Informationen zu "Simon Garcia A Broken Heart 'In Memoriam Tony Osborne' Double Bass & Piano"
Verlag: Recital Music
Verlagsnummer: RM1048
EAN: 9990093814336
Beschreibung
'On the morning of March 31, 2019, as if it were a macabre joke, I was told
that the brilliant composer Tony Osborne had passed away. That weekend we
were celebrating the Galicia Graves Festival in Culleredo (Spain) and both I
and all the teachers were very shocked by the sad news...A couple of days
later I sat down at my piano to write a new piece commissioned by Dan Styffe
(double bass) and Zsuzsa Balint (piano), a new work that they would premiere
at the 2019 ISB Convention at Bloomington University (USA). Each sound I
played I couldn?t think of anything except Tony?s death, so I asked Dan if I
could write a piece dedicated to Tony and, of course, Dan agreed. The piece
is a sad work with dissonances in the accompaniment which show the pain and
with strong harmonies contrasting a lyrical and friendly melody. I wrote
this piece as one last conversation with Tony, both with sadness and
friendship at the same time as I saying him: 'Man ... how do you think of
leaving like this, without even saying goodbye ...'. This is the atmosphere I
tried to create.' [Simon Garcia] A Broken Heart was premiered by Dan Styffe
(double bass) and Zsuzsa Balint (piano) on 6 June 2019 at Indiana University
(Bloomington, USA). Bassist and composer Simon Garcia was born in Mugardos
(Spain) in 1977 and graduated in double bass from the Conservatorio Superior
of Salamanca. He has worked as a double bassist in the Royal Orchestra of
Galicia, having also performed in many orchestras throughout Spain, and is
the bassist in the Symphony Wind Orchestra of A. Coruna. He has collaborated
with many musicians and ensembles, particularly in the field of contemporary
music, and has recorded and performed on many commercial recordings and for
television and radio broadcasts. Simon Garcia has composed more than thirty
works for double bass, ranging from two to six players, alongside
transcriptions of these pieces for various chamber ensembles. His music has
been performed in Mexico, Venezuela, Uruguay, Denmark, Spain, Japan, Italy,
Austria, Germany, Canada, USA and UK by The Bass Gang, Bass Instinct and Il
Quint-etto amongst others, and some of his music was used as teaching
material in the 2011 ISB Year of Collaborative Music. Simon Garcia's music
is lively, jazzy and rhythmic with great forward momentum and drive.
Accessible for players and audiences alike, he writes colourful music of
distinction and energy, employing the entire range of the double bass.
