The Blue Bird

Op.119, No.3
Op.119, No.3
Charles Villiers Stanford

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RMD1287

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The Blue Bird, setting words by Mary Elizabeth Coleridge, was composed in 1910 and depicts a bluebird in flight over a lake. Originally for five-part unaccompanied choir (SAATB), the soprano is intended to portray the bluebird and the wide vocal range of the soprano line has been described as illustrating “the bird’s free flight across the lake”.

The choral writing is generally chordal and slow moving, transcribing beautifully for double bass quintet, and emphasising the sonorous and lyrical qualities of the double bass.

The edition includes a score and parts.

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The Blue Bird, setting words by Mary Elizabeth Coleridge, was composed in 1910 and depicts a bluebird in flight over a lake. Originally for five-part unaccompanied choir (SAATB), the soprano is intended to portray the bluebird and the wide vocal range of the soprano line has been described as illustrating “the bird’s free flight across the lake”.

The choral writing is generally chordal and slow moving, transcribing beautifully for double bass quintet, and emphasising the sonorous and lyrical qualities of the double bass.

The edition includes a score and parts.

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About the Composer

Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) was born in Dublin, studied at Cambridge University and in Leipzig and Berlin, and in 1882 was one of the founding fathers of the Royal College of Music in London, where he taught composition for the rest of his life.

He was a prolific composer, writing seven symphonies, nine operas, concertos, orchestral music, choral music and songs, which he combined alongside his teaching and conducting duties. Stanford, together with Hubert Parry and Alexander Mackenzie, were considered responsible for a renaissance in music in Britain, and towards the end of the 20th-century there has been a resurgence of interest in his music.

About the Arranger

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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