Informationen zu "Bernard Salles Arr: David Heyes Organum 1 (double bass quartet) Double Bass Quartet"
Verlag: Recital Music
Verlagsnummer: RM996
EAN: 9990093814992
Beschreibung
Bernard Salles writes: 'Organum 1' was originally for double bass and organ
and was written for Marc Antonio Quiñones, double bassist with the Orchestra
of Mexico. It?s a small piece that uses a very old musical form, the
'organum', a melody (almost plainchant) which develops over one or several
held notes. It also exists in versions for double bass trio and double bass
quartet. Here, over held D octaves, we find the 5th (A), then the 7th (C)
followed by the minor 6th (B flat) played as an accopaniment. Over this
ostinato unfolds a long melody divided between the players, whose ambitus
grows as the piece develops, eventually forming a complete circle to end
where it began. Variations on the initial theme of this piece will be written
at a later date. Organum 1 for double bass quartet was premiered on Sunday
21 July 2019 at Church Crookham Memorial Hall (Fleet, Hampshire) by Recital
Bass Ensemble directed by David Heyes. 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 want 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). In 2010 he began a
series of short pieces for unaccompanied double bass - Portraits for Friends
- dedicated to his double bass playing friends.
