Archive for August, 2010

Michel Pignolet de Monteclair and the basse de violon

Yazan: Jason | 06 August 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Early Bass

From ArsAntiguaPresents.com–listen here (MP3 link): Born in 1667, Michel Pignolet de Monteclair made his way to Paris in 1697, and by 1699 was playing the basse de violon in the Paris Opera and gaining renown as a teacher. Acknowledged as one of the most important composers of the post-Lully generation, his stage works influenced Jean [...]

Francesco Tesei plays Bach

Yazan: Jason | 05 August 2010 | No Comments
Categories: bass videos

Prelude from Cello Suite No. 1 (check out the room that he’s playing in!):

Jason at the National High School Music Institute

Yazan: Jason | 04 August 2010 | No Comments
Categories: bass, education

Here’s a pic of me during the last week teaching at Northwestern’s National High School Music Institute. Yes, I am a nerd.

Classical Music’s New Golden Age

Yazan: Jason | 03 August 2010 | 2 Comments
Categories: orchestra news

Double bassist Ausberto Acavedo sent me a link to the following story, which echoes many topics I’ve discussed in my Road Warrior blog series and book: Anyone inclined to lament the state of classical music today should read Hector Berlioz’s Memoires. As the maverick French composer tours mid-nineteenth-century Europe conducting his revolutionary works, he encounters [...]

Edgar Meyer – The Great Green Sea Snake

Yazan: Jason | 02 August 2010 | No Comments
Categories: bass videos

Bassist Matt Ides sent me a link to one of my all-time favorite bass tunes. I remember listening to this over and over while in high school. Matt had the same experience as well. I figured that this was on YouTube somewhere. Enjoy–it’s awesome!

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