Informationen zu "Boag, Bylina, Cowell, Debussy, Heyes, Osborne and Salles SYRINX Book 1 Double Bass Solo"
Verlag: Recital Music
Verlagsnummer: RM986
EAN: 9790570459865
ISMN: M-57045-986-5
Beschreibung
2018 marks the centenary of the death of the great French composer Claude
Debussy (1862-1918) and the 'Syrinx Project' is an international initiative
inviting composers to write a new work for unaccompanied double bass, lasting
around three minutes, and inspired in some way by Debussy's masterpiece
Syrinx for solo flute. Inspired and directed by David Heyes, the ?Syrinx
Project? has brought together 27 composers from across the world with the aim
of creating an exciting year-long programme of commissions, performances and
recordings. All the pieces in the ?Syrinx Project? will be published by
Recital Music, alongside a transcription of Debussy?s original Syrinx, in a
series of innovative and evocative books which deserve to find a permanent
place in the concert repertoire for unaccompanied double bass. Jan Cowell
is prolific 14 year-old composer-double bassist-pianist and Syrinx was
completed on 30 December 2017, during a family skiing holiday. Jan writes: 'I
composed Syrinx thinking the melody line to be a kind of song, with each
verse dying away and then coming back again. I aimed to create a building of
tension to the Con moto, the peak, and then slowly back, to the quiet and
mysterious voice of the beginning.' Jan Cowell started composing at the age
of 12 and has enjoyed creating many pieces, as well as playing them. He has
composed in different genres, with a variety of different instrumental
combinations, and has only recently completed a set of double bass pieces.
Jan plays the double bass and the piano and has used each to help with his
composing and arranging. Syrinx by Jan Cowell was premiered by David Heyes
(double bass) at St Mary's School (Shaftesbury, Dorset) on Thursday 25
January 2018. Bernard Salles was born in 1954 and began his musical
education in his home town of Perpignan (France) where he studied double
bass, organ, composition and orchestral conducting at the Conservatoire. In
1973 he went to the Conservatoire of Versailles and in 1976, at the age of
22, he was awarded a double bass teaching diploma. Since then he has taught
at the Conservatoire of Pau (South-west France) and played with many major
French orchestras including the Orchestre de Paris and the National Orchestra
of France, under the direction of conductors such as Daniel Barenboim, Pierre
Boulez, Zubin Metha and Lorin Maazel. In 1983 he began a parallel career as a
conductor and was Music Director of the Orchestra of Pau from 1996-2001. He
has directed the Orchestra of Pamplona (Spain) and is currently Music
Director of the OSSO (Orchestre Symphonique du Sud-Ouest). As
a composer and member of SACEM (Society of Authors, Composers and Editors of
Music), he has written over 30 works including two symphonies, a cantata, a
psalm for bass and orchestra, a concerto for double bass and small orchestra,
Rhapsody for viola and orchestra, Triptych for orchestra, Prelude for cello
and orchestra, a symphonic poem for soprano, cello and orchestra, as well as
works for chamber groups, and for choir and organ. His pedagogic works are
published by G.Billaudot in Paris and his works for double bass are published
by Recital Music (England). Michal Bylina writes: 'Syrinx or Pan's Lament
describes Pan's feelings immediately after Syrinx's transformation into a
hollow water reed. Having lost his desired nymph, his heart is now filled
with sadness, suffering and sense of powerlessness. Therefore, he decides to
cut the reeds and make pan pipes to play a haunting, doleful tune that
express his yearning. The piece was written for the 'Syrinx Project? directed
by David Heyes and commemorates the 100th anniversary of the death of Claude
Debussy. Mostly inspired by impressionists such as Debussy, this offers a
journey into the magical whole tone world. Syrinx starts with sorrowful
harmonics that are followed by a lyrical melody developing the feeling of
loneliness. Atmospheric, extemporaneous, mysterious, fugacious, makes use of
techniques like sul ponticello or pizzicato. Actually, these two close
quietly the lonesome soliloquy making an impression as if a spell has just
ended.' The first chord is played in low thumb position - with the thumb on
octave G and the F# as a false harmonic on the D string, where you would play
F#, played with the 2nd or 3rd finger. Syrinx by Michal Bylina was premiered
by David Heyes (double bass) at Trumpington Village Hall (Cambridge, UK) on
Sunday 18 February 2018. Syrinx by David Heyes is dedicated to Glen
Rodriguez who has premiered and played a number of his works in Venezuela.
David writes: ?Syrinx is for unaccompanied double bass, lasts around three
minutes, and features the lyrical and sonorous possibilities of the double
bass, primarily in its orchestral register. The opening bars of Debussy's
masterpiece for flute have influenced the musical narrative, particularly its
rhythm and chromatic opening phrase. Sul ponticello (at the bridge) has been
introduced to vary the colours and timbres, and the middle section features
music of a more dramatic nature which gradually decreases in momentum and
drive as it moves into a higher register. The piece ends slowly and
atmospherically repeating the chromatic motif as the music recedes into the
far distance.? Syrinx was premiered by the composer on Saturday 17 February
2018 at Wolvercote Hall (Oxford, UK) and received its Irish premiere by David
Whitla (double bass) at Triskel Arts Centre (Cork City, Eire) on Saturday 24
February 2018. Graham Boag was born in Scotland, now living and working in
Oman, and has a busy and successful career as a double bassist, composer and
arranger. He writes in many genres and has produced a wealth of music for
double bass. Graham writes: 'Syrinx is quite programmatic in approach and
Pan's love for Syrinx is not reciprocated in the first section (until B) but
just before we arrive at B Syrinx disguises herself as a bed of reeds.Pan
arrives at the reeds (B) and decided to cut them to make his panpipes, not
knowing that he has killed his love, Syrinx, and that he will never see her
again, although he will always be close to her when he plays his pipes.
Letter C is Pan's reflective mood and is played freely.?
Syrinx by Graham Boag was premiered by David Heyes at Trumpington
Village Hall (Cambridge, UK) on Sunday 18 February 2018. Tony Osborne has an
unrivalled international reputation of writing successful, accessible and
enjoyable music for double bass. He has the rare ability to write music for
every level of performer and his music is loved and performed by bassists
throughout the world. Tony writes: 'New Syrinx was composed for David Heyes,
in response to his call for new works, based on the iconic Syrinx, for solo
flute, written in 1913 by Claude Debussy. The response to the call has been
prolific, with scores from all over the world. My new piece takes up the
mysterious and exotic overtones, so indelibly set in Debussy?s original
masterpiece. Where it takes a slightly different turn is perhaps in its
relatively greater melodic and harmonic stability, particularly to make it
more playable by anyone less accustomed to chromatic melody and harmony, but,
who nevertheless desires to immerse themselves into the more meditative and
pastille shades made so fragrant by the master Debussy. The popular tale
tells of Syrinx doing all she could to free herself from the unwanted
attention of the GodPan, and turning to the water nymphs to help, whereupon
she was transformed into water-reeds! New Syrinx opens with a motif not
unlike a melody made popular by the Rumanian Pan-Pipe virtuoso George Zamfir.
It later calls for the bow to play a triplet variation of that, very
staccato, off the string ? with the effect of ?spitting? into the pipes ?
creating a feeling of agitation and unrest. There is further movement ?
flight to the safety of the river, where the pace softens, as she becomes
subsumed into nature, heralding a tranquil conclusion to the piece.'
