Boguslaw Furtok plays Claude Debussy’s Beau Soir

The always excellent Boguslaw Furtok plays double bass on Claude Debussy’s Beau Soir in this video. Ewa Warykiewicz accompanies on piano.Related Posts:Boguslaw Furtok plays Carnaval in VeneziaBoguslaw Furtok plays Franck Violin SonataBoguslaw Furtok plays La...

Yo-Yo Ma a sellout?

I found an interesting article through oboeinsight recently from the Arizona Republic about Yo-Yo Ma and how his crossover projects are perceived by audiences, critics, and colleagues:Few people who care about classical music question this theology: Among the great...

Great response to Eric Hochberg interview

I’ve been seeing a lot of traffic to Eric Hochberg’s Contrabass Conversations interview in the last few days, and it is good to see that the bass and jazz community are checking this episode out. The interview has been mentioned on several jazz blogs as...

The Top 50 Classical Music Blogs (I’m #22)

Scott Spiegelberg (Musical Perceptions) just put out an updated list of the top 50 (actually 52 due to some ties) blogs in the world of classical music. You’ll notice that my blog is number 22, just below Scott’s own blog(!). I wasn’t included on the...

Rick McLaughlin shows basses on 5/26 in Rhinebeck NY

Bassist Rick McLaughlin (a member of the Grammy-nominated Either/Orchestra and AlterEGO electric upright endorser) will be showing his AlterEGO basses this Saturday (5/26) 2pm in Rhinebeck, New York. Here are the details:You can also visit Rick’s blog for more...