{"product_id":"basso-vi-for-2-double-basses","title":"Teppo Hauta-aho: Duo Basso VI for 2 double basses","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Composition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDuo Basso VI was composed in 2008 but only received its premiere on Friday 6 September 2019 at Wells \u0026amp; Mendip Museum (Wells, Somerset) by Alexander Heather (double bass) and David Heyes (double bass).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003eIn two contrasting and extended movements, combining jazz and contemporary styles, the piece is a great addition to the bass duet repertoire and offers musical and technical challenges aplenty for both players. The composer explores a wealth of colours, textures and timbres, with the lyrical potential of the double bass always to the fore, and each movement would stand well as a separate recital work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003eThe music is always interesting and evocative, with great rhythmic interest and momentum, primarily with a pizzicato accompaniment from bass 2, as bass 1 explores the potential of the upper register and an effective use of harmonics to add height and contrast.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBoth bassists play from the same score\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Composer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003eFinnish composer and bassist Teppo Hauta-aho\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003ewas the most prolific bass composer of our time and since the 1970s has composed more than 400 works for double bass - spanning the entire range of standards from beginner to virtuoso.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003eTeppo Hauta-aho was born in 1941 and studied double bass with Orvo Hyle and Oiva Nummelin in Finland, and František Pošta in Prague. He played with the Helsinki Philharmonic between 1965 and 1972, and the Finnish Opera Orchestra from 1975 to 2000. Teppo Hauta-aho was an active recitalist, both classical and jazz, gave more than 300 recitals with his duo partner, Carita Holmström, and was at the cutting edge of modern improvisation - performing with leading improvisers throughout the world, for many years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003eFinnish composer Harry Wessman writes: \u003ci\u003e\"As a composer, Teppo Hauta-aho has always been his own teacher, basing his technical knowledge on his wide practical musicianship as an orchestral player, chamber and jazz musician. It would not be an exaggeration to claim that he was the jazz bassist most in demand in Finland in the 1970s, and a few of his works are pure jazz compositions. But the compositional techniques and musical means used in the majority of his works originate in an unusual openness for any devices. Along with modern techniques, his source of inspiration includes all the previous stylistic periods in European music, impulses from Oriental music and, of course, jazz. His own instrument, the double bass, has profited especially from his rich inventiveness in finding new means to conjure forth unusual sounds from the instrument, and in applying them in an artistically meaningful and striking way.\" \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003eTeppo Hauta-aho's music has been performed extensively in Finland and abroad, notably in America, Britain, Germany, France, Czech Republic, Soviet Union, Australia and Switzerland. He died in Helsinki on 27 November 2021.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003eCover Photo: Sarah Poole \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David Heyes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46589675798572,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0585\/0559\/2876\/files\/Hauta-aho-DuoBassoVICOVERJPEG.jpg?v=1793904472","url":"https:\/\/shop.doublebasshq.com\/products\/basso-vi-for-2-double-basses","provider":"Double Bass Sheet Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}