CBC 41: Orchestral Excerpts Breakdown with John Grillo
This week’s Contrabass Conversations episode features an in-depth analysis of the double bass orchestral excerpts most commonly requested at auditions. Double bassist (and regular Contrabass Conversations guest and co-host) John Grillo discusses each of these excerpts–stylistic considerations, differences in articulation and bow strokes, and suggestions for effectively learning them–and then performs them. I believe that this project will be a highly valuable resource for bassists worldwide, and I’d love your feedback on this project!
Learn more about John at his new blog ClassicalMusicNews.tv, and check out all of his older Contrabass Conversations appearances here.
Excerpts covered (click below to hear individual tracks):
Beethoven Symphony No. 9
Beethoven Symphony No. 5
Brahms Symphony No. 1 and 2
Shostakovich Symphony No. 5
Mozart Symphony No. 35 and 39
Mahler Symphony No. 2
Schubert Symphony No. 9
Strauss Ein Heldenleben
Britten Young Person’s Guide
Verdi Otello
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December 11th, 2007 at 1:47 am
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January 25th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
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January 31st, 2008 at 12:05 pm
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February 2nd, 2008 at 6:46 am
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February 2nd, 2008 at 12:00 pm
[...] and I created an excerpt breakdown for the most commonly requested orchestra excerpts back on CBC 41, and this has proven to be a highly popular and extremely useful resource to double bassists [...]
March 13th, 2008 at 5:05 am
[...] 2007, double bassist and blogger John Grillo and created the extremely popular orchestral excerpt breakdown series for the Contrabass Conversations podcast network. This series includes performances of John [...]
March 26th, 2008 at 5:36 am
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