Classical Masters Interview Series - Question 3

This is question 3 of our Classical Masters interview series, where we ask 5 questions to many of the world’s best classical double bass soloists. This week, we ask:

What are some of your favourite solo pieces and why?

Find out in this video what these leading bassists like to practice and perform, with a few demonstrations, too!

For a list of the artists and timecodes for their answers, please see below the video. For more information about each artist, please visit the first video, here.

The videos in both interview series are listed here:

CLASSICAL MASTERS

Q1: What are you practicing right now?
Q2: Who did you study with and what did you learn from them?
Q3: What are your favourite solo pieces?
Q4: Can you recommend a favourite technical exercise?
Q5: What double bass, bow, and strings do you use?

LEGENDS OF JAZZ BASS

Q1: What are you practicing right now?
Q2: Who did you study with and what did you learn from them?
Q3: What have been some of your most memorable concerts?
Q4: Can you recommend a favourite exercise?
Q5: What gear are you currently using?

Artist TIMECODES

And the artists and pieces they mention.

00:26 Christine Hoock

Giovanni Bottesini, Concerto No.2
Giovanni Bottesini, Allegro Di Concerto, "Alla Mendelssohn"
Johann Baptist Vanhal, Double Bass Concerto
Adolf Mišek, Double Bass Sonata
Franz Schubert, Arpeggione Sonata
Julien-François Zbinden, Hommage a JS Bach
Antonio Vivaldi, Six Sonatas for Cello and Continuo
Johann Sebastian Bach, Sonatas for Viola da Gamba
Astor Piazzolla
Sergei Prokofiev, Quintet in G minor, Op. 39
Igor Stravinsky, L'histoire du Soldat

05:13 Božo Paradžik

08:51 François Rabbath

François Rabbath - Poucha Dass

10:15 Leon Bosch

Dragonetti, Domenico, Andante und Rondo in D major
Giovanni Bottesini, Elegy and Tarantella
Serge Koussevitzky, Four Pieces for Double Bass
Serge Koussevitzky, Concerto
Robin Walker, Turning Towards You

12:47 Gary Karr

Johann Sebastian Bach, Six Cello Suites

17:37 Roman Patkolo

François Rabbath

18:05 Joel Quarrington

Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Garden Scene

21:29 DaXun Zhang

Johann Sebastian Bach, Six Cello Suites

22:43 Lorraine Campet

Franz Schubert, Arpeggione Sonata
Giovanni Bottesini, Concerto No.2

24:53 Edicson Ruiz

28:45 Renaud Garcia-Fons

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What are your favourite Solo Pieces? - Classical Masters Q.3