The Great Wall of China

David Heyes

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RMD1313

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The Great Wall of China is originally for beginner/intermediate double bass quartet, was composed on 21/22 July 2016, and premiered by a massed bass orchestra at the Purcell School (Bushey, Hertfordshire, UK) on Sunday 24 July 2016.

In one movement and lasting around three minutes it employs a number of exciting and engaging playing techniques including arco, pizzicato, sul ponticello, percussion and col legno suitable for all string instruments. The music is colourful, lively and rhythmic, offering accessible musical and technical challenges, with something of interest for each part and is playable by quartet or larger forces.

The Great Wall of China has been transcribed for violin quartet or ensemble and introduces new playing techniques in a relaxed and accessible way. Each part has short solo or duo opportunities, there are ‘call and response’ sections and tutti passages which are depict the grandeur, history and heritage of The Great Wall of China.

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The Great Wall of China is originally for beginner/intermediate double bass quartet, was composed on 21/22 July 2016, and premiered by a massed bass orchestra at the Purcell School (Bushey, Hertfordshire, UK) on Sunday 24 July 2016.

In one movement and lasting around three minutes it employs a number of exciting and engaging playing techniques including arco, pizzicato, sul ponticello, percussion and col legno suitable for all string instruments. The music is colourful, lively and rhythmic, offering accessible musical and technical challenges, with something of interest for each part and is playable by quartet or larger forces.

The Great Wall of China has been transcribed for violin quartet or ensemble and introduces new playing techniques in a relaxed and accessible way. Each part has short solo or duo opportunities, there are ‘call and response’ sections and tutti passages which are depict the grandeur, history and heritage of The Great Wall of China.

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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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