Informationen zu "Simon Garcia Northern Lights Double Bass Duet"
Verlag: Recital Music
Verlagsnummer: RM845
EAN: 9790570458455
ISMN: M-57045-845-5
Beschreibung
Simón García's Northern Lights is a reworking by the composer of Polar
Lights, composed for Teppo-Fest 2016 and originally for unaccompanied double
bass. Now for double bass duet, the piece has been extended and developed
retaining a simple and evocative serenity which captures the magic and
mystery of the northern lights in all their beauty and majesty. Norther
Lights was premiered at Bristol Bass Club (Bristol, UK) on Wednesday 20 May
2015 by David Heyes and Ben Groenevelt. 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.
