Composing for Double Bass 2023 @PsapphaEnsemble

Uploaded July 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

Tonight we share six brand new works for double bass performed by Toby Hughes that were created through Psappha’s 2022-23 'Composing for Double Bass' scheme.

Psappha's 'Composing For…' schemes began back in 2013 and have supported the creation of more than 180 new works to date. The aim of the scheme is to give emerging composers direct access to one of Psappha’s core musicians over an extended period of 8 – 10 months. Through a series of one to one workshops the composer and musician get to know each other personally and musically and a new work is created through this collaboration.

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Toby Hughes - Double Bass

Leighton Moody at Handel Productions (www.handelproductions.co.uk) - Director of Photography and Video Editor
Rob Kelledy - Sound recording, Mastering, and Audio Editor
Ben Powell - Producer

Recorded in Victoria Wood Hall at Hallé St. Peter's, Manchester

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00:00 Ábel M.G.E. - Dalom

Learn more about Ábel: abelmge.com

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8:28 Lucy Callen - Paper Kite

learn more about Lucy: lucycallen.com

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16:28 Eden Lonsdale - Deep Plane

learn more about Eden: eden-lonsdale-sound.com

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23:29 Louise Drewett - Lament II

learn more about Louise: louisedrewett.com

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31:15 Melissa Rankin - The Subtle Art of Storytelling

Learn more about Melissa: soundcloud.com/melissarankin

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36:01 Michele Deiana - Wanderlust

learn more about Michele: micheledeiana.com

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LEARN MORE ABOUT PSAPPHA
Website: psappha.com
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Psappha is grateful for the support its ‘Composing For…’ programme receives from: Arts Council England and PRS Foundation Talent Development Partner scheme.

Ryan Latimer (born 1990) - Slink & Stride

Grace-Evangeline Mason (Born 1994) - Glass Cathedrals

William Marshall (born 1992) - Five Canonic Variations

$Ben Gaunt - All the Castles I Have Ever Loved (World premiere, Psappha commission) Psappha Ensemble: Benedict Holland & Zoë Beyers - violins Alex Mitchell & Alistair Vennart violas Jennifer Langridge & Petr Prause - cellos Mark Heron - conductor This performance was recorded live at Hallé St Peters in Manchester (UK) on 31st March 2022. To view the 4K version we recommend you use Google Chrome or the Firefox browser. Learn more about Psappha: http://psappha.com Film Production Cameras - Handel Productions Audio & Mastering - Rob Kelledy Film produced and edited by Tim Williams Ben Gaunt - All the Castles I Have Ever Loved (World premiere, Psappha commission) The title came first. I just really love castles. I have always loved castles, although the way in which I love castles has changed as I grew up. As a child, I loved visiting them and pretending I was an invading soldier, pestering my parents to buy me wooden swords from the gift shop. As an adult, I love visiting them and pretending I am interested in the history when secretly all I want to do is buy myself a wooden sword from the gift shop. I look forward to being an old man, in a castle, with a wooden sword. The piece is for six musicians, and therefore I decided to visit six castles. I wrote most of the music in these castles: 1. Skipton Castle 2. Harewood Castle 3. Roundhay Castle 4. Conisbrough Castle 5. Sandal Castle 6. Pontefract Castle The piece is in six sections, each of which contains six events. There is, at the end of the piece, a secret seventh section that is dedicated to the conductor (reflecting his status as a pseudo-seventh member of the group). I dont really write music that aims to be too descriptive of anything specific. The six sections do not correspond to the six castles I visited in any tangible sense. I am just trying to give a sense of something castle-like, perhaps somewhat English-sounding. Thank you, Tim, and everybody at Psappha, for letting me write a piece about castles. – Ben Gaunt Learn more about Ben Gaunt: https://www.bengaunt.com$

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