Informationen zu "Eoghan Desmond Basse Dance Double Bass Solo"
Verlag: Recital Music
Verlagsnummer: RM618
EAN: 9790570456185
ISMN: M-57045-618-5
Beschreibung
Eoghan Desmond writes: 'In writing Basse Danse, I wanted to portray the bass
as an elegant and noble instrument. I had originally thought of writing a
Sarabande, and developed the two principal motifs ? the ascending octave
outlining two major thirds, and the halfwedge descending semiquavers ?
accordingly. Once I put them together, however, the piece became less and
less of a Sarabande and the focus became on bringing the material to higher
and higher sonic planes. Out of this development came the title Basse Danse,
meaning a slow processional dance, and so the piece became a sort of
grotesque courtly dance, with the Bass moving, procession like, from the low
end of its register up to the top.' Eoghan Desmond is a bass-baritone,
composer and conductor from Cork, currently resident in Dublin, Ireland. His
music has been performed all over Ireland, by Chamber Choir Ireland, ConTempo
String Quartet, Ensemble Avalon, New Dublin Voices, Claire Duff, Malachy
Robinson, the Gentlemen of St Patrick's Cathedral and is in demand in various
countries across the globe, including the US, the UK and most recently
Scandinavia. He has placed highly in numerous competitions, and in 2015 was
awarded the Seán Ó Riada prize for Choral Composition for his piece. He is
the recipient of the 2015 Jerome Hynes Young Composer's Award, for which he
composed a setting of Rimbaud's Phrases, which was premiered by Gemma Ní
Bhriain in her Bernadette Greevy Bursary recital. He has also been
commissioned by the RSCM, the National Concert Hall and, via bassist David
Heyes, a group of bassists from around the world, resulting in 11
performances both in Dublin and around the world. As a choral singer,
Eoghan has toured France, Russia, Switzerland, Japan and the UK, in addition
to having sung all over Ireland, with such renowned choirs as St Patrick's
Cathedral Choir, Chamber Choir Ireland, Resurgam, Anúna (with whom he also
appears on the award-winning soundtrack of Diablo III), New Dublin Voices and
others. In addition, he is an accomplished soloist and recitalist, having
sung baritone or bass solos in such classic works as the Requiems of Verdi,
Mozart, Faure and Duruflé, both the St Matthew and St John passions, Haydn's
Creation, Handel's Messiah, Vaughan-Williams' Hodie and Mendelssohn's Elijah,
in addition to less common works such as Vaughan-Williams Willow-Wood (Irish
première). His song repertoire is extensive and covers everything from 16th
century lute songs to song cycles composed especially for him, though he
specialises in 20th century English song. Eoghan is the founder and director
of Dulciana upper voices choir, who are committed to bringing performances of
music by female composers to the Irish public.
