Informationen zu "Simon Garcia Arabesque Double Bass Solo"
Verlag: Recital Music
Verlagsnummer: RM930
EAN: 9790570459308
ISMN: M-57045-930-8
Beschreibung
Simon Garcia writes 'When I received the commission for a new piece for
unaccompanied double bass, intended for intermediate players, I knew that I
needed to write a work where not only music is important, but useful for
learning, too. 'Arabesque' is a free musical form where the music is
ornamented. The work is in one movement and uses differents musical modes and
moods, always in an accesible language for young students. I included some
technical and musical challenges for the player such as different key
signatures, trills, upper mordents, natural harmonics, pizzicato, Bartok and
left hand pizzicato, chords, tuplets, glissando, double notes, melodies
accompanied with open strings, different dynamics,...always trying to make
nice music with these technicals elements. The result is a work lasting
around 3 and a half minutes and only using the first octave of the
instrument.' 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 thirty
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.
