Informationen zu "Lourdes C. Montgomery Concertino Double Bass And String Orchestra"
Verlag: Recital Music
Verlagsnummer: RM869
EAN: 9790570458691
ISMN: M-57045-869-1
Beschreibung
Lourdes Montgomery writes: 'In the opening of this little work the first
violinist introduces in a somewhat sombre tone a hint of the motive that is
to become the main theme. After only a few bars a subtle rhythmic
underpinning begins. Established by the double bass soloist and echoed by the
violins, it serves to set up the main theme to be presented by the soloist
beginning in measure nine. The prominent rhythmic component of this theme, a
somewhat syncopated dotted quarter-half note-eighth note pattern, sets an
assertive tone early in the piece. Intensity continues to build with the
introduction of a more active yet sweet second theme in the relative major
commencing some sixteen measures later. Soon the soloist climbs into his
highest register to embellish the violins, who have now decided to take a
turn with the first theme. As the bass soloist again takes over, he offers an
abbreviated permutation of this theme just before his cadenza. The work
closes as the soloist repeats the opening somber motive that was initially
presented by the first violinist in the introduction.' Born in Havana, Cuba,
Lourdes C. Montgomery moved to the United States at age five. She studied
jazz piano at Miami-Dade Community College with Sanford Gold and, at the
University of Miami, music composition with Dr. Dennis Kam as well as
classical piano with Dr. Rosalina Sackstein. Many of Lourdes' sacred and
liturgical compositions are published by Oregon Catholic Press, who also
produced her CD entitled 'De La Cruz a la Gloria', and World Library
Publications. In 2008, Lourdes was honored to have her song Bienaventurados
('The Beatitudes') was performed at the mass of Pope Benedict XVI that was
held at the National Stadium in Washington, D.C., and televised nationally.
In 2005 Lourdes became music director at St. Vincent de Paul Church in the
Ozark Mountains of NW Arkansas, where she now lives with her double bassist
husband Michael Montgomery.
