Informationen zu "Bernard Salles Organum VII - In Memoriam Tony Osborne Double Bass Duet, Double Bass & Other Instruments, Double Bass & Voice"
Verlag: Recital Music
Verlagsnummer: RM1041
EAN: 9990093814275
Beschreibung
Bernard Salles writes: 'I didn?t know Tony Osborne personally, but thanks to
David Heyes, and through him, I learnt about this composer who has done so
much for the double bass. When a person dies, whether we were close to them
or not, a light goes out and it?s down to those who remain to keep their
memory alive. Spontaneously, this is what I hoped to do for Tony, in
dedicating this piece for soprano and two double basses to him. This piece
follows the other Organum pieces for voice and double bass that I have
already written. The organum motif is announced by the second double bass as
an E minor arpeggio, which descends chromatically in harmonic reduction over
an E pedal note. The first double bass then enters and presents the four
melodic motifs that will then be sung by the soprano, in a different order.
Finally, the duet becomes a trio with a mix of the four motifs played in
counterpoint over the organum pedal.' Organum VII was premiered at the
Church of St Laurence, East Harptree, Somerset on Saturday 4 May 2019 by
Sarah Poole (soprano), David Heyes and Dritan Gani (double bass). Bernard
Salles was born in 1954 and began his musical education in his home town of
Perpignan (France) where he studied double bass, organ, composition and
orchestral conducting at the Conservatoire. In 1973 he want to the
Conservatoire of Versailles and in 1976, at the age of 22, he was awarded a
double bass teaching diploma. Since then he has taught at the Conservatoire
of Pau (South-west France) and played with many major French orchestras
including the Orchestre de Paris and the National Orchestra of France, under
the direction of conductors such as Daniel Barenboim, Pierre Boulez, Zubin
Metha and Lorin Maazel. In 1983 he began a parallel career as a conductor
and was Music Director of the Orchestra of Pau from 1996-2001. He has
directed the Orchestra of Pamplona (Spain) and is currently Music Director of
the OSSO (Orchestre Symphonique du Sud-Ouest). As a composer and member of
SACEM (Society of Authors, Composers and Editors of Music), he has written
over 30 works including two symphonies, a cantata, a psalm for bass and
orchestra, a concerto for double bass and small orchestra, Rhapsody for viola
and orchestra, Triptych for orchestra, Prelude for cello and orchestra, a
symphonic poem for soprano, cello and orchestra, as well as works for chamber
groups, and for choir and organ. His pedagogic works are published by
G.Billaudot in Paris and his works for double bass are published by Recital
Music (England). In 2010 he began a series of short pieces for unaccompanied
double bass - Portraits for Friends - dedicated to his double bass playing
friends.
