Informationen zu "Bernard Salles Portraits for Friends Book 5 Double Bass Solo"
Verlag: Recital Music
Verlagsnummer: RM780
EAN: 9790570457809
ISMN: M-57045-780-9
Beschreibung
Bernard Salles writes: 'The art of musical portraiture (portraits) is an old
French tradition which dates to the era of Louis XIV, with Rameau, Couperin
et al. These portraits are written for my double bass playing friends. As I
met each friend, I wrote a small piece for him, each one is a sort of
snapshot, a character photograph, illustrating how I sensed that person at a
particular moment in time. It is a way of thanking them, both as people and
musicians. Of course, these collections are not limited but remain open for
my future double bass playing friends...' Bernard Salles was born in 1954
and began his musical education in his home town of Perpignan (France) where
he studied double bass, organ, composition and orchestral conducting at the
Conservatoire. In 1973 he want to the Conservatoire of Versailles and in
1976, at the age of 22, he was awarded a double bass teaching diploma. Since
then he has taught at the Conservatoire of Pau (South-west France) and played
with many major French orchestras including the Orchestre de Paris and the
National Orchestra of France, under the direction of conductors such as
Daniel Barenboim, Pierre Boulez, Zubin Metha and Lorin Maazel. In 1983 he
began a parallel career as a conductor and was Music Director of the
Orchestra of Pau from 1996-2001. He has directed the Orchestra of Pamplona
(Spain) and is currently Music Director of the OSSO (Orchestre Symphonique du
Sud-Ouest). As a composer and member of SACEM (Society of Authors, Composers
and Editors of Music), he has written over 30 works including two symphonies,
a cantata, a psalm for bass and orchestra, a concerto for double bass and
small orchestra, Rhapsody for viola and orchestra, Triptych for orchestra,
Prelude for cello and orchestra, a symphonic poem for soprano, cello and
orchestra, as well as works for chamber groups, and for choir and organ. His
pedagogic works are published by G.Billaudot in Paris and his works for
double bass are published by Recital Music (England). In 2010 he began a
series of short pieces for unaccompanied double bass - Portraits for Friends
- dedicated to his double bass playing friends.
