Informationen zu "Simon Garcia Muineira Double Bass Solo"
Verlag: Recital Music
Verlagsnummer: RM784
EAN: 9790570457847
ISMN: M-57045-784-7
Beschreibung
Simon Garcia writes: 'Muiñeira is a dance from my homeland Galicia, and
Galician music is of Celtic origin, like Irish music. I had never before
written a work inspired by Galician music, so to write an imposed work for
the 2015 Galicia Graves International Double Bass Competition was a good
opportunity. Muiñeira usually have two or three different parts that are
repeated. It is a binary dance with ternary subdivisión, usually in 6/8. I
was inspired by some typical resources of traditional muiñeiras from a
contemporary point of view. Traditionally muiñeiras were performed with
bagpipes usually accompanied by drums. I wrote double stopped passages
reminiscent of the sound of the bagpipe?s drone.' 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.
