I will be playing a recital in June on Gary Karr’s former bass, commonly refered to as the “1611 Amati” bass. Gary Karr donated this instrument to the International Society of Bassists last year. This bass was previously owned by Serge Koussevitzky. The recital will be at Northeastern Illinois University at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 6th. Northeastern Illinois Univeristy is located on the north side of Chicago off of the Kennedy Expressway (I 90/94). You can download the recital program and information on this double bass below:
click here for Jason’s recital program (PDF)
The following websites were used as I researched the Karr-Koussevitzky bass:
Tree Ring Dating Study by Henri D. Grissino-Mayer and Georgina D. Deweese
Strings Magazine Article – “Parting Gift”
Angarano, Anthony – program notes for Gary Karr’s “Spirit of Koussevitzky” album from Hsiao-wei Cho’s website
Here is the repertoire I will be playing:
Sonata in G minor………………………………………………………….. Henry Eccles
I. Largo (1671-1742)
II. Allegro con spirito
III. Adagio
IV. Vivace
Valse Miniature………………………………………………………..Serge Koussevitzky
(1874-1951)
Intermission
Intermezzo………………………………………………………………….Reinhold Gliere
(1876-1956)
Sonata for Double Bass and Piano………………………………………….Paul Hindemith
I. Allegretto (1895-1963)
II. Scherzo
III. Molto Adagio
IV. Allegretto Grazioso
Meditation from “Thais”……………………………………………………Jules Massenet
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hey there!
i realised that your recital programme is very very close to mine!
i have hindemith, eccles and koussie as well!
i’d love to hear you play on the 1611 but i’m halfway around the world in singapore… =(
are you going to record it?
Thanks for the comment, Emily. I will put up the recital in audio at least (maybe video if I get a new camera).
Hey Bro!
You better change the details of the “Amati bass” because it’s not true, and also the idea that Koussevitzky wrote the concerto… it was Gliere… check the http://www.ojbr.com soon…
I’ll be sure to direct people to http://www.ojbr.com.