Informationen zu "Luis Guillermo Perez Suite in D minor Double Bass Solo"
Verlag: Recital Music
Verlagsnummer: RM985
EAN: 9790570459858
ISMN: M-57045-985-8
Beschreibung
Luis Guillermo Perez writes: 'Written with D-A-D-G tuning to favour the
resonance of the double bass in D (major and minor) and G (major and minor)
and structured like the first two Bach suites for solo cello - Prelude,
Allemande, Courante, Sarabande, Menuet-Trio, Gigue. Suite in D minor was
composed during the month of February 2018 at the request of my cellist son
Samuel who suggested writing a series of short pieces which culminated in
this suite. I) Prelude, originally written as a study using the intervals of
a fifth to develop the left hand with the intention of improving the tuning A
coda was added from bar 19 to 25 which ends with three arpeggios of D, using
the three strings in harmonics in the middle of the string. II) Allemande
[Maestoso] is in key of D minor with the structure AABB, which is
characteristic of the baroque dances. Part B begins in the relative major key
of F and soon returns to D minor. III) Courante [Allegro] is a fast dance in
binary form, in the key of G minor with part B in B flat major returning to G
minor towards the end. IV) Sarabande [Largo] a slow dance with the use of
chords and accents on the second beat of the bar, characteristic of this
Spanish dance. V) Menuet & Trio [Allegretto] - the Menuet alternates
between the contrasts of D minor and D major. The Trio begins in F major
returning to D minor before a return to the Menuet. VI) Gigue [Allegro] - a
fast binary dance with part A in D minor and part B in F major, culminating D
major in the last two bars. In bars 22, 23 and 24 the diminished seventh
chord or Bachian chords are used, which are characteristic of the great
German composer.' Suite in D minor was premiered by Glen Rodríguez (double
bass) on 12 May 2018 at the Conservatorio ?Vicente Emilio Sojo? de
Barquisimeto, Venezuela. The UK premiere was given by David Heyes (double
bass) at East Harptree Parish Church (Somerset) on 9 June 2018. Luis
Guillermo Pérez was born in Barquisimeto, Venezuela in 1954. He graduated as
a classical guitarist in the ?Vicente Emilio Sojo? Conservatory in 1980 and
began his double bass studies with Volmar Laubach in 1978, and later with
Joel Novoa at the ?Simón Bolívar? Conservatory in Caracas, in 1984. He
belongs to the first generation of Youth Orchestras in his region. Luis has
been Principal Bass at the Orquesta Sinfónica de Lara from 1989 until the
present day and has participated as a guest double bassist with the Orquesta
Simón Bolivar on their tour to France ?Festival Radio France? in 1986. He was
the assistant double bass in the Orquesta de los X Juegos Panamericanos
(Indianapolis, 1987), in the 50th anniversary of the Orquesta Sinfónica
(1992), with the Bach Academy from Stuttgart conducted by Helmuth Rilling
(1994), and took part in the premiere of ?A Flowering Tree? by John Adams in
Vienna (2006). Luis has worked as a double bass professor in Venezuela and
in other Latin American countries, now teaching in the Universidad Centro
Occidental Lisandro Alvarado UCLA and in the ?Vicente Emilio Sojo?
Conservatory. He has composed pieces for guitar including Concerto No.1
alongside didactic pieces, studies and ensembles for double bass. He has
arranged for different groups and musical genres, working especially with the
Boston String Academy.
