Informationen zu "In Memoriam Christian Nogaro Double Bass Quartet, String Orchestra"
Verlag: Recital Music
Verlagsnummer: RM781
EAN: 9790570457816
ISMN: M-57045-781-6
Beschreibung
Scored for Double Bass Quartet and String Orchestra. Only available for Solo
Tuning. Bernard Salles writes: 'This piece was written after the death of
my friend in July 2014. I met Christian Nogaro (1958-2014) in the 1980s in
Pau (France), I was a young double bass teacher and he had just set up as a
luthier. Christian had been to Mirecourt, the famous school of violin making
where he had learnt to make violins, violas, cellos and bows under the
direction of Louis Morizot. One day I brought him a double bass in a very
bad state and he carried out an exemplary repair on it. After that, I asked
him to make me a copy of it. Christian had never made a double bass before
but it was to be the first of many. Together, we created many different
models of double basses. Very early on, Christian spoke to me about his idea
to create a workshop and festival in Capbreton dedicated to the double bass
in all its forms: Classical and jazz. So, in 1991, the first 'Capbreton
International Double Bass Meeting' was born. Each year, the workshop grew,
with more and more double bassists coming from all over the world to give
classes and concerts. It continued for 24 years, with each workshop as
prestigious as the one before it. Unfortunately, the workshop did not survive
Christian's death. This piece, written for four double basses and strings
(or organ), is an adapted extract from my 'Seven Last Words of Christ on the
Cross' and comes from the 6th Word: 'It is finished', originally written for
tenor and orchestra. It was premiered in its version for double basses and
strings during the concert given in Christian Nogaro's memory on the 16th of
August 2014 in Capbreton Church, with Giuseppe Etorre, Thierry Barbé, Alberto
Bocini, Wolfgang Güttler and the Orchestre Symphonique du Sud Ouest (OSSO),
under the direction of the composer.' 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.
