Simón García: The Origins (Californian Duett No.2) for 2 double basses

About the Composition The Origins is an exciting and vibrant work for the advanced double bass duo. Full of rhythmic energy and vitality, popular with players and audiences alike, this is an ideal work to end a recital, also useful as a powerful and spirited encore. Simón García writes: “The Origins is the second part of my Californian Duett, both works inspired by rock music but in very different ways, and I thought about the origins of rock music as I composed it. The introduction describes how the slaves are brought to the New World from Africa in enormous galleys, with many dying during the journey. The sound of the traditional slave meetings, playing drums in ancestral rituals, will eventually be mixed with the sounds and music of Old Europe." I tried to write a piece for two double basses that is not like a conventional duo. In the first part of Californian Duett I wrote a melody, bass line and harmony-rhythm parts in two voices, using the entire range of the instruments.” The