Fantasie

Op.11
Op.11
Mikhail Bukinik

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RMD1164

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Fantasie Op.11 for cello and double bass (orchestral tuning) is aimed at the advanced duo. In one extended movement and in orchestral tuning, the piece is dedicated to Serge Koussevitsky and was first published around 1911 by P. Jurgenson (Moscow/Leipzig). The double bass is by no means the lesser partner and there are musical and technical challenges aplenty which should make this a welcome addition to the popular duo repertoire.

As a cellist Bukinik includes many challenges in the cello part, particularly the use of double stops, and his other published works include technical and virtuoso studies for cello. There is plenty here for both musicians to ‘get their teeth into’ and Fantasie Op.11 would easily complement Rossini’s ‘Duetto’, both being in orchestral tuning.

Mikhail Bukinik (1872-1947) was a Ukrainian cellist, composer and teacher. Born in Dubno, about 400km west of Kyiv, Bukinik had a busy and successful career in Russia, also lived in Germany, France and Switzerland, and in 1922 emigrated to America. He taught at the Mariinsky Instritute (St. Petersburg), Gnessin School of Music (Moscow) and later at the Conservatoire in Kharkiv (Ukraine), and, although not a prolific composer, he produced a number of significant concert and educational works for the cello.

Serge Koussevitsky (1874-1951) is known to many as the famed conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and was also one of the most important commissioners of orchestral music during the 1930s and 40s. To bassists he is known as one of the mighty handful, alongside Dragonetti, Bottesini and Gary Karr, and his four salon works and concerto are still performed extensively today. Less well known is that a number of works were composed for him during his solo career in the early decades of the 20th-century with the ‘Duo’ for bassoon and double bass by Albert Roussel being the most well-known. Other composers include Bukinik, Georgi Konius, Paul le Flem, Fabian Sevitzky, Charles Martin Loeffler and Guido Gallignani.

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Fantasie Op.11 for cello and double bass (orchestral tuning) is aimed at the advanced duo. In one extended movement and in orchestral tuning, the piece is dedicated to Serge Koussevitsky and was first published around 1911 by P. Jurgenson (Moscow/Leipzig). The double bass is by no means the lesser partner and there are musical and technical challenges aplenty which should make this a welcome addition to the popular duo repertoire.

As a cellist Bukinik includes many challenges in the cello part, particularly the use of double stops, and his other published works include technical and virtuoso studies for cello. There is plenty here for both musicians to ‘get their teeth into’ and Fantasie Op.11 would easily complement Rossini’s ‘Duetto’, both being in orchestral tuning.

Mikhail Bukinik (1872-1947) was a Ukrainian cellist, composer and teacher. Born in Dubno, about 400km west of Kyiv, Bukinik had a busy and successful career in Russia, also lived in Germany, France and Switzerland, and in 1922 emigrated to America. He taught at the Mariinsky Instritute (St. Petersburg), Gnessin School of Music (Moscow) and later at the Conservatoire in Kharkiv (Ukraine), and, although not a prolific composer, he produced a number of significant concert and educational works for the cello.

Serge Koussevitsky (1874-1951) is known to many as the famed conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and was also one of the most important commissioners of orchestral music during the 1930s and 40s. To bassists he is known as one of the mighty handful, alongside Dragonetti, Bottesini and Gary Karr, and his four salon works and concerto are still performed extensively today. Less well known is that a number of works were composed for him during his solo career in the early decades of the 20th-century with the ‘Duo’ for bassoon and double bass by Albert Roussel being the most well-known. Other composers include Bukinik, Georgi Konius, Paul le Flem, Fabian Sevitzky, Charles Martin Loeffler and Guido Gallignani.

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David Heyes (b.1960) studied double bass with Laurence Gray and Bronwen Naish, later at the Royal College of Music in London, and completed his post-graduate studies in Prague with František Pošta (Principal Bass, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra). He has given recitals and masterclasses in 20 countries over the past few years and has been a juror at a number of international competitions, three times as chairman. David’s collaborative work gained him 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 and he works with composers throughout the world to expand the double bass repertoire by commissioning new music and by rediscovering forgotten ones. Since 1983 more than 700 works have been written for him, music from one to twenty basses and from beginner to virtuoso, and he has premiered ten contemporary concertos with orchestra. David began to compose in 2013 and has had music performed and recorded in 29 countries across five continents. He is a D’Addario Performing Artist and has recently commissioned a solo double bass from British master-luthier Martin Penning.

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