Javier Ruiz wrote:
Dear colleagues:
If I remember well, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz announced recently here that he had received a commission for a piece to be performed by the Vermont SO. [That crystallized in a superb piece called Icecut, that you can hear in his website]
After that precedent I dare to do the same, but this time the story is double-sided.
A friend of mine and probably the best composer in my island, Tenerife, died last 11th after falling down 500 meters in a mountain near I live. He was a viola player of the orchestra and one of the best man I ever knew. His name was Enrique Guimer�.
As a heritage he left one piano trio to be premiered next Sunday, a mixed rock-orchestra piece to be released as a CD and a symphony to be premiered next January. Amazing!
To make a long story short he had proposed me to compose together a piece for young children divided in 7 small movements. After his death and precisely the day of his funeral I was given the commission to do it myself.
I�ll do my best and I�ll let you know.
Voil�. C'est tout.
Javier Ruiz.
P.S. There was a common joke with Enrique about if he put resin or not on his viola's bow. Most of us thought he did not and that was the reason why our orchestra sounded so well.
Wow, congratulations! What a moving tribute to receive such a commission yourself after planning on it with him. He sounds like a wonderful man who will be very much missed.
Pretty big shoes for you to fill, but it appears as if your love and respect for the man will help you to fill them just fine.
My regrets to you and all who cared about him, along with my hearty congratulations.
David
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