Informationen zu "Simon Garcia The Night before Christmas Double Bass & Piano"
Verlag: Recital Music
Verlagsnummer: RM687
EAN: 9790570456871
ISMN: M-57045-687-1
Beschreibung
Simon Garcia writes: 'I wrote this piece for the great bassist and friend,
David Heyes, who needed original repertoire for double bass and piano for a
Christmas recital in December 2013. I found it interesting to explore the
'Christmas sounds' on the double bass and decided to write a piece where the
solo bass part is played entirely in harmonics throughout, to convey the
sweetness and warmth of Christmas time. A short introduction of one bar
transports us speedily into a happy home, as if we have travelled with
Charles Dickens?s Ghosts of Christmas Past and Present. The piece aims to
portray the innocence and jollity of children at this festive time of year
and has two main themes. The first theme conveys the happy home, the heat of
the fire in the fireplace while it's snowing outside, and the children are
restless and excited on Christmas eve. The second theme is the calm of the
night, all the family are sleeping, you can only hear the ticking of the
clock and this is the moment before Santa Claus climbs down the chimney. The
first theme recurs, with some variation, describing the time when the
children find their gifts next morning. It?s early and the bells announce
Christmas day.' The Night before Christmas is dedicated to David Heyes, who
arranged the piece for double bass quartet for his students at Wells
Cathedral School. The version for double bass and piano was premiered on 18
December 2013 as part of the Weymouth Lunchtime Chamber Concerts series at St
Mary's Church (Weymouth, Dorset) by David Heyes (double bass) and Duncan
Honeybourne (piano). It received it's Spanish premiere on 27 January 2014 at
the Conservatorio Profesional (A Coruna) by Antonio Romero Cienfuegos (double
bass) and Jose Manuel Yanez Carballeira (piano). 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 twenty 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, 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.
