David Heyes: In Flanders Fields: 3 Pieces for double bass & piano

About the Compositions In Flander’s Fields is a collection of three works for double bass and piano which were inspired by the centenary of the First World War. They can be performed singly or as a suite, in any order, with a poignant theme of reconciliation and remembrance for ‘the war to end all wars’.  No Man’s Land for double bass & piano  'No Man's Land' for double bass and piano was composed to commemorate the centenary of the start of the First World War and in memory of David's grandfathers, both of whom fought in the conflict. The simple chordal accompaniment is reminiscent of a repeated tolling bell against which the solo line plays a poignant melodic line of yearning loss. A hint of gunfire eventually falls away into a repeated two-note pattern which gradually fades away into nothingness.  "When I was writing the piece I had a picture in my mind of the devastation of No Man's Land in front of me, in black and white, and the stillness and silence are depicted by the slow