{"product_id":"hommage-a-frantisek-posta","title":"Teppo Hauta-aho: Hommage a Frantisek Posta for 2 Double Basses","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Composition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComposed in 2014 to commemorate the 95th anniversary of František Pošta's birth, this evocative and atmospheric one-movement work reflects the composer's worries and concerns during the summer of 1991.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eTeppo Hauta-aho had studied with František Pošta (1919-1991) in Prague in the 1960s, when Pošta was the revered and much respected Principal Bass of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, and had maintained a strong friendship and bond for the next 25 years. In 1991, Prof. Pošta's health was beginning to decline, and the piece reflects his plans to visit Finland again, having performed and taught there for many years. Would he be well enough? At one point the answer was yes, then no, then yes... Unfortunately, František Pošta was never to visit Finland again, and he died in Prague in August 1991.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eHommage à František Pošta captures the unsettled nature of that last summer, the hopes and concerns for a much-loved bassist and friend. The music is typical of Teppo Hauta-aho's work and employs a wealth of inventive textures, timbres and techniques to create a unique and evocative work of beauty and style. The music explores a wealth of colors, and each bass develops a different identity and character throughout the range of the double bass, but always working together to create wonderful music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eHommage á František Pošta was written for David Heyes, who had studied with Franti\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eš\u003c\/span\u003eek Po\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eš\u003c\/span\u003eta in the 1980s, and was premiered by David Heyes and Ben Groenevelt at Clifton College (Bristol, UK) on Sunday 19 October 2014.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Composer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\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=\"p1\"\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=\"p1\"\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=\"p1\"\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","brand":"David Heyes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45869326041132,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0585\/0559\/2876\/files\/HommageaFrantisekPosta-FRONTCOVERJPEG.jpg?v=1785267665","url":"https:\/\/shop.doublebasshq.com\/products\/hommage-a-frantisek-posta","provider":"Double Bass Sheet Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}