January 8, 2006
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Old bass joke to make you groan: musicmutt: A fun little story A friend of a friend of a friend of mine told me this little tale of one of our local symphony orchestras doing a rendition of Beethoven’s 9th … Continue reading
December 2, 2005
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Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise: Joe Volpe gets hip Sharp-eyed reader Nora Renka noticed that the drop curtain at the Met’s Romeo et Juliette features a medieval figure reading a book, and on the book is written the phrase … Continue reading
November 7, 2005
by Joe
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Failing is indeed a very difficult piece for double bass. This is a nice little low-fi version of a performance posted over at violinist.com that is great for giving you an idea of what the piece is about. Very funny! … Continue reading
July 3, 2003
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I just remembered this story, so here goes: I used to play with these guys back at New England Conservatory on Friday nights. We had two violins, a viola, cello, and myself on bass, plus occasional guest artists on piano, … Continue reading