When Edgar Meyer was growing up, there was sort of a family tradition... his father and two uncles played the double bass. Now, Edgar Meyer is THE great double bass virtuoso of our time. On this episode of Performance Today, hear him play a Bottesini double bass concerto with the Nashville Symphony.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Stephen Paulus: To Be Certain of the Dawn: Veil of Tears
Nashville Symphony Orchestra; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
PAULUS, S.: Three Places of Enlightenment / Veil of Tears / Grand Concerto
Naxos 559740
Erno Dohnanyi: Sextet in C Major for Winds, Strings, and Piano, Op. 37 Movement 2-4 (excerpts)
Anthony McGill, clarinet; Kevin Rivard, horn; Bella Hristova, violin; Matthew Lipman, viola; David Requiro, cello; Gilles Vonsattel, piano
Music@Menlo, The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton, Atherton, CA
Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Eric Ebbenga from New York City, NY
Giovanni Bottesini: Double Bass Concerto No. 2 in B minor
Edgar Meyer, Double bass; Nashville Symphony; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Nashville Symphony, Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville, TN
Hour 2
Johannes Brahms: Cello Sonata No. 2 in F Major, Op. 99 Movement 2 Allegro molto
Harriet Krijgh, cello; Magda Amara, piano
Brahms: The Cello Sonatas
Capriccio C5173
Claude Debussy: Sonata for flute, Viola and Harp
Demarre McGill, flute; Matthew Lipman, viola; Valerie Muzzolini, harp
Seattle Chamber Music Society, Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA
Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue No. 6 in D minor from Well-Tempered Clavier Book II, BWV 875
Stephen Prutsman, piano
Rockport Music, Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport, MA
Charlie Parker (arr. Stephen Prutsman): Ornithology
Stephen Prutsman, piano
Rockport Music, Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport, MA
Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue Nov. 15 in G Major from Well-Tempered Clavier Book II, BWV 884
Stephen Prutsman, piano
Rockport Music, Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport, MA
Johannes Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77: Movements 2-3
Vadim Gluzman, violin; Oregon Symphony; Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Oregon Symphony, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, OR
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