The orchestra is playing Ainadamar by Osvaldo Golijov this week. Since the work only calls for 4 bassists and I am not one of them I can without reservation pronounce it a masterpiece. As is often the case when I have a week off, I came down with a nasty case of bronchitis, as if to serve me right.
Anyone interested in hearing my cough ravaged voice and orchestra ravaged bass playing can go to Jason Heath’s blog and check the current edition of his Contrabass Conversations podcast where he was gracious enough to interview The Chicago Bass Ensemble in advance of our concert next week. Fair warning to non-bassists; there is a little bit of a ‘bass geek’ quotient to this. The music clips are after the interview.
Info about the CBE concert can be found here.
Monday
7:30 Ars Viva (Beethoven, Barber, Corigliano)
Tuesday
10:30, 11:30 In-school concerts
Wednesday
off
Thursday
10:30, 12:30, 1:30 In-school concerts
Friday
off
Saturday
off
Sunday
3:30 CBE rehearsal
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Saturday, February 09, 2008
Monday, December 03, 2007
Week 12
December 3 – 9
This week’s program of the ‘orchestra which must not be named’
DELIUS A Song of Summer
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 6
INTERMISSION
WEBERN Five Pieces for Orchestra
BRAHMS Double Concerto
Mark Elder, conductor
Robert Chen, violin
Jan Vogler, cello
Monday
off
Tuesday
10-12:30 rehearsal
7:30 concert (Ravel, Shostakovich)
Wednesday
12-2:30 3:30-6 rehearsals
7 CBE rehearsal
Thursday
10-12:30 rehearsal
8 concert
Friday
8 concert
Saturday
10 CBE rehearsal
8 concert
Sunday
10 CBE rehearsal
CBE is, of course, the Chicago Bass Ensemble. Last time I checked, it was OK to use the name here. We are taking part in the International Society for Improvised Music, second annual conference. If you think I’m making that up, check out their web site although at the time of this writing the link to the conference program wasn’t working properly. The CBE has a brief blurb about our performance here. That’s all I know about it.
As for that other group, I’m really looking forward to hearing Robert Chen play the Brahms. I've heard some reputable violinists come to grief over that piece, but everything I’ve heard Robert do has been stellar, so it should be a good performance. Sorry to say, I don’t know anything about the cellist.
This week’s program of the ‘orchestra which must not be named’
DELIUS A Song of Summer
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 6
INTERMISSION
WEBERN Five Pieces for Orchestra
BRAHMS Double Concerto
Mark Elder, conductor
Robert Chen, violin
Jan Vogler, cello
Monday
off
Tuesday
10-12:30 rehearsal
7:30 concert (Ravel, Shostakovich)
Wednesday
12-2:30 3:30-6 rehearsals
7 CBE rehearsal
Thursday
10-12:30 rehearsal
8 concert
Friday
8 concert
Saturday
10 CBE rehearsal
8 concert
Sunday
10 CBE rehearsal
CBE is, of course, the Chicago Bass Ensemble. Last time I checked, it was OK to use the name here. We are taking part in the International Society for Improvised Music, second annual conference. If you think I’m making that up, check out their web site although at the time of this writing the link to the conference program wasn’t working properly. The CBE has a brief blurb about our performance here. That’s all I know about it.
As for that other group, I’m really looking forward to hearing Robert Chen play the Brahms. I've heard some reputable violinists come to grief over that piece, but everything I’ve heard Robert do has been stellar, so it should be a good performance. Sorry to say, I don’t know anything about the cellist.
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