Joel Negus plays Bach Suite No. 1 Gigue

Double bassist Joel Negus recently sent me a clip of him playing the Gigue from the first Bach solo violoncello suite. Joel is a senior in high school here in the Chicago metropolitan area, and he will be attending the Cleveland Institute of Music this fall.

François Péloquin performs the Koussevitzky Concerto

Here is a video of François Péloquin performing the first movement of the Koussevitzky Concerto with the Ensemble Sinfonia. You can find out more about the ensemble by visiting sinfonia.danslereseau.com.This video was created by Chris Leon & Eric Barbeau.

Student Performance of Bottesini Concerto

Here is a video of a 17-year-old student playing the first movement of the Bottesini Concerto for a competition. I like how the camera is carefully hidden from the audience–it makes the space he is playing in look quite bizarre. He admits (in the comments for...

Duel between Bogdon Box Bass and upright bass

I wrote a post last fall highlighting the Bogdon Box Bass. This extremely inexpensive instrument sounds quite good. Check out the tonal differences between the Bogdon bass and the upright bass–I actually think that the Bogdon bass sounds better in some respects,...

Vito Liuzzi plays the Divertimento Concertante by Nino Rota

Here we have another excellent performance by the Italian bassist Vito Liuzzi. The lighting effects are pretty strange throughout this video, but the bass playing is excellent. Again, here is Vito’s description of what you are about to see:VITO LIUZZI plays live...