Informationen zu "David Heyes Serenity - A Meditation for Sara Double Bass & Other Instruments, String Trio"
Verlag: Recital Music
Verlagsnummer: RM894
EAN: 9790570458943
ISMN: M-57045-894-3
Beschreibung
God, grant me the strength of eagle wings, the faith and courage to fly to
new heights, and the wisdom to rely on His spirit to carry me there. -
Native American Prayer for Serenity - David Heyes writes: 'This prayer was
the starting point for Serenity and with an unusual scoring for viola and 2
double basses which is both dark and rich. Lucy Scanlon, who I have know for
over 20 years and who was one of my students in Reading from about 8 years
old, asked me to write a piece in memory of her Mum to be played at her
funeral on Saturday 16 July 2016. Sara Scanlon (1958-2016) was an amazing
lady, wonderfully supportive of her two daughters, always positive and
upbeat, helpful and friendly to everyone, and always there if she was needed.
I have known Sara as long as I have known Lucy and we last spoke in March at
the Slough Massed Bass Concert. Sara and her husband Michael were always
enthusiastic and supportive of BYMT (Berkshire Young Musicians Trust) and
both Lucy and Jane were prominent and active musicians for many years. Lucy
also studied with me at the Royal Academy of Music (JD) and finally for 6th
Form at Wells Cathedral School. She was a talented double bassist and was a
much valued member of the double bass department. I was honoured to have
been asked to write a piece to be included in Sara's funeral service. The
four minute piece is generally slow and meditative with all the melodic
interest given to Sara's two daughters Jane (viola) and Lucy (double bass 1)
and my part, as double bass 2, is simply to support the solo lines, underpin
the music, and add a rhythmic movement throughout.' Serenity - A Meditation
for Sara was rescored for double bass trio and premiered at the Purcell
School (Bushey, Herts) on Sunday 24 July 2016 by Eloise Riddell, Jacob
Robinson and David Heyes, receiving it's Czech premiere on Wednesday 21
September 2016 at the Academy of Music in Prague by Joe Prindl, Danijel
Radanovic and David Heyes. Serenity was subsequently arranged for string
trio by the composer. It was premiered in Cerne Abbas, Dorset on Thursday 11
June 2020 by Lydia Northcott (viola), Guy Johnston (cello) and David Heyes
(double bass). The music is slow moving initially, setting the mood of the
piece, with a middle section which has more direction and momentum primarily
pushed along by the repeated motif from the double bass. It returns to the
more solemn style towards the end with a sustained two-part chord which
contrasts the cadenza-like music for the double bass which begins below the
chord and quickly moves into the higher register, played in harmonics, ending
gently and hopefully with a feeling or resolution. David Heyes studied
double bass with Laurence Gray and Bronwen Naish and later at the Royal
College of Music in London. He completed his post-graduate studies in Prague
with Frantisek Posta (Principal Double 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 and received 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. He works
with composers throughout the world and is particularly interested to expand
the double bass repertoire, by commissioning new works and by rediscovering
forgotten ones. Over the past 30 years he has commissioned more than 500
works, from beginner to virtuoso, and from one to twenty basses. David has
transcribed more than 200 works for double bass, many published by Recital
Music, and in recent year has also composed a number of original works for
double bass which have been performed in Britain, America, Venezuela, Turkey,
Spain, Mexico, Germany and Czech Republic. David is self-taught as a composer
and his music has been described as lyrical, evocative and accessible, but
certainly of the 21st-century.
