Search Results for ‘bass’

I'm looking for bass & contralto duets. I know for sure there are some. Preferably love duets, but not necessarlily. There are basses wooing contraltos, such as Achilla in Handel's Julio Cesare (or Polifemo wooing Galatea in Aci, Galatea e Polifemo). But they hardly get to sing together. The...

(Before we start, tessitura is one's comfortable voice range. Just so you know.) In the morning, when I wake up, my voice range reaches as low as C2 flat. (I'm a bass, by the way.) Late in the day, It reaches as far as only D2 flat. Why does this shift occur? This may include Science.

The Abbots Langley Gilbert and Sullivan Society are looking for 2 gentlemen to play the lead roles of Marco and Giuseppe in their production of The Gondoliers. The show is on at the Watford Palace Theatre from the 5th-8th July and rehearsals are in Abbots Langley Monday 7.45 - 10pm (Chorus) and...

I put this together for no reason on particular except leisure enjoyment: Neck extension. This enables the E-string to play lower without needing to resort to a 5-string bass. Hungarian girl with bass. I don't know if it's an effect of the photo or not but it doesn't seem that the...

http://vk.com/qqshkin?z=video20510811_163625860%2F62573bcfcd9bef3759 In Russia there are lots of interesting classical music videos made, that remain outside Youtube, Facebook etc. because Russians have their own 'VKontakte'. This video shows a selfie from a bass trombonist with the excerpts...

I first read about this when the guys whose basses were broken posted photos on FB. The Strad picked up the story and ran the following article. http://www.thestrad.com/cpt-latests/second-double-bass-smashed-via-atlanta-airport I would be physically sick and livid with rage if they broke my...

Here are 2 Bass arias: One is sung by Mark Reizen and the other by Vladimir Matorin: If my memory serves me Reizen was 75 when he sang the aria in the first posted video. Matorin is in his 60ties in the second posted video. And Matorin is the lead bass at the Bolshoi here in Moscow?! So...

Is there anyone on this forum in or near Fort Worth? The wife and I are going to the Sunday matinee performance, August 30, at Bass Hall. It would be great to meet a kindred spirit from the TC boards.:tiphat:

I'm pretty hyped about this new album. It's 19 motets by, IMO, the greatest composer of Renaissance motets since Josquin, finally performed & recorded closely miked with the kind of sound, blend, attention to intonation, and balance between the voices that make this music approachable and reveal...

the only ones I can think of (of the last 30 years or so) are Johnny Cash (bass), Barry White (bass), kinda-sorta Josh Groban (baritone? tenor?) and Rick Astley (baritone).

Indeed the evolution of the double bass cannot be understood without a parallel understanding of the evolution of the orchestra. Being a jazz player of the instrument myself, I have little practical knowledge or understanding of the orchestral use of the bass never mind its history. Although...

In January of 2014, I commissioned my own double bass from a luthier in Muskegon, MI. Generally, when a student takes on an instructor, that student also generally takes on that instructor's luthier. A luthier is, of course, a maker of stringed instruments--the root of luthier is lute (unless...

Hi, all! I am looking for some longer works for a baritone or bass singer. NOT individual songs or arias from operas or oratorios, but coherent single works or (at least) song cycles. Also, not works with a bunch of different soloists of different voice types. Some examples include: *...

If a man has a deep, rich, sonorous and resonant speaking voice is it likely that he would also have a good singing voice? I am thinking of a few men I have known who had lovely speaking voices, would it be fair for me to say to them that they would probably have good singing voices and should...

1. Cesare Siepi 2. Yevgeny Nesterenko 3. Jerome Hiens 4. Ezio Pinza 5. Boris Christoff 6. Samuel Ramey 7. Rene Pape 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. Please add to the list... who's your favorite BASSO? ... and why? :tiphat:

Hi all, I adore Mozart's Don Giovanni and have become quite obsessed with a single aspect of it, namely the final line from the Commendatore just before (spoiler!) Don Giovanni is sent to Hell :devil:. Personally, I think that final note on "v'è" sounds absolutely incredible when sung as D2...

Opinion needed: Singing "O Isis und Osiris" - Going to use for acceptance test Well, some of you might know an older thread of mine; however the title is very much outdated and it's kind of not that nice to keep bumping it after quite a while. If any mods feel like these should be merged, no...

Hi! I couldn't find any threads concerning the best basses of the past and present (if there is one, so help me God, as I hate lookin like a n00b). My favorites are Boris Christoff, Kurt Moll, Ezio Pinza, and of course, Feodor Chaliapin.

I've been busy lately learning some solo pieces. The plastic midi piano is always a pain but I have tried to either use less rubato or 'tamper' with the tempo tool in the midi file. So, Here I am in my room infront of the webcam giving it bilio. Please tell me what you think. I'm not fishing...

Just found a great contemporary/jazz piece for 6 double basses by Christian Gentet. It's called Bass Bass Bass Bass Bass and Bass :) What you thinks about this kind of style?