I just saw Joseph Conyers on PBS today. I didn’t know anything about him. I like Shostakovich & this is perfect to get to know more about him and the other players here.
This is slightly humorous: the one on the left looks as if he's stalking the one on the right and about to pounce at any moment! Having said that ... this music is quite amazing and very unusual. Thank you for posting.
you’re right of course.Extreme virtuosity like Edgar Meyers or Gary Karr is hard to acheive. I’ve heard Ron Carter play out of tune, ditto Paul Chambers, but these guys have a great blend and approach.
Anki ThreeSidedTriangle is right. I play the cello. This is a double bass. There are four string instruments. Sorted by size (descending) there are: Double bass, Cello, Viola, Violin.
Amazing job! However, why? More idiomatic compositions are needed. Valentine is the best piece I've heard for bass violin. We need more compositions, not in the same vein as Valentine, per-say, but more out of the box philosophy.
It depends. It’s definitely hard to pull off on the double bass, but it can be done. I love Joseph and Hal, but honestly the higher register intonation in this one is… a bit iffy, which is pretty normal for 99.9% of even very good bassists and part of what I expect you’re objecting to. But it is possible to do better. The best example for me is Mikyung Sung, for instance playing Kol Nidrei, Meditation from Thais, Salut d’Amour, The Swan, Moses Fantasy, Czardas (from 2018), Liebeslied, Arpeggione sonata, Franck Violin Sonata, cello sonatas by Mendelssohn and Rachmaninoff, or, perhaps most comparable to this performance, her quartet’s versions of Spring from the Four Seasons and Bach’s Air on the G string. Even Hal has a really beautiful quartet playing an arrangement of Urlucht which is fantastic, posted on the channels of Sharif Ibrahim and Jacob Warren. It sounds quite a bit better than this particular video IMO.
I've listened to 2:30 twice. Ther is nothing wrong with the intonation. I think you misread what the expression meant. I hear some sketchy intonation in the 2nd movement. Intonation on the contrabass is always a challenge , especially up there in thumb position. These guys are are playing beautifully.
@@paulsmith7424 Nah, there's definitely a shaky note there. But as a bass player myself, I have all the respect in the world for how amazingly these guys are playing.
I play bass and my friend and I are planning to this for our high school concert, he is a Cellist, im going in as a freshman he is a sophomore, I would really appreciate if the bass who is playing Cello no.2 can help out on this piece
Absolutely beautiful.
some parts are really not the most in tune but it's still pretty impressive.
you have some sexy hands if you dont mind me saying
Beautifully done.
They play very beautiful. I think 'solo tuning scordatura' is not necessary in all solo works for double bass, like this.
👍👍👍
Dear commenters, a bass violin keeps being a violin.
Hi Hal!
the men playing these violins are tiny!
Because Violin it's just a portable Bass
I just saw Joseph Conyers on PBS today. I didn’t know anything about him. I like Shostakovich & this is perfect to get to know more about him and the other players here.
bruh, that was actually amazing
I agree!
This is slightly humorous: the one on the left looks as if he's stalking the one on the right and about to pounce at any moment! Having said that ... this music is quite amazing and very unusual. Thank you for posting.
I can assure you that those aren't violins
The baby was digging it too. 😀
No ones saying it, but we’re all thinking it
Concludety honestly I don’t remember
What. Saying what?
A double bass concerto
At least it's not on viola
bruh: th-cam.com/video/lycYG6oJcvU/w-d-xo.html
I love you man! Miss you! Sounds great :)
Who are these musicians. I don't see it listed.
Left side Joseph Conyers, right side Hal Robinson, everyone else, don't worry about it lol
Are those guys really small, or just really far away?
Супер просто😍👍👍👍
you’re right of course.Extreme virtuosity like Edgar Meyers or Gary Karr is hard to acheive. I’ve heard Ron Carter play out of tune, ditto Paul Chambers, but these guys have a great blend and approach.
Beautiful 😍
i wish i could play my bass as beautifully as these two men also i wish i could play piano like the pianist
Even the part of their tuning could sound 100x better than my whole gig playing.
I just want to say Thank You
I never knew Cello could be so beautiful 😍
its a bass
yeah . No? I've seen basses, they're held like guitars and need speakers
@@No-pm4ss nah its an orchestral bass not electric
Cellos are way smaller, these are double basses/upright basses
Anki ThreeSidedTriangle is right. I play the cello. This is a double bass. There are four string instruments. Sorted by size (descending) there are: Double bass, Cello, Viola, Violin.
Amazing job! However, why? More idiomatic compositions are needed. Valentine is the best piece I've heard for bass violin. We need more compositions, not in the same vein as Valentine, per-say, but more out of the box philosophy.
Just because it's written for violin, it doesn't mean you have to play it on violin.
Idk if y'all realized but those aren't violins...
Some things just sound better on the original instruments the piece was intended for.
Agreed, this is an amazing performance but I'd rather listen to it performed with the cello as the star.
I personally prefer the timbre of high bass, much more rich, however, I understand people who disagree
I’m bass-biased, though I also enjoy the cello very much
It depends. It’s definitely hard to pull off on the double bass, but it can be done. I love Joseph and Hal, but honestly the higher register intonation in this one is… a bit iffy, which is pretty normal for 99.9% of even very good bassists and part of what I expect you’re objecting to. But it is possible to do better. The best example for me is Mikyung Sung, for instance playing Kol Nidrei, Meditation from Thais, Salut d’Amour, The Swan, Moses Fantasy, Czardas (from 2018), Liebeslied, Arpeggione sonata, Franck Violin Sonata, cello sonatas by Mendelssohn and Rachmaninoff, or, perhaps most comparable to this performance, her quartet’s versions of Spring from the Four Seasons and Bach’s Air on the G string. Even Hal has a really beautiful quartet playing an arrangement of Urlucht which is fantastic, posted on the channels of Sharif Ibrahim and Jacob Warren. It sounds quite a bit better than this particular video IMO.
Nicely done. I really enjoy listening to the contrabass. It is highly underrated.
This is Amazing!!!
amazing...
I believe those are basses...
duh, but that doesn't change the original title.
The intonation at 2:30 and the look at 2:32... Hillarious:)
Eyüp Ömer Bal I
I've listened to 2:30 twice. Ther is nothing wrong with the intonation. I think you misread what the expression meant. I hear some sketchy intonation in the 2nd movement. Intonation on the contrabass is always a challenge , especially up there in thumb position. These guys are are playing beautifully.
@@paulsmith7424 Nah, there's definitely a shaky note there. But as a bass player myself, I have all the respect in the world for how amazingly these guys are playing.
@@ForcedMemeIsAMeme yeah totally. The tone was so clean
great job! so good
Well this is incredible. Bravo !
Freddy Speer I
1:51 de soldaki bas ın sıçışını duyan kameraman gülüyor .dd
çok güzel lan :)
I play bass and my friend and I are planning to this for our high school concert, he is a Cellist, im going in as a freshman he is a sophomore, I would really appreciate if the bass who is playing Cello no.2 can help out on this piece
That's a very big violin...
Because size does matter.
I thought they were just really small people
very nice!!!!
Nice. real nice.
beautiful, thank you :)
I've been looking for a transcription of this piece I can play with my daughter, who plays cello. If you have any info, I'd greatly appreciate it.