Hal Robinson plays orchestral excerpts
This video has been floating around for a long time in the libraries of bass students, and it looks like someone finally posted it on YouTube. It really is a must-see if you haven’t checked it out before. It features Philadelphia Orchestra Principal Bass Hal Robinson in a lecture-performance playing and talking about major double bass excerpts. This is like excerpt school, folks–there’s a huge amount to learn from this video. The actual video quality is fairly rough (looks like it’s a videotape copy of a copy of a copy that was finally transferred digitized). Sit back (for a while–it’s 70 minutes just for part 1) and get ready for a remarkable experience:
10 April 2011, 2:08 pm
This video is why I have always admired Hal Robinson. It was one of the most important pedagogical resources in the ASTA library, which was a members-only media resource center. For many years before youTube (decades probably), Hal was the only one that had the balls and the chops to demonstrate (in a live performance setting with an audience) what so many others would just prefer to just talk about.
11 April 2011, 6:01 am
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13 April 2011, 9:02 pm
Does anyone know if Hal approves of this being on youtube? My understanding is that he would not approve of this being placed on youtube.
28 April 2011, 10:28 pm
Hey Jason thanks so much for posting this! Really helpful right before I have to play Ein Heldenleben!