Informationen zu "D'Angelo, Debussy, Jolliffe, Kinsella and Montgomery SYRINX Book 3 Double Bass Solo"
Verlag: Recital Music
Verlagsnummer: RM998
EAN: 9790570459988
ISMN: M-57045-998-8
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 22 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. Michael
Montgomery (USA) Syrinx and Pan - A Conversation between Innocence and
Malevolence 'This short piece for unaccompanied double bass was written in
response to an appeal for compositions for the ?The Syrinx Project? organized
by bassist and composer David Heyes, who writes, ?2018 is the centenary of
the death of the French composer Claude Debussy (1862-1918) and I thought it
would be great to ask composers to write a piece for unaccompanied double
bass, in any style or idiom, but influenced in some way by the piece, and
lasting no more than three minutes?. Feeling less than confident with the
idea of mimicking Debussy?s genius musically, I decided to instead take up
the story - Syrinx?s encounter with Pan. I resolved to treat it as a metaphor
for the corruption malevolence brings to innocence, and so the form the
composition takes is one of a conversation between the two qualities. The
dialogue of Syrinx (innocence) is presented almost exclusively with the notes
of the D pentatonic scale, while the contentious challenges of Pan punctuate
her childlike discourse with notes well outside her simple tonal pallet.
Throughout the exchange between the two Syrinx, though seeming at times
uncertain, stands her ground and in the end emerges confident, her innocence
preserved. Offered in appreciation for all David Heyes has done for the world
of us bassists.' [Michael Montgomery] Syrinx and Pan was premiered on 22
April 2018 at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art (Bentonville, Arkansas,
USA) by Maggie Estrada (double bass) Adam Booker (USA) Satie?s Satire for
Satyrs 'Written for the Syrinx Project in celebration of the centennial of
Claude Debussy, Satie?s Satire for Satyrs is a nod to the special
relationship between Claude Debussy and Eric Satie. The first section evokes
the playful dance of Pan, with a mocking demeanour, utilizing repetitive
rhythmic and formal concepts from the Neoclassical movement. The middle
section is played slower, with hints of Debussy?s chromaticism and the
symmetrical harmonic idiom of Impressionism. Satie?s Satire for Satyrs ends
with a reprise of the first section, much as the piece, Syrinx, which
inspired this project.' [Adam Booker] John Kinsella (Republic of Ireland)
SYRINX-2018 'When I first heard of 'Syrinx' I was working on drafts of a solo
oboe theme for an orchestral piece. The shape I had in my head was a long
expressive note to be concluded by some type of fast figuration and that solo
was to be repeated and developed. When I then looked at Syrinx I noted that
the first two beats were a very embryonic echo of this general shape (not
unusual) so I just let the two work away in my head until I ended up with
Syrinx - 2018. I still have not found the final version of my oboe theme!!'
[John Kinsella] Syrinx-2018 was premiered at Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh
(Republic of Ireland) on Sunday 11 March 2018 by David Whitla (double bass)
Edmund Joliffe (UK) Pan?s Dance (Attempting to seduce Syrinx) 'Pan?s Dance
(attempting to seduce Syrinx) refers to the moment when Pan met Syrinx after
returning from a hunt. Syrinx was not interested in him and ran away.
Debussy?s piece uses the flute to great effect in his depiction of Syrinx as
a beautiful nymph-like creature. I on the other hand have gone to the polar
opposite and used the double-bass to depict Pan as ungainly and unworthy of
her. He tries to woo her with his dancing but ultimately fails. The
double-bass, although not ungainly in itself, is very suitable for this
purpose. The music should be played with a sense of swagger, becoming more
elaborate as the piece unfolds and Pan becomes increasingly desperate.'
