This video content is Copyright © 2008/ 2009 the Chicago Early music Consort and appears here on the GambaCast by permission. Acclaimed for its “imaginative” programming and “delicate, flawlessly-performed music”, the Chicago Early Music Consort recreates the rich and...
My blog is featured this week in a Time Out Chicago feature! Written by Opera and Classical contributing writer Doyle Armbrust, it highlights some of the more popular posts I’ve put out over the years (which you can always access from the Stories link in the...
Boston Symphony Assistant Principal Bass Lawrence Wolfe (also a former Contrabass Conversations guest) is also an active composer. This performance (with Lawrence Wolfe performing) was recorded live at the James Library and Center for the Arts on June 15, 2009....
Here’s another video of Jeff Bradetich playing on a Rumano Solano bass (a copy of Jeff’s 1767 Italian bass), this time performing the Bottesini Elegy. Check out Jeff on Contrabass Conversations if you haven’t previously! About the bass, Jeff says:...
Our interview with jazz bass legend Rufus Reid, conducted by Win Hinkle, has proven to be one of our most popular episodes of Contrabass Conversations (along with our Steve Rodby interview, which was guest hosted by Kells Nollenberger–the popularity of these...
