Informationen zu "Mark Elliot Bergman Narragansett Miniatures Flute & Double Bass, Double Bass & Other Instruments"
Verlag: Recital Music
Verlagsnummer: RM567
EAN: 9790570455676
ISMN: M-57045-567-6
Beschreibung
Narragansett Miniatures is scored for flute and double bass and this first
published edition includes a score and three parts - one double bass part and
two flute parts (for both solo and orchestral double bass tunings). The
composer writes: 'Many people enjoy taking photographs when vacationing but
as a composer, I often take musical 'snapshots' of places and occasions
meaningful to me. Narragansett Miniatures captures impressions of the Rhode
Island coastline where my family congregates at a vacation home. The first
movement, 'i.c.ale' celebrates the role music plays at family gatherings. The
second movement, 'Living Room Talk', represents a lively discussion, with the
participants often interrupting each other in their exuberance. ''Evening at
the Beach' depicts the motion of the waves and the tranquility of the beach,
especially after the crowds have left in the evening. The final movement was
inspired by a visit to Touro Synagogue in Newport, the oldest
continually-used synagogue in North America. The Rabbi leading our tour was
lively and animated in his discussion of the history and architecture of the
beautiful old building served as the inspired this movement.' 'Narragansett
Miniatures is a charming work in four short movements, each a 'musical
snapshot' of the Rhode Island coastline where composer Mark Elliot Bergman
and his family gathered for vacation...Particularly suitable as a lighter
recital piece, Narrangansett Miniatures will be satisfying for both
performers and a variety of audiences. The music lies well on both flute and
the bass, making the work approachable to musicians with modest to advanced
abilities. Although there are multiple movements with mixed meter and
composite rhythms, the ensemble fits together nicely, and big beats remain
clearly defined to aid the performers. The names of each movement describe a
distinct landmark, some personal to the composer and some more public. The
first movement (i.c.ale) is a quick ABA form with mixed meter and a middle
section defined by chromatic wandering and a teasing hemiola. Movement two
(Living Room Talk) and movement four (Touro Synagogue) are also fast, and
they musically capture the energy of people as much as of places. The
remaining movement (Evening at the Beach) is particularly lovely. A gently
rocking harmonic ostinato in the bass part creates a nocturnal atmosphere for
the flute to play a lyrical, if somewhat haunting, melodic line.' [ISB Bass
World / Philip Alejo] Dr. Mark Elliot Bergman is the Director of Strings at
Sheridan College where he teaches double bass, composition, music history,
and directs the Sheridan College Symphony Orchestra and Sheridan College Viol
Consort. He formerly served as a Professor of Music History and Ensemble
Director at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. Mark has an active
background as an orchestral double bassist. He held positions as the
Principal Double Bassist of the New Haven Symphony Orchestra, National
Philharmonic Orchestra, North Carolina Baroque Orchestra, and the Mato Grosso
Chamber Orchestra in Cuiabá, Brazil. During the summer, he performs with
Assisi Performing Arts in Assisi, Italy, and the Peter Britt Festival
Orchestra in Jacksonville, Oregon. In 2006, Mark founded Virginia Virtuosi,
a string trio dedicated to innovative chamber music programs and arts
education. The ensemble maintains a very active performing schedule and won
the first Yale University Alumni Ventures Award in 2008. Fairfax Connections
recently cited them for ?turning classical music cool.? The ensemble receives
support from the Virginia Commission for the Arts to tour state-wide and has
performed regionally at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Corcoran
Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, George Mason University, Montgomery
College, Arts Club of Washington, and other venues. Mark also has extensive
experience performing klezmer music throughout the Northeast and
Mid-Atlantic. He appeared as an on-stage character in Theater J?s 2014
musical adaptation of Isaac Bashevis Singer?s ?Yentl the Yeshiva Boy.? His
performance on CD companion to Mel Bay?s Easy Klezmer Tunes has been
described as ?world class.? Mark's has appeared as a baroque double bassist
with the Washington Bach Consort, North Carolina Baroque Orchestra, and other
ensembles. Recital Music in the United Kingdom publishes Mark's
compositions. His orchestral works have been performed by the Philharmonic
Orchestra of the Americas, Mato Grosso Chamber Orchestra, Roanoke Symphony
Orchestra, and other ensembles. He received the 2011 William Strauss
Fellowship from the Arts Council of Fairfax County supporting the creation of
Shenandoah Suite, a string trio commemorating the 75th anniversary of the
founding of Shenandoah National Park. He was a winner in the second British
International Bass Forum Composition Contest (2002) and the Kappa Gamma Psi
composition (1990). Dr. Bergman completed the Doctor of Arts degree ?from
George Mason University in 2015.Cognella Academic Press published his book In
The Groove: Form and Function in Popular Music in 2012. Mark lives in
Sheridan, Wyoming with his wife Rachel and their children Avi and Zachary.
