Posta Variations

Double Bass & Piano
Composer: Ivor Hodgson

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Pošta Variations was commissioned by17 double bassists from the UK, USA, Republic of Ireland, Turkey, Canada, Australia and Portugal to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the death of František Pošta in 2021. “It is a great privilege to write a piece celebrating one of the world’s greatest Double Bass virtuoso’s. František Pošta was a musician who’s playing oozed warmth and style and his recording “The Grancino Bass of František Pošta” was the first recording of double bass music I listened to and the one recording that has remained with me to this day. The first two bars of my piece musically portrays the name Pošta František, so taking the note A as a starting point and counting upwards in semitones P becomes a C and O becomes a B etc… the following eleven variations are based on aspects of his name and I hope the melodic lines and harmonic progressions found in these variations lead the player to recreate the qualities found in Pošta’s playing.” [Ivor Hodgson]
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Pošta Variations was commissioned by17 double bassists from the UK, USA, Republic of Ireland, Turkey, Canada, Australia and Portugal to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the death of František Pošta in 2021. “It is a great privilege to write a piece celebrating one of the world’s greatest Double Bass virtuoso’s. František Pošta was a musician who’s playing oozed warmth and style and his recording “The Grancino Bass of František Pošta” was the first recording of double bass music I listened to and the one recording that has remained with me to this day. The first two bars of my piece musically portrays the name Pošta František, so taking the note A as a starting point and counting upwards in semitones P becomes a C and O becomes a B etc… the following eleven variations are based on aspects of his name and I hope the melodic lines and harmonic progressions found in these variations lead the player to recreate the qualities found in Pošta’s playing.” [Ivor Hodgson]
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ArrangerDavid Heyes
OrchestrationDouble Bass & Piano

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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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