CBC 62: Opera Excerpt Breakdown with John Grillo

Posted on February 2nd, 2008 in John Grillo, excerpts by Jason

 
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This week’s Contrabass Conversations episode features an in-depth analysis of the double bass opera 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. We believe that this project will be a highly valuable resource for bassists worldwide, and we’d love your feedback on this project!

John 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 worldwide. Our hope is that this opera excerpt episode will do the same for the less familiar but wonderfully challenging double bass operatic literature.

Learn more about John at his new blog ClassicalMusicNews.tv, and check out all of his older Contrabass Conversations appearances here. You can also check out John in recital on his doublebassblog.org recital page.

Opera excerpts covered on this episode:

  • Strauss
    • Salome
    • Rosenkavalier
  • Wagner
    • Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
    • Die Walküre
  • Britten
    • Peter Grimes
  • Verdi
    • Otello
    • Rigoletto
    • Falstaff
  • Weber
    • Euryanthe
  • Mozart
    • Magic Flute
    • Marriage of Figaro
  • Beethoven
    • Fidelo
  • Humperdinck
    • Hansel and Gretel

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  1. Jason Heath’s Double Bass Blog » CBC 63: Chatting About Opera and Orchestra Bass Playing with John Grillo said,

    on February 7th, 2008 at 12:05 pm

    [...] Conversations Episodes CBC 63: Chatting About Opera and Orchestra Bass Playing with John GrilloCBC 62: Opera Excerpt Breakdown with John GrilloCBC 61: Justin Locke stories, family concerts, and advice for performersCBC 60: Lynn Seaton [...]

  2. Jason Heath’s Double Bass Blog » Download any individual CBC orchestra excerpt track said,

    on March 13th, 2008 at 5:06 am

    [...] You can also check out the complete series of excerpts in one single episode here, or check out John’s series covering opera excerpts here. [...]

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