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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