David Heyes: Serenity - a Meditation for Sara for Viola, Violoncello & Double Bass

About the Composition God, grant me the strength of eagle wings, the faith and courage to fly to new heights, and the wisdom to rely on His spirit to carry me there. - Native American Prayer for Serenity - The Native American prayer was the starting point for Serenity, originally written for an unusual scoring of viola and 2 double basses and subsequently rescored for double bass trio and premiered at the Purcell School (Bushey, Hertfordshire UK) on Sunday 24 July 2016, by Eloise Riddell, Jacob Robinson, and David Heyes, receiving its Czech premiere on Wednesday 21 September 2016 at the Academy of Music in Prague by Joe Prindl, Danijel Radanovič and David Heyes. The music is slow-moving initially, setting the mood of the piece, with a middle section with more direction and momentum primarily pushed along by the repeated motif from bass 3. It returns to the more solemn style towards the end with a sustained two-part chord, contrasting the cadenza-like music for bass 3, which begins low