Informationen zu "David Heyes Te Puia o Whakaari Double Bass Quartet, Double Bass Ensemble"
Verlag: Recital Music
Verlagsnummer: RM954
EAN: 9790570459544
ISMN: M-57045-954-4
Beschreibung
The full M?ori name for the island is 'Te Puia o Whakaari', meaning 'The
Dramatic Volcano.' It was named 'White Island' and 'discovered' by Captain
Cook on 1 October 1769 because it always appeared to be in a cloud of white
steam. It is New Zealand's most active cone volcano, and has been built up by
continuous volcanic activity over the past 150,000 years. Playable by bass
quartet or larger forces, the music encompasses contrasting episodes in the
history of this most active and dramatic volcano. An underlying drone
emphasises the ever-present danger, above which two solo basses sing short
musical motifs in the higher register, with sudden dramatic changes of
powerful energy and ferocity. The piece ends slowly and quietly... 'Te Puia
o Whakaari - Scenes of The Dramatic Volcano' was premiered on Saturday 6 May
2017 at Blackwell Hall, Weston Library, Oxford by David Heyes, Richard
English, Thea Sayer, Aidan Adcock, Claire Frampton, Lucy Middleton, Leo
Klintman, Alice Ratcliffe, Finn Gauden and Edward Hewlett, conducted by John
Traill. 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, Ecuador, Ireland, 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. See
http://contrabassconversations.com/2016/10/24/264-david-heyes-leaving-legacy/
