Chicago Symphony bassist and active blogger Michael Hovnanian just put out a post recounting a highly wacky gig that he played with other members of his orchestra. This gig (on Good Friday) happened to land on the day of a freak snow storm here in Chicago, with...
Reading Michael Hovanian’s recent blog story Bad Friday made me recall (for whatever reason) a tale that a Chicago Symphony bassist told me many years ago…. Sir Georg Solti, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s longtime music director, had a reputation...
Classicalmusicnews.tv blogger and Contrabass Conversations co-host John Grillo continues his series ‘The Musical Universe’ with this second installment on his blog: First came time! This is the second installment in my blog series “The Musical...
Here’s another video from Bad Boyz of Bass member and Contrabass Conversations guest Volkan Orhon. Volkan includes the following information about this video: This is a live performance of Richard Strauss’ Morgen for soprano, doublebass and piano. It was...
Now this is a great gig story! Calgary Philharmonic bassist Matt Heller (formerly a member of the New World Symphony) recently found himself chasing down a bus, circling around downtown Calgary, all for a water canteen. Check it out here.
