lucy and Jane were prominent and active musicians for many years. Lucy
also studied with me at the Royal Academy of Music (JD) and finally for 6th
Form at Wells Cathedral School. She was a talented double bassist and was a
much valued member of the double bass department. I was honoured to have
been asked to write a piece to be included in Sara's funeral service. The
four minute piece is generally slow and meditative with all the melodic
interest given to Sara's two daughters Jane (viola) and Lucy (double bass 1)
and my part, as double bass 2, is simply to support the solo lines, underpin
the music, and add a rhythmic movement throughout.' Serenity - A Meditation
for Sara was rescored for double bass trio and premiered at the Purcell
School (Bushey, Herts) on Sunday 24 July 2016 by Eloise Riddell, Jacob
Robinson and David Heyes, receiving it's Czech premiere on Wednesday 21
September 2016 at the Academy of Music in Prague by Joe Prindl, Danijel
Radanovic and David Heyes. Serenity - a Meditation for Sara was rewritten
for double bass quartet in May 2018 and premiered at Wells Cathedral School
(Somerset, UK) on Wednesday 13 June 2018 by Alexander Heather, Eloine
Vatteville, Tom Mahoney and Jan Cowell. The music is slow moving initially,
setting the mood of the piece, with a middle section which has more direction
and momentum primarily pushed along by the repeated motif from bass 3 and 4.
It returns to the more solemn style towards the end with a sustained two-part
chord which contrasts the cadenza-like music for bass 3 and 4 which begins
below the chord and quickly moves into the higher register, played in
harmonics and ending gently and hopefully with a feeling or resolution.
David Heyes studied double bass with Laurence Gray and Bronwen Naish and
later at the Royal College of Music in London. He completed his post-graduate
studies in Prague with Frantisek Posta (Principal Double Bass, Czech
Philharmonic Orchestra). He has given recitals and masterclasses in 13
countries over the past few years and has been a juror at a number of
international competitions, twice as chairman. David has been Specialist
Double Bass Tutor at Wells Cathedral School for 20 years and received a
prestigious award from the David Walter Charitable Trust of New York for his
pioneering activities as a soloist, teacher, publisher and commissioner of
new music for double bass. He works with composers throughout the world and
is particularly interested to expand the double bass repertoire, by
commissioning new works and by rediscovering forgotten ones. Over the past 30
years he has commissioned more than 500 works, from beginner to virtuoso, and
from one to twenty basses. David has transcribed more than 200 works for
double bass, many published by Recital Music, and in recent year has also
composed a number of original works for double bass which have been performed
in Britain, America, Venezuela, Turkey, Spain, Mexico, Germany and Czech
Republic. David is self-taught as a composer and his music has been described
as lyrical, evocative and accessible, but certainly of the 21st-century. See
http://contrabassconversations.com/2016/10/24/264-david-heyes-leaving-legacy/
