Hey poindexter (which in this context I suppose means Bubblecar)…
Are there any good double bass concerto with a full (or sizable) orchestral accompaniment?
dv said:
Hey poindexter (which in this context I suppose means Bubblecar)…Are there any good double bass concerto with a full (or sizable) orchestral accompaniment?
I enjoy the double bass, features in the old blues a lot, like willie dixon
doubt this will directly display, so’ll put the link without exclamation marks also
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Willie_Dixon.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Dixon
Try again:
I’m no double bass expert, but you’ll find that most of the concertos are by relatively minor composers (in the classical period, usually DB virtuosi who composed for their instrument since the “big names” weren’t all that interested).
20th century composers got more involved but again the works tend to be quite obscure. This 1980 one by Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara is quite evocative and makes wide use of the DB’s resources:
(3rd movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13muj25Smvk
Wikipedia gives a list of DB concertos and you can find a number of them on Choob and see what’s to your taste:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_bass_concerto
Since the question is so well answered, may I offer a double bass concerto with a very small orchestra (a single piano to be precise):
Seems to be all about the bass.
Peak Warming Man said:
Seems to be all about the bass.
Which is only right and proper.
The Rev Dodgson said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Seems to be all about the bass.
Which is only right and proper.
no trouble..
This one sounding good too
Double Bass Concerto No. 2 in B minor – G. Bottesini (1821-1889) – SCM Chamber Orchestra
Oh God I want to see Eva Green in a French Pirate Movie !
The Lioness Of Brittany Jeanne de Clisson, based on a real French Pirate Story
Eva has a distinctive voice which would go well in a pirate drunk scene or a pirate rousing scene, scary scene, sensual scene, any scene.
I see female pirates.
Lots of them.
Jennifer Lawrence in a pirate movie?
Dunno about this one, I prefer the earlier composers
Tau.Neutrino said:
Dunno about this one, I prefer the earlier composers
I was going to mention this Tubin concerto which is very expressive and quite highly regarded. These 20th century works (that one’s from 1948) make much wider use of the instrument’s capabilities than the earlier works.
Another modern one. UT Symphony Orchestra.
Doo Woong Chung – Nino Rota, Divertimento Concertante for Double Bass and Orchestra
I don’t venture into modern classical very often.
Contra and electric bass players learn a lot of Cello music in training, which is a lot more interesting (than CB) but doesn’t always transfer across cleanly because the Cello is tuned in fifths, CB in fourths.
willie dixon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVgoWQuK7qE
Some mics pick up everything.
Romance with a Double Bass
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the silent film, see Romance with a Double Bass (1911 film).
Romance with a Double Bass
Directed by Robert Young
Written by John Cleese
Robert Young
Screenplay by Bill Owen
Based on Romance with a Double Bass
by Anton Chekhov
Starring John Cleese
Connie Booth
Graham Crowden
Freddie Jones
Release date
1974
Running time
approx. 40 min.
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Romance with a Double Bass is a 1974 British short comedy film directed by Robert Young. It was adapted by Young and John Cleese from a screenplay by Bill Owen that was originally based on the short story of the same name by Anton Chekhov. It stars Cleese and his then wife Connie Booth. The cast included Andrew Sachs who would work with Cleese and Booth in Fawlty Towers the following year.
Plot
Smychkov (Cleese), a bassist, shows up too early for the ball of a beautiful princess, and decides to spend his extra time skinny dipping in the nearby lake. The princess (Booth), meanwhile, has gone fishing at the lake, and later decides to go skinny dipping as well. However, things change when a thief absconds with both Smychkov’s and the Princess’s clothes, and while the Princess is wandering around, she meets Smychkov. After their initially embarrassing encounter, he tries to help her return to the castle by hiding her in his bass case. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romance_with_a_Double_Bass
On youtube here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXAcxR2qo3Y
sarahs mum said:
Romance with a Double Bass
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the silent film, see Romance with a Double Bass (1911 film).
Romance with a Double Bass
Directed by Robert Young
Written by John Cleese
Robert Young
Screenplay by Bill Owen
Based on Romance with a Double Bass
by Anton Chekhov
Starring John Cleese
Connie Booth
Graham Crowden
Freddie Jones
Release date 1974
Running time approx. 40 min.
Country United Kingdom
Language EnglishRomance with a Double Bass is a 1974 British short comedy film directed by Robert Young. It was adapted by Young and John Cleese from a screenplay by Bill Owen that was originally based on the short story of the same name by Anton Chekhov. It stars Cleese and his then wife Connie Booth. The cast included Andrew Sachs who would work with Cleese and Booth in Fawlty Towers the following year.
Plot
Smychkov (Cleese), a bassist, shows up too early for the ball of a beautiful princess, and decides to spend his extra time skinny dipping in the nearby lake. The princess (Booth), meanwhile, has gone fishing at the lake, and later decides to go skinny dipping as well. However, things change when a thief absconds with both Smychkov’s and the Princess’s clothes, and while the Princess is wandering around, she meets Smychkov. After their initially embarrassing encounter, he tries to help her return to the castle by hiding her in his bass case. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romance_with_a_Double_BassOn youtube here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXAcxR2qo3Y
Cor Blimey, Polly gets her gear off.
I hope the Russians love their children too…
Peak Warming Man said:
sarahs mum said:
Romance with a Double Bass
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the silent film, see Romance with a Double Bass (1911 film).
Romance with a Double Bass
Directed by Robert Young
Written by John Cleese
Robert Young
Screenplay by Bill Owen
Based on Romance with a Double Bass
by Anton Chekhov
Starring John Cleese
Connie Booth
Graham Crowden
Freddie Jones
Release date 1974
Running time approx. 40 min.
Country United Kingdom
Language EnglishRomance with a Double Bass is a 1974 British short comedy film directed by Robert Young. It was adapted by Young and John Cleese from a screenplay by Bill Owen that was originally based on the short story of the same name by Anton Chekhov. It stars Cleese and his then wife Connie Booth. The cast included Andrew Sachs who would work with Cleese and Booth in Fawlty Towers the following year.
Plot
Smychkov (Cleese), a bassist, shows up too early for the ball of a beautiful princess, and decides to spend his extra time skinny dipping in the nearby lake. The princess (Booth), meanwhile, has gone fishing at the lake, and later decides to go skinny dipping as well. However, things change when a thief absconds with both Smychkov’s and the Princess’s clothes, and while the Princess is wandering around, she meets Smychkov. After their initially embarrassing encounter, he tries to help her return to the castle by hiding her in his bass case. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romance_with_a_Double_BassOn youtube here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXAcxR2qo3Y
Cor Blimey, Polly gets her gear off.
Funny with just audio
Thanks all
dv said:
Thanks all
Have you ever listened to John Entwhistle’s Underture from Tommy?
roughbarked said:
dv said:
Thanks all
Have you ever listened to John Entwhistle’s Underture from Tommy?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qgrd-O7pw5U
sarahs mum said:
Romance with a Double Bass
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the silent film, see Romance with a Double Bass (1911 film).
Romance with a Double Bass
Directed by Robert Young
Written by John Cleese
Robert Young
Screenplay by Bill Owen
Based on Romance with a Double Bass
by Anton Chekhov
Starring John Cleese
Connie Booth
Graham Crowden
Freddie Jones
Release date 1974
Running time approx. 40 min.
Country United Kingdom
Language EnglishRomance with a Double Bass is a 1974 British short comedy film directed by Robert Young. It was adapted by Young and John Cleese from a screenplay by Bill Owen that was originally based on the short story of the same name by Anton Chekhov. It stars Cleese and his then wife Connie Booth. The cast included Andrew Sachs who would work with Cleese and Booth in Fawlty Towers the following year.
Plot
Smychkov (Cleese), a bassist, shows up too early for the ball of a beautiful princess, and decides to spend his extra time skinny dipping in the nearby lake. The princess (Booth), meanwhile, has gone fishing at the lake, and later decides to go skinny dipping as well. However, things change when a thief absconds with both Smychkov’s and the Princess’s clothes, and while the Princess is wandering around, she meets Smychkov. After their initially embarrassing encounter, he tries to help her return to the castle by hiding her in his bass case. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romance_with_a_Double_BassOn youtube here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXAcxR2qo3Y
I have a romantic story about the acquisition of a double bass. It features nuns, a nunnery, an ancient man in the musical instrument shop, a 1950s Kombi and my obsessed former partner.
kii said:
sarahs mum said:
Romance with a Double Bass
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the silent film, see Romance with a Double Bass (1911 film).
Romance with a Double Bass
Directed by Robert Young
Written by John Cleese
Robert Young
Screenplay by Bill Owen
Based on Romance with a Double Bass
by Anton Chekhov
Starring John Cleese
Connie Booth
Graham Crowden
Freddie Jones
Release date 1974
Running time approx. 40 min.
Country United Kingdom
Language EnglishRomance with a Double Bass is a 1974 British short comedy film directed by Robert Young. It was adapted by Young and John Cleese from a screenplay by Bill Owen that was originally based on the short story of the same name by Anton Chekhov. It stars Cleese and his then wife Connie Booth. The cast included Andrew Sachs who would work with Cleese and Booth in Fawlty Towers the following year.
Plot
Smychkov (Cleese), a bassist, shows up too early for the ball of a beautiful princess, and decides to spend his extra time skinny dipping in the nearby lake. The princess (Booth), meanwhile, has gone fishing at the lake, and later decides to go skinny dipping as well. However, things change when a thief absconds with both Smychkov’s and the Princess’s clothes, and while the Princess is wandering around, she meets Smychkov. After their initially embarrassing encounter, he tries to help her return to the castle by hiding her in his bass case. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romance_with_a_Double_BassOn youtube here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXAcxR2qo3Y
I have a romantic story about the acquisition of a double bass. It features nuns, a nunnery, an ancient man in the musical instrument shop, a 1950s Kombi and my obsessed former partner.
:)
roughbarked said:
roughbarked said:
dv said:
Thanks all
Have you ever listened to John Entwhistle’s Underture from Tommy?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qgrd-O7pw5U
Interesting that that link has only just over 100,000 hits.
Too long for kids these days I suppose.
But what it has to do with the Double Bass, I don’t know.
The Rev Dodgson said:
roughbarked said:
roughbarked said:Have you ever listened to John Entwhistle’s Underture from Tommy?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qgrd-O7pw5U
Interesting that that link has only just over 100,000 hits.
Too long for kids these days I suppose.
But what it has to do with the Double Bass, I don’t know.
Very little other than that I can imagine it being played on a double bass.