François Rabbath Vivaldi performance – video

Here’s an excellent video of the great double bass performer (and Contrabass Conversations guest) François Rabbath performing the slow movement of Vivaldi’s Concerto in F, Op. 3 No. 9. This was recorded at Ball State University in 2007. What a great...

Dusty gems from the blog archive

One of the biggest challenges for a blogger is making useful older content easy to access without becoming an annoying self-promotion machine.  I am always struggling with this, and I’ll probably do highlight posts like this every once in a while. ...

More new blog features being added

In the never ending quest to improve the usability of this blog, I have been experimenting with some new methods of highlighting posts and useful content.  Expect to see some new ways of interacting with the site very soon.  For starters, I have changed...

Volkan Orhon performs Harbison Bass Concerto – video

Memphis Symphony principal bassist Scott Best (who will be a guest on Contrabass Conversations in the coming weeks) recently pointed me to this great video from University of Iowa bass professor Volkan Orhon performing the Concerto for Bass Viol and Orchestra by John...