Informationen zu "Simon Garcia Three Dances Double Bass Solo"
Verlag: Recital Music
Verlagsnummer: RM753
EAN: 9790570457533
ISMN: M-57045-753-3
Beschreibung
Three Dances is for unaccompanied double bass and was commissioned and
dedicated to Dan Styffe. He asked me to write a new work for solo double bass
and I started to work on a Waltz, which pointed the way for me to write a
group of pieces for him. Three Dances is in three contrasting movements and
lasts about 8 minutes. 'Waltz' begins with a gentle melody, played
pizzicato, which gradually moves towards a 'grotesque' feel. The music moves
between lyricism and grotesque in a waltz which would be difficult for
dancers because of the changing 3/4 and 2/4 bars scheme, alongside hemiolas.
There are opportunities to display great virtuosity. The second dance, 'Song
of the Old Land', is full of lyricism where the bass sings an endearing
lullaby. I looked for inspiration in the idea of old songs of the Nordic
peoples and wrote in a way that it very vocal, but without equable measure.
'Infernal Dance' is a fast movement brimming with great virtuosic passages
where I have worked with new ideas and developed some ideas from Dance No. 2.
This is a powerful dance with great rhythmic momentum and technical
challenges for the performer. I would define the language as Soul of Rock
music with some Stravinskian colours. The result is three very contrasting
dances where I aimed to explore different aspects of the double bass. Three
Dances was premiered in Almere, Netherlands by Dan Styffe on 27 August at
BASS2014. 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, Venezuela, Uruguay, Denmark, 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. Simon
Garcia was a Featured Composer and guest soloist at Bass-Fest 2013 (3-7
August, The Silk Mill, Frome, UK), when 10 of his works were performed,
including the premiere of Time Capsule for double bass octet.
