Informationen zu "David Heyes Suite for Emma Double Bass Quartet"
Verlag: Recital Music
Verlagsnummer: RM881
EAN: 9990093814947
Beschreibung
'Suite for Emma' was commissioned by Emma Sullivan in Melbourne (Australia)
for a double bass workshop in that city on Sunday 1 April 2019. The three
short movements are played entirely in harmonics and each part is carefully
graded for a specific ability level, using a limited number of notes to
introduce younger bassists to the higher register of the instrument. The
edition includes a Harmonic Chart listing the notes used by each bassist
which can also be used as further study material. The three pieces are short
and effective and can be repeated to extend their length. Another possibility
is to play tutti the first time, basses 1 and 2 play on the repeat, and tutti
for the final time. Each teacher or director can choose how they would like
to perform the suite. 'Suite for Emma' was premiered on Wednesday 27 March
2019 in Cedars Hall (Wells, Somerset) by the six bassists of Wells Junior
Double Bass Ensemble, conducted by the composer. David Heyes studied double
bass with Laurence Gray and Bronwen Naish, later at the Royal College of
Music in London, and completed his post-graduate studies in Prague with
Frantisek Posta (Principal Bass, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra). He has given
recitals and masterclasses in 13 countries over the past few years and has
been a juror at a number of international competitions, twice as chairman.
David has been Specialist Double Bass Tutor at Wells Cathedral School for 20
years, alongside a thriving and busy private teaching studio, and for a year
was Contemporary Performer-in-Residence at the Royal Northern College of
Music in Manchester. He is a founder member of Basso Bravura! (with soprano
Sarah Poole), co-founded the Bristol Bass Club and London Basses Workshops
and is Artistic Director of Bass-Fest. David's collaborative work gained him
a prestigious award from the David Walter Charitable Trust of New York for
his pioneering activities as a soloist, teacher, publisher and commissioner
of new music for double bass and he works with composers throughout the world
to expand the double bass repertoire by commissioning new music and by
rediscovering forgotten ones. Since 1990 more than 500 works have been
written for him, music from one to twenty basses and from beginner to
virtuoso, and he has premiered ten contemporary concertos with orchestra.
David has transcribed and performed a wealth of music for double bass and in
recent years has composed a number of original works which have been
performed both nationally and internationally. Six works inspired by the
centenary of the First World War have been particularly successful and his
choral and vocal music has been performed with success in Britain, Ireland
and America. He composed 'Sahara' for unaccompanied double bass as the
imposed work for the 2015 Galicia Graves Double Bass competition in Spain and
returns there as Featured Composer and guest tutor in 2017. Since 2014 David
has had music performed in 23 countries (UK, USA, Germany, Czech Republic,
Mexico, Turkey, Venezuela, Australia, Republic of Ireland, Israel, Malta,
Brazil, Denmark, Ecuador, Japan, France, Slovakia, Italy, New Zealand,
Norway, Austria, Spain and Guatamala). In November 2016 two of his songs were
recorded by Sarah Poole (soprano) and Derek Harris (piano) for Prima Facie
Records, who also recorded an entire CD of works by David in January 2017.
In 1986 David founded the publishing company Recital Music, which now has the
largest catalogue of double bass music in the world, and has written articles
and reviews for the leading specialist magazines including The Strad, Bass
News, Music Teacher, Double Bassist, ESTA News & Views and Classical Music.
David Heyes is a D'Addario Performing Artist and has recently commissioned a
solo double bass from British master-luthier Martin Penning.
