Rosie Moon joins us today to share the story behind *Twelve Bees In A Jar, her* multi-year Dragonetti project exploring his music on gut strings, a three-string bass, and a convex “Dragonetti” bow. Rosie talks about how a chance encounter with a bow at a UK bass shop kicked off a deep dive into historical… Continue reading 1146: Twelve Bees in a Jar – Rosie Moon’s Dragonetti Waltzes on Three Strings
Category: Early Bass
1141 – Gut Strings and Time Travel – Michal Bylina on Early Music
Michal Bylina is a Polish bassist and composer whose work bridges early music performance and new music for the instrument. In this conversation, Michal shares how a love of the past pulled them toward gut strings, Baroque style, and the Vienna bass tradition, plus the path from studying in Kraków to a year studying in… Continue reading 1141 – Gut Strings and Time Travel – Michal Bylina on Early Music
773: Korneel Le Compte on early bass traditions
Korneel Le Compte is principal bassist for the Belgian National Opera and has extensive experience in the early music world. We talk about his epic Viennese Violone book Meta Hodos, his remarkable YouTube Channel, his very cool series The Vanhal Tapes, the lives of these past legends of the double bass, and much more. Enjoy,… Continue reading 773: Korneel Le Compte on early bass traditions
725: Richard Myron on early music
Brooklyn native Richard Myron has spent his professional life in Europe working in the early music world. Currently residing in Paris, Richard is professor of contrabass and chamber music in the early music department of the CRR de Paris and the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Music de Paris. He is also a founding member… Continue reading 725: Richard Myron on early music
569: Andrew Arceci on period performance
I had a wonderful time chatting with Andrew Arceci for the podcast! Andrew studied double bass, viola da gamba, and art history at Peabody and went on to study early music at Juilliard School and at Magdalen College in Oxford. He currently teaches bass at Concord Academy, directs the Collegium Musicum at Wellesley College, and… Continue reading 569: Andrew Arceci on period performance