Informationen zu "John Alexander no plan B Double Bass Trio, Double Bass Quartet, Double Bass Quintet, Double Bas"
Verlag: Recital Music
Verlagsnummer: RM660
EAN: 9790570456604
ISMN: M-57045-660-4
Beschreibung
John Alexander writes: 'This is the way it goes. It goes like this: there is
no alternative. This is the only way, without compromise. This is the path to
take and maintain. It is this solitary pathway, without deviation, to proceed
on through this passage. This is the single track, the sole route, all along
this singular axis. Facing this music, this life, this thought, moving in the
same direction, constantly on the same line. This is the trail to cover,
without negotiation, via this avenue of non-arbitration. This is it. Is this
it? Only this one way to go?' John Alexander was born in West Sussex in
1942 and began to compose at the age of 20. At the time he discovered a
fascination for art, literature, dance, architecture and sculpture and these
topics, along with mathematics, have continued to have a bearing on his work.
He studied composition with Edmund Rubbra at the Guildhall School of Music in
London, and later with Jonathan Harvey and Peter Wiegold at the University of
Sussex. John Alexander has never been a prolific composer, but an impressive
and growing body of work reflects a rare eye for detail and structure - each
work beautifully crafted and reworked until every inflection, detail and
nuance is perfect. Probably best described as a miniaturist, he writes in a
fluent, independent and strongly personal style with an intense desire to
create music which communicates to both performer and audience alike. In
1999 John Alexander won the 1st BIBF Composition Contest and was invited to
be a judge for several BIBF competitions. He was a featured composer at
Bass-Fest 2001, was an spnm short-listed composer for three years, and was
Composer-in-residence at the 2004 Rotterdam Conservatoire Double Bass
Weekend, Bass-Fest 2006 and 2007 Wells Double Bass Weekend. His works have
been performed and broadcast throughout the world and he was written an
impressive and unique body of work for double bass.
