Informationen zu "David Heyes October Morn Viola & Double Bass"
Verlag: Recital Music
Verlagsnummer: RM934
EAN: 9790570459346
ISMN: M-57045-934-6
Beschreibung
David Heyes writes: 'October Morn is originally for oboe and double bass and
was inspired by the beautifully atmsopheric Dorset countryside as I was
driving to Yeovil in early October 2015. The mist was still hovering over the
fields, as the cows were slowly waking and beginning to eat, and as the sun
was slowly starting to break through the clouds. The opening oboe notes
'appeared' and the piece slowly emerged as my journey continued and the modal
and slow-moving music took shape.' October Morn was composed for OboeBass!
(Carrie Vecchione & Rolf Erdahl) in America and is dedicated to this unique
duo. It also exists in versions for flute or clarinet and double bass. The
version for flute and double bass was premiered by Michelle Underwood (flute)
and David Heyes (double bass) at The Old Java Coffee House in Teignmouth,
Devon on Saturday 5 March 2016 as part of the Teignmouth Classical Music
Festival. This new edition for viola and double bass was created for London
bassist Eloise Riddell, a former student of David Heyes. The partnership of
viola and double bass dates back to the music of Sperger and Dittersdorf in
the 18th-century and 'October Morn' contrasts the cantabile and soulful
lyricism of both instruments in a work lasting a little over four minutes. A
range of colours and effects are used to vary the timbre of the two
instruments, with each being an equal partner in a work of evocative and
atmospheric soundworlds. [The double bassist plays the D minor version for
both solo and orchestral tuning. The violist plays the D minor version if the
bassist plays in orchestral tuning or the E minor version if solo tuning is
used] 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.
