Informationen zu "David Heyes Impressions 3 Double Bass Solo"
Verlag: Recital Music
Verlagsnummer: RM1019
EAN: 9990093814053
Beschreibung
Lamentations Lamentations is dedicated to Jan Krigovsky and the Slovak Double
Bass Club and is dark and brooding, evocative and atmospheric, using much of
the range of the solo double bass. It is based on the notes E flat-D-C-B,
suggested by Jan Krigovsky, and is episodic with the opening theme returning
intermittently as a unifying factor. Lamentations exploits the lyrical and
sonorous qualities of the double bass, with simple performance effects added
for contrast. A repeating bell-like open G string, played pizzicato with the
left hand, adds a recurring drone, sometimes above or often below the melodic
interest. Lamentations was premiered by Glen Rodriguez on Thursday 26 July
2018 in Guanare, Venezuela. US Premiere: Sunday 12 August 2018, Lawrence
Road Presbyterian Church, New Jersey (USA), Chris Clark UK Premiere: Saturday
22 September 2018, Wells Cathedral School, Wells, Somerset, Emma Sullivan
Slovakian Premiere: Saturday 6 October 2018, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia, Jan
Krigovsky German Premiere: Sunday 27 October 2018, Muhldorf am Inn, Germany,
Dan Styffe Austrian Premiere: Friday 8 February 2019, Graz University, Jan
Krigovsky This We Know This We Know was composed on 6/7 June 2018 and is
dedicated to the legendary double bassist Bert Turetzky as an 85th birthday
tribute. It flows along smoothly and simply with the musical line dictating
the dynamic range and momentum. A more dramatic middle section, employing
double stops (4ths/5ths) in the solo register interrupts the melodic flow
before the piece relaxes back into the music of the opening section. The
glissandos should always be sultry and seductive. The title is taken from
the words of Chief Seattle: This we know The earth does not belong to man,
Man belongs to the earth. This we know. All things are connected, Like the
blood which unites one family All things are connected. Whatever befalls
the earth, Befalls the sons of the earth. Man did not weave the web of
life, He is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, He does to
himself. Chief Seattle (c.1780 - 7 June 1866), more correctly known as
Seathl, was a Susquamish chief who lived on the islands of the Puget Sound.
As a young warrior, Chief Seattle was known for his courage, daring and
leadership. He gained control of six of the local tribes and continued the
friendly relations with the local population that had been established by his
father. His now famous speech was believed to have been given in December
1854. The city of Seattle is named after the Chief. This We Know was
premiered by David Heyes at the Church of St Laurence, East Harptree
(Somerset) on Saturday 9 June 2018. Its American premiere was on Wednesday 11
July 2018 at Texas Tech University (Lubbock, Texas) by Bill Zauner (double
bass) and its Australian premiere on Sunday 26 August 2018 at Melbourne
Girls? Grammar School (Melbourne) by Emma Sullivan. Syrinx Syrinx is
dedicated to Glen Rodriguez in Venezuela and features the lyrical and
sonorous possibilities of the double bass, primarily in its orchestral
register. The opening bars of Debussy's masterpiece for flute have influenced
the musical narrative of the piece, particularly its rhythm and chromatic
opening phrase. Sul ponticello (at the bridge) has been introduced to vary
the colours and timbres, and the middle section features music of a more
dramatic nature which gradually decreases in momentum and drive as it moves
into a higher register. The piece ends slowly and atmospherically repeating
the chromatic motif as the music recedes into the far distance. Syrinx was
premiered by David Heyes on Saturday 17 February 2018 at Wolvercote Hall
(Oxford, UK) and received its Irish premiere by David Whitla (double bass) at
Triskel Arts Centre (Cork City, Eire) on Saturday 24 February 2018.
L?Alborada - Mallorcan Memories No.2 L?Alborada is inspired by a festival in
the town of Pollensa, on the island of Mallorca, and is dedicated to Luis
Guillermo Pérez in Venezuela. On 2 August each year, Pollensa celebrates the
day of its patroness, Our Lady of the Angels. The inhabitants dress in white
and in colours to receive their patroness and to defend their town from
attack by enemy pirates in a mock battle between the Christians and the
Moors. The festival begins at 5.00am when, after the street party, the band
strikes up the Alborada, first performed in 1882. L?Alborada is in two parts
with slow, lyrical and Moorish-inspired melodies, interspersed with evocative
strummed pizzicato chords, before the mock battle is recreated with frenzied
and exciting music which pushes forward to a fast and explosive conclusion.
L?Alborada was premiered by David Heyes on Saturday 10 March 2018 at Galicia
Graves, Conservatorio de Culleredo, Galicia, Spain. David also gave its UK
premiere on Saturday 29 September 2018 at Church of St Laurence, East
Harptree, Somerset. Three Nocturnes Three Nocturnes were commissioned by P.
Kellach Waddle in Texas (USA), to whom they are also dedicated. They were
composed in November/December 2018 and revised and completed on 26/27
December. The overall mood is dark and evocative, exploring the lower
register of the double bass primarily, with slow tempi and a generally
expressive and legato feel throughout. Nocturne No.2 employs simple harmonics
in lower positions with an open string drone played pizzicato, contrasting
the dark and brooding sounds of the first nocturne which is slow moving and
sonorous. Nocturne No.3 has more momentum than the other two, and is also
rhapsodic and sustained, with changing bar lengths and a recurring melodic
motif which adds unity and cohesion. The tempos remain fairly constant
throughout, although the music should have ebb and flow, with a palette of
dark colours to explore the mysterious and atmospheric potential of the solo
double bass. Nocturne No.2 was premiered by David Heyes on Saturday 12
January 2019 at Wells & Mendip Museum, Wells, Somerset. He la nani keia la
(Today is a Beautiful Day) 2017 marked the 85th birthday of American composer
Armand Russell and this one-minute piece was composed as a birthday tribute.
Armand spent much of his working life as a university professor in Hawaii,
hence the title, and the piece is both lyrical and flowing celebrating the
cantabile potential of the double bass in its middle register. He la nani
keia la was premiered by David Heyes on Sunday 23 April 2017 at the Silk
Mill, Frome, Somerset. 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 since 2014 he
has had music performed in 18 countries (UK, USA, Germany, Czech Republic,
Mexico, Turkey, Venezuela, Australia, Ireland, Israel, Malta, Brazil,
Denmark, Ecuador, Japan, France, Slovakia and Spain). In November 2016 two of
his songs were recorded by Sarah Poole (soprano) and Derek Harris (piano) for
Prima Facie Records, who also recorded an entire CD of works by David in
January 2017. David is self-taught as a composer and his music has been
described as lyrical, evocative and accessible, but certainly of the
21st-century.
