Welcome to Exploring Chamber Music with Brad Opland and the Chicago Chamber Musicians. This Contrabass Conversations special series highlights chamber music that includes the double bass. Learn more about the Chicago Chamber Musicians by visiting www.chicagochambermusic.org. We’d like to extend special thanks to both Brad Opland and the Chicago Chamber Musicians for making this series… Continue reading Exploring Chamber Music 3: Brahms Serenade No. 1 in D Major
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CBC 68: Owen Lee interview part 3
This is an interview-only Contrabass Conversations episode concluding our chat with Cincinnati Symphony Principal Bassist Owen Lee. We chat about practicing, summer festivals, recording yourself when preparing for auditions, and much more. To hear the first two segments of this interview plus several musical selections featuring Owen, check out episodes 55 and 66 of the… Continue reading CBC 68: Owen Lee interview part 3
CBC 63: Chatting About Opera and Orchestra Bass Playing with John Grillo
Contrabass Conversations regular contributor and classicalmusicnews.tv blogger John Grillo and I recorded a follow-up episode to our recent Opera Excerpt Breakdown episode. In this episode we chat a little more generally about opera bass playing and how it differs from orchestral bass playing. John has played for numerous opera companies in the past, including the… Continue reading CBC 63: Chatting About Opera and Orchestra Bass Playing with John Grillo
CBC 62: Opera Excerpt Breakdown with John Grillo
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… Continue reading CBC 62: Opera Excerpt Breakdown with John Grillo