Informationen zu "Robert Keeley Three Sharp Dances Double Bass & Piano"
Verlag: Recital Music
Verlagsnummer: RM677
EAN: 9790570456772
ISMN: M-57045-677-2
Beschreibung
Rob Keeley writes: 'In October 2012 I was invited to contribute a short piece
which became Thorn Dance, to David Heyes' Fizz @ 50 series of works for
school-level players. This previously unexplored - and on the face of it,
far-from-obvious combination of instruments proved surprisingly fruitful for
me, so I followed it with two further pieces. In each the primary mode of
playing is pizzicato, but more lyrical arco passages provides contrast. The
piano parts, while not excessively difficult from a technical point of view,
are quite complex and are integral to the character of each piece.' The
three dances work well as a group, but may all be played separately. Rob
Keeley was born in Bridgend in 1960 and studied with Oliver Knussen at the
Royal College of Music, Magdalen College Oxford under Bernard Rose, and later
with Robert Saxton. In 1988 he studied at the Accademia Santa Cecilia in Rome
with Franco Donatoni, and at the Tanglewood Summer Music School, where he was
the Benjamin Britten Fellow in Composition, working with Oliver Knussen and
Hans Werner Henze. Before joining King's College, London in 1993, where he
is currently Senior Lecturer in Composition, Rob worked a freelance music
copyist, pianist and repetiteur, working with Opera Factory, Almeida Opera
and Garsington Opera. He has also played with the London Sinfonietta and
Music Projects/London, and now gives frequent solo recitals covering a wide
range of repertoire. As a pianist, Rob has premiered works by, among
others, Harrison Birtwistle, Michael Finnissy, Richard Emsley and Nicola
Moro. He has given lecture recitals in 20th-century piano music at the
University of California, Santa Barbara, and seminars on his own music at UC
Berkeley, University of Oregon, Eugene. and more recently at the University
of Denver. His works have been performed by, among others: BBC Symphony
Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Lontano, Premiere Ensemble,
Ensemble Bash, dal niente ensemble Chicago, pianists Martin Roscoe, Colin
Stone, Mary Dullea and Ian Pace and guitarists Jonathan Leathwood and Fabio
Zanon. Recently three portrait discs were released on Convivium Classics, NMC
('Songs, Chimes and Dances') and Lorelt ('Dances with Bears').
