Rockin’ the Brahms with the New World Symphony Bass Section
I just stumbled across this great video showing the current New World Symphony bass section playing an excerpt from the first movement of Brahms’ Symphony No. 1. Cool!
If you want to hear interviews with several former New World Symphony bassists (including my podcast co-host John Grillo) just check out the Contrabass Conversations podcast. Former New World Symphony members we’ve interviewed include:
27 January 2009, 11:46 pm
This was possibly the worse recording of Brahms I’ve ever heard. Where’s the rest of the strings?! I shouldn’t even have to mention the lack of winds, brass, and percussion! I know the economy’s bad, but wow.
28 January 2009, 1:17 am
Ha! Maybe orchestras will start putting out recordings of just the bass line…
07 April 2009, 4:28 pm
I could not access the video. It said it was a private video and I had to accept a friend request. Maybe I can access it directly on YouTube.
09 April 2009, 4:13 pm
Strange–sorry about that.