Informationen zu "Michael Rose Cantilena Double Bass Quartet"
Verlag: Recital Music
Verlagsnummer: RM756
EAN: 9790570457564
ISMN: M-57045-756-4
Beschreibung
Cantilena was composed in 2014 and this first edition includes two versions
for intermediate and advanced double bass quartets. In one movement, there
are effective musical and technical challenges and the melodic material is
shared between the four players. Michael Rose writes in a lyrical and
accessible style and both versions exploit the cantabile and sonorous
qualities of the double bass quartet. Cantilena is beautifully lyrical,
atmospheric and evocative and would suit any audience or occasion. This
edition includes two versions - Advanced and Intermediate, and is written for
four players of a similar standard. Cantilena was premiered at Wells Museum
(Somerset, UK) on 28 September 2014 by Ben Groenevelt, David Heyes, Richard
Dunn and Jim Rintoul. Michael Rose graduated from the Royal Academy of Music
in 1953 with piano and violin as principal studies. This was followed by
three years' military service in the Regimental Band of the Scots Guards.
Then came 6 years as Head of Music at John Lyon School, Harrow, followed by 6
years as a Music Adviser, firstly to Middlesex County Council, then to two
London Boroughs. During these years he won the Clements Memorial Prize for a
String Quartet, and began his conducting career with choirs and orchestras,
which led in 1966-67 to an Apprentice Conductor's position with the BBC
Northern Orchestra (now the BBC Philharmonic). From 1968, he worked for the
BBC as Assistant in Charge of their Training Orchestra in Bristol, frequently
conducting their public and recorded concerts, including two Proms in 1970.
In 1972, he returned to the world of music education, as Music Adviser in
Bedfordshire, where he was able not only to build an expert instrumental
teaching team, but to develop the orchestral, band, choral and operatic
opportunities for young musicians. It was also during this time that he was
Chairman of the National Association of Youth Orchestra, for fifteen years.
For many years he assisted George Hurst on the Conducting Course at Canford
Summer School of Music. He took early retirement in 1990 to devote time to
study, composition, conducting and examining, and for the Associated Board
has examined in Malaysia, New Zealand, Oman, Africa, Sweden, the Netherlands,
Hong Kong and Singapore. He tutors a number of aspiring conductors and
carries out special sessions in conducting for teachers and young people. He
is leader of the Olney Conducting Workshops, a series of one-day and weekend
courses which began in 2005. Much of his music for young players has been
published by the Associated Board, and has appeared in the examination
syllabuses. Other music, both choral and orchestral, has been published by
OUP, Novello and others. He has continued as Conductor of the Bedfordshire
County Youth Orchestra, with whom he has toured to France, Cyprus, Germany,
Russia, Spain, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Italy. He was awarded the OBE
in 1990, for services to music.
