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Koussevitzky: Concerto for Double Bass

Robin Kesselman plays Principal Double Bass in the Houston Symphony, but Kesselman recently stood front and center to play a double bass concerto. Kesselman told the Houston Chronicle that moments like that "only happen a few times a career." On this episode of Performance Today, hear Robin Kesselman and the Houston Symphony perform the Concerto for Double Bass by Serge Koussevitzky.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Jean Sibelius: Andante Festivo
Oslo Philharmonic; Mariss Jansons, conductor
Sibelius: Symphony in D No. 2; Valse Triste; Swan of Tuonela; Andante festivo
EMI 54804

Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Oboe and Violin in C Minor, BWV 1060
James Austin Smith, oboe; Livia Sohn, violin; Geoff Nuttall and Owen Dalby, violins; Meena Bhasin, viola; Christopher Costanza, cello
Spoleto Festival USA, The Bank of America Chamber Music Series, Dock Street Theater, Charleston, SC

Asako Hirabayashi: Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano
Kathryn Greenbank, oboe; Charles Ullery, bassoon; Asako Hirabayashi, piano
Bauman Fine Arts Series, Parkway United Church of Christ, Minneapolis, MN

Jean Sibelius: En Saga
Minnesota Orchestra; Osmo Vanksa, conductor
Regina Mundi Roman Catholic Church, Soweto, South Africa

Hour 2

Antonin Dvorak: Trio in E Minor, Op. 90 "Dumky" Movement 6 Lento maestoso
Weilerstein Trio: Donald Weilerstein, violin; Alisa Weilerstein, cello; Vivian Hornik-Weilerstein, piano
Dvorak Trios
Koch 7657

Antonin Dvorak: Selected Slavonic Dances for Piano, Four Hands
Wu Han, Michael Brown, Piano
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Alice Tully Hall, New York, NY

Serge Koussevitzky: Concerto for Double Bass in F-sharp minor, Op. 3
Robin Kesselman, double bass; Houston Symphony; Andres Orozco-Estrada, conductor
Houston Symphony, Jones Hall, Houston, TX

Margaret Bonds: Troubled Water
Joel Fan, piano
West of the Sun: Music of the Americas
Reference Recordings RR-119

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