Every day on Performance Today, we hear great musicians in concert. How did they get to be so good? And how to they maintain that level of playing? On today's show, we'll meet double-bass player David Grossman, a member of the New York Philharmonic. As part of our occasional series that we call the Art of Practice, Grossman tells us what life is like at the bottom of the orchestra, and how he works to stay on top of his game.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Joseph Haydn: Menuetto from Symphony No. 92 in G (Oxford)
The Berlin Philharmonic, Simon Rattle, conductor
Ludwig van Beethoven: Presto from String Quartet No. 3 in D, Op. 18, No. 3
The Alban Berg Quartet
Konzerthaus, Vienna, Austria
Franz Liszt and Giuseppe Verdi: Concert Paraphrase from Rigoletto, S. 434
Daniel Barenboim, piano
La Scala, Milan, Italy
Jean-Paul-Gilles Martini: Plaisir d'Amour
Angela Gheorghiu, soprano, Jeff Cohen, piano
La Scala, Milan, Italy
Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 90 in C
The Berlin Philharmonic, Simon Rattle, conductor
Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany
Hour 2
Maurice Ravel: Danse Generale, from Daphnis and Chloe
The New York Philharmonic, Pierre Boulez, conductor
Johann Sebastian Bach: Gigue from Solo Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008
The Amstel Saxophone Quartet
The Art of Practice: David Grossman, double-bass
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat for Violin, Viola, and Orchestra, K. 364/320d
Glenn Dicterow, violin, Cynthia Phelps, viola, the New York Philharmonic, Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor
Avery Fisher Hall, New York City
Alexander Agricola: Je nay Dueul, Tant ha bon Oeuil
Piffaro
Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia
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