In an orchestra, the double basses are hard-working and dutiful. Necessary, but rarely drawing attention. On this episode of Performance Today, Robin Kesselman steps into the spotlight with the Houston Symphony in a rare solo spotlight for double bass. Jade Simmons guest-hosts.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Franz Schubert: Impromptu, Op. 90 No. 2 in E-Flat
Charlie Albright, piano
The Schubert Series, Pt. 1 (Live)
CAPC Music B06XQZLQ1W
Frederic Chopin: Variations on Mozart's La Chi Darem La Mano
Charlie Albright, piano
Rockport Music, Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport, MA
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
Corey Dundee: Shifting Gears
Kenari Quartet: Bob Eason, Kyle Baldwin, Corey Dundee, Steven Banks, saxophones
Performance Today Young Artist in Residence, Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, MN
Hour 2
Camille Saint-Saens: Une Nuit a Lisbonne (A Night in Lisbon)
Orchestre Symphonique Francais; Laurent Petitgirard, conductor
Saint-Saens
Adda 590064
Camille Saint-Saens: Caprice On Danish and Russian Airs, Op. 79
Elizabeth Mann, flute; Jonathan Fischer, oboe; Daniel Gilbert, clarinet; William Wolfram, piano
Colorado College Summer Music Festival, Packard Hall, Colorado Springs, CO
Peter Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Major, Op. 44: Movements 2-3
Alexandre Kantorow, piano; State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia; Vasily Petrenko, conductor
The XVI International Tchaikovsky Competition, Great Hall of the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow, Russia
Arvo Part: Spiegel Im Spiegel
Danny Koo, violin; Stephen Prutsman, piano
Rockport Music, Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport, MA
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