Informationen zu "Bernard Salles Seven Small Pieces Double Bass Quartet"
Verlag: Recital Music
Verlagsnummer: RM791
EAN: 9790570457915
ISMN: M-57045-791-5
Beschreibung
Bernard Salles writes: Seven Small Pieces for double bass quartet were
specially written for David Heyes and his students at Wells Cathedral School.
Each bass part respects the technical indications given by David, in order to
be played by students of differing levels. The pieces can be played in any
order, separately or as a complete suite. 1. Prelude: The first double bass
unfurls a simple and nostalgic melody over the continuous and repetitive
melodic line of the second and third basses, and the held notes of the fourth
bass. 2. Andante Cantabile: Firstly, the whole quartet plays the melody on
long notes. This melody is then repeated in sixths by the first two basses
whilst the other two play an accompaniment of pizzicato quavers. 3. Aria: A
small aria written in an archaic modal style based on a ternary rhythm which
the quartet plays in homorhythm. 4. Romance: intertwining arpeggios are
played between the four basses. At the end of the piece, the theme of the
Prelude is picked up in the arpeggios of the first bass. 5. Caprice: This
piece has less classical feeling and is constructed around the same notes as
the rest of the suite. It is an exciting and lively dialogue that echoes
between the four instruments. 6. Intermezzo: This piece has a (falsely)
classical character in terms of harmony and rhythm. It plays on the
alternating dialogues and homorhythms between the instruments, whilst taking
up the theme of the second piece, Andante Cantabile. 7. Scherzo Finale: over
an ostinato rhythm that is identical for the whole quartet, the piece picks
up fragments of the melody found in the Aria, bringing the suite to a lively,
rousing and successful conclusion. Seven Small Pieces for double bass
quartet was premiered at Wells Cathedral School (Somerset, UK) on Sunday 28
June 2015 by Alexander Heather, Constance McDonnell, Jan Cowell and David
Heyes. 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.
