Informationen zu "David Heyes Leaving St. Kilda Double Bass Solo"
Verlag: Recital Music
Verlagsnummer: RM779
EAN: 9790570457793
ISMN: M-57045-779-3
Beschreibung
David Heyes writes: 'For over two thousand years man lived on St. Kilda, one
of Britain's most spectacular and bleak offshore islands. The islanders were
crofters, but were cut off from the mainland for much of their history,
maintaining a lifestyle which was unchanged for generations. On 29 August
1930 the remaining 36 inhabitants of St. Kilda left the island for the last
time. Their way of life was no longer possible with such a small population
and their isolation, once the fascination of an outside world, proved
untenable in the early years of the 20th-century. 'Leaving St. Kilda'
imagines the final day on the island as the few inhabitants packed their few
belongings and boarded the SS Dunara Castle on their journey to the mainland.
As dawn breaks over Hirta the villages begin to stir and memories and
flashbacks of a time long-gone inhabit their thoughts as the day begins.
Images of working together to herd sheep and harvest the largest fulmar
colony in Britain, in preparation for the long and harsh winter, or the
meetings and celebrations when times were easier and happier. As the ship
leaves the harbour the St. Kildans fall silent as the island slowly fades
from view. An imaginary and heartbreaking lament can be heard, although no
words are spoken, and their hearts are breaking but they remain silent and
still. The music gradually fades away until the island is lost into the mists
of time.' 'Leaving St. Kilda' is dedicated to Lewis Tingey who gave its
premiere at the Royal College of Music (London) on Tuesday 2 June 2015. Lewis
Tingey writes 'Hey David the premiere went well. The audience and the panel
loved the piece.' David Heyes studied double bass with Laurence Gray and
Bronwen Naish and later at the Royal College of Music in London. He completed
his post-graduate studies in Prague with Frantisek Posta (Principal Double
Bass, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra). He has given recitals and masterclasses
in 13 countries over the past few years and has been a juror at a number of
international competitions, twice as chairman. David has been Specialist
Double Bass Tutor at Wells Cathedral School for 17 years and received a
prestigious award from the David Walter Charitable Trust of New York for his
pioneering activities as a soloist, teacher, publisher and commissioner of
new music for double bass. He works with composers throughout the world and
is particularly interested to expand the double bass repertoire, by
commissioning new works and by rediscovering forgotten ones. Over the past 30
years he has commissioned more than 500 works, from beginner to virtuoso, and
from one to twenty basses. David has transcribed more than 200 works for
double bass, many published by Recital Music, and in recent year has also
composed a number of original works for double bass which have been performed
in Britain, America and Czech Republic. David is self-taught as a composer
and his music has been described as lyrical and accessible, but certainly of
the 21st-century.
