Informationen zu "David Heyes Hold On... A Prayer-Song for Bridget Double Bass Solo"
Verlag: Recital Music
Verlagsnummer: RM900
EAN: 9790570459001
ISMN: M-57045-900-1
Beschreibung
Hold on to what is good, Even if it's a handful of earth. Hold on to what you
believe, Even if it's a tree that stands by itself. Hold on to what you must
do, Even if it's a long way from here. Hold on to your life, Even if it's
easier to let go. Hold on to my hand, Even if someday I'll be gone away from
you. [A Pueblo Indian Prayer] Hold On... was composed at the end of June
and first performed by the composer at St Mary's Church (Dartington, Devon)
on Thursday 30 June 2017. It was commissioned by Matthew Green, a former
student of David Heyes at Wells Cathedral School, and composed in memory of
his mother Bridget Green (20 August 1959 - 17 June 2016). The piece was
inspired by the words and spirit of the Pueblo Indian Prayer and also using
the letters BDGE from Bridget's name to influence the musical lines and
narrative. The music is slow and lyrical, poignant and sonorous, employing
the entire range of the double bass alongside a number of simple and
evocative colours and effects to create a short and heartfelt memorial to a
special lady who loved life, her family and all styles of music. The phrases
are short and episodic, always lyrical, creating a mini tone-poem of gentle
colours and textures. A sudden and dramatic phrase interrupts the quiet mood
but quickly ebbs away to a slow and bell-like ending with ringing pizzicato
notes creating an ethereal and simple four-part chord of GD-BG. 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 19 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.
