Informationen zu "Simon Garcia Swing K-1000 Double Bass Quartet"
Verlag: Recital Music
Verlagsnummer: RM935
EAN: 9790570459353
ISMN: M-57045-935-3
Beschreibung
Simon Garcia writes: 'Swing K-1000 is an Up-Swing work dedicated to my friend
Andrés Martín. The title is a word game about a famous French car, the Simca
1000, which was an icon in the 1960?s. The music is inspired by these years
and I tried to write in the way of the great Big Bands like Duke Ellington?s
band. There are written solo sections and I included a tutti imitating the
Saxophone Soli language. It?s a fresh and powerful piece which gives off all
the energy of a Big Band.' Swing K-1000 was premiered in October 2009 at
Suntory Hall in Japon by the The Bass Gang. 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.
