Informationen zu "David Heyes Postcards for Posta Double Bass Solo"
Verlag: Recital Music
Verlagsnummer: RM997
EAN: 9990093815005
Beschreibung
'Postcards for Posta' is a suite of six one-minute pieces for unaccompanied
double bass composed for 'POSTA 100' in memory of Frantisek Posta
(1919-1991). Each is dedicated to a different musical friend in the
international double bass community. POSTA 100 is a project to commission
100 one-minute pieces for solo double bass to celebrate the centenary of the
birth of the Czech double bass virtuoso and teacher, Frantisek Posta, one of
the leading Czech bassists of his generation. 1. WALKS BY MOONLIGHT
(Dedicated to Karol Cie?luk) 'Walks by Moonlight' is slow and sonorous and
reflects the relaxed and easy going pace of life late at night. Prague is
beautiful at any time of the day or night, but is even more magical and
evocative by moonlight. Whether walking across the Charles Bridge or by the
river Vltava, the city offers much to the visitor when there is time to see
and 'feel' the spirit and majesty of this great city. The music is slow and
gentle, with a repeated rhythmic motif which acts as a unifying figure.
Mainly played in bass clef, apart from the middle phrase which ventures
higher, with its waltz-like lilt, the simple and evocative phrases allow time
to think, to experience and to enjoy. PREMIERE: Tuesday 26 September 2017 at
Kick Butt Coffee Music & Booze, Austin (TX, USA) by P Kellach Waddle (double
bass) / UK PREMIERE: St Mary's Church, West Harptree, Somerset on Saturday 1
October 2017 by David Heyes (double bass) 2. CROWDED PLACES (Dedicated to
Dritan Gani) 'Crowded Places' is fast and furious and describes the amazing
number of tourists who visit Europe's most beautiful city each year. The
hustle and bustle of visitors to the Old Town Square provided the inspiration
for a short energetic work which rarely loses pace or momentum. A recurring
rhythmic motif provides a unifying figure with the restless and enthusiastic
tourists taking in the sites and sounds of glorious Prague. PREMIERE: St
Mary's Church, West Harptree, Somerset on Saturday 1 October 2017 by David
Heyes (double bass) 3. SHADOWS & SILOUETTES (Dedicated to Elsen Price)
'Shadows & Silhouettes' is built on three letters from Elsen Price's name
[C,E,E flat] with Frantisek Posta's name in bar 9 [F,A,E,E flat] and is a
description and feeling of the dark and mysterious corners of old Prague. The
many cobbled streets and hidden squares exude the magical history of the city
and its inhabitants, of legend and folklore, ghosts and spirits. The music is
episodic, atmospheric and evocative exploring the myriad colours of the solo
double bass and lasts around one minute in duration. PREMIERE: St Mary's
Church, West Harptree, Somerset on Saturday 1 October 2017 by David Heyes
(double bass) No.4 A CANDLE BURNS - Remembering Jan Palach (1948-1969) -
Dedicated to Frank Proto Jan Palach (11 August 1948 ? 19 January 1969 was a
Czech student of history and political economy at Charles University in
Prague. His self-immolation was a political protest against the end of the
Prague Spring resulting from the 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia. The
unofficial memorial in Wenceslas Square always attracted many tourists in
Prague and was always surrounded by flowers and lighted candles. The memorial
made a lasting impression on the composer, who has visited Prague from 1986
to the present day, and he always intended to commemorate Jan Palach in some
way and 'Postcards for Posta' (Posta100) seemed the opportune time. The music
is simple and descriptive, 23 bars in length. and was composed whilst driving
through Cumbria. It was completed on Thursday 28 September 2017 and premiered
the following day. The piece is free and rhapsodic, minor keys predominating,
and with the doleful interval of a falling 2nd or minor 2nd a feature of the
melodic material. The effects of sul ponticello and col legno interrupt the
musical flow, adding colour, and the music gradually dies away leaving the
piece without a conclusion. PREMIERE: Friday 29 September 2017 at Cathcart
Baptist Church, Glasgow by David Heyes (double bass) No.5 - LESSONS FOR LIFE
(Dedicated to Lise Proto) 'Lessons for Life' was composed on Wednesday 18
October 2017, revised the following day and premiered by the composer a day
later. The memories of lessons with Frantisek Posta in the late 1980s were
the basis of the piece, with repetitions of the opening theme alongside
motifs of a more contrasting and more reflective nature. The themes are bold
and strong, using the letters from Professor Posta's name (F,A,E.E flat) as
the basis of the music throughout, and has a direct and confident musical
style to remember an exceptional Czech virtuoso double bassist and teacher.
PREMIERE: Templecombe Hall (Somerset) on Friday 20 October 2017 by David
Heyes (double bass) No.6 PRAGUE (Dedicated to Bert Turetzky) 'Prague'was
composed on Wednesday 18 April 2018 and revised the following morning. It
should flow and have a natural momentum and narrative, never more or less
than mf or mp - the player can decide - and my idea is that the music flows
onwards, much as the Vltava flows through the centre of Prague. Whatever the
changes and modernisations, the beauty and grandeur of this historic city
remain and I hope the lyricism of the piece reflects the 'singing double
bass' of Frantisek Posta and is a tribute to an amazing musician who is loved
and respected around the world. PREMIERE: Quilter Hall (Wells Cathedral
School, Somerset) on 27 April 2018 by Eloine Vatteville (double bass) 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 years has also composed a
number of original works for double bass which have been performed in
Britain, America, Spain, Germany, Turkey, Mexico and Czech Republic. David is
self-taught as a composer and his music has been described as lyrical and
accessible, but certainly of the 21st-century. See
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7ituqPaQNo
