Simón García: Echoes & Shadows for 2 double basses & piano

About the Composition Echoes & Shadows is originally for 12 double basses and was newly arranged for the German bassist, Manuela Uhlmann, by the composer. Aimed at the intermediate-advanced bassists, the piece is rhythmically exciting, exploring a wealth of colors and timbres, alongside the energy and excitement which is typical of Simón García’s music. A Note from Simón When I received the proposal from David Heyes to write a piece for twelve basses to end my BASS2014 concert I thought it a brilliant idea. The first word that came into my mind when thinking of twelve basses was 'noise', so I started looking for the opposite sounds. Would it be possible for twelve basses to sound kindly or gentle? That was my challenge! I started creating a minimalist soundscape, highly enriched rhythmically with harmonics which would work well. I searched through various types of pizzicato sounds but these created 'noise' rather than my original target. I needed a more 'brilliant' sound, so I o