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Italian composer, conductor, and double bass player
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2024-01-17 04:30:00
Mikyung Sung: The Colburn Sessions
by Bill Heck Bottesini: Tarantella, Capriccio di Bravura, Elegy No. 1 in D Major; Massenet: Meditation from Thaïs; Hindemith: Sonata for Double Bass and Piano; Montag: Sonata in E Minor for Double Bass and Piano; Mendelssohn: Cello Sonata No. 2 in D Major; Rachmaninoff: Sonata in G minor for Cello and Piano, Op. 19 (third movement); Franck: Sonata in A major for Violin and Piano. Jaemin Shin, Mikyung Sung. Modus Vivendi Media MVM2301 When I first happened upon this album, I was dumbfounded. So far as I can tell, it should be physically impossible to play a double bass in the manner that Ms. Sung does. Flying through endless quick series of notes with on the nose intonation along the extended neck with thick strings of this instrument: how in the world does she do that?But, of course, there is more to this two CD set than mere technical brilliance, so […]
2022-11-10 21:53:13
Jennifer Higdon and Xavier Foley share concert program with Dvořák and Bottesini By Peter Alexander Nov. 10 at 2:53 p.m. The Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra will perform two new pieces born from the drama of American history on Saturday (7 p.m. Nov. 12 in Macky Auditorium; details below). Both are by living composers: the orchestral Suite […]
2022-10-25 14:54:24
Prizewinners Announced at the 2022 Bottesini Double Bass Competition
2022-05-12 15:59:42
It’s finally May in Chicago, and with this new month came a new spring residency in the city f
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