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Accolade | scoring = three bassoons and contrabassoon }} ''Bright Angel'' is a composition for three bassoons and contrabassoon by Graham Waterhouse. It was composed in 2008 for the annual conference of the International Double Reed Society. == History == Graham Waterhouse composed ''Bright Angel'' for the IDRS Conference 2008 in Provo, Utah, and chose the theme of the composition to match the setting of the conference. He recalls a hike which he took, age nine, with his father William Waterhouse. In 1972, when William Waterhouse taught for one year at Indiana University, they crossed the Grand Canyon from the North Rim to the South Rim, on the North Kaibab Trail and the Bright Angel Trail.〔〔 ''Bright Angel'' was premiered by Michel Bettez, Richard Ramey,〔 Richard Moore and Henry Skolnick, conducted by the composer, at the Brigham Young University. It was published by the German publisher Accolade (Warngau) in 2009 as ''Bright Angel für 3 Fagotte und Kontrafagott''.〔 ''Bright Angel'' was part of a concert ''The Proud Bassoon'', celebrating William Waterhouse on 16 April 2011 in Wigmore Hall. It was performed by the Bassoon Quartet from the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, where William Waterhouse had been a teacher of bassoon and a curator of the instrument collection.〔 The players were James Thomas, Linda Begbie and Stefano Canuti, bassoon, and Jonathan Jones, contrabassoon, lead by Canuti who is "International Chair in Bassoon" at the RNCM, and Professor at the Conservatorio Superior de Aragon.〔 The performance was the premiere of ''Bright Angel'' in the United Kingdom.〔 The composer's string trio ''Epitaphium'', originally composed for his father's memorial service, was also part of the concert program.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bright Angel (Waterhouse)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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