Informationen zu "David Heyes Tarantella Napoletana Double Bass Quartet"
Verlag: Recital Music
Verlagsnummer: RM1038
EAN: 9990093814244
Beschreibung
David Heyes writes: ' Tarantella Napoletana was composed for my younger
students at Wells Cathedral School (Somerset, UK) to play in 'Bottesini
Bravura!' in Quilter Hall on Monday 25 March 2019. The concert celebrated the
music of Giovanni Bottesini (1821-1889) and this quartet was composed in an
Italian style and tailored to suit a specific ability level. The music is
fast and lively, with a lyrical middle section and a short cadenza for bass 1
accompanied by a tremolando chord, which leads into an exciting and vibrant
finale. Bass 4 is primarily in 1st position, with one shift into 3rd
position, Bass 3 uses 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th positions alongside octave
harmonics, Bass 2 plays in 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th positions with octave harmonics
and harmonics in 4th position, Bass 1 plays primarily in the positions at the
curve of the neck, octave harmonics and some harmonics in the higher
register. The parts are carefully graded and remain within a specific ability
level with accessible musical and technical challenges for each player.
Tarantella Napoletana is not difficult to rehearse and is a fun and exciting
piece in performance. It sounds far more difficult than it is and is part of
as growing series of junior quartets I am composing for my progressing young
students.' David Heyes studied double bass with Laurence Gray and Bronwen
Naish, later at the Royal College of Music in London, and completed his
post-graduate studies in Prague with Frantisek Posta (Principal 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, alongside a
thriving and busy private teaching studio, and for a year was Contemporary
Performer-in-Residence at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester.
He is a founder member of Basso Bravura! (with soprano Sarah Poole),
co-founded the Bristol Bass Club and London Basses Workshops and is Artistic
Director of Bass-Fest. David's collaborative work gained him 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 and he works with composers throughout the world to expand the
double bass repertoire by commissioning new music and by rediscovering
forgotten ones. Since 1990 more than 500 works have been written for him,
music from one to twenty basses and from beginner to virtuoso, and he has
premiered ten contemporary concertos with orchestra. David has transcribed
and performed a wealth of music for double bass and in recent years has
composed a number of original works which have been performed both nationally
and internationally. Six works inspired by the centenary of the First World
War have been particularly successful and his choral and vocal music has been
performed with success in Britain, Ireland and America. He composed 'Sahara'
for unaccompanied double bass as the imposed work for the 2015 Galicia Graves
Double Bass competition in Spain and returns there as Featured Composer and
guest tutor in 2017. Since 2014 David has had music performed in 20 countries
(UK, USA, Germany, Czech Republic, Mexico, Turkey, Venezuela, Australia,
Ireland, Israel, Malta, Brazil, Denmark, Ecuador, Japan, France, Slovakia,
Norway, Austria 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. In 1986
David founded the publishing company Recital Music, which now has the largest
catalogue of double bass music in the world, and has written articles and
reviews for the leading specialist magazines including The Strad, Bass News,
Music Teacher, Double Bassist, ESTA News & Views and Classical Music. David
Heyes is a D'Addario Performing Artist and has recently commissioned a solo
double bass from British master-luthier Martin Penning. 'You are doing
excellent work for the Bass World. Your students and the Wells Cathedral
School students are lucky!!' [Simon Garcia, Spanish composer-bassist]
'...You certainly command a wonderful, re-creative and innovative double bass
section within the String Department of Wells Cathedral School. A seriously
brilliant, singular and on-going achievemnt by you in the challenging world
of education. Excellent stuff! I look forward to many more workshops under
your incomparable, inspiring and guiding leadership.' [John Alexander,
British composer] 'David Heyes...inspirational Godfather of the
international double bass world.' [Katrina Gordon, Scottish composer and
inspirational teacher and educator] 'It was fascinating to have the
composer, David Heyes, show us how his music should be played and help us to
play a variety of extended techniques. I now have new repertoire to work on
and a clear idea of what it is supposed to sound like!' [LONDON BASSES
participant] 'For anyone unfamiliar with David's work, he's an
internationally regarded soloist, educator, publisher, festival organiser,
prolific composer, innovator and strong supporter for double bass in every
way, shape and form. A very inspirational person indeed.' [Elsen Price,
Australian bassist and composer] 'You are an amazing 'Renaissance Man' in
the world we bassists inhabit, and we are so grateful for the music and joy
you bring to our world!' [Wilmer Fawcett, USA]
